What's New
Up Coming Events
We will present to "8th World Archaeological Congress, WAC-8."
| Date | Sunday, August 27th - Saturday, September 2nd, 2016 |
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| Time | 09:00-18:00 |
| Venue | Imadegawa Campus, Doshisha University |
| Topic | - |
| Presented by | - |
| Hosted by | - |
Our 10th Regular Seminar will be held.
| Date | Thursday, May 26th, 2016 |
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| Time | 18:00-19:30 |
| Venue | Room 989, YOYOKAN HALL 6F Kinugasa Campus Ritsumeikan University |
| Topic | 10th Regular Seminar |
| Presented by | - |
| Hosted by | Research Center for Pan-Pacific Civilizations |
| Cooperated by | - |
About Us
Director's Greeting
Since early, Ritsumeikan University has realized importance of cultivating human resources in Japan and the Asian-Pacific regions rooted in the climates, histories, traditional cultures, technologies, values, and lifestyles, as symbolized by the foundation of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU.)
Ritsumeikan has set up a preparation office for the foundation of "Ritsumeikan Saionji-School," fostering global leaders for the 21st century named after the university's founder, Prince Kihnmochi Saionji. The purpose of its foundation is to cultivate people who can become pioneers in developing a new civilization in the 21st century with re-recognizing importance of the values traditionally held by people of Japan and Asian-Pacific regions.
To achieve the goals of "Ritsumeikan Saionji-School" and provide more complete, comprehensive, and advanced learning environment, "Research Center for Pan-Pacific Civilizations (Ritsumeikan PPC) has been established in Kinugasa Research Organization. The purpose of its foundation is fundamentally to re-evaluate the relationship between environments and civilizations, to resolve the history of natural disaster and its influence on the rise and fall of civilizations, to pursue and create a set of values for the new civilization, to find a model for a sustainable society, to present pioneering visions for the coming civilization, to develop innovative technologies, politics and lifestyles that can support such visions, and to redefine the future path for Japan as a nation in the Pan-Pacific regions.
The mission of Ritsumeikan University is to conduct basic researchers and to develop human resources. "Ritsumeikan Saionji-School" and "Research Center for Pan-Pacific Civilizations (Ritsumeikan PPC)" will function as the keystones to accomplish these missions.
Director of Research Center for Pan-Pacific Civilizations
Yoshinori YASUDA
Board Members, 2016
- Director
Yoshinori YASUDA
Eminent Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization- Specialized in
- Environmental Archaeology
- Vice Director
Kozo WATANABE
Professor, Graduate School of Core Ethics
Frontier Sciences Vice Chancellor, Research Affairs, Ritsumeikan- Specialized in
- Cultural Anthropology
- Members
Manabu TAKAHASHI Professor, College of Letters
- Specialized in
- Environmental Archaeology, Geography of Disaster
Kenichi YANO Professor, College of Letters
- Specialized in
- Archaeology of Jomon Culture
Kohei MASTUNAGA Associate Professor, College of Letters
- Specialized in
- Environmental Geography
Researchers, 2016
Senior Researchers
| Name | Belongs to |
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| Yoshitsugu SHINOZUKA | Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization |
| Takahiro TOMITA | Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization |
| Yukihiro KOUMATSU | Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization |
| Oki NAKAMURA | Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization |
Visiting Researchers
| Name | Belongs to |
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| Naotoshi ICHIKI | Lecturer, Academia de Cultura Japonesa, Lima PERU |
| Kiyoko OZEKI | Professor Emerita, Tokaigakuen University |
| Rintaro ONO | Associate Professor, Department of Maritime Civilizations, Tokai University |
| Shigeru KABATA | Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, MEXICO |
| Junko KITAGAWA | Principal Researcher, Fukui Prefectural Institute of Satoyamasatoumi |
| Masato SAKAI | Professor, Faculty of Literature and Social Sciences, Yamagata University |
| Katsuhiko SHINOGAMI | Audit Director, Audit Group 3, Audit Division, JIC Quality Assurance Ltd. |
| Akira SHIMIZU | Neurosurgeon, Director of Cerebral Apoplexy Center, KKR Mishuku Hospital |
| Mai TAKIGAMI | Research Fellow (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| Takeshi TAKEDA | Photographer |
| Masatsugu TANIGUCHI | Resource and Environmental Journalist |
| Mamoru TANIYA | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Asuka Asset Management Co., Ltd. |
| Atsushi NAKAYAMA | Director-General, Tokai Local Finance Bureau |
| Hiroo NASU | Assistant Professor, School of Advanced Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies |
| Yoko NOJIMA | Project Research Fellow, International Research Center for Japanese Studies |
| Etsuo HASEGAWA | Part-time Lecturer, Organization of Education and Student Support, Saitama University / Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| Toshiyuki FUJIKI | Lecturer, Department of Applied Science, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science |
