2012.10.01
Timur Dadabaev, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba
Office Address: 305, Ibaraki, Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Japan dadabaev@chiiki.tsukuba.ac.jp【Faculty Appointments】【2006】 Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba, Grad. Sch. of Soc. Sci. and Hum. (~ present)【2004】 Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture (~April 2006)【2002】 JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan (~2004)【Adjunct/Visiting Appointments】【2012】 Visiting Professor, Kazakh National University, Depʼt of Oriental Studies (~ present)【2012】 Visiting Fellow, School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield (Spring term)【2010】 Visiting Professor, Kazakh National University, Dep¶t of Int¶l Relations (~ present)【2010】 Visiting Scholar, Harriman Institute, Columbia University (Japanese Government Grantee)【2006】 International Fellow, Cambridge Central Asia Forum, Cambridge University (~ present)【2006】 Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Grad. Sch. of Hum. and Soc. (~ present)【2006】 Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture (~ 2007)【2006】 Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge (Tokyo Found. Faculty Exchange Program) (~2007)【2006】 Al-Bukhari Research Scholar, Oxford Center for Islamic Studies (Oxford, UK) (~2006)【2006】 Collaborative Researcher, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan (~present)【Academic Background】【2001】 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, Ph.D. in International Relations【1998】 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, MA in International Relations【1996】 Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Research in Japanese Studies, Japan【1995】 State University of World Languages, Degree in English (Education) Uzbekistan*【1995】 The University of World Economy and Diplomacy, BA in Int'l Relations, Uzbekistan(*from 1993 - evening course)【Teaching】【 2006-present 】 University of Tsukuba: - Graduate School: International Relations, Graduate
Seminar(throughout three terms), Theory of International Relations (2nd term), European Studies(3rdterm), Studies in International Development(1st term, intensive), Political Economy of Japan (3rd term);
European Studies (2nd term), International Cooperation Studies (3rd term, intensive), - College ofInternational Relations: State and Society in Central Asia(2nd term), English Language Debate inInternational Relations(1st term), English Language Discussions in Int'l Relations(2nd term), etc.)【2005】 University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Culture, course on Asian Area and Cultural Studies.
【Awards】【2009】 UNESCO's 60th Anniversary Medal Award, UNESCO, Paris, June 8.
【2003】 Prime Minister Sato Eisaku Grand Prize Award, 19th Annual Dissertation Competition, Prime
Minister Sato Eisaku Foundation for Cooperation with the United Nations University, Tokyo,
June 24【1995】 First Prize Dissertation Award, The National University of Oriental Studies, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan, May 30.
【Language Skills】 Uzbek (Mother tongue), Russian (fluent), English (fluent), Japanese (fluent),
French (reading)1

【M onographic Books in English】【1】 2004 Towards Post-Soviet Central Asian Regional Integration: A Scheme for Transitional States,
Tokyo: Akashi Shyoten, pp. 240.
【M onographic Books in Japanese】
2010 Remembering Soviet Past: Everyday Life in Soviet Central Asia, Tokyo: University ofTsukuba Press/Maruzen, 300 pp. (in Japanese).
【2】 2008 Uzbekistan in Post-Socialist Era （Looking at Asia Series No.110）, Tokyo: Institute ofDeveloping Economies, 216 pp. (in Japanese).
【3】 2006 Realities of Mahalla: Changing Cultures and Societies of Central Asia, University of Tokyo
Press, 350 pp. (in Japanese).
【1】【Co-edited and Co-authored Books in English】【1】 2011 Hisao Komatsu, Sahin Karasar, Timur Dadabaev and Guljanat Kurmangalieva Ercilasun
Central Eurasian Studies: Past, Present and Future, Istanbul: Maltepe University, May, pp.+599【2】 2006 Takashi Inoguchi, Akihiko Tanaka, Shigeto Sonoda and Timur Dadabaev eds, Human
Beliefs and Values in Striding Asia, Tokyo: Akashi Shyoten, xv+500.
【3】 2005 Takashi Inoguchi, Miguel Basanez, Akihiko Tanaka and Timur Dadabaev eds., Values andLife Styles in Urban Asia, Mexico City: SIGLO XXI Editors, xv+503.
【Co-edited and Co-authored Books in Japanese】【1】 2007 Takashi Inoguchi, Shigeto Sonoda, Akihiko Tanaka and Timur Dadabaev eds. Yakudo suru
Ajia no Shinnen to Kachikan, (Values and Life Styles in Striding Asia), Tokyo: Akashi Shyoten,+608 (in Japanese).
【2】 2005 Takashi Inoguchi, Miguel Basanez, Akihiko Tanaka and Timur Dadabaev eds. Ajia toshibu
no kachikan to raifu sutairu, (Values and Life Styles in Urban Asia), Tokyo: Akashi Shyoten,
xv+506, (in Japanese)【Contributed Chapters in English】
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2012 "The Evolution of the Japanese Diplomacy towards Central Asia since the collapse of theSoviet Union", Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of
Hamburg/IFSH (ed.), OSCE Yearbook 2011: Yearbook on the Organization for Security andCo-operation in Europe (OSCE), Vol. 17, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2012, pp.441-458.
2012 "Between the State and Society: Position of Mahallas in Uzbekistan", in Anita Sengupta,
Suchandana Chatterjee, S. Bhatacharya, Eurasia Twenty Years After, pp. 153-171, Delhi: Shipra
Publications, (ISBN : 9788175416390).
2008 "Trajectories and Public Choices of Political, Economic and Social Development in
Turkmenistan", in Takashi Inoguchi ed., Human Beliefs and Values in Incredible Asia: South andCentral Asia in Focus, Tokyo: Akashi Shyoten, 2008, pp. 269-292.
