GRADUATE SCHOOL Professor Tanaka is affiliated with The Institute for Research in Humanities as well as The Department of Cultural Anthropology at the The Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies. Both the Institute and the Graduate School are a part of KYOTO UNIVERSITY in Kyoto, JAPAN. >> Go to Main Menu

Kyoto University has a long tradition of cultural and social anthropology. Its uniqueness lies in the close relationship with physical anthropology and primatology, of which Kyoto has a very distinguished history. Though not institutionalised, the University has produced many leading anthropologists. One of them is Prof. Tadao Umesao, who later became the founder Director-General of The National Museum of Ethnology. However, the establishment of the Department of Cultural Anthropology is relatively new. It came into being in 1993 with 5 teaching staff including me. Two professors retired, and currently the staff number is three. All of them are affiliated to the Graduate School as full members. They are as follows: Professor Kazuyoshi SUGAWARA (Conversational Analysis, Hunters and Gatherers, Bushman, Primatology) Professor Takako YAMADA (Cognitive Anthropology, Ethno-Medicine, Shamanism, Ainu, Polar, Siberia) Associate Professor Masakazu TANAKA (Social Anthropology, Religion, Fishing Societies, Gender and Sexuality, India and Sri Lanka)

Tanaka teaches the Cultural Practice Course (Social Anthropology) at the Graduate School, while Professors Fukui and Sugawara teach the Cognitive Anthropology Course. Lecture (Cultural Practice) 10:30-12:30 Monday 1993 - Anthropological Theory 1 1994 - Anthropological Theory 2 1995 - Ethnographies and Ethnographic Films 1996 - Said's Orientalism and its Impact on Anthropology 1997 - Sexuality 1998 - Religion 1999 - Economy 1 2000 - Economy 2 2001 - Sexuality 1 2002 - Sexuality 2 Seminar (Cultural Practice) 10:30-13:00 Wednesday 1999 - Reading Judith Butler 2000 - Re-examining Gifts and Commodities 2001 - Feminism and Bodily Experiences 2002 - Embodied Culture For more information >> Go to The Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies