The NEXT AJJ Conference is May 23–24th, 2026 at Akita University.
The deadline for paper and panel proposals is JANUARY 15th, 2026. Click CFP below for details!
Past Workshops & Conferences:
2026 Akita University CFP
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 (online)
Dec 5–6
2019 Meiji Gakuin University, Yokohama Campus
Nov 30–Dec 1, Keynote Speakers: Nakamura Tsuyoshi; Organizer(s): Tom Gill
2018 Nanzan University
Dec 8–9
2017 Dōshisha University
Dec 9–10
*20th Annual Meeting
2016 (spring ) Tōhoku University
Apr 23–24
2016 (autumn) Osaka Gakuin University
Sept 24–25
*JAWS/EAJS joint conference
2015 Seijō University Center for Glocal Studies (Tokyo)
Apr 25–26, Theme: Glocalizing Japanese Studies: Japanese Studies Inside and Outside Japan; Organizer(s): Tomiyuki Uesugi
2014 Nanzan University
Nov 29–30
2013 International Christian University
Nov 9–10, Organizer(s): Tom Gill
2012 Dōshisha University
Dec 1–2, Theme: Belonging in Japan and Beyond
2011 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Nov 26–27
*International Association for Asia Pacific Studies (IAAPS) joint conference
2010 Temple University Japan (Tokyo)
Nov 6–7
2009 Dōshisha University
Apr 25–26, Theme: Multiethnic Japan
2008 Osaka University, Graduate School of Human Sciences (Suita)
Nov 8–9, Theme: Sites of Conflict and Conflict Resolution In and With Japan
2007 Temple University Japan (Tokyo)
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 Sophia University
Nov 5–6, Organizer(s): James Roberson
2004
2003 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Organizer(s): Jerry Eades
2002
2001 National Museum of Ethnology “Minpaku“
May 12–13
2000 Minnesota State University in Akita
Organizer: John Mock
1999 Sophia University, Institute of Comparative Culture
Organizer(s): David Slater/John Clammer
1998 Kyoto Bunkyō University
Mar 14–15, Theme: Fieldwork in Japan; Organizer(s): Harumi Befu
*Inaugural AJJ Meeting