Curriculum Vitae
Isao MURAHASHI
Assistant Professor, School of International Relations, University of Shizuoka
52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka city, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
E-mail: i_murahashi@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp

Education
Doctor of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, 2019
Master of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2005
Bachelor of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2002

Employment
University of Shizuoka, School of International Relations, Assistant Professor, 2022-present.
University of Bayreuth, Research Fellow of Africa Multiple Project, Jan.-Mar. 2022
Rikkyo University, Part-time Lecturer, 2021-2022.
Kyoto University, The Center for African Area Studies, Research Fellow, 2020-2022.
Research Fellow of Canon Foundation in Europe/Kyoto University Japan-Africa Exchange
Program2020
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, African Studies Center, Specially-Appointed Researcher, 20202022.
Doshisha University, Part-time Lecturer, 2017-2020&2019-2020.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Research-Fellow PD, 2017-2020.
Chiba University, Part-time Lecturer, 2015-2017.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Research Fellow DC2, 2013-2015.
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), Broadcasting Cameraman, 2006-2012

Research Area
Cultural Anthropology, African Area Studies, Refugee and Forced Migration Studies

Research Subject1) Historical anthropological study on the dynamics of regional conflicts and cross-border migrationin East and Northeast Africa
2) Anthropological study on refugee protection and humanitarian intervention in Africa
3) Archival study on the folklore among the Nilotic peoples in Sudan and South Sudan (Two Sudans)

Regular Courses at the University of Shizuoka
Fieldwork ⅡA/B
Shizuoka studies from historical perspective A/BIntroductory course of international relations in English A

Membership to Academic Association
Member of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (JASCA)
Member of the Japan Association for African Studies (JAAS)
General Affairs of Secretary, Councilor and Member of the Japan Association for Nilo-EthiopianStudies (JANES)
Member of IUAES (International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences)

Social Activities
Planning Committee of Ajinomoto Foundation for Dietary CultureAwards28th Award of Takashima Prize of the Japan Association for Nilo-Ethiopian Studies (JANES), 2022.
(Independence, Civil War, and Refugees of South Sudan: Between Hope and Despair. Kyoto: Showado).
11th Award of Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JCAS), 2021. (Independence, Civil War, andRefugees of South Sudan: Between Hope and Despair. Kyoto: Showado).
8th Encouragement Award of Young Researcher of Refugee Studies, 2020.
The Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Special Award 2018, 2018. (HumanitarianAssistance from the Perspective of Area Studies: Re-examining its Relationship with African Nomads,
Shinya Konaka who co-edited and co-authored, Kyoto: Showado)
8th Award of Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JCAS), 2018. (Humanitarian Assistance from thePerspective of Area Studies: Re-examining its Relationship with African Nomads, Shinya Konaka whoco-edited and co-authored. Kyoto: Showado)
3rd Encouragement Award of Young Researcher of Refugee Studies, 2015.

Achievements *English publication/presentation onlyArticles
1. Murahashi, Isao (2022) “Refugee Mobility and Uncertain Lives: Challenges and Agency of South
Sudanese Refugees in Uganda,” ASC-TUFS Working Papers 2(2022): 83-102.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/ascwp/list/-char/ja
2. MURAHASHI, Isao (2021) “Conflict-induced migration and local development: Socio-economic
dynamics of refugee-hosting area in Uganda,” ASC Working Papers 1(2021): 253-272.

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ascwp/1/0/1_253/_article/-char/en
3. MURAHASHI, Isao (2020) “Creatively Utilising the Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Film Project:
Visual Repatriation of the Masakin,” TRAJECTORIA 1: 1-8.
https://trajectoria.minpaku.ac.jp/index.html
4. MURAHASHI, Isao (2018) “Reorganizing ‘Family’ to Secure Livelihoods: Coping strategies of South
Sudanese Refugees in Uganda,” In Wakana, SHIINO, Soichiro, SHIRAISHI, & Christine M. Mpyangu(eds.), Diversification and Reorganization of 'Family' in Uganda and Kenya: A Cross-cultural Analysis.
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign
Studies (TUFS): Tokyo. pp. 15-25.
5. MURAHASHI, Isao (2017) “Book Review: Masayoshi Shigeta and Juichi Itani (eds.), Subsistence
Practices for Avoiding Conflict: Relationships between Eco-Resources and Peoples, African Potentials
Series, Vol. 4,” Nilo-Ethiopian Studies 22: 69-70.
6. MURAHASHI, Isao (2013) “Book Reviews: Ethnography of Pottery Making: Community-Based
Technology of Ethiopian Women Potters,” Nilo-Ethiopian Studies 18: 45-46.
7. YAMASUE, Eiji and Isao Murahashi (2010) “Traditional Steelmaking in Southwestern Ethiopia: A
Metallurgical Analysis,” Nilo-Ethiopian Studies 14: 1-18.
Presentations
1. Murahashi, Isao. “Refugee Mobility and Uncertain Lives: Challenges and Agency of South Sudanese
Refugees in Uganda,” ASC-TUFS 5th Anniversary International Symposium, Tokyo University ofForeign Studies, Tokyo. 3 November 2021.
2. Murahashi, Isao. “Visual Repatriation of the Masakin,” Re-activating old film reels: Debating
methodologies of collaborative restitution of archival films. Oral presentation (Online), Frobenius
Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 28 May 2021.
Murahashi, Isao. “Future-making of the Displaced: Images and narratives of South Sudanese refugees
in Uganda,” Oral Presentation, The IUAES World Inter-Congress 2019, Adam Mickiewicz University,Poznan, Poland. from 27 August to 31 August 2019.
3. Murahashi, Isao. “Reorganizing ‘Family’ to Keep Security and Pursuit Livelihoods in Exile,” Oralpresentation, 18th IUAES World Congress, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis,Brazil. 16-20th July 2018.
4. Eiji, Yamasue, Murahashi, Isao and Tomotaka Sasada. “Iron Technology of the Lopit in South Sudanin Precolonial Times,” Poster presentation, BUMA（The Beginning of the Use of Metals and Alloys）
Ⅸ. Dong-A University, Busan, Korea. 17 October 2017.
5. Murahashi, Isao. “Inter-ethnic and Inter-communal Conflicts after CPA: The Root Cause of Conflicts
and the Possibility of Co-existence in Eastern Equatoria,” Oral presentation, The Third Forum on“Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing ‘African Potentials’:Peacebuilding and African Potentials: Harmonizing Approaches from Above and Below in South
Sudan and Beyond,” Juba, South Sudan. 1 December 2013.