Field Science Center (FSC)
Contact TEL: +81-(0)42-330-5665, 5618 / email: fsc_office[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp
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1. Purpose
In 2004, the center was tentatively established as a preparatory section within ILCAA. Then, since April 2005, FSC has officially started its activities. The original purpose of FSC is to establish ‘field science’ as a discipline by developing methods of field research in humanities, social and natural sciences. It also serves as a center for systematic accumulation of records of field research conducted by Japanese scholars and for enhanced collaboration and communication between them.2. Planned Activities
The center has the following two foci of activity.
- Development of theory and practical methods of field sciences
For this purpose, seminars named as Field Science Colloquium are regularly held to discuss about various aspects of the field sciences. The Fieldnet is an online network of field researchers to exchange ideas and information concerning fieldworks. - Establishing and managing overseas offices: Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies (JaCMES) in Lebanon and Kota Kinabalu Liaison Office in Malaysia
3. Successive Heads
(Academic Year)| 2023-present | Nobuhiro OTA |
| 2021-2022 | Ikuya TOKORO |
| 2019-2020 | Yoichi TAKAMATSU |
| 2017-2018 | Nobuaki KONDO |
| 2015-2016 | Ikuya TOKORO |
| 2013-2014 | Ichiro MAJIMA |
| 2011-2012 | Ryoko NISHII |
| 2009-2010 | Masato IIZUKA |
| 2005-2008 | Hidemitsu KUROKI |
| 2004 | Motomitsu UCHIBORI (as a head of a preparatory section) |
Member of the Center
Aya KAWAI, Emi GOTO, Daisuke SHINAGAWA, Hidemitsu KUROKI, Yukako YOSHIDACopyright © 2010 Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. All Rights Reserved.