| Shigeki MURAYAMA | Reporter, 2nd Industrial Division Editorial Office, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Ltd. |
| Naoki MORISHITA | Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Business, Wako University |
| Junko HIGASHIMURA | Lecturer, School of Education Regional Science, Fukui University |
| Aya MANABE | Research Fellow, Kagoshima Prefectural Archaeological Center |
| Yasuyuki YOSHIZAWA | Honorary Director, Bashobunka Forum / Director (CCO), PIA Corporation |
Research Projects
Our Goal
Construction of 'Pan-Pacific Civilization Study'
気候変動は文明を生みだす基本条件であり、同時に文明の崩壊の条件でもあった。カタストロフィーの筆頭には気候の変動がある。また、人間の存在が人間に対してもたらすカタストロフィーもある。当研究センター長、安田が中心となって構築した「年縞による環境考古学」によって、巨大都市から、今も保持される先住民族までの多様性を擁する「環太平洋文明圏」の興亡の原因追及と持続発展の可能性の条件を解明する。
Research Groups
Group 1: Environmental Archaeology
| Title | Structuring Accurate History of Disaster by Analyzing Annually Laminated Sediments in Pan-Pacific Regions |
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| Leader | Yoshinori YASUDA Visiting Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization |
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Group 2: Archaeology of Jomon Culture
| Title | Observational Study on the Transition from Jomon to Yayoi Culture in the Japanese Archipelago as the Overlapped Area between the Northern and the Western Parts of Pan-Pacific Regions |
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| Leader | Kenichi YANO Professor, College of Letters |
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Group 3: Geography of Disaster
| Title | Earthquakes and Tsunami Disasters in Pan-Pacific Regions |
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| Leader | Manabu TAKAHASHI Professor, College of Letters |
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Group 4: Cultural Anthropology
| Title | Anthropological Reassessment of Men-Environmental Relations in Pan-Pacific Regions |
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| Leader | Kozo WATANABE Professor, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences |
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Seminars List
| Date | Seminars | Topics / Presented by |
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| 2016.5.26 | R-PPC 10th Regular Seminar | To be published |
| 2015.10.30 | R-PPC 9th Regular Seminar | Ryo NAKAZUKA (Geogrophy, Archaeology) Kenichi YANO (Archaeology) |
| 2015.5.8 | R-PPC 8th Regular Seminar | Yukihiro KAMIMATU (Geography, Ecology) |
| 2014.11.28 | R-PPC 7th Regular Seminar | Atsushi UEMINE (Archaeology) |
| 2014.10.31 | R-PPC 6th Regular Seminar | Naoki MORISHITA (Enviroment History) |
| 2014.06.24 | R-PPC Special Seminar (R-PPC 5th Regular Seminar) |
Manabu TAKAHASHI (Geography, Environmental Archaeology) |
| 2014.05.29 | R-PPC 4th Regular Seminar | Yoshitsugu SHINOZUKA (Global Environmental Studies) |
| 2014.04.24 | R-PPC 3rd Regular Seminar | Takahiro TOMITA (Anthropology) |
| 2013.12.05 | R-PPC 2nd Regular Seminar | Oki NAKAMURA (Archaeology) |
| 2013.10.31 | R-PPC 1st Regular Seminar | Hiroshi KONDO (Anthropology) |
Publications
Books
| Authors | Title | Publisher | Year |
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| Guodong LI |
`Pan-Pacific Civilization Series'3 Guizhou, China and Japan: Rice Cultivating Culture |
Yuzankaku | 2015.8.25 |
| Yoshinori YASUDA | `Pan-Pacific Civilization Series'2 Japanese Tales and Yangze River Culture |
Yuzankaku | 2015.5.25 |
| Yoshinori YASUDA Chiharu ABE |
`Pan-Pacific Civilization Series'1 Tsugaru Strait and Jomon Culture |
Yuzankaku | 2015.1.30 |
Lectures / Symposia
Lectures / Symposia List
| Date | Lectures / Symposia | Topics / Presented by |
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| 2016. 1.09-10 |
Saga Symposium | East China Sea and Rice cultivating&Fish catching, Yayoi culture |
| 2015. 8.26-30 |
Exibition of Donations from Mrs Kiyoko OZEKI | Clothes of Jomon Period |
| 2014. 12.22-23 |
Munakata Symposium | Tsushima Strait and Tumulus culture |
| 2014.12.20 | Memorial Lecture of Donations from Mrs Kiyoko OZEKI | Cloth and wicker basket: Explain From Archeaology and Anthropology |
| 2014.12.19 | R-GIRO Symposium | Environment change and Human around Asia |
| 2014. 12.06-07 |
The 15th Kansai Jomon Culture Research Center Conference | How to establish and use Jomon ruins database |
| 2014.05.21 | R-PPC International Workshop | Eduardo Kohn |
| 2014. 03.01-02 |
Hakodate Symposium | Jomon Culture in Tsugaru Strait |
| 2014. 02.24-26 |
Environmental History in Pan-Pacific" International Workshop | Suk Chang Lee Henry Hooghiemstra, etc. |
| 2013.11.11 | R-PPC Special Lecture Meeting | Gerald Islebe |
| 2013. 05.18-19 |
R-PPC Establishment Anniversary Symposium |
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Contact Us
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| Name | Research Center for Pan-Pacific Civilizations Research Office at Kinugasa Campus Ritsumeikan University |
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| Address | 56-1 Toji-in Kitamachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8577 JAPAN |
| Tel | +81-(0)75-465-8224（Main） |
| Fax | +81-(0)75-465-8342 |
| r-ppc@st.ritsumei.ac.jp |
