Academic and Research Staff at KyotoUniversity of Foreign Studies

■ Academic conference presentation

1.	2025/11/29	Roots Search and Collective Trauma: From a Case of Japanese Canadians (国際シンポジウム「問い直されるルーツ――民族のゆらぎと実体化」)
2.	2017/11/24	Korean Diaspora Seen from the Perspective of Liminality (The International Conference <Immigration, Migration, Transnational Networks and Activities in the Asia Pacific Region>)
3.	2017/09/25	Developing "Glocal Heritage Education" for a Sustainable Future: Universities-High School-Municipality Collaboration for the Regional Revitalization of American Village in Wakayama (University-Community Engagement Conference 2017)
4.	2016/06/25	Everyday Living in Dual Reality: The Articulated Identity and Silent Affinity of Korean Immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area　（二重の現実のなかで営まれる日常生活：サンフランシスコ湾岸地域の韓国系移民に見る表現されるアイデンティティと語られないつながり） (AAS-in-Asia 2016: Asia in Motion: Horizons of Hope)
5.	2015/09/22	San Francisco Japantown for Korean Americans　（コリアンアメリカンのサンフランシスコ日本街） (The 4th East Asian Anthropologists Academic Seminar "Globalization, Social Adaptation, Cultural Integration: Anthropological Study of East Asian Migration”)
6.	2015/06/18	Affinity and Liminality: Koreans in Japantown　（アフィニティと境界性：ジャパンタウンのコリアン） (The International Conference "The Anthropology of Northeast Asia: Flows and Groundings")
7.	2012/07/28	日本の研究者による論文に対するコメント (日系アメリカ人共同研究会議)
8.	2011/10/13	“What Brings Korean immigrants to Japantown?: Commodifying Racial Differences in the Age of Globalization”　（なぜ韓国系移民は日本街にいるのか：グローバル時代における人種的差異の商品化） (Japanese and Asian Americans: Racializations and Their Resistances)
9.	2011/01/08	Postcolonial Nihonmachi: Commodifying Racial Differences in the Age of Globalization　（ポストコロニアル日本街：グローバル時代における人種的差異の商品化） (日系／アジア系アメリカ人の人種表象)
10.	2009/08/06	Korean Christianity as a Spiritual Base for Entrepreneurship in Japantown: Korean American Marketing and Religious Activities in Globalizing Contexts (起業への精神基盤としてのキリスト教：サンフランシスコの在米コリアンを事例として） (International Convention of Asian Scholars 6)
11.	2008/02/25	San Francisco’s Japantown for Korean Americans: Multiple Places at a Single Location　（韓国系アメリカ人のサンフランシスコ日本街：ひとつの地点にある複数の場所） (博士論文の公開発表)
12.	2008/02/23	Korean Americans and San Francisco Japantown: A Multiethnic Community?（サンフランシスコ日本街の韓国系アメリカ人：ジャパンタウンはマルチエスニック・コミュニティなのか？） (博士論文の公開発表)
13.	2007/04/21	Envisioning Multicultural Realities beyond Symbolic Construction: Elderly Korean Immigrants’ Everyday Stories of San Francisco’s Japantown (シンボリックな構築の向こう側にある多文化的現実を可視化する：サンフランシスコ日本街における韓国系高齢者移民の日常の物語） (Anthropology of Japan in Japan, Spring Workshop)
14.	2006/10/12	The Intercultural Meanings of “Nikkei” in the Era of Global Capitalism:　An Ethnographic Study in San Francisco’s Japantown　（グローバル資本主義時代における「日系」の多文化的意味：サンフランシスコ日本街の民族誌的研究） (The Japan Studies Association of Canada 2006 Annual Conference)
15.	2005/04/23	Joy, Frustration and Embodied Multiculturalism: Transcultural Communication and Friendship among Japanese Anime Fans　（喜び、苛立ち、そして具現化される多文化主義：アニメファンをめぐる異文化コミュニケ―ションと友情） (Anthropology of Japan in Japan, Spring Workshop)
16.	2003/10/03	Who owns Japantown?: Emerging Intercultural Dynamics in an Ethnic Neighborhood　（日本街は誰のものか？：エスニックな地域社会における多文化間関係のダイナミクス） (Canadian Ethnic Studies Association 17th Biennial Conference)
17.	2003/08/06	The Politics of Presenting Research "Internationally:" Hegemony, Positionality, and English-language Scholarship (「国際的に」研究発表することをめぐるポリティクス：覇権性、立場性、英語による学術活動） (The 3rd Conference of the East Asian Regional Conference in Alternative Geography)
18.	2002/03/19	Japanese Imperialism Reflected in the Place Attachment of Elderly Korean Immigrants (韓国系高齢者移民の場所への愛着に反映された日本帝国主義） (The 98th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers)
19.	2001/04/14	Life Histories of Elderly Korean Immigrants: Japanese Imperialism in American Life（韓国系高齢者移民のライフヒストリー：アメリカ生活のなかの日本帝国主義） (Harvard University Korean Studies Graduate Student Conference)
20.	2000/08/14	Memories of Colonial Korea and Imperial Japan: Place Attachment and Life Histories of Elderly Korean Immigrants（植民地時代の朝鮮半島と大日本帝国の思い出：韓国系高齢者移民の場所の愛着とライフヒストリー） (The 29th International Geographical Congress)
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■ Books and academic papers

