TrainingGraduate Education and hosting Postdoctral Fellows
ILCAA provides guidance and opportunities for practical training in both individual and collaborative research that go beyond those offered in traditional graduate programs.
Graduate School Education
ILCAA has many research staff members in linguistics, anthropology, and history/area studies. All research staff members, except assistant professors, participate in the educational activities of the Graduate School of Global Studies at TUFS.
ILCAA accepts and supervises doctoral students in linguistics, anthropology, history, and other areas of specialization, with a main focus on Asia and Africa. Some of the research staff members also participate in the educational activities of the master’s program. The notable feature of ILCAA is the opportunity to interact with graduate students from other universities in the same field through its various seminars.
ILCAA Faculty Supervision System in the Doctoral Program
Within the doctoral program at TUFS, ILCAA research staff members serve as primary supervisors. In anthropology and history, weekly joint seminars are organized in which all faculty members and doctoral students participate. These collective discussions form a core component of doctoral thesis supervision.
Degree Holder
The following individuals obtained their doctoral degrees from TUFS under the primary academic supervision of ILCAA research staff.
| 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 | Period (AY) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAUDOUIN MATHIEU | general | ARAKAWA, Shintaro | 2023.09–2026.03 |
Junior Fellow Program
ILCAA has established the Junior Research Fellow Program to support the development of early-career researchers. The program accepts researchers who have completed their doctoral courses, based on recommendations from ILCAA research staff.
Being appointed for a period of one year in principle, Junior Research Fellows participate in the Institute’s joint research activities. The application is in principle accepted from mid-December to late January. For details, contact the ILCAA research staff members.