- Public
- Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium
- Educational Traning
Cultural / Social Anthropology Seminar 2026 (Room A)

- Date
- 2026/12/19(Sat) 13:00-18:00
- Venue
- 304 : Multimedia Conference Room, ILCAA
- On-site/Online
- On-Site
- Language
- Japanese


From 13:05 to 17:30, the seminar will be held in two parallel sessions, in Room A (304) and Room B (306). Please refer to the programme for Room B here. Early-career researchers will give presentations based on drafts submitted in advance, followed by discussions informed by comments from discussants nominated by the presenters. The seminar aims to provide early-career researchers with opportunities to deepen their research through open and lively discussions and to enhance their academic writing skills.
| 2026/12/19 | |||
| 13:00 - 13:05 | Opening Remarks | Ikuya TOKORO(ILCAA) | |
| 13:05 - 14:05 | Language Revitalization and Cultural Practice in Kura Kaupapa Māori: Educational Philosophy and Everyday Life in Two School Cases | Koyume KODONO(Graduate School of International Studies, Ryukoku University) Discussant: Yasunobu ITO(Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) | |
| 14:10 - 15:10 | Recontextualizing Unanswered Voices and Reconfiguring Responsiveness: Appeals for Visibility and Solidarity in Hatay Province after the Türkiye–Syria Earthquake | Masako NAGATA(Graduate School of Business Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences) Discussant: Sae NAKAMURA(The University of Tokyo) | |
| 15:10 - 15:25 | Break | ||
| 15:25 - 16:25 | Living with Bodily Uncertainty: The Attuning of Relations in "Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)" | Maiko HASHI(Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University) Discussant: Akinori HAMADA(The University of Tokyo) | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | The Village That Floated Up and the Property That Sank: A Modern History of Negotiations in Former Tokuyama Village | Naoya YAMAMOTO(Independent Researcher) Discussant: Noboru ISHIKAWA(Kyoto University – Online) | |
| 17:30 - 17:40 | Break | ||
| 17:40 - 17:55 | General Comments | Shuji IIJIMA (Room A)(Kyushu University); Masahiko TOGAWA (Room B)(ILCAA) | |
| 17:55 - 18:00 | Closing Remarks | Shuji IIJIMA(Kyushu University) | |
• Opening Remarks, General Comments, and Closing Remarks will take place in Room A.
• A standing reception will be held at ILCAA after the seminar. Registration on the day is welcome.
• Childcare fee subsidies are available for those using the childcare facility on the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies campus, subject to limits on the number of recipients and the total amount of funding (up to JPY 50,000 in total). For further information or to request a subsidy, please contact the ILCAA Core Project (Anthropology) Office at infokj[at]tufs.ac.jp by Tuesday, 10 November.