1.	Book	Trans-Pacific Reflections on the Grand Forks Japanese Canadian Commemorative Photo Book (1946) (Collaboration) 2026/03
2.	Article	Migration and Tourism: Roots Tourism in America-mura, Wakayama Migration and Society in East Asian Sea Areas pp.２４５-２６８ (Single) 2023/05
3.	Article	Utilizing Migration Studies: A Case of the Regional Revitalization and Roots Tourism of Mio, Wakayama, Japan pp.81-90 (Collaboration) 2020/06
4.	Article	Migrant Culture as Trans-local Resources: From Cases of Japantown in America and America-mura in Japan (Single) 2019/01
5.	Book	Trans-Pacific Japanese American Studies: Conversations on Race and Racializations (環太平洋日系アメリカ人研究：人種と人種化に関する対話) (Collaboration) 2016/09
6.	Book	San Francisco's Japantown for Korean Americans: Affinity and Liminality (Single) 2014/03
7.	Book	Current Address of Overseas Koreans- The Voices of the People and Japanese Researchers (Collaboration) 2012/07
8.	Article	What Brings Korean Immigrants to Japantown? Commodifying Racial Differences in the Age of Globalization (なぜ韓国系移民は日本街にいるのかーグローバル化時代における人種的差異の商品化) Japanese and Asian Americans: Racializations and Their Resistances pp.207-225 (Single) 2012/02
9.	Article	Korea Seen from Anthropology in Hybrid Zones: Korean Americans in San Francisco's Multiethnic Japantown (Single) 2008/11
10.	Other	Religion and Spirituality in Korean America (Single) 2008/10
11.	Article	English as a Lingua Franca? Reflections of a Student（英語は共通語か？　一学生の見解）国立民族学博物館調査報告 49,pp.59-64 (Single) 2004/02
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■ Academic background

1.	2021/10～2023/10	〔Master Course〕, Gifu Women's University
2.	2002/04～2008/03	,
3.	1997/09～2001/12	, Master of Arts in Geography
4.	1993/04～1997/03	,

■ Educational ability

● Practice example of education method
1.	2022/02/08～2022/02/18	オンライン国際共同授業　with North Island College

■ Belonging society

1.	2003/03～	The Japanese Association for Migration Studies
2.	2002/06～	The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
3.	2007/04～	The Japan Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations
4.	2004/09～	Japan Oral History Association
5.	2007/02～	Intercultural Education Society of Japan

■ Subject

1.	Introductory Seminar A
2.	Community Engagement Workshop A
3.	Community Engagement Workshop B
4.	Cultural Anthropology
5.	Anthropology
6.	Glocal Area Studies A
7.	Global Tourism Policy Seminar I
8.	Global Tourism Policy Seminar Ⅱ
9.	Global Tourism Policy Seminar Ⅲ
10.	Global Tourism Policy Seminar Ⅳ
11.	Graduation Thesis or Graduation Project　A
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■ Activity in society

1.	2025/12～2025/12	Japan Times への取材協力　（ルーツ・ツーリズムについて）
2.	2025/09～2025/09	大阪・関西EXPOのカナダ・パビリオンへの地域連携企画の出展
3.	2019/08～2020/05	TOMODACHI Metlife Women's Leadership Program
4.	2018/09	日系カナダ人向け新聞記事への取材協力：Journey sparked by a photograph
5.	2016/07	和歌山出身アメリカ・メキシコ移住者子弟の和歌山来県にともなう学生交流会でのプレゼン発表指導

■ Overseas works

● Overseas research activity (Last year)
Stay two weeks or more	Total 2
Stay less than two weeks	Total 2
● Overseas International Conference or Society (Last year)
Responsibility about Various Cost	Attendance Frequency	Announcement Frequency
Organizer	0 times	0 times
Foreign Organization	2 times	1 times
MEXT / JSPS	2 times	1 times
Other Government-affiliated Institution	0 times	0 times
Affiliated Organization	0 times	0 times
Foundation etc.(contribution/trust)	0 times	0 times
Own Expense	0 times	0 times
Total	4 times	2 times
●Foreign Languages Used for International Conferences
For Presentations	English, Other（韓国語）
For Papers	English, Other（韓国語）

■ Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense

1.	2020/11～	共同研究「三尾出身者をめぐるグローカルコミュニティ構築のための日系カナダ太平洋史の再探求」 (Key Word : )
2.	2022/07～	Past Wrongs, Future Choices (Key Word : )

■ Exhibition, concert, and athletic meet

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2023/11/01～

Broken Promises

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