OrganizationBoards and Committees

Administrative and research activities at ILCAA are conducted through and/or monitored by various special boards and committees. All boards and committees include eminent scholars and specialists from outside the Institute to reflect the opinions of the academic community and maintain transparency in ILCAA’s operations.

The Institute has two boards and six committees as follows:

• Advisory Board
• Advisory Committee for Research Collaboration
• Committee for Language Training
• Committee for Field Science Interdisciplinary Research
• Editorial Committee
• Committee for Overseas Research Office
• International Advisory Committee for the Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies (JaCMES)
• International Advisory Board

The role of each board and committee and its members in the academic year 2025 is presented below.

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board serves as an advisory body to the Director on all matters related to the ILCAA operations, as well as the essential matters of joint usage/research. The Board consists of ILCAA staff and distinguished scholars and specialists from other institutions, reflecting the Institute’s inter-university nature.

• IWASHITA, Akihiro. Director, Global Risk Research Center, Nagasaki University
• UDA, Sohei. Professor, Global Studies Department, National Museum of Ethnology
• KATO, Shigehiro. Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University
• KITAMOTO, Asanobu. Director, Center for Open Data in the Humanities, Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Tachikawa
• KOBAYASHI, Masato. Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
• MIENO, Fumiharu. Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
• YAMAGIWA, Juichi. Director, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto
• YAMANAKA, Yuriko. Professor, Department of Fundamental Research on Social and Cultural Anthropology, National Museum of Ethnology
• YOSHIZAWA, Seiichiro. Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo
• KONDO, Nobuaki. ILCAA
• NODA, Jin. ILCAA
• YAMAKOSHI, Yasuhiro. ILCAA
• SHIOHARA, Asako. ILCAA
• WATANABE, Honoré. ILCAA
• OTA, Nobuhiro. ILCAA
• TOKORO, Ikuya. ILCAA

Advisory Committee for Joint Research

The committee, composed of both ILCAA staff and outside members, examines new ILCAA Joint Research Projects and evaluates ongoing ones.

• INOUE, Masaru. Professor, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo
• UTSUMI, Atsuko. Professor, School of Humanities, Meisei University
• OMURA, Keiichi. Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan
• KONO, Takeshi. Professor, Graduate School, Toyo Eiwa University
• KURODA, Takashi. Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai
• TANAKA, Masakazu. Vice-president, Professional Institute of International Fashion, Tokyo
• TSUKAMOTO, Hideki. Professor, College of Foreign Studies, Kansai Gaidai University
• KONDO, Nobuaki. ILCAA
• NODA, Jin. ILCAA
• YAMAKOSHI, Yasuhiro. ILCAA
• SHIOHARA, Asako. ILCAA
• WATANABE, Honoré. ILCAA
• OTA, Nobuhiro. ILCAA
• TOKORO, Ikuya. ILCAA

Committee for Language Training

The committee is responsible for the language and linguistics training offered by the Institute, such as Intensive Language Courses and Field Linguistics Workshops.

• NAKAO, Shuichiro. Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University
• KOBAYASHI, Masato. Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
• CHIDA, Syuntaro. Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto
• MURAKAMI, Tadayoshi. Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University
• SHINAGAWA, Daisuke. ILCAA
• KOGURA, Norikazu. ILCAA
• KUREBITO, Tokusu. ILCAA
• SHIINO, Wakana. ILCAA
• TAKAHASHI, Yona. ILCAA

Committee for Field Science Interdisciplinary Research

• KODAMA, Kanako. Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Chiba University
• EBIHARA, Atsushi. Senior Curator, Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
• NAGANO, Takanori. Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
• MINESAKI, Hiroko. Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Seikei University
• MASUMOTO, Junya. Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University
• ISHIKAWA, Hiroki. ILCAA
• KUREBITO, Tokusu. ILCAA
• NODA, Jin. ILCAA
• TOKORO, Ikuya. ILCAA

Editorial Committee

The editorial committee advises the director on matters related to the Institute’s policy and screening of publications.

• YODA, Sumikazu. Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University
• MORIGUCHI, Tsunekazu. Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University
• MASUDA, Ken. Professor, School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University
• ISHIKAWA, Noboru. Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
• NAGAHARA, Yoko. Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
• MIURA, Toru. Professor Emeritus, Ochanomizu University
• ARAKAWA, Shintaro. ILCAA
• KANDA, Yui. ILCAA
• KAWAI, Kaori. ILCAA
• KOGURA, Norikazu. ILCAA
• KURABE, Keita. ILCAA
• SHIOHARA, Asako. ILCAA
• TOKORO, Ikuya. ILCAA
• HAYAKAWA, Hideaki. ILCAA

Committee for Overseas Satellite Offices

The committee is responsible for discussing essential matters related to the Overseas Satellite Offices

• SUZUKI, Nobutaka. Professor, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
• OTOSHI, Tetsuya. Professor, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University
• SAKAI, Keiko. Specially Appointed Professor, Institute for Advanced Academic Research, Chiba University
• HOSAKA, Shuji. Senior Researcher / Professor, Research Innovation Center, Waseda University
• NAGASAWA, Eiji. Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
• KUROKI, Hidemitsu. ILCAA
• GOTO, Emi. ILCAA
• KAWAI, Aya. ILCAA
• TOKORO, Ikuya. ILCAA

International Advisory Committee for the Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies (JaCMES)

The committee is responsible for advising the director on matters related to JaCMES from an international perspective.

• DAKESSIAN, Antranig. Associate Professor, Haigazian University
• DOUEIRY VERNE, Carole. Professor, Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
• HANAFI, Sari. Professor, Fuculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut
• GOTO, Emi. ILCAA
• KUROKI, Hidemitsu. ILCAA

International Advisory Board

The committee advises the director on matters related to the Institute’s research collaboration system from an international perspective.

• NASSENSTEIN, Nico. Professor, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
• THAPAN, Meenakshi. Director, Rishi Valley Education Centre, Krishnamurti Foundation
• VAN BIK, Kenneth. Associate Professor, California State University, Fullerton
• CADI, Marouf. Principal Investigator, British Academy
• SALEH, Layla. Director of Research, Demos Tunisia Democratic Sustainability Forum
• KHAIRUNNISA. Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
• OTA, Nobuhiro. ILCAA
• TOGAWA, Masahiko. ILCAA
• WATANABE, Honoré. ILCAA
• KHALILI, Mostafa. ILCAA