OBA Aya

オオバアヤ | OBA Aya

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Homepage URL (2)： https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/ja/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23KJ2142/ , https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23KJ2142/

Research field (4)： Local studies , Cultural anthropology and folklore , Religious studies , Sociology

Research keywords (15)： Funeral , East Asia , Reformation of Funeral , Taiwan , China , Ishikawa Prefecture , Yamagata , Movement to Improve Living Standards , New Life Movement , Religious Studies , Sociology , Sociology of Religion , Keiyaku-ko , Local Community , Funeral and Burial

Research theme for competitive and other funds (7)：

2023 - 2026 The Mechanisms of Change for Funerals in East Asia: Government Expectations and Community Responses
2021 - 2025 Reconstruction of Funeral and Burial System for the Super-aging Society with Numerous Deaths
2022 - 2023 A Research of the National Indoctrination Policy and Religions in a Local Community During the Early 20th Century
2020 - 2023 The Japanese Buddhist Home Altar in the Past and Present
2020 - 2021 Ideals and Reality: Simplification of Weddings and Funerals in the Prewar Movements for Living Standard Improvements

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Papers (15)：

Aya OBA. Aspects of the Muen-Shakai Discourse: A Cross-Link Study. Komazawa University BUNKA (CULTURE). 2024. 42. 104 [91]-77 [118]
Aya OBA. Migration and Mutual Aid System for Funerals: The Case of Keiyaku-ko in Mogami, Yamagata. Funerals and Graves in the Unrelated Society: Past, Present, and Future with the Dead. 2022. 59-83
Aya OBA. Co-buying and Sharing Dresses, Goods and Facilities for Weddings and Funerals: The Case of Nomi, Ishikawa. 2022. 令和3年度. 29-42
Aya OBA. Changes in Funeral and Resident Association. Doctoral Thesis. 2022
Aya OBA. Research Trends in Funeral System and Social Changes: Focusing on Theories of Funerary Transformation since 2010s. Annual Report of the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University. 2022. 14. 86-93

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MISC (16)：

Aya OBA. Development of the Funeral Reform Movement in Jiangxi, China: Focusing on Media Discourse (Summary). Journal of Religious Studies. 2024. 97. 別冊. 268-269
Aya OBA. Norms for Grave Visit on the Books of Manners in Kagoshima. 2023. 令和4年度. 38-43
Aya OBA. Book Review: STAUDIGL, M., BARBER, M. D., AYAß, R., GRIERA, M., HOSHIKAWA, K., and SRUBAR, I. (HOSHIKAWA, K. trans.), Alfred Schutz and the Phenomenology of Religion: An Exploration of the Relevance of Religions to the “Everyday Life-World”. The Annual of Religious Studies. 2023. 36. 43-53
Aya OBA. A Reconsideration and Classification of Theories of Funerary Transformation in Postwar Japan (Summary). Journal of Religious Studies. 2023. 96. 4. 202-203
Aya OBA. The New Life Movement in Post-war Japan: Simplification of Weddings and Funerals (Summary). Journal of Religious Studies. 2021. 94. 4. 106-108

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Books (2)：

Funerals and Graves in the Unrelated Society: Past, Present, and Future with the Dead
Yoshikawa Kobunkan 2022 ISBN:4642082069
Religious Changes in Modern Japan: the Empirical Studies in Sociology of Religion
Harvest 2016 ISBN:4863390785

Lectures and oral presentations (38)：

What was Muen Shakai?: Its Aspects and Academic Perspectives
(JARS Young Members Workshop (at Toyo Eiwa University) 2024)
葬送儀礼の変容とこれから
(真言宗智山派智山教化センター「教化を考える会」 2024)
What Was "Muen-Shakai"?: Its Range and Prospects
(国立歴史民俗博物館基幹研究令和5年度共同研究「高齢多死社会における生前から死後の移行に関する統合的研究」第3回研究会 2024)
葬儀と墓の変化からみる現代日本の死生観-イギリス・スウェーデンとの比較から-
(高野山真言宗広島青年教師会研修会 2024)
"Why Study Religion" in the JARS Young Members Roundtable Session
(IAHR Special Conference, “Can the IAHR be engaged and relevant without being political or confessional? The position of ‘science (Wissenschaft)’ in 2023” 2023)

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Education (4)：

2022 - 2023 Shenzhen University (Online Long-term Chinese Program) College of International Exchange
2017 - 2022 Taisho University Graduate School Doctoral Program, Advanced Literary Studies Major in Religious Studies
2015 - 2017 Taisho University Graduate School Master's Program, Advanced Literary Studies Major in Religious Studies
2010 - 2014 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies School of Foreign Studies Major in Urdu, Department of South and West Asian Studies

Professional career (3)：

B.A. in Language and Area Studies (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
M.A. in Literature (Taisho University)
Ph.D. in Literature (Taisho University)

Work history (14)：

2023/04 - 現在 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellow (National Museum of Japanese History)
2023/04 - 現在 National Museum of Japanese History Visiting Researcher
2023/04 - 現在 Toyo University Department of International Sociology, Faculty of Sociology Lecturer (part-time)
2022/04 - 現在 Shukutoku University College of Integrated Human and Social Welfare Studies Lecturer (part-time)
2022/04 - 現在 Kokugakuin University The Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, the Organization for the Advancement of Research and Development Postdoctoral Researcher

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Committee career (3)：

2023/11 - 現在厚生労働省認定葬祭ディレクター技能審査協会中央技能審査委員会委員
2020/09 - 現在 Japan Association of Funeral Culture 『葬送文化』編集委員会事務局
2018/04 - 2024/03 The Religious Studies Institute of Taisho University Officer

Awards (2)：

2024/02 - Komazawa University The 2023 Best Teaching Award
2017/03 - Taisho University 2016 President’s Award

Association Membership(s) (9)：

The Folklore Society of Japan , The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) , Japan Association of Funeral Culture , East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (EASSSR) , The Japan Sociological Society (JSS) , The Folklore Society of Tohoku , The Japanese Association for Religious Studies (JARS) , The Religious Studies Institute of Taisho University , The Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society (JASRS)

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