Tuition fee is free (No advance registration required)

Faculty members of the Okinawa International University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociocultural Studies, will introduce the research in archaeology, history, cultural anthropology, sociology, peace studies, etc. that they are working on in an easy-to-understand manner, and think together with the audience what meaning this research has in the field of humanities and what kind of contribution it can make to Okinawan society.

Session 1 2024/6/1 (Sat) “Significance of Archaeological Research on Small Islands”
Instructor in charge: Niisato Takayuki (Associate Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

2nd 2024/6/15 (Sat) “Disseminating Archaeology from Ryukyu and Okinawa”
Instructor in charge: Miyagi Hiroki (Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

3rd 2024/7/6 (Sat) “The History of Okinawa's' Endemic 'Diseases: An Approach from the Humanities”
Instructor in charge: Ichikawa Tomoo (Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

Session 4 2024/7/13 (Sat) “History Education and Historical Practice: Questioning the Local in a Global Context”
Instructor in charge: Fujinami Kiyoshi (Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

Session 5 2024/7/27 (Sat) “Changes in Descriptions of Ryukyu History Research: General History and Municipal History”
Instructor in charge: Fukasawa Akito (Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

Session 6 2024/9/28 (Sat) “Issues and Possibilities of Peace Studies in Okinawa”
Instructor in charge: Akiyama Michihiro (Associate Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

7th 2024/10/5 (Sat) “Anarchist Anthropology of Butterflies”
Instructor in charge: Higa Rima (Associate Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

#8 2024/10/19 (Sat) “Uchinanchu Cultural Practices Around the World: Okinawan Immigrants Connected by Song and Dance”
Instructors in charge: Tsukino Fuuko (Associate Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences) /Sakihama Kayo (Lecturer, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

9th 2024/10/26 (Sat) “Okinawa in the World and Asia: The Role of Cultural Anthropology”
Instructor in charge: Ishigaki Tadashi (Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

10th 2024/11/2 (Sat) “Humanities Research and Practice Surrounding Ryukyu and Okinawa”
Lecturers in charge: Miyagi Hiroki (Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies) /Fujinami Kiyoshi (Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences) /Ishigaki Tadashi (Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences) /Michihiro Akiyama (Associate Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

Course Outline

https://www.okiu.ac.jp/extension_lecture/umanchu