Joint Research Projects
ILCAA Joint Research Projects, conducted by the staff members of the Institute and external researchers, constitute the core of research activities at ILCAA as an international research center.
Applications for the Joint Research Projects are publicly invited and are selected by the Advisory Committee for Research Collaboration including external researchers. The Committee annually evaluates projects' activities, their output, publications of the results, and their overall academic significance.
Research results of Joint Research Projects include about 700 publications and on-line dictionaries and databases available for use by any researchers and the general public.
ILCAA joint research projects are classified into the three categories below.
- Joint Research Projects (General Type)
- Joint Research Projects (by Visiting Researchers)
- Joint Research Projects (by Short-term Visitors)
Year 2023–2024 Call for ILCAA Joint Research Projects (by Visiting Researcher)
The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA) is now soliciting proposals for ILCAA Joint Research Projects in which a visiting foreign researcher conducts a joint research project with one or more members of the ILCAA research staff between 2023 and 2024.
The applicant must at first submit the following documents to the co-project ILCAA staff member. As the ILCAA staff must submit them to the ILCAA Administrative Office by November 30, 2022 (JST), the applicant should set the submission deadline before the date in consultation with the staff.
- Guidelines for applicants PDF
- Application Form Excel
- Educational Background Excel
- Emproyment Experience Excel
- Explanatory Document concerning Research Conditions Excel (Japanese)
Ongoing Projects in 2022
(Projects are categorized into three discipline-based groups as follows; however, many of them are interdisciplinary in nature.)
Linguistics
- Studies in Asian and African Geolinguistics
- Construction of Method of Studies on Asian Scripts (2)
- Constructing a Theory of Tibetan and Himalayan Pastoral Culture—Based on systematic comparisons of folk vocabulary—
- Information Structure and the Grammar of Knowledge in Turkic Languages: Interface of Phonology, Morphosyntax and Semantics
- Archiving Fieldwork Materials of the Ainu Language: an Interdiciplinary Research (2)
- A sociolinguistic study of heritage languages and ethnic identities of migrants
- A new perspective on descriptive linguistics in Africa based on the translingual ecology
- Phonetic typology from cross-linguistic perspectives
- Reconsideration of the tonal typology of Japonic languages
- Exploration into the Mechanism of Language Change and Variation through the Dialogue between Theoretical Linguistics, Linguistic Typology, and Quantitative Linguistics
- Morphology and syntax of Narrative
Anthropology
- Multi-disciplinary Study on the Interactions between Islamism and Socio-cultural Factors in Southeast Asia-Transnational Networks and Local Responses
- Emotional Moments of Social Changes/Movements in South Asia
- Global Youth Dynamics and ‘reality’ negotiation in Eastern Africa
- Reconsideration on Death: Anthropological Explorations on the Actuality of life
- An Interdisciplinary Study on Performing Arts in the Time of COVID-19
- Anthropology of Embodiment: Anthropological Study of Things (4)
- Comparative Ethnographical Study on the Dynamism of Debt (2): Plurality, Conflict and Creativity around Human Economics
- Social Transformation and Multipolarization of Muslim Societies in South Asia: Toward an Integrated Understanding of Structural Change and Islamism in Bangladesh
History/Area Studies
- Designing Spacio-Temporal Database in Asia
- Transition and Interaction among Modern Muslim Intellectuals
- The new boundary-crossing approach on Ancient Chinese Slip and Tablet Documents (4): Putting Daily Business of the Qin State Regional Administration under the Microscope
- The Visualization of the History and Historical Space of the Middle East: Sharing Knowledge in the Digital Age
- Archival study on fiscal administration of holy shrines in Muslim societies: A case of the Safavid shrine in Iran (2)
- Early Islamization Reflected in Javanese and Other Texts from Southeast Asia
- The Mediterranean as a Connecting Sea
- The Evolving Conflict in Palestine/Israel: Final Status and Emerging Challenges
Upcoming meetings of projects
For information on upcoming meetings of the projects, go to Upcoming Events.
The Past Projects
- Rethinking History of Agriculture and Rural Society in Africa (2): From the Viewpoint of Indigenous Agricultural Revolution
- Formation of the Indic World: From the Perspective of Frontiers
- Historical Narratives and the Utilization of the Past in Modern Central Eurasia
- Transformation and Revival of the Legitimacy in Modern Arab Monarchies in Rivalry with Islamism
- Transformation of Religions Reflected in Javanese and Other Texts from Southeast Asia: the Roles and Strategies of States in the Process of Islamization
- Comparative Ethnographical Study on the Dynamisme of Debt
- Typological Study on “Altaic-type” Languages (2)
- A Typological Study of the Areal Lexicon of Mainland Southeast Asia
- Typological Study of Microvariation in Bantu (2)
- Research on Social Cognition Based on SCOPIC: the Social Cognition Parallax Interview Corpus
- Ethnographic Studies of Muslim Society in South Asia
- Archival Study on Fiscal administration of Holy Shrines in Muslim Societies: The Case of the Safavid Shrine in Iran
- Présence Africaine: Text, Thought and Movement
- The Origin of Human Sociality: Towards New Perspective on Hominization
- Archiving Fieldwork Materials of the Ainu Language: an Interdisciplinary Research
- An Inter-disciplinary Approach to the Diversity and Dynamics of Swahili Varieties
- Synchrony and Diachrony of Mongolic Languages: Internal and External Factors
- Fundamental Study on Ottoman Documents and Archives
- The New Boundary-crossing Approach on Ancient Chinese Slip and Tablet Documents (3): Rediscovering the Japanese Tradition of Oriental Studies
- Multi-disciplinary Study on Islam and Cultural Diversity in Southeast Asia (The 3rd Term): Dynamics of Conflict and Co-existence
- Life as Dynamism: in Search of a Methodological Connection between Affect, Thinking, and Art
- Anthropological Study of “Waza”: Technology, Body, Risk/Hazard (Anthropological Study of Things (3))
- Exploration into Dynamicity of Grammar (1): Multiplicity and Distributedness in Grammar
- Aspects of Agglutination in Turkic Languages: An Integrated Approach of Phonology, Morphosyntax and Semantics
- A Research on Varieties of Malayic Languages
- Study of Tibetan Pastoral Culture in Qinghai and its Change: Based on the Method of Documentary Linguistics
- Construction of Method of Studies on Asian Scripts 1
- Study on an Islamic Prayer Book from the Kingdom of Jimma in Ethiopia
- Studies on Religious and Politico-Social Minority Groups in Middle Eastern Societies
- Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia: Cross-Linguistic Comparative Studies of Literary and Religious Texts
- Economic Activities and Behaviors Based on Islam (The Second Term)
- Transformation of Religion as Reflected in Javanese Texts (2): Rethinking the Process of Islamization
- Rethinking the History of Agriculture and Rural Societies in Africa: From the Viewpoint of Indigenous Agricultural Revolution
- Child Migration in East/Southeast Asia: The Culture and Identity of Children Raised in a Transnational Household
- Typological Study of Microvariation in Bantu (Phase 1)
- Ethnolinguistic Lexical Documentation of the Southwestern Kalahari Khoe Languages
- A Comprehensive Study of Tone/Accent Languages of Africa
- Studies on Reference Grammars
- New perspectives of Text Studies in Yunnan, China
- Human Society in Evolutionary Perspectives (4)
- Présence Africaine: Towards New Political and Cultural Perspectives
- Studies in Asian Geolinguistics
- Semantics of Discourse Particles in East and Southeast Asian Languages
- Typological Study on “Altaic-type” Languages.
- The Case-marking Systems in Ryukyuan: A Typological Survey
- Studies on Mongolic languages in Hexi corridor based on published material
- Assessing Micro Level Linkages between Humans, Livestock, and the Environment in Amdo, Tibet: The Outgrowth of the Compilationof an Ethnographic Dictionary of Nomadic Vocabulary
- A Study of the Accent and Intonation of Korean Dialects
- Constructing a research network for documenting minority languages in and around Indonesia
- Anthropological Study of Things(2) (Dynamics of Human/Non-human things)
- A Reflection of Anthropological Studies on Population Movements: Focusing on Women Experiences as an Interface and “Diasporic Space” in Southeast Aisan “Chinese Communities.”
