TrainingGraduate Courses and Postdoctoral Fellowships
We provide guidance and opportunities for practical training in individual and collaborative research that goes beyond traditional graduate education.
Graduate school education
ILCAA has many staff members in the fields of linguistics, anthropology, and history. All professors and associate professors, except assistant professors, participate in the educational activities of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of TUFS.
ILCAA accepts and supervises doctoral students in the fields of linguistics, anthropology, history, and other areas of specialization, mainly focusing on Asia and Africa. Some of the faculty members also participate in the educational activities of the Master’s Program. The main feature of ILCAA is the opportunity to interact with graduate students from other universities in the same field through participation in various seminars offered by ILCAA.
ILCAA Faculty Supervision System in the Doctoral Program
In the doctoral program, where ILCAA faculty members serve as primary supervisors, some seminars are joint seminars. In the Anthropology and History seminar, a joint seminar is held once a week, where all faculty members and students participate in active discussions, which are utilized for the thesis guidance.
Degree Holder
D. degree at the graduate school of ILCAA with ILCAA faculty as the primary supervisor.
| Name of degree recipient | staff member in charge | Thesis Title | Date of Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIRATA, Akiko | NISHII, Ryoko | Lam folklore of the Lao Theung in Central Lao, PDR : Physical Experience on Sensory Intergration and digitalization in the sensory anthropological approach in the era of Globalization | Mar. 10, 2021 |
| NAMBA, Seitaro | KURIHARA, Hirohide | The Conflict between Socialism and Neutralism in Laos: The Liberated Zone’s Plurality in the Most Peripheral Area of the Socialist Camp during the Détente Era (1945-1975) | Oct. 14, 2020 |
| ASO, Reiko | NAKAYAMA, Toshihide | A grammar of Hateruma, a Southern Ryukyuan language | Feb. 12, 2020 |
| SAKUMA, Yutaka | MAJIMA, Ichiro | An ethnographic study on the process of schism/creation in administrative villages of western Niger’s rural Songhai society at the turn of the 21st century | Jun. 23, 2013 |
| HOURANI, Guita Georges | KUROKI, Hidemitsu | “Does Naturalization Matter?”: Socioeconomic Mobility and Political Participation of the Kurds in Lebanon | Jun. 23, 2013 |
| YOSHIMATSU, Kumiko | NISHII, Ryoko | The vanishing frontier― an ethnography of Nomadic Karen― | Dec. 12, 2012 |
| KUSHIMOTO, Hiroko | MIYAZAKI, Koji | Transformation of the culture of Islamic learning: anthropological analysis of Malay Muslim society | Jul. 25, 2012 |
| Möngkedalai | SHIBANO, Kohji | Study of the transcription rules of Chinese characters of Mongolian in the secret history of the Mongols | Jun. 27, 2012 |
| CHAI, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern | MIO, Yuko | Brides Are Still Brides as They Were? Marriage Rituals and Women in a Hakka Community in Sarawak, Malaysia | Jul. 21, 2010 |
| SHIOYA, Momo | MIYAZAKI, Koji | Community and ritual in Java | May 19, 2010 |
| TAKAMURA, Kazue | MIO, Yuko | Cognitive map of daily border-crossers: a study of the Chinese Community on the East Coast of the Thai-Malaysian Borderland | Jan. 20, 2010 |
| YAMADA, Shigechika | OGAWA, Ryo | Masks in Bassari society: ethnographical research on masks and the discourse about them | Feb. 20, 2008 |
| LIN, Hung Ying | KAJI, Shigeki | A phonological study of southern Min in Taiwan, focusing on its Wu-chi dialect | Jun. 27, 2007 |
| HIGAKI, Mari | KAJI, Shigeki | Birth and development of Swahili Taarab songs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Jun. 27, 2007 |
| GUMISAWA, Hideo | NEMOTO, Kei | On the thought of ‘Gotong royong’: an insight into Indonesian nationalism | Feb. 21, 2007 |
| KAMIYA, Tosirou | KAJI, Shigeki | A descriptive study of the Bhaca language | Sep. 20, 2006 |
| YUKI, Saori | KAJI, Shigeki | Morphology and phonology of written Manchu: in classical Manchu Jin Ping Mei | Jul. 26, 2006 |
