International Forum
International Forum of Core Research Projects “Human Science of Materiality” National Museum of Ethnology (co-sponsored by International House of Japan)
Repatriation and the Second Life of Heritage: Return of the Masks in Kodiak, Alaska
June 26, 2010

International Workshop
Expanded Educational Space from the Perspective of Children’s Well-being
March 7, 2010

International Symposium
Future Society for Children – Scandinavian Thought and Practice
March 6, 2010

International Symposium
The Future of Anthropology and Ethnological Museum
December 7 - December 8, 2009

Seminar
35th Seminar for the Osaka University Global COE Programme,
'A Research Base for Conflict Studies in the Humanities'
Seminar of the Center for Research Development, National Museum of Ethnology
Museums of Ourselves, Museums of the Other in a Post-colonial World: A View from France
September 10, 2009

International Symposium
International Symposium on Management and Marketing of Globalizing Asian Religions
Aug 11 - Aug 14, 2009

International Research Forum
Amish Way of Living Together in the 21st Century: From Mutual Aid to International Cooperation
June 21, 2009

International Symposium
Methodologies in Determining Morphosyntactic Change: Case Studies and Cross-linguistic Applications
March 5- March 6, 2009

International Workshop
Anthropology of Life-design and Well-being
February 28- March 1, 2009

International Workshop
Thoughts of Well-being and the Co-working of Citizens: Alternative Care Practices in Canada and Denmark
February 27, 2009

International Research Forum
Linguistic Substrata in Tibeto-Burman Area
September 9 - 11, 2008

JSPS AA Science Platform Program Open Forum
Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Africa: From Memories to Histories.
March 2, 2008

The 5th International Workshop on Development Cooperation
International Cooperation of the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and NGOs in the Netherlands and the World Bank
December 1 - 2, 2007

Transnational Migration in East Asia: Japan in Comparative Focus
May 31 - June 1, 2007

International Symposium
Immigration and Change in Regions and Nations
March 26-28, 2007

Workshop
Commemorative Forum to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Opening of the Museum
Multicultural Education in Japan: The Case of Ainu Culture
March 26-27, 2007

Open Symposium
Climbing, Expeditions, and Fieldwork: To the Heights of the Earth
March 25, 2007

Open Symposium
The Goals of Fair Trade: Complex Reality and Problems
March 10, 2007

International Symposium
The Relationship between Eurasia and Japan: Mutual Interaction and Representation
The Formation and Recognition of Borders as Seen through Movement
March 3-4, 2007

International Symposium
Modernization under Socialism in Mongolia: A Re-appraisal of A. D. Simukov and His Works
February 25, 2007

Research Meeting
Colloquium
The Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Africa (2): Practical Research for the Creation of a New Museology
January 18-19, 2007

Other Academic Meetings
Workshop
Meet in Dance, Connected in Dance (Part 2)
December 9-10, 2006

International Symposium
From Batik to Print: The Globalization of Designs and Techniques in Textiles
December 3, 2006

International Symposium
Development Cooperation of Norway: University of Bergen, Christian Michelsen Institute and NGOs
November 23-24, 2006

Open Symposium
The Practical Application of Cultural Anthropology: Contributing to Cooperation in International Development and Disaster Prevention
October 21, 2006

International Symposium
Towards a Museum For All: The Creativity and Passion Needed for Its Realization
September 23-24, 2006

Research Forum
Oral Traditions and Written Cultures: The Handing Down of Knowledge and Information in Japanese Folk Society
July 8-9, 2006

Research Forum
The Ethics of Beggars
14 April, 2006

International Symposium
Written Cultures in Mainland Southeast Asia
February 3-4, 2006

Research Forum
International Workshop 2005: “International Workshop on Aid to Developing countries at MINPAKU (4)”
Roles of Anthropologists and Sociologists in the Canadian International Development Agency and the World Bank: Social Assessment, Participatory Development and Social Safeguards  
November 12-13, 2005

International Symposium
Frontier Modernity: Inner Mongolia in the Twentieth Century
June 19, 2005

Research Forum
The Third International Workshop on Development Aid
Development and Gender (2)
June 19, 2005

International Symposium
Religions, Secularism and the Public Sphere
March 24, 2005

The Second International Workshop on Development Aid
Development and Gender: Theories and Issues
February 20, 2005

International Symposium
Indigenous Movements in Plural Societies: The Canadian Inuit and the Ainu of Japan
January 13-15, 2005