2008 "How Does Transition Work in Central Asia? Coping with Ideological, Economic andValue System Changes in Uzbekistan", in Takashi Inoguchi ed., Human Beliefs and Values in
Incredible Asia: South and Central Asia in Focus,(contents) Tokyo: Akashi Shyoten, 2008, pp.
293-326.
2005 "Inter-state Relations, Water Politics and Management of Trans-Boundary Water Resourcesin Post-Soviet Central Asia" in Birgit N. Schlyter, ed., Prospects for Democracy in Central Asia,
Istanbul: Swedish Research Institute, (London:Palgrave Macmilan), June, pp. 169-184.

【Academic Articles in English】【1】 2012 "Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Regional Identity Formation From the
Perspective of the Central Asian States", Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 23, No. 85,
January 2014 (Routledge, Taylor and Francis) (accepted, forthcoming).
【2】 2012 "Recollections of Emerging Hybrid Ethnic Identities in Soviet Central Asia: The case of
Uzbekistan", Nationalities Papers (ASN/ Routledge, Taylor and Francis, accepted, forthcoming)2【3】 2012, "Chinese and Japanese Foreign Policies towards Central Asia from a Comparative Perspective",
Pacific Review (Routledge, Taylor and Francis, accepted, forthcoming).
【4】 2012 "Japan's search for its Central Asian policy: Between idealism and pragmatism", Asian
Survey, (University of California Press) (Accepted for publication, forthcoming).
【5】 2012 "Securing Central Asian Frontiers: Institutionalization of Borders and Interstate Relations in
Post-Soviet Central Asia", Strategic Analysis, (Routledge, Taylor and Francis), Vol. 36, No. 4,
July±August 2012, 554±568.
【6】 2010, "Power, Social Life, and Public Memory in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan", Inner Asia, N.12
(Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge/Global Oriental, Brill), pp. 25-48【7】 2010, "Discourses on Integration in Central Asia: From Rhetoric to Practice", Regional Cooperationin Central Asia: Obstacles, Incentives and Proposals, Madrid: OPEX/Alternativas, (June) 2010, pp.
25-35.
【8】 2010 "Remembering Soviet Past: Recording and Compiling Audio-Video Materials onEveryday
Life Experiences and Public Memory in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan", Report of the JFE 21 Century
Foundation Funded Projects, Tokyo: JFE 21Century Foundation, pp. 51-57 (for English) and pp.
43-49 (for Japanese).
【9】 2009 "Water-resource Management and International Relations in Central Asia", IHP VII,
Technical Document in Hydrology, Beijing: UNESCO, No. 2, pp.53-67.
【10】 2009 "Trauma and Public Memory in Central Asia: Public responses to political violence of thestate policies in Stalinist Era in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan", Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area
Studies, Vol.3, No.1, pp131-168.
【11】 0RGHOVRI&RRSHUDWLRQLQ&HQWUDO$VLDDQG-DSDQெV&HQWUDO$VLDQ(QJDJHPHQWV)DFWRUVDeterminants and Trends", in Christopher Len, Uyama Tomohiko, Hirose Tetsuya, eds., -DSDQ¶V
Silk Road Diplomacy: Paving the Road Ahead, Washington, Stockholm: Central Asia-Caucasus
Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, 2008, pp. 121-140.
【12】 2008 "Conceptualizing Central Asian Regional Studies in Japan: Approaches, Perspectives andIssues", Asia Annual, Kolkata: Institute of Asian Studies, pp.85-98.
【13】 2008 "Introduction to the Survey Research in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Tasks, Challenges andFrontiers", Asian Research Trends: New Series (NART), No. 3, Tokyo: Toyo Bunko, pp. 45-70.
【14】 2007 "How Does Transition Work in Central Asia? Coping with Ideological, Economic andValue System Changes in Uzbekistan", Central Asian Survey (Routledge, Taylor and Francis),26(3), pp.407 ± 428.
【15】 2007 "Trajectories of Political Development and Public Choices in Turkmenistan", Asian Affairs:
An American Review (Routledge, Taylor and Francis), Vol. 34, No.3., pp. 131 - 150.
【16】 2007 "Political participation and public choices in Uzbekistan", Journal of Contemporary Central
Asia, Vol.X, Number 1, New Dehli: JNU, Centre for Central Asian Studies, pp.17-34.
【17】 2007 "Central Asian Regional Integration: Between Reality and the Myth", Central
Asia-Caucasus Analyst, Vol.9, No.9, Washington, D.C.: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (TheJohn Hopkins University), May, pp. 6-9.
【18】 2007 "Political Cultures, Developmental Strategies and Public Support in Post-socialist Central
Asian Societies: Analysis of Public Polls in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan", Political Science in Asia,
Vol. 2, No.1 (Winter 2006), Seoul National University Press: Asian Consortium for Political Res.,
pp. 71-100.
【19】 -DSDQ¶s Central Asian Diplomacy and Its Implications", Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst,
Vol.8, No.17, Washington, D.C.: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (The John Hopkins University),
September 6, pp. 3-6.
【20】 2006 "Living Conditions, Intra-Societal Trust and Public Concerns in Post-Socialist
Turkmenistan", Central Asia and the Caucasus, No. 4 (40), Stockholm: CA&CC Press, pp.
122-132, August.
【21】 2006 "Public Confidence, Trust and Participation in Post-Soviet Central Asia", Central
Asia-Caucasus Analyst, Vol.8, No.11, Washington, D.C.: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (TheJohn Hopkins University), May, pp. 6-9.
【22】 2005 "Shifting Patterns of Public Confidence in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan", Central Asia-Caucasus
Analyst, Vol.6, No.5, Washington, D.C.: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, March, pp. 9-11.