| KOGA, Kyoko | KAJI, Shigeki | A descriptive study of the Asante dialect of Akan, with particular focus on its phonology | Jul. 26, 2006 |
| ABE, Yuko | KAJI, Shigeki | A descriptive study of Bende phonology and morphology (Bantu F.12, Tanzania) | Feb. 8, 2006 |
| KUROSAWA, Naomichi | DANIELS, Christian Ashley | The study of the oral tradition of China’s minority ethnic groups | Mar. 26, 2003 |
| KARI, Ethelbert E. | KAJI, Shigeki | Clitics in Degema: a meeting point of phonology, morphology and syntax | Mar. 26, 2003 |
| ZENNO, Miho | MIYAZAKI, Koji | The ties between cities and a peasant community: the cargo system in the village of San Martin Huamedlulpan, state of Oaxaca, Mexico | Dec. 18, 2002 |
| SUGAWARA, Yumi | MIYAZAKI, Koji | Religious movements in central Java in the middle of the 19th century: a study of discourses about the Ahmad Rifa’i movement | Jul. 24, 2002 |
| TAKAKU, Yumi | NAKAJIMA, Motoki | Comprehensive studies of Chinese characters in the formative periods | Mar. 26, 2002 |
| DENG, Ying Wen | DANIELS, Christian Ashley | The economic relation between China and Vietnam in the 90s: focus on border trade | Mar. 26, 2002 |
| KOSAKA, Ryuichi | SHINTANI, Tadahiko | A Descriptive Study of the Lachi Language ーSyntactic Description, Historical Reconstruction and Genetic Relationー | Jun. 21, 2000 |
| YONEDA, Nobuko | KAJI, Shigeki | A descriptive study of Matengo, a Bantu language of Tanzania: with focus on verbal structure | Mar. 24, 2000 |
| SAKAEDANI, Haruko | NAKANO, Akio | Meanings and functions of definiteness and indefiniteness in Arabic | Mar. 26, 1999 |
| NARANONG, Soysuda | SHINTANI, Tadahiko | A study of the final particles yo, ne, and yone in Japanese sentences―from the standpoint of Japanese language education | Apr. 22, 1998 |
| YOSHIE, Satoko | KAMIOKA, Kohji | A sociolinguistic study on the politeness of modern Persian―the case of Tehran City | Mar. 26, 1998 |
| SUZUKI, Kikuko | YAJIMA, Hikoichi | Food and culinary traditions in the Arab Islamic world: cookery book of the Mamluk period, Wasf al-At’ima al-Mu’tada (Description of common foods) | Mar. 25, 1996 |
| JOSE, Ricard T. | IKEHATA, Setsuho | Food Administration in the Philippines during the Shortage and Occupation, 1942-1945: Focusing on the Rice Countermeasures | Mar. 24, 1995 |
JSPS Research Fellow
ILCAA accepts “JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships” as part of its efforts to train the next generation of researchers.
For more information on the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, please see [JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship].
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2023
| Name | Status | Supervisor | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good, Peter | PD | KONDO, Nobuaki | 2023–2025 |
| SUEMORI, Haruka | PD | TAKAMATSU, Yoichi | 2023–2025 |
| TOMIOKA, Yutaka | PD | NAKAYAMA, Toshihide | 2023–2025 |
| MIZUKAMI, Ryo | PD | KONDO, Nobuaki | 2023–2025 |
| TSUJI, Daichi | PD | GOTO, Emi | 2023–2025 |
| URABE, Yuko | PD | YAMAKOSHI, Yasuhiro | 2022–2024 |
| IWASAKI, Kanae | PD | SHIOHARA, Asako | 2021–2023 |
| YOKOYAMA, Akiko | PD | NAKAYAMA, Toshihide | 2020–2023 |
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers
| Name | Status | Supervisor | 受入期間（Period年度） |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAUDOUIN MATHIEU | general | ARAKAWA, Shintaro | 2023.09–2026.03 |
Junior Fellow Program
ILCAA has established the Junior Fellow System as part of its Young Researcher Development Program, and accepts young researchers who have completed their doctoral course credits or more upon recommendation of ILCAA staff.
Junior Fellows are appointed for a term of one year in principle, and participate in the collaborative research activities of the Institute with the support of the staff member in charge of accepting the Fellow. In principle, the application period is once a year, from mid-December to late January. For details, please consult with the staff of the Institute.
Meet the Junior Fellow
See [Staff: Junior Fellow] for more information.