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About Intercultural Research Center

History

Intercultural Research Center (IReC) was founded in July 2006 as an adjunct facility at Faculty of Intercultural Studies. Since April 2007, when the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies (GSICS) was established, the center has been a division at GSICS. IReC plays a central role in the GSICS as a research hub for intercultural studies.

Mission

As a research hub at the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, IReC facilitates inter-disciplinary research and educational activities at the GSICS, networking researchers from various fields of humanities and social studies such as economics, politics, ethics, arts, philosophy, and science and technology. IReC organizes research projects which host symposiums, seminars, field research programs, and also expand the worldwide network of the GSICS through international exchange programs both for researchers and for students.

Structure

IReC consists of three sections and two subsections.

Director: SAKAMOTO Chiyo

Section	Chief	Subsection
Research	SAKAI Kazunari
International	IWAMOTO Kazuko
Liaison	OKADA Hiroki	*Arts Management:FUJINO Kazuo *Regional Liaison:

Research Project

Year 2013-2014

Year 2012-2013

• Symbiosis in the EU and with its Neighborhood

Year 2011-2012

• Multi-ethnic Coexistence in the EU Region
• Science and Culture in the 19th century

Year 2010-2011

• Multi-ethnic Coexistence in the EU Region
• Science and Culture in the 19th century

Year 2009-2010

• Multi-ethnic Coexistence in the EU Region
• Life History Project of Asian Permanent Foreign Residents in Nagata, Kobe (2)
• Research on the Public Sphere of Public Culture Institutions : Based on Theoretical Reflections

Year 2008-2009

• International and Historical Comparative Research on the Maintenance of Multi-linguistic and Multi-ethnic Coexistence and Cultural Diversity
• Life History Project of Asian Permanent Foreign Residents in Nagata, Kobe
• Research on the Public Sphere of Public Culture Institutions : Focusing on Prefectural Halls

Year 2007-2008

• Language and Culture Policy in Microstates and Comparative Study on the idea of "Pluralism": Globalization in Oceania and the Caribbean Region, "Regional" Culture, and Postcolonialism
• Toward A New Figure of Civil Society in Multi-cultural Coexistence Settings: Research on Newcomer Migrants and Local Society, Focusing on Latin-American Nikkei* Migrants in Japan. (* Nikkei: Japanese emigrants and their descendants born outside Japan)

Year 2006-2007

• Construction of A Hub for International Joint Research and Networking for Culture Policy of Microstates and Daily Practices of Their Population
• Research on the Modern Aspects of Traditional Culture Heritage in Hanshin and Awaji Area, Focusing on Awaji Ningyo Joruri (Japanese Traditional Puppet Ballad Drama in Awaji Area)
• Arts Management Education in Coordination with Culture Policy of Hyogo Prefecture and Kobe City, Focusing on the Produce of Kobe Music Festival
• Reevaluation of Modernism in Hanshin Area and Its Reception of Modern Art: On the Role of "Fukae Bunka Mura" (Fukae Culture Village)
• Promotion of Appreciation of Cultural Difference and Regional Cooperative Education through Fieldwork Activities

Publications

IReC has published nine reports based on its past projects and three NewsLetters.

• Foreign Residents around Kobe: Vietnamese, Koreans, Chinese (March, 2007)
• Tourism and Culture in Oceania and the Caribbean Region (March, 2007)
• Toward A New Figure of Civil Society in Multi-cultural Coexistence Settings: Research on Newcomer Migrants and Local Society, Focusing on Latin-American Nikkei Migrants in Japan (March 2008)
• The World of Pidgins and Creoles: Languages and Cultures in Oceania and the Caribbean Region (March, 2008)
• International and Historical Comparative Research on the Maintenance of Multi-linguistic and Multi-ethnic Coexistence and Cultural Diversity (March, 2009)
• Multi-ethnic Coexistence in the EU Region(March, 2010)
• Multi-ethnic Coexistence in the EU Region(March, 2011)
• IREC Newsletter, No.1(March, 2011)
• Multi-ethnic Coexistence in the EU Region(March, 2012)
• IREC Newsletter, No.2(March, 2012)
• IREC Newsletter, No.3(December, 2012)
• Symbiosis in the EU and with its Neighborhood(March, 2013)

Contact address

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