【23】 2004 "Post-Soviet Realities of Society in Uzbekistan", Central Asian Survey (Routledge, Taylor
and Francis), Vol. 23, No 2, July, pp. 141-166.
【24】 2003 "Water Politics and Cooperation: Trans-boundary Waters and Challenges of Cooperation inCentral Asia", Afriche e Orienti, Bolongne: AIEP, n. 3/4, pp. 161-172 (in Italian).
【25】 2003 "The Role of Inter-cultural Dialogue as an Integral Tenet of the United Nations Conflict3

Prevention and Resolution Strategy: A Central Asian Perspective", Former Prime Minister Sato
Eisaku Grand Prize Dissertation Award, Sato Eisaku Foundation for Cooperation with the United
Nations University, Tokyo, June 24.
【26】 2002 "Roots and Resolution of Social Conflicts in Central Asia: Theoretical Perspective",
International Affairs, No 4, December, Univ. of World Economy&Diplomacy, Uzb., pp. 41-51.
【27】 2001 "Democratization and Respect for Human Rights in the Era of Globalization", The United
Nations University International Courses, Human Rights, Concepts and Issues, first regularsession: few selected copies of final reports prepared by the participants, Tokyo: UNU/IC
Secretariat (UNU Library Number B22616 / UNU), pp. 1-23.
【Academic Articles in Japanese】【1】 2010 "Central Asian Islam: Religious Groups, Extremists and Governmental Policies", Waseda
Review, No.6. pp.10-15, (in Japanese）.
【2】 2009 2IILFLDO´+LVWRULFDO'LVFRXUVHVDQG/LYLQJ+LVWRULHVLQ&HQWUDO$VLD5HFROOHFWLQJCollectivization and Stalinist Repressions in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan ", Colonial Rule andNational Integration in the Modern Period, Seoul (in Korean), pp.97-133.
【3】 2009 "Civil Society Institutions and Coesxhistance in Society in Central Asia"、Study of Multiple
Sources of Societal Coexhistance, Tokyo: Toshindo, pp.142-174 (in Japanese）.
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Determinants and Trends", in Christopher Len, Uyama Tomohiko, Hirose Tetsuya, eds., -DSDQ¶V6LON
Road Diplomacy: Paving the Road Ahead, Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, pp. 97-114（inJapanese）.
【5】 2008 "Chyuou Ajia ni okeru mizu kannri seisaku to shyokoku kan kankei: genjyo, kadai to tenbou(Central Asian Transboundary Water Management and Interstate Relations)", Chiiki Kenkyu, no.29,
pp.23-40, (Journal of University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Area Studies) (in Japanese, refereed）.
【6】 2008 "Chihousyugi to Kokka: Uzbekistan to Tajikistan ni okeru Soviet Jinji Seisaku to sono Eikiyo(Regionalism (Localism) and the State: Soviet Cadre Policy and Its Impact in Uzbekistan andTajikistan)", Kokusai Seiji Keizaigaku Kenkyu, (Journal of International Political Economy, Universityof Tsukuba Doctoral Program of International Political Economy), No.21, pp.13-37, (in Japanese,refereed).
【7】 2006 "The Challenges of Uzbekistan", Eurasian Studies, N.35, November, pp. 15-20 (in Japanese).
【8】 2005 "Shyakai shyugi go no Uzbekistan ni okeru seiken shiji, shyakainai shinrai to shimin sanka"(Public support, confidence and political participation in Post-Socialist Uzbekistan), The Memoirsof the Institute of Oriental Culture, N. 168, December, pp. 157-198 (in Japanese).
【9】 2005 "Ajia Barometer Data-base: Ajia no hitobito no seikatsu kijyun, kachikan to hatten nosenntaku" (Asia Barometer Data-base: Life levels, values and developmental perspectives ofAsian societies) in Inoguchi Takashi, Chisei no kakehashi: Ajia gakujitsu kyoudoutairon,(Envisioning and Constructing Asian Academic Communities) NTT Press, pp. 45-61 (inJapanese).
【10】 2004 "Uzbekistan no chiiki shyakai Mahalla kara mita jinken no hougo / kakuho"(Protection andrespect for human rights: A view from Mahalla local community in Uzbekistan), in Hayashi, I.
and Obiya Ch., Studies of Eastern European and Central Asian modernity and nations III,
Hokkaido Slavic Research Center Series N. 95 , June, pp. 27-41 (in Japanese).
【11】 2004 "Chuou Ajia shyokoku no kindaika ni okeru dentouteki chiiki shyakai no arikata toyakuwari: Uzbekistan no Mahalla wo chushinni" (The Role and functions of traditional local
institutions in modernizing Central Asian Socieities: The case of Mahalla neighborhood
community in Uzbekistan), The Memoirs of the Institute of Oriental Culture, N.166, December,
pp.100-149 (in Japanese).
【12】 2002 "Chyuou Ajia ni okeru sennzaitekin funsou no youin" (Potential Conflict Formation in
Post-Soviet Central Asia), Ritsumeikan Journal of International Studies: Special Edition for
Post-Graduate Students, Vol. 2, pp. 93-114, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (in Japanese).
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Review, Vol.8, N.1, pp.39-42, June 1.
【2】 2008 "Central Asian Studies Conference: Main Ideas and Goals", Central Asian World, No.2,
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University of Tsukuba Center for Central Asian Research and Education in collaboration with
Stockholm University (STINT Program) and Islamic Area Studies, University of Tokyo, March.
【3】 2007 "Political Views and Public Participation in Central Asia: Comparing 5 countries", JACASBULLETIN, No.3, pp.10-13, March.
