Titles: President, the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
(IUAES); Auditor, the National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU); Former Trustee and Vice President,
Professor Emeritus, Osaka University; Former Chair, World Council of Anthropological Associations
(WCAA); Former President, Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (JASCA)
Born 1948, Tokyo, Japan
Degrees:
PhD (anthropology) 1981, Stanford University; MA (anthropology) 1977, Stanford University; MA
(sociology) 1975, University of Tokyo; BA (Liberal Arts) 1973, University of Tokyo
Positions Held:
NIHU: Auditor, the National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU)*, Japan
(2016-Present). Osaka University: Professor Emeritus (2013-Present), Professor
(1996-2013), Associate Professor (1990-96), School of Human Sciences, Osaka University; Trustee and Vice
President (2007-11), Director General - University Library (2007-11), Chief Information Officer (CIO)
(2007-10), Advisor to the President (2006-07), Dean - School of Human Sciences (2004-06), Osaka
University; Specially Appointed Professor, Institute for Academic Initiatives (IAI) (2013-2016), Osaka
University; Invited Professor (2013-16), Adjunct Professor (2007-13), Founding Director (2007), Global
Collaboration Center (GLOCOL), Osaka University. Other institutions: Vice
Director, International Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS) (2013-15); Associate Professor, Niigata
University (1987-90); Lecturer and Associate Professor, Aichi Kenritsu University (1982-87); Izaak
Walton Killam Post-Doctoral Scholar and Sessional Lecturer, University of Alberta, Canada
(1981-82). Invitation: Ralph E. and Doris M. Hansmann Member, School of Social
Science, the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1996-97). National
Organization: President, Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (JASCA)
(2012-14). International organizations: President (2018-Present),
Secretary-General (2009-18), IUAES (International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences);
Chair/Facilitator, WCAA (World Council of Anthropological Associations) (2005-09).
* NIHU comprises National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka), International Research Center for Japanese Studies
(Kyoto), Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Kyoto), National Museum of Japanese History
(Chiba), National Institute of Japanese Literature (Tokyo), and National Institute for Japanese Language
and Linguistics (Tokyo).
Professional Service & Leadership Experiences
For the Government:
Member, Science Council of Japan (SCJ) (2006-Present); Member, the Central Education Council (Division
of Graduate Education), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT, Japan)
(2009-13); Member, Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation, the National Institution for
Academic Degrees and University Evaluation (NIAD-UE, Japan) (2014-17); Associate Member, Committee for
the Promotion of Advanced Research in Private Universities, MEXT (2004-07); Advisory Board, Committee
for International Cooperation for Central American and Caribbean Region, Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) (2002-06).
For MEXT/JSPS:
Member, Selection Committee for the Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate
the Circulation of Talented Researchers, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
(2015-Present); Member and Chair of the Human Sciences, Selection Committee for JSPS Fellows, JSPS
(2013-15); Chair, Committee for the Grants-in-aid for scientific research -- field studies in the
humanities and social sciences, JSPS (2005-06); Associate Member, Selection Committee for the
Grants-in-aid for scientific research, JSPS (2000-02); Associate Member, Selection Committee for the
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, (JSPS) (1999-2001); Member, Evaluation Committee,Comparative Studies
on Ancient American Civilizations,Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas,
JSPS (2013-Present).
For Local Government:
Expert advisor, Governing council of the Expo' 70 Commemorative Park, Osaka (2014-15)
For International Organizations:
President and Secretary-General, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
(IUAES) (2009-Present); National Delegate of Japan, IUAES (1998-2009). Chair (2008-09), Facilitator
(2005-08), World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA). Member, Transition Task Force (TTF),
ICSU/ISSC (2016-17). Review Panel Member, European Research Council (ERC).
For International Conferences:
Member, Scientific Program Committee, World Social Science Forum 2018 (ISSC), Fukuoka, Japan; Secretary
General and Vice President, FIEALC 2003 OSAKA - Federación Internacional de Estudios sobre América
Latina y el Caribe, XI Congreso, Osaka, Japan (2003); Member, Organization Committee, IUAES 2002 Tokyo
(2002 Inter-Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences), Tokyo,
Japan (2002).
