Japan Anthropology Workshop

Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS) developed out of a "growing international interest in the anthropology of Japan," and the first conference was organised in Oxford in March 1984.[1] It is now an annual conference organised with hosts across the world.

Conferences

An overview of the JAWS conferences from 2005.[2]

Date Title Subject Location Keynote speaker Notes
2005 16th JAWS Conference East Meets West University of Hong Kong Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
2005 17th JAWS Conference Time and Memory University of Vienna Held in conjunction with the 11th European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) Conference
2007 18th JAWS Conference Japan and Materiality in a Broader Perspective University of Oslo Joy Hendry
2010 20th JAWS Conference Religion, Ritual, and Identity in Japan University of Texas at Austin Delores Martinez
2011 21st JAWS Conference Tallinn University in Estonia Held concurrent with Section 5 (Anthropology and Sociology) of the 13th EAJS Conference

References

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