【4】 2007 "Realities and Challenges of Central Asian Research", Central Asian World, No.1,
University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Area Studies, March.
【5】 2006"The Evolution of Minds in the Time of Transition: Mentality Change in Water
Consumption in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan", Water and Cultural Diversity (Third World Water
Forum Proceedings), Paris: UNESCO, pp.347-355.
【6】 2006 "Changing Nature of the Mahalla: Outcomes of the project", Asuno Toyogaku, No.15,
March, pp. 5-8, The Research and Information Center for Asian Studies, IOC, University ofTokyo.
【7】 2005 "Dentou wo miraini tsunagu hitotoki" (Connecting tradition and the future), Kikan
Minzokugaku (Journal of Ethnographic Studies), N. 114, November、pp. 54±55 (in Japanese).
【8】 2004 "Hatten ni muketa mitsu no kadai to Nihon heno kitai" (Three developmental challenges ofCentral Asia and its expectation from Japan), Gaiko Foramu (Diplomatic Forum), N. 197,
December, pp. 44-50 (in Japanese).
【9】 2005 "Chyuou Ajia ni okeru shyakai chyousa infra no gennjyou" (Present day of infrastructure forsocial research in Central Asia), Asuno Toyogaku, No.14, November, pp. 2-4 (in Japanese).
【10】 2005 "Measuring Societies and Life-styles in Central Asia: Beginning of the Process", Asuno
Toyogaku, Special Issue: Central Asia Rediscovered, No.13, March, pp. 2-4, The Research andInformation Center for Asian Studies, IOC, University of Tokyo.
【11】 2004 "Afgan sengo sannen no sugao: Taliban houkaigo no shyakai jyoukyou, kinrin shyokoku
karano shiten" (Post-Taliban Afghanistan and its society in post-conflict years: the view fromneighboring countries), Kikan Minzokugaku (Journal of Ethnographic Studies), No. 110, Nov., pp.
30-34 (in Japanese).
【12】 2004 "Family, Values and Concerns in Japanese Society", IOC Discussion Paper No. 28, Instituteof Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, March, 11 pp.
【13】 2004 "Post-Soviet Realities of Uzbekistani Society", IOC Discussion Paper No. 37, Institute ofOriental Culture, University of Tokyo, March, 50 pages.
【14】 2003 "Afuganistan kara sekai ni mukete"(From Afghanistan to the world), Gekkan Minzokugaku(Ethnography Monthly), No.12, pp.13-23 (in Japanese).
【15】 2002 "Preventing and Resolving Ethno-nationalist and Identity Conflicts in Multi-ethnic
Societies: Case of Post-Soviet Central Asia", Japan Center for Area Studies Newsletter.
【Book reviews】【1】 2005 "Central Asia Reconsidered: Old Problems, New Paradigms", Review Article of the bookContemporary Central Asia: Changing Politics and Economy, by I. Iwasaki, T. Uyama, H.
Komatsu, eds., Annals of the Japan Association for Middle Eastern Studies, pp.375-385.
【Grants-in-Aid for Research, I nternational Fellowships and Scholarships】【2011】 Grant-in-Aid of Japanese Government for the Research on International Relations in CA region【2011】 Grant-in-Aid for Comparative Study of Japanese and Chinese Foreign Policies in CA(Research in School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield)【2010】"Integration in Central Asia: The cases of Water and Borders", Grant of ICCARE, U.of Tsukuba.
【2010】 Grant-in-Aid of Japanese Government for the Research on Comparative Perspectives ofJapanese and American Foreign Policies in Central Asia (Research in Columbia Univ. HarrimanInstitute)【2010】 "International Relations in Central Asia", UT Grad. School of Social Sciences and Humanities Grant【2009】 "Water Politics and Int'l Relations in CA", Grad. School of Social Sciences and Humanities Grant, UT【2009】 "Soviet times remembered: Preparing video-materials of the memory for the studies of Central
Asia", Japanese Government Grant-in-Aid, Grant B.
【2009】 "Comparative study of Socialist modernity in Mongolia and Central Asia", Japanese
Government Grant-in-Aid （Type A）, Co-researcher.
【2008】 "Memories of the Soviet times in Central Asia",21st Century Foundation Research Grant forStudy of Asian History.
【2008】 "Memories of the Soviet Times" Grad. Sch. of Social Sciences and Humanities Grant, UT.
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【2007】 "International Relations of Central Asia" Start Up Grant、Grad. School of Int'l Political Economy, UT.
【2007】 "Survey into Civil Society Institutions in Uzbekistan", Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research,
Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), Special Research Project on Civil Society, theState and Culture in Comparative Perspective- New Values in the Age of Globalization andReconstruction of the Public ±, Survey leader, (Leader: Prof. Y. Tsujinaka).
【2007】 "Sustainability in Central Asia: The case of Mahalla Neighborhood Community",
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (2007-2009), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science & Technology of Japan (MECSST), Lead-researcher.
【2007】 STINT Grant for Development of "Stockholm-Tsukuba Partnership for the Promotion ofCentral Asian Graduate Studies and Post-Graduate Research" (2007-2009), The Swedish
Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (April), Received
with Prof. Birgit Schlyter (Stockholm University).
【2007】 "The Changing Nature of Ethnicity, Religion, Culture and Linguistics in Transitional Central
Asia", Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (2007-2009), MECSST, Co-researcher (Leader:Prof. M.Onozawa).
【2007】 "International Cooperation in Central Asian Studies" Grant, University of Tsukuba
International Liason Office (ILO).
【2007】 Collaborative Research and Invitation Grant, University of Tsukuba ILO.