For Professional Associations:
President, Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (JASCA) (2012-14); Board of Directors, (1992-94,
1996-98, 2002-06), Chair of Committee for International Relations (2003-06), JASCA; Board of Directors,
Japanese Association of Latin American Studies (JALAS) (2003-06)
For National Institutions:
Auditor, the National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU) (2016-Present); Chair, Evaluation Board
(2010-16), Member, Executive Board (2000-10), National Museum of Ethnology; Visiting Professor, National
Institute of Informatics (2009-12); Advisory Board, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of
Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2007-10); Evaluation Board, Faculty of
Intercultural Studies, Kobe University (2007); Evaluation Board, Humanistic, Social and Educational
Sciences, Niigata University (2006).
For Other Institutions:
Member, Research Planning Board (2015-Present), Vice Director (2013-15), International Institute for
Advanced Studies (IIAS); Director– Institute of Social Research (2013-Present), Distinguished Advisor
(2011-13), Institute of Nuclear Safety System, Inc. (INSS); Board, Kobayashi International Scholarship
Foundation (2011-Present); Board, Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES) (2007-13); Selection
Board, Nomura Foundation (2006-13)
For Projects:
Leader, Global COE Program A Research Base for Conflict Studies in the Humanities,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Osaka University (2007-12);
Leader, Cooperation Program for Asian Human Resources Development, Ministry of Economy, Trade
and Industry (METI), Osaka University (2008-11); Leader, Anthropological Study of Productivity of
Borders and Transnationality, Research Project by the Grants-in-aid for scientific research,
MEXT (2006-09); Sub-leader, The 21st Century COE Program Interface Studies in the Humanities,
MEXT, Osaka University (2002-07); Leader, Dynamics of Cultures and Systems in the Pacific Rim,
Research Project by the Grants-in-aid for scientific research, MEXT (1997-2000)
For Academic Journals:
Board of Editors,American Anthropologist(2008-12),Collaborative
Anthropologies(2007-Present),Annals of Latin American Studies(Japanese/English/Spanish)
(2002-04),Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology(1993-98),Minzokugaku Kenkyu: Japanese
Journal of Ethnology(Japanese) (1992-94),Canadian Journal of
Anthropology(1982-86)
Specialization:
interpretive theories, Latin American Studies, globalization, transnationality, social and
economic transformation, conflict studies, international cooperation, ethnography of Central America;
field research mainly in Central America.
Membership:
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (JASCA, formerly Japanese Society of Ethnology);
American Anthropological Association (AAA); The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and
Ireland (RAI); Japanese Association of Latin American Studies (JALAS); Latin American Studies
Association (LASA)
Selected Publications:
"Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (JASCA)", in The International Encyclopedia
of Anthropology (H. Callan, ed), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2018); "Global Anthropology
versus Anthropologies", American Anthropologist Vol. 118 (4), pp. 857–858; 2016 "Notes
on the Globalization of Japanese Anthropology" (The 2nd JASCA International Symposium: The
Internationalization of Japanese Cultural Anthropology and the Attempt to Strengthen the Overseas
Dissemination of Information), Japanese Review of Cultural anthropology (JRCA) 16, pp. 105-112,
2016; "Introduction: Special Issue, Anthropology of Japan in Korea and Anthropology of Korea in
Japan" (with Okpyo Moon), Japanese Review of Cultural anthropology (JRCA) 16, pp.
149-155, 2016; "Fiftieth Anniversary Conference of Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
(IUAES 2014 with JASCA) and World Anthropologies" (Japanese). Bunkajinruigaku: Japanese
Journal of Cultural Anthropology79(4), pp. 460-66, 2015; "Fifty Years of the Japanese
Society of Cultural Anthropology" (Japanese), Gakushikai Kaiho No. 906, pp. 45-50, 2014;
"Afterword: Art and Anthropology" (Japanese/English), in The Power of Images: The
National Museum of Ethnology Collection (National Museum of Ethnology, pp. 264-269, 2014); Book
Series: Conflict Studies in the Humanities, 4 vols. (Koizumi, Junji and Eisei Kurimoto, gen.
eds.), Osaka University Press, 2012; Migration and Identities: Conflict and the New Horizon (ed.
with Mayumi Kudo. Conflict Studies in the Humanities, Special Issue, 2011); "Introduction:
Toward Conflict Studies in the Humanities" (Japanese), Conflict no jinbungaku (Conflict
Studies in the Humanities) vol. 1, pp. 1-13, 2009; "Development Strategy and Human
Security" (Japanese, with Masahisa Fujita), Gakujutsu no Doko (Trends in Academic
Studies), Feb 2008, pp. 55-60, 2008; Becoming a Practical Researcher: Realities in the
Human Sciences (Japanese, ed. with Kokichi Shimizu), Yuhikaku, 2007; Transnationality
Studies (Japanese, ed. with Eisei Kurimoto), Report of the 21st Century COE Program, Osaka
University, 2007; Etnicidad y Estado nacional en Huehuetenango, Guatemala: el resultado de las
elecciones y el problema del nacionalismo comunal (Spanish), El mundo maya: miradas japonesas
(Ochiai, Kazuyasu, ed.) UACSHUM - Unidad Academica de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Mexico,
pp.157-77, 2006; "Pluralizing Anthropology," Anthropology News 46(7), p.9, 2005;
"The Foundation of the World Council of Anthropological Associations: Towards International
Cooperation in Anthropology and Ethnology" (Japanese), Bunkajinruigaku: Japanese Journal of
Cultural Anthropology 69(4), pp.607-12, 2005; Transnationality Studies: Productivity of
Borders (Japanese), (ed. with Eisei Kurimoto, Report of the 21st Century COE Program, Osaka
University, 2004); Dynamics of Cultures and Systems in the Pacific Rim: Anthropological Studies
(Koizumi, Junji, ed.), Osaka University Press, 2003; "Economic Change and Cultural Constancy:
Migrant Labor, Coffee Production and Communal Identity in Huehuetenango, Guatemala," in
Dynamics of Cultures and Systems in the Pacific Rim: Anthropological Studies, pp. 243-72, 2003;
Interpretive Anthropology and Anti Anti-Relativism, Collection of essays by Clifford Geertz
(Japanese) (Koizumi, Junji, trans. ed.), Misuzu Shobo, 2002; "What Has Been Being Said: Anti
Anti-Relativism and Reductionism" (Japanese), in Kaishaku Jinruigaku to Han Han Sotaishugi
(Interpretive Anthropology and Anti Anti-Relativism), pp.196-225, 2002; "Interpretation
of Cultures: On the Notion of 'Agreement'" (Japanese), Bunkajinruigaku (Cultural
Anthropology) vol.13, pp.175-203, Iwanami-shoten, 1998; "Costume and Politics of the
Modern Maya: A Case of Guatemala" (Japanese), Ningen Kagakubu Kiyo (Bulletin of the School of
Human Sciences),vol. 22, pp.319-40, 1996; "Analyzing Borders: A Case from Guatemala"
(Japanese), in Minzoku no deau katachi (Various Forms of Encounters of Nations), (Kuroda,
Etsuko, ed.) pp. 61-82, Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994; "Ritual and Hermeneutics: On Reducing Symbolic
Forms to Commonsensical Meanings" (Japanese), in Girei: bunka to keishikiteki kodo (Rites:
Culture and Formalized behavior) (Aoki, Tamotsu, and Etsuko Kuroda, eds.) pp. 94-116, Tokyo
Daigaku Shuppankai, 1988)
Papers read (English papers only, last 8 years):
"Reaching Out to the Public, Reaching In to the Policy Agency", Reaching for the
Decision-makers in the Sphere of Cultural Policies, The 18th World Congress of the
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina,
Florianópolis, Brazil, July 16-20, 2018; "Formation of the World Anthropological Union (WAU):
Opportunities and Challenges in the Time when International Social and Natural Science Councils Merge,"
Antropološke agore, theInstitute of Ethnology and Anthropology, University of Belgrade,
Belgrade, Serbia, February 5, 2018; "Indeterminacy, Marginalization and Production of Ideologies",
Intellectual Cooperation for Innovation in a Time of Social and Political Challenges,
High-Level International Forum: UNESCO Mexico and Government of the State of Guanajuato, Guanajuato,
Mexico, September 14-15, 2017; "Movement, Loss of Orientation and Populist Racism", Moving
from marginalization to mutuality, CASCA/IUAES Conference in Ottawa, University of Ottawa,
Canada, May 2-7, 2017; "What World Anthropologies Need for Coping with Global Situations",
Politics and Policies of Anthropology: Anthropological Association Perspectives towards a Scenario
of Global Crises, the 30th meeting of ABA, the Brazilian Anthropological Association, Joao
Pessoa, Brazil, August 4-5, 2016; "Japanese Anthropology within World Anthropologies," the
Sixth Advanced Training Seminar for Chinese Youth Anthropologists and Ethnologists, Beifang University
of Nationalities, Yinchuan, China, July 25-30, 2016; "Social sciences and humanities faculties to
close in Japan?" Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology as/and Science: Addressing
