Research Activities

Public Lectures

Public Lectures and Symposiums

In the 2024 academic year

139th (12/12/2024)

  • Omokage of Ryukyu-uta: Compared with "Omorosaushi" etc.
    Lecturer: Atsushi Mamiya (Concurrently serving as a research fellow at the Institute for Okinawan Studies, Hosei University; Professor, Faculty of Letters )
    Commentator: Jana Urbanová (Concurrently serving as a research fellow at the Institute for Okinawan Studies, Hosei University; Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration )
    Fuku Hiromi Fuku (Adjunct Fellow, Institute of Okinawan Studies, Hosei University; Adjunct Lecturer, Hosei University)

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138th (2024/6/8)

  • Thinking about Okinawa as "my own thing": The real image of Okinawa, the island of bases, and memories of war
    Lecturer: Koichi Yasuda (non-fiction writer)

Academic Year 2023

137th (2023/12/14)

  • On the Winter of Ryukyuan Poetry: The Influence of Japanese Poetry from the Perspective of Okinawa's Climate
    [Speaker] Jana Urbanová, Concurrent Research Fellow, Institute of Okinawan Studies, Hosei University, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration
    [Commentator] Atsushi Mamiya, Concurrent Research Fellow, Institute of Okinawan Studies, Hosei University, Professor, Faculty of Letters
    Hiromi Fuku, Ph. Concurrently serving as an adjunct fellow at the Institute for Okinawan Studies, Hosei University, and adjunct lecturer at Hosei University)

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FY2021

The 136th (12/9/2021)

  • The Kamidai Toukoku Dialect and Classical Ryukyuan Languages
    Lecturer: Hiromi Fuku (concurrently with the Institute for Okinawan Studies, Hosei University)

The 135th (2021/8/23)

  • The Establishment of School Education in Occupied Okinawa (1945-1949)"
    Lecturer: Mami Hagiwara (Associate Professor, Seitoku University; Domestic Researcher, Okinawa Institute of Culture)

FY2020

The 134th (2020/11/4)

  • The Era of Shimazu Shigeko and the Ryukyu Islands"
    Lecturer: Fukase Koichiro (Visiting Researcher, Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture; Domestic Researcher, Institute for Research in Okinawan Culture)

Academic Year 2012

The 133rd (2012/5/12)

  • Moriguchi Jurisu Okinawa Documentary Theater III: Living the Yamato-sei"
    Lecturer: Moriguchi Katsu (Journalist, filmmaker)

FY2011

The 132nd (2012/3/3)

  • Thinking about the words of "Omorosaushi"
    Lecturer: Minako Abe (Incentive Researcher, Okinawa Institute of Culture)
  • The Archaeology of the Minamijima Settlement Site"
    Lecturer: Ryuta Ishii (Domestic Researcher, Institute for Research in Okinawan Culture)

131st (2011/12/23, General Lecture Joint Project)

  • Ancient History Revealed by Ryugujin: Songs and Stories of Yutaka Kaiseto"
    Lecturer: Yutaka Kaiseto (composer, singer-songwriter)

The 130th session (2011/11/19)

  • Okinawa Documentary Theater II: The Island"
    Lecturer: Katsu Moriguchi (Journalist, filmmaker)

129th (2011/9/23, General Lecture Joint Project)

  • Poetry in Correspondence: Okinawa's Short Poetic Forms"
    Lecturer: Masanori Nakadonari (Visiting Fellow, Institute for Okinawan Studies, Hosei University)

The 128th (2011/6/18)

  • Commentary on the Photo Exhibition "Okinawa: The Endless Postwar Years"
    Lecturer: Hiroaki Oshiro (News Photographer)
  • Moriguchi Katsu's Okinawa Documentary Theater"
    Lecturer: Moriguchi Katsu (Journalist, Filmmaker)

FY2010

127th (2011/3/5)

  • Rethinking the History of the Old Ryukyus"
    Lecturer: Shigeru Ikuta (Professor Emeritus, Daito Bunka University)

The 126th (2010/11/20)

  • Island and Inland Archaeology in East Asia: Through Comparative Studies of Okinawa and Mongolia"
    Lecturer: Horotova Yuliana (Domestic Researcher, Institute for Okinawan Studies, Hosei University)
  • Mai-Kata on the Main Island of Okinawa: A Study of Martial Dance
    Lecturer: Jean-Charles Justel (Domestic Researcher, Institute for the Study of Okinawan Culture, Hosei University)

The 125th session (2010/9/25)

  • The Policy of the Early Disposal of Ryukyu from the Perspective of Documentary Style"
    Lecturer: Atsuko Nishi (Domestic Researcher, Institute for the Study of Okinawan Culture, Hosei University)
  • The Practice of "Language" in Ritual: The Connection between People and God in Kabira, Ishigaki Island"
    Lecturer: Mayo Sawai (Domestic Research Fellow, Institute for Okinawan Studies, Hosei University)

Year 2009

The 124th (2010/3/6)

  • Exploring a New Image of the Ryukyu Islands in the Contemporary Era: On "Koryukyu on the Sea of Asia"
    Lecturer: Akiko Uchida, Kyoko Takase, Mochiko Ikeya (Authors of "Koryukyu on the Sea of Asia")

The 123rd (2009/6/6)

  • The Okinawan Economy: The Key to Endogenous Development"
    Lecturer: Tadao Kiyonari (Professor Emeritus, Hosei University; Academic Advisor, Hosei University; Chairman, Okinawa Association), Yasukatsu Matsushima (Professor, Faculty of Economics Ryukoku University)

Fiscal 2008

No.122 "The Usefulness of Miyako Dialect in the Study of Japanese Language" (3/7)

  • Lecturer: Hiroshi Niizato (Senior Lecturer, Shibuya Shogaku University)

No.121 "The Postwar Period of Kowan, Okinawa: Between the Island of Birth and the Place of Settlement in the Gate" (12/6)

  • Lecturer: Hisako Kato (Domestic Researcher, Institute for Okinawan Studies, Hosei University)

Fiscal Year 2007

No.120 "Changes in the Names of Ryukyu and Okinawa" (3/1)

  • Lecturer: KODAMA Masatomo (Doctor of Literature, Chairman of Statistical Information Research Center, Former Director of Okinawa Association, Former Vice Minister of Okinawa Development)

119. "War and Security in Okinawa" (12/8)

  • Lecturer: Akutagawa, Tohru (Adjunct Lecturer, Hosei University; Domestic Researcher, Institute of Okinawan Studies, Hosei University)

118th "The Possibility of Okinawan Women's Studies" (4/21)

  • Lecturer: KATSUKATA Keiko Inafuku (Professor, Waseda University; Director, Institute of Okinawan and Ryukyu Studies, Waseda University; Domestic Researcher, Institute of Okinawan Studies, Hosei University)

FY2006

The 117th "Postwar History of Okinawa from the Perspective of a Foreigner: Focusing on the Separation of Okinawa" (3/3)

  • Lecturer: Compelle Radomir (Doctoral Student, Yokohama National University; Research Fellow, Institute of Okinawan Studies)

116th "The Development of Dancing Nembutsu in the Early Modern Period: Yaeyama as a Center" (12/9)

  • Lecturer: TANAKA Yuko (Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences Hosei University; Concurrent Research Fellow, Institute for Research in Okinawan Culture, Hosei University)

No.115 "Yaeyama Research in the Meiji Period: Focusing on Yoshisuke Sasamori" (10/14)

  • Lecturer: MIYAHIRA Shinya (Associate Professor, Ryutsu Keizai University / Adjunct Fellow, Institute for Research in Okinawan Culture)

114. "The Amami Islands as a Boundary Region between Ancient and Medieval States: An Archaeological Perspective" (6/3)

  • Lecturer: Osamu TAKANASHI (Curator, Amami City Amami Museum; Domestic Researcher, Institute of Okinawan Studies)

FY2005

113th "On the oldest collection of Ryukyu material culture in Japan" (3/4)

  • Lecturer: Toshikazu Sasaki (Adjunct Lecturer, Hosei University / Domestic Researcher, Institute for Research in Okinawan Culture)

No.112 "Okinawa and Taiwan from the Perspective of the 'Botansha Incident': From 'Memory' to 'History'" (1/14)

  • Lecturer: Ikuko Ohama (Adjunct Lecturer, Hosei University / Domestic Researcher, Institute for Research in Okinawan Culture)

111th "'Omorosashi' Language" (10/1)

  • Lecturer: Atsushi Mamiya (Professor, Faculty of Letters Hosei University; Concurrent Research Fellow, Institute for Research in Okinawan Culture)

The 110th "Considering Old Okinawan Culture from Indonesian Perspective" (5/21)

  • Lecturer: Azuko Hosoda (Professor, Nagasaki International University / Domestic Researcher, Institute for Research in Okinawan Culture)

FY2004

109th "Considering Ryukyu Folklore" (3/4)

  • Lecturer: Naoki Yoshinari (Professor, Institute of Okinawan Studies, Hosei University)

FY2003

No.108 "Novel of Stone Daring Pine": Current Situation in Japan and Verification of its Origin Based on Historical Documents" (November 15)

  • Lecturer: Masato Kodama (President, Okinawa Association of Law Foundation)

FY2002

No.107 Society and Religion in Amami Kakaroma Island in 1962 (2/3)

  • Lecturer: Kleiner Josef (Director, Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Bonn, Germany)

No.106 "The So-Called 'Kuroshio Culture'" (May 21)

  • Lecturer: Rekkum Arne (Visiting Professor, Department of Advanced Ethnography, National Museum of Ethnology)