The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Notifications regarding past study meetings, symposia, and academic conferences.

Past Core Research Project meetings

《International Symposium》Cargo Cults and Contemporary Conflicts in Pacific Societies: Seeking a Path of Coexistence in the Age of Globalization
Saturday, January 26, 2013
  • Date: Saturday, January 26, 2013
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Practicing Anthropology for Global Supporting: Planning a Career in Research and International Support Activities
Saturday, December 15, 2012
  • Date: Saturday, December 15, 2012
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Chinese Society and Ethnicity: Anthropological Frameworks and Case Studies
Saturday, November 24～Sunday, November 25, 2012
  • Date: Saturday, November 24 - Sunday, November 25, 2012
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》 Healing Alternatives: Care and Education as a Cultural Life-style
Sunday, November 11, 2012
  • Date: Sunday, November 11, 2012 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Workshop》Living with Asian Textiles
Saturday, November 3, 2012
  • Date: Saturday, November 3, 2012 10:00a.m. – 5:10p.m.
  • Venue: Auditorium of the National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Designing Inclusive Environments and Services for Lifelong Learning and Care
Sunday, March 7, 2012
  • Date: Sunday, March 7, 2012
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Designing Inclusive Environments and Services for Lifelong Learning and Care
Saturday, March 3, 2012
  • Date: Saturday, March 3, 2012
  • Venue: Auditorium, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Towards a Society that Lives in Hope: Thoughts on Well-being and Civil Society in Sweden and Japan
Sunday, November 7, 2010
  • Date: Sunday, November 7, 2010
  • Venue: Auditorium, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Forum》Movie Screening and International Symposium The World of El Anatsui
Saturday, October 30～Sunday, October 31, 2010
  • Date: Saturday, October 30 - Sunday, October 31, 2010
  • Venue: Auditorium, National Museum of Ethnology: October 30
    Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology: October 31
《International Forum》Repatriation and the Second Life of Heritage: Return of the Masks in Kodiak, Alaska
Saturday, June 26, 2010
  • Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
  • Venue: Auditorium, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》The Future of Anthropology and Ethnological Museum
Monday, December 7～Tuesday, December 8, 2009
  • Date: Monday, December 7 - Tuesday, December 8, 2009
  • Venue: Monday, December 7: Siran Kaikan of Kyoto University
    Tuesday, December 8: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Methodologies in Determining Morphosyntactic Change: Case Studies and Cross-linguistic Applications
Thursday, March 5～Friday, March 6, 2009
  • Date: Thursday, March 5 - Friday, March 6, 2009
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Workshop》Anthropology of Life-design and Well-being
Saturday, February 28～Sunday, March 1, 2009
  • Date: Saturday, February 28 - Sunday, March 1, 2009
  • Venue: Soushikan Conference Room, Kinugasa campus, Ritsumeikan University
《International Workshop》The Thoughts of Well-being and the Co-working of Citizens: Alternative Care Practices in Canada and Denmark
Friday, February 27, 2009
  • Date: Friday, February 27, 2009
  • Venue: Conference Room 3, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Workshop》The 5th International Workshop on Development Cooperation "International Cooperation of the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and NGOs in the Netherlands and World Bank"
Saturday, December 1～Sunady, December 2, 2007
  • Date: Saturday, December 1 - Sunady, December 2, 2007
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《Symposia and Forums》Transnational Migration in East Asia: Japan in Comparative Focus
Thursday, May 31～Friday, June 1, 2007
  • Date: Thursday, May 31 - Friday, June 1, 2007
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Immigration and Change in Regions and Nations
Monday, March 26～Wednesday, March 28, 2007
  • Date: Monday, March 26 - Wednesday, March 28, 2007
  • Venue: Conference Room 6, National Museum of Ethnology
《Workshop》Commemorative Forum to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Opening of the Museum "Multicultural Education in Japan: The Case of Ainu Culture"
Monday, March 26～Tuesday, March 27, 2007
  • Date: Monday, March 26 - Tuesday, March 27, 2007
  • Venue: National Museum of Ethnology
《Open Symposium》The Goals of Fair Trade: Complex Reality and Problems
Saturday, March 10, 2007
  • Date: Saturday, March 10, 2007
《International Symposium》Modernization under Socialism in Mongolia: A Re-appraisal of A. D. Simukov and His Works
Sunday, February 25, 2007
  • Date: Sunday, February 25, 2007
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《Workshop》Meet in Dance, Connected in Dance (Part 2)
Saturday, December 9～Sunday, December 10, 2006
  • Date: Saturday, December 9 - Sunday, December 10, 2006
  • Venue: National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium on Development Aid》Development Cooperation of Norway: University of Bergen, Chr. Michelsen Institute and NGOs
Thursday, November 23～Friday, November 24, 2006
  • Date: Thursday, November 23 - Friday, November 24, 2006
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《Open Symposium》The Practical Application of Cultural Anthropology: Contributing to Cooperation in International Development and Disaster Prevention
Saturday, Octber 21, 2006
  • Date: Saturday, Octber 21, 2006
  • Venue: Osaka International Convension Center, Osaka
《International Symposium》Written Cultures in Mainland Southeast Asia
Friday, February 3～Saturday, February 4, 2006
  • Date: Friday, February 3 - Saturday, February 4, 2006
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《Research Forum》The Third International Workshop on Development Aid: Development and Gender (2)
Sunday, June 19, 2005
  • Date: Sunday, June 19, 2005
  • Venue: Meeting Room 1, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Religions, Secularism and Public Sphere
Thursday, March 24, 2005
  • Date: Thursday, March 24, 2005
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Workshop 2005》The Second International Workshop on Development Aid Development and Gender: Theories and Issues
Sunday, February 20, 2005
  • Date: Sunday, February 20, 2005
  • Venue: Conference Room 6, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Indigenous Movements in Plural Societies: The Canadian Inuit and the Ainu of Japan
Thursday, January 13～Saturday, January 15, 2005
  • Date: Thursday, January 13 - Saturday, January 15, 2005
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology