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Obiya Chika

オビヤ チカ | Obiya Chika
Affiliation and department:
Job title: professor
Research field  (1): Local studies
Research keywords  (4): 中央アジア地域研究 ,  中央アジア近現代史 ,  Central Asian area studies ,  Central Asian modern history
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (24):
  • 2020 - 2023 Following the Tracks of a White Russian Family in Eurasian Modern History: A Case Study of Effective Utilization of a Private Family Archive
  • 2018 - 2021 Cross-Regional Study of Public Morality, Violence and Ruling Authority in Modern Muslim Society
  • 2016 - 2021 Norms and Identity
  • 2016 - 2021 Establishing a New Paradigm of Social/ Human Sciences based on Relational Studies: in order to Overcome Contemporary Global Crises
  • 2012 - 2016 Islam, Gender and Family in Central Asia: Seeking New Perspectives for Rethinking Modernity
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Papers (57):
  • Chika Obiya. A View on the Emancipation of Muslim Women beyond Oblivion: Reading and Understanding Olga S. Lebedeva. Women, Marriage, and Home in Central Eurasia from the 19th to the 21st Century (Series Asia Pacific Studies 6, Tokyo: Kokusai Shoin). 2023. 23-64
  • Chika OBIYA. Between the "Good Scarf" and the "Bad Scarf": National Tradition and the Veil Debate in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan. Created and Contested: Norms, Traditions, and Values in Contemporary Asian Fashion (E. Goto and C. Obiya, eds., Tokyo: Research Institute of Languages and Cultures, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies). 2022. 71-92
  • Chika Obiya. Calls to Emancipate Muslim Women from within the Russian Empire: The Views of O.S. Lebedeva and A. Agaev on the Equality between Men and Women in Islam. The Shirin. 2021. 104. 1. 113-154
  • Chika Obiya. A Seesaw Battle between "Good Scarf" and "Bad Scarf" and Its Boundary: The Veil Debate in Contemporary Uzbekistan. 2021. 36-61
  • Obiya, Chika. What should the Uzbek Wear?: National Dress Code in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan. Relational Studies on Global Crises. 2020. 45-69
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MISC (134):
  • OBIYA Chika. Uzbeks. Encyclopedia of Central Eurasian Culture (Maruzen Publishing). 2023. 584-585
  • OBIYA Chika. Tashkent. Encyclopedia of Central Eurasian Culture (Maruzen Publishing). 2023. 348-349
  • OBIYA Chika. Clothes and head gears. Encyclopedia of Central Eurasian Culture (Maruzen Publishing). 2023. 284-285
  • Chika Obiya. A Female Translator Who Mediated the Idea of Equality between Men and Women in Islam. Great Figures in the History of Asia, Vol. 10. 2023. 329-352
  • Chika Obiya. After throwing away the veil. Mari Oka and Emi Goto (eds.), Memories and Records: A Hundred Years of Women's Experiences (Islam & Gender Studies 5), Tokyo: Akashi Shoten. 2023. 171-184
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Books (46):
  • Uzbekistan
    Poplar Publishing CO., LTD. 2024 ISBN:9784591180884
  • Women, Marriage, and Home in Central Eurasia from the 19th to the 21st Century
    Kokusai Shoin 2023
  • Following the Tracks of a White Russian Family: Michurin Archive in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (CIRAS Discussion Paper No. 115)
    CSEAS, Kyoto University 2022
  • Fashion and the Norms 5: Japan in Global Context
    CSEAS, Kyoto University 2022
  • Created and Contested: Norms, Traditions, and Values in Contemporary Asian Fashion
    2022 ISBN:9784863373655
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Lectures and oral presentations  (63):
  • Christmas in the Country of Oases and Deserts?: At the Street Corner in Uzbekistan
    (Knit-K Talk Event 2024)
  • The Spread of the Idea of Equal Rights between Men and Women in Islam from Late 19th Century to Early 20th Century : Ol'ga Lebedeva, a Russian female Translator in Focus.
    (Public Lecture, Asian History Course, Department of Philosophy and History, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka Metropolitan University 2023)
  • Islamic Veil Question in Central Asia in Historical Context: Case of Uzbekistan
    (Annual Conference of the Society of Inner Asian Studies 2022)
  • Chika OBIYA, Seeking Modernity Behind the Veil: Post-Soviet Experiences of Muslim Women in Uzbekistan, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2022
    (AJI Book Launch, Ritsumeikan University 2022)
  • Daily life in Uzbekistan, cross point of the silk road: Tradition and contemporary life in food culture, crafts, and dress
    (A Talk event related to the special issue on Uzbekistan of the journal K (No. 3) 2022)
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Education (4):
  • 1990 - 1991 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Department of Area Studies (Doctoral course)
  • 1987 - 1990 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Master's Course) Department of Area Studies
  • 1986 - 1987 The University of Tokyo College of Arts and Sciences
  • 1982 - 1986 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Faculty of Foreign Studies Russian Department
Professional career (1):
  • Master of Arts (The University of Tokyo)
Work history (7):
  • 2022/09 - 現在 Kyoto University
  • 2016/01 - 2022/08 Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies Associate professor
  • 2006/04 - 2015/12 Kyoto University Center for Integrated Area Studies Associate professor
  • 2002/03 - 2006/03 National Museum of Ethnology The Japan Center for Area Studies (JCAS) Associate professor
  • 1996 - 2002 National Museum of Ethnology The Japan Center for Area Studies (JCAS) Research associate
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Association Membership(s) (6):
内陸アジア史学会 ,  日本中東学会 ,  ソビエト史研究会 ,  The Japan Association for Central Asian Studies ,  日本アルタイ学会 ,  ロシア史研究会
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