【2006】 The National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU) Grant, "Islamic Area Studies Project",
University of Tokyo【2006】 Grants-in-Aid for Special Project on Civil Society, co-researcher (Leader: Prof. Y.Tsujinaka).
【2006】 "Various expressions of Post-Socialism", National Museum of Ethnology, co-researcher(Leader: Prof. Y. Konagaya).
【2006】 Tokyo Foundation Faculty Exchange Fellowship（Univ. of Cambridge）【2006】 Oxford Center for Islamic Studies (OCIS), Imam Al-Bukhari Scholarship Award, ~ 2006.
【2005】 Univ. of Tokyo AGS Grant, "Sustainability in Central Asia", co-researcher (Leader: Prof.
H.Komatsu), ~ 2007.
【2005】 Grants-in-Aid (Tokubetsu Suishin), MECSST. "Asia Barometer Project", co-researcher(Leader: Prof. T. Inoguchi), ~ 2006.
【2005】 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, MECSST/JSPS, "Inter-ethnic dialogue in Central Asia",
Grant No. 17710197, ~ 2006.
【2004】 The United Nations University - Yutaka Akino Memorial Research Fellowship, ~ 2005.
【2003】 Grants-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research, Japan Soc. for Promot. of Science, ~ 2004.
【2002】 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science &Technology, ~ 2004.
【2002】 Japan Soc. for the Promotion of Science Post-'RF)HOORZVKLS1DW¶l Museum of Ethnology【2001】 Toyota Foundation Research Grant for Study of Conflict Resolution in Central Asia, ~ 2002.
【2001】 UNESCO-Obuchi Fellowship, Study on Peaceful Conflict Resolution in Central Asia, ~ 2002.
【2001】 Dissertation Write-Up Grant, Ritsumeikan Univer., Graduate School of Int'l Relations, ~ 2002.
【2000】 The UNU Training Fellowship, The United Nations University International Courses, Tokyo【1999】 Swedish International Development Agency Fellowship, Conflict Resolution Program, Sweden.
【1998】 Scholarship of Japanese Government for Ph.D. Studies, Ritsumeikan University., Kyoto【1996】 Scholarship of Japanese Government for MA Studies, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto【1995】 Scholarship of Japanese Government for Research in Japanese Language and Studies, Osaka
University of Foreign Studies.
【M edia I nterviews / Comments】【1】 2012 ³Global Insider: Japan Looks to Central Asia for Energy Resources´, World Politics Review, Nov. 12.
【2】 2007 "Trends in Central Asian Studies", Radio Manas, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, May 31, (14:30-15:00)【3】 2007 "Roads of nation-building in Uzbekistan", Asian Crossroads, NHK BS 1, Feb. 2 (17:10 - 18:00)【4】 2006 "Significance of Visit by the Japanese PM to Central Asia ", 44 minutes, NHK Broadcast, Sept 1.
【5】 2006 "Situation in Post-Soviet territories: the case of Caucasus", 44 minutes, NHK Broadcast, April 21.
【6】 2005 "US Central Asian Diplomacy", 44 minutes, NHK Broadcast Program, Oct.17.
【7】 2005 "New government in Kyrgyzstan", 44 minutes, NHK Broadcast Program, July 27.
【Presented Papers / Comments】【1】 2012 "Eurasianism: Ideas and its implications in Central Asia", Swedish Institute in Istanbul,
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Istanbul, Turkey, May 31, 2012.
【2】 2012 “International Relations in Central Asia”, Course of Lectures, International Universityof Japan, Niigata, May 12-14.
【3】 2012 "Japanese and Chinese Foreign Policies towards Central Asia", School of East AsianStudies, University of Sheffield, UK, February 17.
【4】 2011 ³Research Methodology and Academic Writing in International Relations´, Kazakh
National University named after Al-Farabi, Center for Postgraduate Training, December 23.
【5】 2011 ³Regional Integration and Eurasian Regionalism´, Kazakh National University named
after Al-Farabi, Department of International Relations, November 3.
【6】 2011 ³Establishing Research-focused University Curriculum: Lessons from the University ofTsukuba´, Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi, October 28.
【7】 2011 "Memory of unveiling campaigns and its evaluation in CA", St Anthony¶s College,
Oxford University, September 24.
【8】 2011 ³Ethnic policies and Soviet identity in Central Asia´, European Association of Central
Asian Studies Conference, Cambridge University, September 23.
【9】 2011 ³Methodology of Field Research in Central Asia´, Swedish-Indian Summer School,
MAIKAS, September 6-9, India.
【10】 2011"Russian and Chinese µothers¶ in the perceptions of the CA countries within Shanghai
Cooperation Organization", Int¶l Conference on SCO 10th anniversary, July 8-11, Shanghai,
China.
【11】 2011 "Notion of Nostalgie in Central Asia: Memories of Socialist Life Style and Ideology", 4thCentral Asian Studies Conference, Asia-Pacific Center, Hanyang University, June 30, Seoul,
Korea.
【12】 2011"Prospects for Cooperation and Integration in Central Asia through the lenses of Water
and Territorial Management", Central Eurasian Studies Council, June 23, Tokyo, Japan.
【13】 2010 "Nostalgia and Memories of Soviet times in Central Asia: ", International Conference ofIslamic Area Studies, Kyoto International Conference Hall, December 18-19.
【14】 2010 "Kazakhstan in the Changing International Environment ", International Conference on
International Relations in Central Asia, Kazakh National University, Almaty, December 16-17.
【15】 2010"Phenomenon of Nostalgia in Central Asia: The cases of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan",
Cambridge Central Asia Society, University of Cambridge, November 23.
【16】 2010 "What is post-Socialist in Post-Soviet Islam", International Conference on
Post-Socialism, Tokyo International Forum, October 16 .
