The NEXT AJJ Conference is May 23–24th, 2026 at Akita University.
Past Workshops & Conferences:
2026 Akita University CFP Registration
May 23–24, Keynote Speaker: Nakamaki Hirochika; Organizer(s): Kaeko Chiba, Manami Goto, Paul Hansen, John Mock, and Hisako Omori
2025 University of Hyogo CFP Schedule & Abstracts
April 4–6, Keynote Speakers: Sakamoto Mayumi, Joy Hendry; Organizer(s): Carmen Tamas
*JAWS/AJJ joint conference
2024 Tohoku University CFP Schedule & Abstracts
Nov 30–Dec 1, Keynote Speakers: Numazaki Ichirō; Organizer(s): Alyne Delaney
2023 Meiji Gakuin University Shirokane Campus CFP
Dec 5–6, Theme: Becalmed, adrift or slowly sinking? Life aboard the listing Japanese ship of state; Keynote Speakers: John McCreery; Organizer(s): Tom Gill
2022 Kyoto University Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
Dec 3–4, Theme: Wellbeing in Contemporary Japan: Embodying Techniques, Skills, and Environments; Organizer(s): Andrea de Antoni
2021 Akita International University (online)
Dec 3–5, Theme: Crisis Anthropology; Organizer(s): Kaeko Chiba, Hisako Omori, Ben Grafström
2020 Temple University, Japan Campus (online) Schedule
Dec 5–6, Keynote Speaker: David Sprague; Organizer(s): Kaeko Chiba, Sachiko Horiguchi, John Mock, and Andreas Riessland
2019 Meiji Gakuin University, Yokohama Campus
Nov 30–Dec 1, Keynote Speaker: Nakamura Tsuyoshi; Organizer(s): Tom Gill
2018 (autumn) Nanzan University
Dec 8–9
2018 (spring) Miyazaki International University
April 20–21
2017 Dōshisha University
Dec 9–10, Organizer: David Uva
*20th Annual Meeting
2016 (autumn) Osaka Gakuin University
Sept 24–25
*JAWS/EAJS joint conference
2016 (spring ) Tōhoku University Schedule and Abstracts
Apr 23–24, Organizer: Ichiro Numazaki
2015 (autumn) Tenri University
Nov 28–29, Theme: Birth and Death in Japan:Meanings and Representationin Historical and/or Cross-Cultural Perspectives; Organizer: Sumiya Norihara
2015 (spring) Seijō University Center for Glocal Studies
Apr 25–26, Theme: Glocalizing Japanese Studies: Japanese Studies Inside and Outside Japan; Organizer(s): Tomiyuki Uesugi
2014 Nanzan University Schedule (pdf)
Nov 29–30, Theme: Japan’s Cultural, Social and Natural Landscapes: Challenges and Developments.; Keynote speakers: Tomoya Akimichi, Peter Knecht
2014 Makuhari, Chiba
May 15–18, Joint meeting with JAWS, JASCA and IUAES
2013 International Christian University
Nov 9–10, Organizer(s): Tom Gill
2012 Dōshisha University
Dec 1–2, Theme: Belonging in Japan and Beyond; Organizers: Greg Poole and Bruce White
2012 (spring) Osaka Gakuin University
Apr 21–22; Organizer: Michael Shackleton
2011 (autumn) Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Nov 26–27, Theme: Change in the Asia-Pacific World; Organizer: Jerry Eades
*International Association for Asia Pacific Studies (IAAPS) joint conference
2011 (spring) Kanazawa University Schedule
Organizer: John Ertl
2010 Temple University, Japan Campus
Nov 6–7, Theme: “Making Local Places in Trans-Cultural Flows: Methodologies, Rhetorics and Ethnographies;” Keynote Speaker: Koichi Iwabuchi; Organizers: Kyle Cleveland, Sachiko Horiguchi, John Mock, and David Slater
2010 (spring) Tenri University Schedule
May 8–9, Organizer: Sumiya Norihara
2009 Dōshisha University Schedule
Apr 25–26, Theme: Multiethnic Japan; Organizer: Bruce White
2008 Osaka University, Graduate School of Human Sciences
Nov 8–9, Theme: “Sites of Conflict and Conflict Resolution In and With Japan”
2007 Temple University, Japan Campus
Nov 17–18, Theme: Power, Identities and Relationships in Contemporary Japan; Keynote Speaker: Roger Goodman; Organizer(s): Mary Reisel
*10th Annual Meeting
2006 Meiji Gakuin University, Shirokane Campus
Oct 28–29, Theme: From Fieldwork to Theory: The Complexities of Ethnography in Japan; keynote speaker: Keibō Oiwa; Organizer(s): Tom Gill
2005 (Fall) Sophia University
Nov 5–6, Theme: Culture, Identity and Politics: Ethnography in/of Japan; Organizer(s): James Roberson
2005 (Spring) Osaka Gakuin University
April 23–25, Theme: Friendship; Organizer: Michael Shackleton
2004 Waseda and Sophia Universities
Nov 13 (at Waseda) and 14 (Sophia), Organizer(s): Glenda Roberts (Waseda), David Slater (Sophia)
2003 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Organizer(s): Jerry Eades
2002
2001 National Museum of Ethnology “Minpaku” Schedule
May 12–13
2000 Minnesota State University in Akita Schedule
Organizer: John Mock
1999 Sophia University, Institute of Comparative Culture Schedule
Organizer(s): David Slater and John Clammer
1998 Kyoto Bunkyō University Schedule
Mar 14–15, Theme: Fieldwork in Japan; Organizer(s): Harumi Befu
*Inaugural AJJ Meeting