Research and Educational Activities
Research and Educational Activities
1. Interdisciplinary research on gender studies
2. Training in gender studies for researchers and students
3. Collection of publications and resources on gender studies
4. Provision of public seminars and reference services
5. Releasing publications of research projects
Types of research projects
1) Projects by visiting professors
2) Research projects in collaboration with IGS staff and researchers
3) Individual research projects
4) Projects funded by outside resources
6. International networking of gender studies
International Networking
IGS advises visiting scholars and research students(Japanese and non-Japanese) studying at the Institute. As well,full-time faculty members hold graduate seminars in women's and gender studies in and outside the campus.
Visting Professors
| Name | Period | Subject | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanh-Dam Truong |
1996.10-12 | Women and Development in Asia | Holland |
| Kim Jae-In |
1997.1-4 | Cross-National Comparison on Women's Policies and National Machineries, Particularly Focusing on Korea and Japan | Korea |
| Frances Olsen |
1997.5-8 |
The Role of Legal Studies in Gender Studies |
U.S.A. |
| Bina Pradhan |
1997.9-12 |
Development and Gender, focusing on Population and Reproductive Health | Nepal |
| Saskia Eleonora Wieringa |
1998.1-4 |
Culture, Identity and Sexuality, in Relation to Social Processes and Development | Holland |
| Trinh T. Minh-ha rs |
1998.5-8 |
Gender and Ethnicity in Cinematic Representations | U.S.A. |
| Kim Hye Seon |
1998.9-12 | Study of Mate Selection: Cross National Comparison between Korea and Japan | Korea |
| Amaryllis T. Torres |
1999.1-6 |
Gender Issues in Community Development | Philippines |
| Malavika Karlekar |
1999.7-11 |
Viewing Women through Personal Narratives and Photographic Representation | India |
| Patricia Uberoi |
1999.11 -2000.3 |
Gender and Family in Popular Culture |
India |
| Anne Walthall |
2000.4-9 |
Study of Gender in Japanese History | U.S.A. |
| Tani E. Barlow |
2000.10 -2001.3 |
Critical Analysis of Gender in East Asia | U.S.A. |
| Mirjana Morokvasic-Müller |
2001.4-9 |
A Comparative Study of Migration in Europe and Japan in the 1990's: A Gender Perspective | France |
| Vera Mackie |
2001.10 -2002.3 |
Globalization and Gender in Asia and the Pacific | Australia |
| Carla Risseeuw |
2002.4-12 | A Gender Analysis of Care Arrangements and Aging | Holland |
| Cynthia Enloe |
2002.12 -2003.3 |
The Links between Japanese Women's Political Participation in Government and outside of Government | U.S.A. |
| Josephine Ho |
2003.4-9 |
Emerging Challenges to Feminist Gender/Sexuality Theories in East Asia | Taiwan |
| Dai Jinhua |
2003.9-12 |
Intersectionality of Gender Theory and Cinema Research | China |
| Li Xiaojiang |
2003.12 -2004.3 |
Theory and Method: Women (both Chinese and Japanese)'s Oral History in the War Time in Manchuria | China |
| Michiko Mae |
2004.4-6 |
The Formation of Transcultural Consciousness in Relation to Nation State, Culture and Gender |
Germany |
| Rhoda Kesler Unger | 2004.6-8 |
Social Constructions of Gender: Empirical Psychology through a Feminist Lens | U.S.A. |
| Kim Eun-Shil |
2004.8 -2005.3 |
The Korean Woman's Experience of (Colonial-) Modern during 1920-1930s |
Korea |
| Rhacel S. Parreñas | 2005.4-11 |
Entertainers: Gender and Migration in Japan | U.S.A. |
| Eli Bartra |
2005.12 -2006.3 |
Women and Folk Art in Japan | Mexico |
| Carolyn I. Sobritchea | 2006.5 -2006.7 |
A Study of the Reproductive Health Status and Concerns of Filipino Female Migrant Workers in Japan | Philippines |
| Judy Wajcman |
2006.9-11 |
The Social Shaping of Technology: A Gender Analysis |
Australia |
| Heidi Gottfried |
2007.1-3 |
Social Contracts in Transition: Gender, Non-Standard Employment and Regulation | U.S.A. |
*Note: Countries indicated in the table designate the location of workplace where
visiting professors were affiliated to during their period of stay at IGS.
Collection of materials on gender studies:
The library concentrates collecting works on gender studies in addition to its original focus on women's education,family history and biographies, as well as rare European books from the 1630's, a microfilmed collection of women's history, the Takigawa-Bunko (materials on yujo, or prostitutes in the Edo Era), a collection of koto-jogakko (girls' higher schools in Japan Before 1945) materials, and other personal documents. The library's main holding are on Japanese women, but include materials on women in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Reference services, discussions, events, and publications:
IGS holds symposiums and monthly study and research sessions, and occasional exhibitions; participants are always welcome. It publishes an annual bulletin, The Bulletin of the Institute for Gender Studies {formerly The Bulletin of the Institute for Women's Studies (since 1980; in Japanese, some in English)} and occasional research reports. Major titles of IGS's research reports include "University Education and Women with the Diversification of Women's Life Courses" (in Japanese).