【17】 2010 "Chinese and Japanese Foreign Policies towards Central Asia in Comparative Perspective",,QW¶l Congress of East and Central European Studies, Nora Laden Hall, Stockholm July 29.
【18】 2010 "Reflections on Experiences of Socialist Era in Soviet Central Asia: Oral Sources andArchival Photo-Documents"、International Conference on "Ideals, Narrations and Practices ofModernities in Former and Current Socialist Countries", National Museum of Ethn., March 19.
【19】 2010 "Regional Cooperation and Interstate Relations in Central Asia", EU Central Asia Policy
Workshop, Madrid, OPEX, Spain, March 5.
【20】 2009 "Conceptualizing Central Asian Studies in Japan and Central Asia", International
Conference on "Emerging area studies and research environments in Sweden", STINT
Foundation, City Conference Centre, Norra Latin, Stockholm, November 6.
【21】 2009 "Water Management and Interstate Relations in Central Asia", UNESCO Chair Workshop
on International Strategy for Sustainable Groundwater Management: Transboundary Aquifers andIntegrated Watershed Management, University of Tsukuba, October 6.
【22】 2009 "Survey Research in Post-Soviet Central Asia"、International Conference on "Formation of
Civil Society in Uzbekistan: conditions, achievements and prospects", Institute for the Studies ofCivil Society (ISCS), Uzbekistan, September 22-23.
【23】 2009 "Migration Studies as Discipline and Central Asian Case Study", International Symposiumon International Cooperation on Central Asian Migration, Toyama Univ./ANA Plaza, Sept. 13.
【24】 2009 "Institutionalization of Borders and National Identity in Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Casestudies of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan", International Council for Asian Studies Annual
Conference 6, Daejon, South Korea, August 6.
【25】 2009 "Legacy of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and Central Asian Research: the Case of Central
Asian Graduate Studies", Ceremony to Honor the Memory of PM Keizo Obuchi, UNESCO
Headquarters, Paris, June 8.
【26】 2009 "Shanghai Cooperation Organization in International Politics of Central Euras ia",International Symposium on the SCO and the EU in Comparative Perspective, University of7

Stockholm, Sweden, May 5.
【27】 2009 "Borders and Frontiers in Central Eurasia" (May 3, 2009), "Water Resources and Frontiersin Central Eurasia", Intensive Course on Frontiers and Borderlands in Europe and Eurasia,
University of Stockholm, Sweden, May 4-7.
【28】 2009 "Memory of the past and post-Soviet Central Asian Societies: Continuity and the change in
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan"、Eurasian Studies: Past, Present and Future, Joint International
Conference organized by the Maltepe University (Turkey), University of Tokyo, and the
University of Tsukuba, Maltepe University, Eurasian Studies Center, March 18【29】 2009 "Extremist Organizations, Their Structures and Support in Central Asia: Extremist Expansion
and Governmental Responses", Invited talk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan、Tokyo, March 6.
【30】 2009 "Migration, Border, and Citizenship in Central Asia", International Conference "Resurgenceof Russia and the Future of Eurasia-Views from the East", First East Asian Conference for Slavic
Eurasian Studies, February 5-6, Slavic Research Center, University of Hokkaido.
【31】 2008 "Power, everyday life experiences and public memory in post-Soviet Uzbekistan andKyrgyzstan", International Workshop "Oral Histories of Socialist Modernities: Memories andLived Experiences in Central and Inner Asia", Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, Universityof Cambridge, December 16-17.
【32】 2008 "Trauma, Public Memory and Identity in Central Asia"、International Conference "Nakba
Revisited: Memories and Histories from a Comparative Perspective", University of Tokyo,
Institute of Oriental Culture, December 12.
【33】 2008 "Methodological and Conceptual Aspects of an Oral History Project in Uzbekistan andKyrgyzstan", International Workshop "Central Asian History ± Vision and Revision", Department
of South and Central Asian Studies, Stockholm University and Museum of Ethnograp hy,
Stockholm, October 1-2.
【34】 2008 "The State of Central Asian Democracy", Fukushima University, July 17.
【35】 2008 "Values and Perception Change in Central Asia: Case study of Uzbekistan, Summer
Courses of the Institute of Developing Economies: Course 2, The Present State of Central AsianCountries, July 15, 2008、JETRO Tokyo Headquaters Bulding, F5, ABCD Rooms.
【36】 2008 "Currents and Challenges of Localism in Central Asia: The Case Studies of Uzbekistan andTajikistan"、Seminar with the Project on Studies of Asian Living Environment and the Role ofJapan、Keio University Fujisawa Campus,Bulding 11, June 28.
【37】 2008 "Trans-boundary Water Management in Aral Sea Basin: Realities, Challenges andPerspectives", Seminar on Aral Sea Problem, Its Impact on Gene Pool of Population, Flora andFauna and Measures on its Mitigation、JICA Plaza, Tokyo, June 10.
【38】 2008 "Central Asian Regional Identity: Problems and Challenges", IIST Central Eurasian Studies
Committee Symposium、Session 2: Central Asian Identity, Kasumigaseki Building, Gold Star
Room, February 4.
【39】 2008 "Central Asian Regional Integration and Transboundary Water Cooperation" 235th
GLOPE Workshop：War and Peace in Eurasia、Waseda University, Building 3, Room2,
January31.
【40】 2007 "Central Asian Culture and Society: Between Modernity and Tradition", Obihiro City,
Tokachi Plaza, December 23.
【41】 2007 "21st Century Silk Road from the Perspective of Central Asian International Relations andResource Diplomacy", 21 Souseijyuku Seminar,Obihiro City,Tokachi Plaza, December 22.
