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 Other Project meetings

《International Symposium》Exhibiting Cultures: Comparative Perspectives from Japan and Europe
Sunday, March 17, 2013
  • Date: Sunday, March 17, 2013
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
International Symposium on the History of Mining in Mongolia
Friday, February 15, 2013
  • Date: Friday, February 15, 2013
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Let’s Talk about Trees
Sunday, February 10, 2013
  • Date: Sunday, February 10, 2013
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Forum》Research on Materials Related to Japan around the Baltic Sea Area
Saturday, February 2～Sunday, February 3, 2012
  • Date: Saturday, February 2 - Sunday, February 3, 2012
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Forum》International Research for Film Making, "The Tuva: Turkic People Divided between Three Countries, Russia, China and Mongolia"
Tuesday, January 8～Wednesday, January 9, 2013
  • Date: Tuesday, January 8 - Wednesday, January 9, 2013
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Looking beyond the State: The Changing Forms of Inclusion and Exclusion in India
Friday, December 21～Saturday, December 22, 2012
  • Date: Friday, December 21 - Saturday, December 22, 2012
  • Venue: Japhu Christian College, Kohima, India
《International Forum》A Forum for Scientific Exchange between France and Japan : A Demographic View of the World
Friday, November 30, 2012
  • Date: Friday, November 30, 2012 1:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  • Venue: Seminar Room 1, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Catastrophes and Constructing Communities
Friday, November 16～Saturday, November 17, 2012
  • Date: Friday, November 16 - Saturday, November 17, 2012
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Mobility of Human, Culture and Space in the Han Society: Anthropological Approach
Saturday, November 3～Sunday, November 4, 2012
  • Date: Saturday, November 3 - Sunday, November 4, 2012
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
International Symposium on Signed and Spoken Linguistics (1) ‘Description, Documentation and Conservation’
Saturday, July 28～Sunday, July 29, 2012
  • Saturday, July 28, 2012
    • Conference Room 4 (2nd Floor), National Museum of Ethnology
    • 13:00–18:00
  • Sunday, July 29, 2012
    • National Museum of Ethnology Auditorium
    • 9:00-17:30
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《International Symposium》Rekiseikai's Project: Revisiting private houses investigated by Kon Wajiro
Saturday, June 09, 2012
  • Date: Saturday, June 09, 2012
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Can Art and Museums Contribute to the Renaissance of the Society?
Saturday, May 26, 2012
  • Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  • Venue: Auditorium of the National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》The International Symposium of the National Institutes for the Humanities: Whaling Cultures of the World: Past, Present, and Future
Friday, March 11～Sunday, March 13, 2011
  • Date: Friday, March 11 - Sunday, March 13, 2011
  • Venue: Conference Room, 4 National Museum of Ethnology: Friday, March 11 - 12
    Conference Room, 5 National Museum of Ethnology: Sunday, March 13
《International Forum》The Second International Conference on CultureWear and Diaspora Museum
Friday, August 27～Sunday, August 29, 2010
  • Date: Friday, August 27 - Sunday, August 29, 2010
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology： August 27 - 28
    Auditorium, National Museum of Ethnology： August 29
《International Workshop》Expanded Educational Space from the Perspective of Children’s Well-being
Sunday, March 7, 2009
  • Date: Sunday, March 7, 2009
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Future Society for Children – Scandinavian Thought and Practice
Saturday, March 6, 2009
  • Date: Saturday, March 6, 2009
  • Venue: Auditorium, National Museum of Ethnology
《Symposium》Development of Indigenous Art in Canada: Inuit and Northwest Coast Peoples Art Traditions
Saturday, September 12～Sunday, September 13, 2009
  • Date: Saturday, September 12 - Sunday, September 13, 2009
  • Venue: National Museum of Ethnology
《Seminar》Museums of Ourselves, Museums of the Other in a Post-colonial World: A View from France
Thursday, September 10, 2009
  • Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009
  • Venue: Conference Room 3, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Management and Marketing of Globalizing Asian Religions
Tuesday, August 11～Friday, August 14, 2009
  • Date: Tuesday, August 11 - Friday, August 14, 2009
  • Venue: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka: August 11 - 12, 14
    Tenri University: August 13
《International Research Forum》Linguistic Substrata in Tibeto-Burman Area
Tuesday, September 9～Thursday, September 11, 2008
  • Date: Tuesday, September 9 - Thursday, September 11, 2008
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《Open Forum》Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Africa: From Memories to Histories
Sunday, March 2, 2008
  • Date: Sunday, March 2, 2008
  • Venue: Conference Room 5, National Museum of Ethnology
《Open Symposium》Climbing, Expeditions, and Fieldwork: To the Heights of the Earth
Sunday, March 25, 2007
  • Date: Sunday, March 25, 2007
  • Venue: Auditorium, National Museum of Ethnology
《Symposia and Forums》Colloquium "Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Africa: With Special Reference to the Situation of Mali, Tanzania, and Madagascar"
Thursday, January 18～Friday, January 19, 2007
  • Date: Thursday, January 18 - Friday, January 19, 2007
  • Venue: Conference Room 6, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》From Batik to Print: The Globalization of Designs and Techniques in Textiles
Sunday, December 3, 2006
  • Date: Sunday, December 3, 2006
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Towards a Museum For All: The Creativity and Passion Needed for Its Realization
Saturday, September 23～Sunday, September 24, 2006
  • Date: Saturday, September 23 - Sunday, September 24, 2006
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
《Research Forum》Oral Traditions and Written Cultures: The Handing Down of Knowledge and Information in Japanese Folk Society
Saturday, July 8～Sunday, July 9, 2006
  • Date: Saturday, July 8 - Sunday, July 9, 2006
  • Venue: Conference Room (L), National Museum of Ethnology
《Research Forum》The Ethics of Beggars
Friday, April 14, 2006
  • Date: Friday, April 14, 2006
  • Venue: Conference Room 5, National Museum of Ethnology
《Symposia and Forums》Colloquium "Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Africa"
February, 28～Thursday, March 2, 2006
  • Date: February, 28 - Thursday, March 2, 2006
  • Venue: Conference Room 6, National Museum of Ethnology
《International Symposium》Frontier Modernity: Inner Mongolia in the Twentieth Century
Sunday, June 19, 2005
  • Date: Sunday, June 19, 2005
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology