Faculty Information - OKADA Kuriko |

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OKADA Kuriko

Department / Course Notre Dame Seishin University Institute for Research of Christian Culture

Job Lecturer

Present specialized field
Cultural anthropology and folklore, Area studies, Religious studies

Academic background
2011/04～2017/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) Sophia University Expired with Credits Obtained
2011/04～2017/03	Sophia University
2008/04～2010/03	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) Sophia University Finished MA (Area Studies)
2004/04～2008/03	Sophia University Graduated BA (Theology)

Business career
2022/04/01 ～	Lecturer Notre Dame Seishin University Institute for Research of Christian Culture
2020/04 ～ 2022/03	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2019/04 ～ 2020/03	Sophia University Institute of Asian Cultures
2018/04 ～ 2021/09	Tsurumi University School of Literature
2017/09 ～ 2018/03	Senshu University School of Letters
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Book and thesis
Papers	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 (Sole-authored) 2023/07
Papers	Taiwan: Prejudice in the Midst of Touristic Attractions "Asian Human Rights Defender: Minorities in Asia" 4 (1),pp.56-57 (Sole-authored) 2008/03/31

Academic conference presentation
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)
2019/07/27	Is Inculturation "the Continuity of Superstition"?: The Challenges among Taiwan Indigenous Amis (The 2nd Annual Conference of the EASSSR)
2018/11/30	The Dynamics of Taiwan Indigenous Peoples’ Catholic Practice: From Amis’ Colonial Experience to Urban Migration (AASR and NZASR joint Conference 2018)
2017/07/14	Urban Migration and Religious Landscape: A Study of Taiwan Indigenous Amis and Catholicism (The 2nd International Conference on Cordilleras Studies)
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)
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Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
2019/04 ～ 2023/03	Transformation and practice of everyday life during prehistory of "Yuanzhumin Yundong " (indigenous movement) in Taiwan; Anthropological study through photograph archives Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2017/08 ～ 2019/03	An Ethnograpic Study of Christianization among Taiwan Indigenous Amis Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up

Activity in society
2024/12	The 16 indigenous peoples of Taiwan

Belonging society
	East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
	Japan Missiological Society

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