【42】 2007 "Functionalist Paradigm and Cooperation Schemes in Central Asia", Central Asian Studies:
History, Politics and Society(organizer of the conference), University of Tsukuba University Hall,
December 16.
【43】 2007 "Civil Society in Uzbekistan", The Japanese Civil Society in the Net of International Civil
Society Institutions、University of Tsukuba Common Research Building A110, December 15.
【44】 2007 "Central Asian Water Resources and Inter-state Relations", 2nd Ili River Study Project
Seminar, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Seminar Room 3/4, October 21.
【45】 2007 "Central Asian Politics and Language Policy", 6th Session, University of Tsukuba Central
Asian Study Society、September 26.
【46】 2007 "In Search for a Japanese Foreign Policy towards Central Asia: Factors, Determinants and
Implications", Japan's Silk Road Diplomacy: Paving the Road Ahead, International Workshop,
University of Tokyo, September 22.
【47】 2007 "Formation of Civil Society in Uzbekistan: Its present state, preliminary results andperspectives", International Seminar, Bukhara, September 20.
【48】 2007 "Why Central Asia now?", 21 Souseijyuku Seminar, Obihiro city, September 1.
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【49】 2007 "Central Asian Sustainability Potentials: The Case of Mahalla Commun ity", Keio
University Fujisawa Campus, July 9.
【50】 2007 "Remembered Soviet Past"、The First Collaborative Meeting of the Islamic Area Studies
Project, University of Tokyo, July 7.
【51】 2007 "Realities and Challenges of Civil Society in Central Asia", Round table, University ofTsukuba, 3K Building, 3rd Floor, Room No. 3K311 Conference Hall, 10:00 ± 16:00, June 30th.
【52】 2007 "Central Asian Regional Studies at the Age of Globalization", Plenary Session: Turkic
Civilization: Present and the Past, Third International Congress on Globalization and Turkic
Civilization, Turkish-Kyrgyz Manas Unviersity, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, May 28.
【53】 2007 "Central Asian Regional Integration: Between Reality and the Myth", Ryskulov's Readings,
Kazakh National Economic University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 22.
【54】 2006 "The Political Factors of the Japanese Economic Growth", The Curriculum Development
and Faculty Re-training Program of the Faculty of the University of World Economy and
Diplomacy, Tashkent Uzbekistan at the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, December 19.
【55】  &HQWUDO $VLDQ 6WXGLHV DQG WKH 818´ 7KH 8QLWHG1DWLRQV8QLYHUVLW\ &RQIHUHQFH ±What
we learned at UNU and our future visions, 5th Session, Part 3: Peace, Elizabeth Rose Hall,
United Nations University, Tokyo, December 15.
【56】 2006 "The University of Tsukuba: Potentials and Perspectives", The Curriculum Development
and Faculty Re-training Program of the Faculty of the University of World Economy and
Diplomacy, Tashkent Uzbekistan at the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, December 14.
【57】 2006 "Challenges and Perspectives of Central Asian Research", First Tsukuba University Central
Asian Study Group Meeting, Common Research Bloc A, University of Tsukuba, December 7.
【58】 2006 "CentUDO $VLD SOXV -DSDQ ,VVXHV 3HUFHSWLRQV DQG 3HUVSHFWLYHV´ 6WRFNKROP 8QLYHUVLW\
Department of Near East Languages, Central Asia Forum, November 22, Stockholm.
【59】 2006 "The Changing Central Asia and the Memory of the Mass"、67th IIST-Central EurasianStudies Society Session, Trade and Training Center, Tokyo, October 23 (in Japanese).
【60】 2006 "Post-Soviet Central Asian Regional Integration: Prospects and Issues", Master Program in
Area Studies, University of Tsukuba, June 27.
【61】 2006 "State and Society in Post-Soviet Central Asia: The case VWXG\RI8]EHN0DKDOOD)HOORZ¶s
Seminar, Oxford Center for Islamic Studies, Seminar Room, May 18.
【62】 2006 "The Challenges of Uzbekistan", International Symposium Dynamism in the 21st Century
Eurasia", Konazawa University and Eurasia Research Institute, April 22. (in Japanese)【63】 2006 "The reality and perspectives of Central Asian Studies in Japan", University of Tsukuba and
7DVKNHQW 6WDWH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 2ULHQWDO 6WXGLHV -RLQW &RQIHUHQFH Ä&URVVURDGV RI &Lvilizations 2:/DQJXDJH&XOWXUHDQG6RFLHW\´, March 31. (in Japanese)【64】 2006 "Political Views and Public Participation in Central Asia: Comparing 5 countries",
Matsuzaki Workshop (Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Central Asian Studies), March
29. (in Japanese)【65】 2006 "The case of Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan", International Symposium on
AsiaBarometer 2005: Central and South Asia in Focus, Speaker, Foreign Correspondents Club ofJapan, Tokyo, February 24.
【66】 2006 "How does transition work in Central Asia: Coping with Ideological, Economic and Value
System Changes in Uzbekistan", AsiaBarometer Conference, Chuou University, February 23.
【67】 2006 "Turkmenistan: Post-Socialist Face", AsiaBarometer Conference, Chuou University,
February 23.
【68】 2005 "Japanese Understanding of Central Asia and Possible Responses of Central Asian States",
32nd Asian Round Table, December 8, Asian Club, Sky Hall Marine, World Trade Center,
Tokyo.
【69】 2005 "Developmental State and Society in Central Asia: Comparative Analysis of Public Opinion
in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan", 10 International Shizuoka Forum on Asian Studies, Session 6:
Are Asian Political Systems Viable? December 4, Shizuoka.