- The Society in Dunhuang based on the studies of multilingual sources newly discovered
- The new boundary-crossing approach on Ancient Chinese Slip and Tablet Documents (2) : Change and Duration in the Qin and Han as seen through a Comparison of Wooden Tablets from the Qin site of Liye and North-west Border Area of Han
- Early Modern Islamic States and the Surrounding World
- Citizenship and Political Participation: Comparative Study of the Influence of Migrants and Refugees on Community Development and Social Welfare
- A Study of Sources for African History
- Multi-disciplinary Study on Islam and Cultural Diversity in Southeast Asia (The Second Term)
- Transformation of Religions as Reflected in Javanese Texts
- Study on the Relationship between Agriculture and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa from Historical Perspectives (2)
- Economic Activities and Behaviors Based on Islam
- Human Mobility and Multi-ethnic Coexistence in Middle Eastern Urban Societies (the second term)
- A Crosslinguistic Study of Nominalizer-final Constructions: The ‘Cogitation Process’ Approach
- Cross-linguistic Perspective on the Information Structure of the Austronesian Languages
- Investigation into the Possibilities and Implications of a Usage-based Approach to Grammar
- Cross-linguistic Research on “Verbals”
- Reconsidering Intermediate Social Groups in Premodern South Asia
- Human Society in Evolutionary Perspectives (3)
- Regional Ethnography and Anthropological Spatial Conceptualization: Inquiry of Methodological Potential
- The Modes of Articulation of Local Societies to Contemporary Science as Ways of Thought and Practice
- Studies on Event Integration Patterns in African Languages
- Study of Nationhood in Contemporary Africa: New Media, Globalization, and Democracy
- Multi-disciplinary Study on Islam and Cultural Diversity in Southeast Asia
- Early Modern Islamic States and Plural Societies
- Typological Studies of Information Structures and Linguistic Forms in Africa
- How to Write African History ― New Perspectives and Methods
- Citizenship for Migrants and Refugees: Comparative Study of Institution and Practices about Inclusion and Exclusion from Nation-States
- The Formation of Cultural Areas in East and Southeast Asia: the Tay Cultural Area and Others
- What It Means to Write on Wood: A New Boundary-crossing Approach on Ancient Chinese Slip and Tablet Documents
- Studies on ‘Chinese’ as Multiple Imaginations and Dynamic Realities
- Towards a Multi-disciplinary Approach for Developing and Harmonizing Field Methods in Anthropology and Development Studies
- New Trends in the Studies on Qidan Scripts
- Historical Study of Normative Glyphs of Chinese Characters (2nd stage)
- Anthropology of Trans-area Migration in East/Southeast Asia: Culture, Ethnicity and Identity Within Cross-marriage/Cross-divorce Network
- Human Mobility and Multi-ethnic Coexistence in Middle Eastern Urban Societies
- ‘Single’ and Family: The Anthropological Study of ‘Enishi (karmic/relation/connection)’
- Descriptive Studies of Indonesian Languages; Their Variety and Similarities
- Study on the Relationship between Agriculture and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa from Historical Perspectives
- Comparative Study on the Languages of the North from Typological Perspective
- Cross-Linguistic Studies on Clause Combining
- A Study of Variability in Deictic Expressions
- Human Society in Evolutionary Perspectives—Stage 2: “Institution”
- Indonesian Manuscript Project
- Construction of Shared Research Resources for Korean Historical Linguistics
- Missionary Linguistics (2nd stage)
- Reconstructing Grammatical Phenomena from the Viewpoint of Tibeto-Burman Languages - Stage 2 : Characterization and Classification of Sentences
- Anthropological Study of Globalizations in Asia and Africa
- Comparative Study of Multilingualism
- History of Hill Peoples in the Tay Cultural Area
- Social Change and International Relations in Modern East Asia
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