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

Staff Members

YAMAMOTO Hiroyuki
YAMAMOTO HiroyukiYAMAMOTO Hiroyuki
The Japan Center for Area Studies (JCAS)・Associate Professor
Research Specialization
Individual Research Projects
Personal website ［22 Feb 2012 updated］

Academic Qualifications:

  • B.A. Univ. of Tokyo 1993
  • M.A. Univ. of Tokyo 1995
  • Ph.D. Univ. of Tokyo 2003

Research Topics:

Ethnicity and Nationality in Islamized Southeast Asia

Geographical areas of Interest:

Sabah (Malaysia), Malay Islamic Region (Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia)

Ethnic groups:

Kadazandusun, Bajau, Chinese, Sabahan, Malay, Malaysian, Indonesian

Discipline:

Area Studies

Publications:

2002
"Sports, Beauty Contests and the Tamu Besar: The Origins of Harvest Festival in Sabah (North Borneo)". Sabah Society Journal. (Sabah Society). 19:1-21.
2002
"From Penampang Boys to Tambunan Sons: Kadazandusun Leadership and Their Cultural 'Revival'". Mohd. Hazim Shah et al. (eds. ). New Perspectives in Malaysian Politics. Malaysian Social Science Association. pp.213-225.
2002
"Harvesting an Identity". Star. (Malaysia). March 11, 2002. p.18.
2001
""Foreigners' Nationalism" in Malaysia: Donald Stephens and K. Bali in Making of Sabah Nationhood". Sejarah. (Universiti Malaya). 9:49-70.
1999
"From Bornean Federation to Malaysia: Analysis of 'Stephens' Merdeka Plan'". MANU. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah). 2:59-80.

Presentations:

2004
"The Muslim Brotherhood Movement among Malay-Speaking Muslims in the 1950s". Middle Classes and Flows and Movements in East Asia (JSPS Core University Program Workshop), Kyoto University, 6-8 October, 2004.
2004
"Malay Periodicals in North Borneo as the Ideological Background to the Emergence of Bajau Identity". International Conference on Bajau/Sama Communities (ICBC), Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 21-23 July, 2004.
2003
"Muslim Brotherhood in the Malay World in the 1950s". The 3rd International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS3), Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore, 19-22 August, 2003.
2003
"Relation between Chinese and Inland Autochthones in Borneo in 1960s". Workshop on Culture and Development in and around Sabah. ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. 23-24 January, 2003.
2001
"The Pasok Momogun Movement in Sabah in the 1960s". The 3rd International Malaysian Studies Conference. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 6-8 August, 2001.
2000
"The Origins of Sabah Nationhood: A Case of "Foreigners' Nationalism" in Malaysia". The 16th Conference of the International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA). Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 27-31 July, 2000.
1999
"From Penampang Boys to Tambunan Sons: The Kadazandusun Leadership and Their Cultural 'Revival'". The 2nd International Malaysian Studies Conference. Universiti Malaya. 2-4 August, 1999.