【70】 2005 "Japanese-German Cooperation in Assisting Central Asian Rebuilding", 3rd International
Workshop, National International Research Agency (NIRA), Session 1: Economic Cooperationand Environmental Problems with focus on Water Problems, Discussant, October 6 -7.
【71】 2005 "Public Support, Confidence and Political Participation in Post-Socialist Uzbekistan",
Research Group on Comparative Perspective of Politics and Economics of Slavic / Eurasia:
Transitional Systems and After, Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, July 16 (inJapanese).
【72】 2005 "Central Asian Political Developments and Andijan Events in Uzbekistan", "Learning
9Central Asia" Lecture No.30, Asia Foundation Club, July 14 (in Japanese).
【73】 2005 "Central Eurasian Regional and Trans-regional Dynamisms", Hokkaido University Slavic
Research Center Summer International Symposium, Session 3: Post-Soviet Central Eurasian
Political Regimes, Commentator, July 7.
【74】 2005 "Envisioning Central Asian Societies through public polls: The case study of Uzbekistan","Russia and Asia" Study Group, Sasagawa Peace Foundation, June 15 (in Japanese).
【75】 2005 "Changing Central Asian Local Communities in the Post-independence Period: The Case
Study of Mahalla", Middle East and Central Asia Lectures Series, First term, Lecture No. 5, June
10, International Exchange Foundation (in Japanese).
【76】 2005 "Values and Lifestyles in Urban Japan", AsiaBarometer Conference, Sanjo Kaikan,
University of Tokyo, March 16.
【77】 2005 "Reality and the future of local neighborhood community Mahalla through the eyes ofordinary people", "Learning Central Asia" Lecture No.28, Asia Club, February, 4 (in Japanese).
【78】 2004 "Central Asian societies through the prism of public polls: The case study of Uzbekistan andTajikistan", Central Eurasia Research Group, Session No. 46, Asian Club, December 22 (inJapanese).
【79】 2004 "Local Communities in Central Asia: Between Modern and Traditional", 4th Annual IOC
Open Lectures "Visualization of the world through the Asia", University of Tokyo, November 21(in Japanese).
【80】 2004 "Mechanisms for Inter-ethnic dialogue in multi-ethnic Central Asia", National Museum of
Ethnology, Tokyo Series, Tokyo Theater of Arts Building, July 10 (in Japanese).
【81】 2004 "From Somalia to Afghanistan: Has the UN changed?", Academic Council on the United
Nations System (ACUNS) Annual Meeting (with M. Inoue), Geneva, Session 7, July 1.
【82】 2004 "Realities and Myths of Global Islamic Project: A Central Asian Perspective", Symposium:
Islam and International Relations, Conference Room, Institute of Oriental Culture, University ofTokyo, June 18 .
【83】 2004 "Asia Barometer and its findings", Japan Research Council, Division 2, Symposium"Bridging Academic Communities in Asia", Japan Research Council Building, June 15.
【84】 2004 "Compiling Central Asian Barometer: Values and Lifestyles in Post-Soviet Uzbekistanisociety", Developmental Studies, Seminar Room E, University of Cambridge, May 20.
【85】 2004 "The Role of the Local Neighborhood Community ± Mahalla ± In Rebuilding Post-Soviet
Central Asian Nations: The case of Multi-HWKQLF 0DKDOOD Ä3REHGDெ LQ 8]EHNLVWDQ 818
Orientation Seminar, Tokyo, February 16.
【86】 2004 "Silk Road: From West to the East", World Festa, Kameoka Community House, Feb 15.
【87】 2004 "Post-SRYLHW 5HDOLWLHV RI 8]EHNLVWDQL 6RFLHW\´$VLD%DURPHWHU &RQIHUHQFH8QLYHUVLW\ RI
Tokyo, January 20.
【88】 2003 "Central Asian Democratization Process: Realities, Interpretations and its Understanding",
Tokyo University, Institute of Oriental Culture, December 9.
【89】 2003 "Protection and Respect of Human Rights: A Look from Mahalla Uzbek Local
Neighborhood Community" Seminar within the State and Ethnicity of the Slavic-Eurasian Part of
the World Project, National Museum of Ethnology, November 16 (in J apanese).
【90】 2003 "Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Development and Language Policy: Reporting Afghanistan",
6th Int'l Conf. on "Language and Development", British Council, Uzbekistan, October 15.
【91】 2003 "Water Politics and Cooperation in Central Asia", 4th Annual Central and Eurasian Studies
Society Conference, Harvard University, October 4.
【92】 2003 "The Analysis of the Local Community Building in Central Asia: Neighborhood
Community - Mahalla - in Uzbekistan", Toyota Foundation and Japan Centre for Area Studies
International Seminar on Central Asian Studies, South Korea, Seoul, April 11 (in Japanese).
【93】 2003 Citizenship Issue in Post-Soviet Central Asia, JCAS Workshop Changing Identities,
Citizenship, Borders and People, Japan Centre for Area Studies, The National Museum of
Ethnology, Osaka, March 20-21 (in Japanese)【94】 2003 "The Evolution of Minds in the Time of Transition: Mentality Change in Water
Consumption in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan", Third World Water Forum, Kyoto, March 17.
【95】 2003 "Regionalism and State: Soviet Cadre Policy and Its Implications in Tajikistan andUzbekistan", Trinity College, Cambridge University, Febr. 17.
【96】 2002 "Resource Disputes and Central Asian Security Concerns: Water and Land, presented at theCentral Asian Seminar, School of Asian and African Studies, Kyoto Univ., June 15. (In Japanese)【97】 2002 "The Impact of Inter-Ethnic Relations on Central Asian Security", presented at the 19thCentral Asian Seminar, Islamic Area Studies Project, Tokyo Univ. March 11. (in Japanese).
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