(Last updated : 2023-09-25 16:31:27)
  OKADA Kuriko
   Department   Notre Dame Seishin University  , Institute for Research of Christian Culture
   Position   Lecturer
■ Present specialized field
Cultural anthropology and folklore, Area studies, Religious studies 
■ Academic background
1. 2011/04~2017/03 〔Doctorial Course (2nd Semester)〕, Sophia University, Accomplished credits for doctoral program
2. 2019/03
Degree Acquisition
Sophia University,
3. 2008/04~2010/03 〔Doctorial Course (1st Semester)〕, Sophia University, Completed, MA (Area Studies)
4. 2004/04~2008/03 Sophia University, Graduated, BA (Theology)
■ Business career
1. 2022/04~ Notre Dame Seishin University Institute for Research of Christian Culture Lecturer
2. 2020/04~2022/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
3. 2019/04~2020/03 Sophia University Institute of Asian Cultures
4. 2018/04~2021/09 Tsurumi University School of Literature
5. 2017/09~2018/03 Senshu University School of Letters
6. 2017/04~2019/03 Sophia University Faculty of Global Studies Department of Global Studies
7. 2014/04~2016/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
8. 2012/04~2014/03 Academia Sinica
■ Book and thesis
1. 2023/07 Article Church and Theology in Resonance: Exploring the Cases among Christian Churches and Indigenous Peoples in Taiwan The Journal of the Japan Missiological Society pp.22-48 (Single) 
2. 2008/03/31 Article Taiwan: Prejudice in the Midst of Touristic Attractions "Asian Human Rights Defender: Minorities in Asia" 4(1),pp.56-57 (Single) 
■ Academic conference presentation
1. 2021/10/29 A Quest for “Authenticity:” Urban Amis’ Ilisin and Cultural Representation (2021 International Conference on Culture, Society and Local Revitalization: Theory and Practice)
2. 2019/07/27 Is Inculturation "the Continuity of Superstition"?: The Challenges among Taiwan Indigenous Amis (The 2nd Annual Conference of the EASSSR)
3. 2018/11/30 The Dynamics of Taiwan Indigenous Peoples’ Catholic Practice: From Amis’ Colonial Experience to Urban Migration (AASR and NZASR joint Conference 2018)
4. 2017/07/14 Urban Migration and Religious Landscape: A Study of Taiwan Indigenous Amis and Catholicism (The 2nd International Conference on Cordilleras Studies)
5. 2016/12/16 When a Polytheist Meets Monotheistic God: A Study of Taiwan Indigenous Amis’ Colonial Experience and Conversion to Catholicism (The 5th Biennial International Conference of the Japanese Studies Association in Southeast Asia)
6. 2016/10/15 Encounter with Amatilas Omi kamisama and the Conversion to Catholicism among Taiwan Indigenous Amis (2016 Annual Conference of the East Asian Anthropological Association)
7. 2014/11/14 Living in-between Home and City: The Cultural Regulations/Orders and the Distinction of Multi-layered Dynamic Self-Attribution between the urban Migrant Indigenous Amis in Taiwan (2014 Annual Conference of the East Asian Anthropological Association)
■ Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
1. 2019/04~2023/03  Transformation and practice of everyday life during prehistory of "Yuanzhumin Yundong " (indigenous movement) in Taiwan; Anthropological study through photograph archives  (Key Word : )
2. 2017/08~2019/03  An Ethnograpic Study of Christianization among Taiwan Indigenous Amis  (Key Word : )
■ Belonging society
1. East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
2. Japan Missiological Society
■ E-Mail Address
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