
Yuka Mizutani
(水谷 裕佳)Profile Information
- Affiliation
- Professor, Center for Global Education and Discovery/Graduate School of Global Studies, Program in International Cooperation Studies, Sophia University
- Degree
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Ph.D (Area Studies)(Mar, 2009, Sophia University)
- Contact information
- ymizutani
sophia.ac.jp
- Researcher number
- 90568453
- ORCID ID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-3537
- J-GLOBAL ID
- 200901069016141532
- researchmap Member ID
- 5000099057
- External link
My research focuses on contemporary issues on cultural revitalization by Indigenous people and the marginalized communities in North America and a part of the Pacific. I use interdisciplinary approaches mainly based on cultural anthropology, ethnic studies, Indigenous studies, and borderlands studies.
Other topics I focus on include transborder connections among Indigenous nations and local communities in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands; representation and narrative of history at museums and historical monuments; news media of Indigenous people and marginalized communities; cultural activities in the natural reserves including those within the desert and the ocean; the relationship of the Indigenous Nations (Native American tribes in the U.S.) and organizations working with Indigenous people (nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, museums, etc.) with the nation-states and the international communities.
Through my research, I aim to locate issues related to Indigenous people and marginalized communities in those of global society and academic discussions, in order to share the knowledge with people in various fields in Japan and the world.
Major Research History
14-
Apr, 2022 - Present
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Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2022
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Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2015
Major Other
15Major Research Projects
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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 19K12531, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2023
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Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program (at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Japan-U.S. Educational Commission (Fulbright Japan), Sep, 2019 - Mar, 2020
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Research grant in Japan (Exploratory research), Kurita Water and Environment Foundation, Oct, 2018 - Sep, 2019
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Research Grants in the Humanities, The Mitsubishi Foundation, Oct, 2016 - Sep, 2017
Major Awards
4Major Books and Other Publications
15-
Minerva Shobo, May 1, 2021 (ISBN: 9784623091621)
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Sophia University Press, Dec, 2019 (ISBN: 9784324107171)
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Iberoamerican Institute, Sophia University, Mar, 2019 (ISBN: 9784904704196)
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Fulcrum Publishing, Aug, 2017 (ISBN: 9781682750650)
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Showado, Dec, 2014 (ISBN: 9784812214190)
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Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio/Greenwood, Oct, 2013 (ISBN: 0313397643)
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Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio/Greenwood, Mar, 2013 (ISBN: 0313381445)
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Hokkaido University Press, Mar, 2012 (ISBN: 9784832967465)
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Iberoamerican Institute, Sophia University, Mar, 2006
Major Papers
8-
Japan Border Review, 11 19-42, Mar, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead author
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Japan Border Review, 10 23-43, Mar 31, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author
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The Journal of American and Canadian Studies, 36 63-86, Mar, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead author
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Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, ists30 Po_5_1-Po_5_6, Feb, 2016 Peer-reviewedLead author
Major Misc.
24-
The Journal of American and Canadian Studies, 39 65-68, Mar 31, 2022
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Iberoamericana, 42(1) 61-65, Jan 25, 2021
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The Journal of American and Canadian Studies, 34 65-69, Mar, 2017
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Minpaku Tsushin, 155 22-23, Dec, 2016 Invited
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Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 19 17-19, May, 2012 Invited
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Iberoamericana, XXXII(1) 81-84, Aug, 2010
Major Presentations
59-
Symposium "East Asia and the Americas being connected: Would a new 'Pacific world' be created?", Nov 11, 2021, Iberoamerican Institute, and the Institute of American and Canadian Studies (Sophia University)
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Lecture series of Iberoamerican Institute of Sophia University, "Learning from Indigenous people in Latin America: Creating the post pandemic world.", Dec 7, 2020, Iberoamerican Institute of Sophia University
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Public lecture at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Department of American Studies, Feb 20, 2020, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program and the Department of American Studies
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Fake News on the US Mexico Borderland and the Yaqui People from the 19th Century to the 20th CenturyAssociation for Borderlands Studies, Apr 27, 2019, Association for Borderlands Studies
Major Works
21Major Education
5-
Jun, 2006 - May, 2009
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Mar, 2009 - Mar, 2009
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Apr, 1999 - Mar, 2003
Professional Memberships
4Committee Memberships
1-
Apr, 2021 - Present