Researcher's database - WATANABE Mitsuko | BUNKYO UNIVERSITY

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WATANABE Mitsuko

Department / Course Bunkyo University Faculty of International Studies Department of International Understanding

Job Associate Professor

Book and thesis
Books	Toward a Sustainable Society in Central Eurasia: An Historical Perspective on the Future (Co-authored) 2012/03
Papers	Exploring and bridging mismatches in Central Asian climate security: a multi-scale and multi-layered review of natural sciences and local realities Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies,pp.1-19 (Sole-authored) 2026/04/07
Papers	Mapping the great Mongolian road: The gaih ozu maps as records of Inner Asian trade networks Journal of Historical Geography 91,pp.89-107 (Co-authored) 2026/04
Papers	Recording of the Memories of Naga people on Japanese Soldiers during the Battle of Imphal in Northeast India Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers,pp.149-149 (Co-authored) 2020
Papers	Attempt of verifying the half-century landscape changes in Wadi Fatima, Saudi Arabia with the use of old field photographs Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers,pp.265-265 (Co-authored) 2020
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Academic background
1996/04～2000/03	Faculty of Letters Nara Women's University Graduated
2000/04～2002/03	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences Nara Women's University Finished
2002/04～2005/09	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences Nara Women's University Finished

Business career
2005/10 ～ 2006/03	Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Research Department
2006/04 ～ 2012/03	Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Research Department
2012/04 ～ 2013/03	Nara Women's University Kyousei Science Center for Life and Nature
2012/04 ～ 2013/03	Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Research Department
2013/04 ～ 2018/03	Nara Women's University Kyousei Science Center for Life and Nature
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Academic conference presentation
2024/04/25	The landscape changes of Urga as seen by a Norwegian merchant - From the Oscar Mamen's Photo Collection - (International Conference "Mongolia through Historical Photographs")
2023/10/20	A Historical Geographic Study of Mongolia Using Old Photos: An Attempt to Identify the Residence of O. Mamen, a Merchant Who Lived in the Urga (Ulaanbaatar) a Century Ago (“Mongols in the memories of Oscar Mamen” Dedicated to the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Norway)
2020/09/18	An attempt to verify landscape changes at Wadi Fatima, Saudi Arabia, over a half-century using old photographs (The Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future conference, The Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), Online)
2020/09/18	Changes in the daily lives and social relationships of the women in pictures taken by the late Dr. Motoko Katakura half a century ago in Wādī Fāṭima, Saudi Arabia (The Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future conference, The Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), Online)
2020/09/18	Diversity of and changes in women's ethnic clothing in Wadi Fatima Oasis, Saudi Arabia (The Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future conference, The Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), Online)
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Research activities
	THE HUMAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
	THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR ARID LAND STUDIES
	THE ASSOCIATION OF JAPANESE GEOGRAPHERS

Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
2021/04 ～ 2024/03	Restudying ethnographic long-term field data and co-creating a digital cultural heritage with local Muslim communities in the Middle East and North Africa Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
2016/04/01 ～ 2020/03/31	Study of social network dynamics at oases of the Arabian Peninsula and the Sahara Desert over the past half century Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2015/04/01 ～ 2018/03/31	Trade and Values of Carnelian Ornaments in South Asia: Study on Change in Tradition and Social System Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2014/04/01 ～ 2016/03/31	Study on the modern transformation of local agriculture in Kazakhstan: The relationships between producers and the markets Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
2013/04/01 ～ 2015/03/31	Trade and Values of Carnelian Ornaments in South Asia - Study on Social System supporting Tradition Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory ResearchGrant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory ResearchGrants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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