Contemporary Instrumentalist Threats to the Humanities, IUAES Inter-Congress 2016 Dubrovnik,
Hotel Dubrovnik Palace, Croatia, May 4-9, 2016; "JASCA and World Anthropologies", RAM XI (XI
Reunión de Antropología del MERCOSUR), La Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, December 2,
2015; "The IUAES, WCAA and JASCA in the Movement for World Anthropologies", Universidade
Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, November 25, 2015; "Nationalism, Primordial
Sentiments and Governance", Anthropology of Public Policy and Governance, IUAES
Inter-Congress 2015 Bangkok, Thammasat University Tha Prachan Campus, Bangkok, Thailand, July 16, 2015;
"Current World Anthropology and Social Development of Local People", 5th Advanced
Training Seminar for Chinese Young Anthropologists and Ethnologists, Dali University, Dali
City, Yun'nan Province, China, June 27, 2015; "Current World Anthropologies, Globalization
and Cultural Diversity", Puer University, Yun'nan Province, China, November 19, 2014;
"State-Nationalism, Ethno-Nationalism and Communo- Nationalism: Governance and
the Sphere of Primordial Sentiments", Social Science Forum of China (2014): Social Governance
for Ethnicity or Aboriginal Area, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences and Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, Yun'nan Province, China, November 15-17,
2014; "World Anthropology, World Anthropologies, WCAA and IUAES", 2014 TSAE/WCAA Joint
Meeting: Contemporary Human Conditions and anthropologies, National Chengchi University,
Taiwan, October 4, 2014; "Current World Anthropologies, Globalization and the Problem of Local
Development", 4th advanced seminar on Anthropology and Ethnology for Chinese Young
Scholars, Hubei University for Nationalities, En'shi City, Hubei Province, China, July
11, 2014; "Ten Years of the WCAA: Where are we now?" The past and future of the World
Council of Anthropological Associations, IUAES Inter-Congress 2014 with JASCA, Makuhari Messe,
Chiba, Japan, May 15-18, 2014; "Chronological Folk-Urban Continuum: The Process of Micro
Urbanization in northwestern Guatemala", Urban Futures, IUAES Inter-Congress 2014 with
JASCA, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan, May 15-18, 2014; "Assessing Globalization: Some Notes",
Evaluando la Globalización: Un Taller sobre Logros y Temas Estrastégicos Futuros, Casa Chata,
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), Ciudad de México,
February 21, 2014; "Spatial Immobility and Structural Immobility: Circular Migration and its
Outcomes in Northwestern Guatemala", Displacements and Immobilities: Global Perspectives
on Capitalism - A World Council of Anthropological Associations Biennial Theme Symposium, Part
1, Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) Conference 2013, University of Victoria, Canada, May
7-11, 2013; "Globalization and the Challenge of Anthropologies", invited lecture, Anthropology
Lecture Series, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, National University of
Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, September 4, 2012; "Conflict Studies in the Humanities",
Globalisation and Conflict: Entanglement between Local and Cosmopolitan Orientations,
IUAES/AAS/ASAANZ Conference 2011, Knowledge and Value in a Globalising World: Disentangling
Dichotomies, Querying Unities, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, July 5-8,
2011; "Conflict Studies in the Humanities", keynote lecture at Globalization and
Conflict: Entanglement between Local and Cosmopolitan Orientations, University of Groningen,
the Netherlands, September 28-30, 2010; "Globalization, Appropriation and Conflict", plenary
keynote lecture at Cultural Appropriation: Assimilation - Adaptation - Camouflage, German
Anthropological Association (GAA-DGV) Conference 2009 (Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Vorkerkunde
e.V.), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 30 - October 3, 2009; "Linking Anthropologies and
Beyond", Opportunities and Challenges for International Cooperation and Participation in
Anthropology: Toward an Agenda for World Anthropology, 16th World Congress of IUAES -
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Kunming, China, July 27-31, 2009;
"The Uses of 'Development' in Japan's Foreign Policy and the Role of
Universities", International Conference Reframing Development: Post-Development,
Globalization, and the Human Condition, Osaka University, Japan, April 8-10, 2009.