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Watanabe Kazuko

ワタナベ カズコ | Watanabe Kazuko
Affiliation and department：
Doshisha University Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions

About Doshisha University Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions


Job title： Research Fellow
Other affiliations (1)：
Research field  (2)： History of thought ,  Religious studies
Research keywords  (20)： benediciton and malediction ,  Mesopotamian shaman ashipu ,  Assyrian language ,  Akkadian ,  Mesopotamian Religion ,  Comparative History of Religions ,  The Epic of Gilgamesh ,  Assyriology ,  Esarhaddon's Succession Oath Documents ,  Old Testament ,  History of Ancient Mesopotamia ,  Eunuchs in the Ancient Near East ,  Ancient Near Eastern Seals ,  Comparative Mythology ,  Death and Life Studies ,  Shamanism ,  Views of Life and Death ,  The Book of Job ,  Myths and Narratives ,  Problems of Brain Death and OrganTransplant
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (13)：
  • 2015 - 2016 Assyrian Oath Documents and Covenant Based Monotheism
  • 2011 - 2016 Reconsideration on the concepts of 'contract', 'oath', and 'treaty' of the texts from ancient Western Asia
  • 2011 - 2014 Basic Studies for Establishment of Human Science on Life and Death
  • 2009 - 2013 Studies in Thanatology and its Open Lectures
  • 2007 - 2010 Oaths in the Ancient Near East as Studied through Akkadian Texts
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Papers (108)：
  • WATANABE Kazuko. Healing Rituals and Care of Ghosts by the Mesopotamian Āšipu: Researches into one of the Oldest Form of Shamanism. Toyo Eiwa Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. 2021. 38. 19-37
  • Kazuko Watanabe. Diversity and Tradition in Esarhaddon’s Reform. Cultural Diversity in the Ancient Near East: Archaeological and Textual Aspects - Proceedings of an International Conference on the Ancient Near Eastern World held at Doshisha University April 13-14, 2019. 2021. 23-52
  • Kazuko Watanabe. Border-Crossing of Clay Tablets and Their God: The Tradition and Innovations in Esarhaddon's Succession Oath Documents. Transcending Borders in the History of Religion. 2020. 下. 493-528
  • Kazuko Watanabe. Intermediary Objects of Mesopotamian Prayer Focusing on Votive Objects and Worshipiing Scenes. A History of Maaterial and Non-Material Media in Religion. 2020. 175-222
  • Kazuko Watanabe. Re-reading The Epic of Gilgamesh: Perspectives from Ancient Views of Life and Death into the Future. Annual of the Institute of Thanatology 2020. 2020. 16. 5-28
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MISC (37)：
  • WATANABE Kazuko. Life, Death and the Netherworld in the Epuc of Gilgamesh. Journal of Religious Studies 96, Supplement. 2023. 96. 別冊. 175-176
  • WATANABE Kazuko. Gilgamesh's "Grief Work". Journal of Religious Studies 95, Supplement. 2022. 95. 別冊/Supplement. 150-151
  • Watanabe Kazuko. Various Aspects of Mesopotamian Votive Objects. Journal of Religious Studies. 2021. 94. 別冊. 228-229
  • Kazuko Watanabe. A Rebirth of the ’Workshops on Comparative History of Religion’ and the Publications of the Studies in Comparative History of Religion. Transcending Borders in the History of Religion. 2020. II. 551-557
  • Kazuko Watanabe. Mesopotamian votive objects and inscriptions. Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan. 2020. 62. 2. 169-170
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Books (21)：
  • Transcending Borders in the History of Religion I-II
    Lithon 2020 ISBN:9784863760837
  • Esarhaddon's Succession Oath Documents
    LITHON 2017 ISBN:9784863760578
  • Religions on the World in Color
    Seito-sha 2015 ISBN:9784791623143
  • ”33. Religious Reform of the Assyrian King Sennacherib”;”35. Views of Royal Authority in the Assyrian Empire”;”37. The Peace Agreement between Assyrian and Phrygia” (Materials for the World History I, Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean Districts)
    Iwanami Shoten 2012
  • Death and Life Studies
    Maruzen 2010 ISBN:9784621082553
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Lectures and oral presentations  (129)：
  • Enkidu and Goddess Ninsun in The Epic of Gigamesh
    (The 27th Assyriological Workshop, 2024)
  • Reconsideration of the Two Prefaces of The Epic of Gilgamesh: What has Gilgamesh achieved?
    (The 26th Assyriological Workshop 2023)
  • The Ending of the Epic of Gilgamesh Reconsidered
    (The 25th Assyriological Workshop 2023)
  • What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
    (Doshisha University, CISMOR 2022)
  • Life, Death and the Netherworld
    (Japanese Association for Religious Studies 2022)
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Works (10)：
  • Collations of clay tablets in the British Museum
    Kazuko Watanabe 2011 - 2011
  • Studies on some clay tablets in the Museum of Anatolian Civilization, Ankara
    Kazuko Watanabe 2004 - 2011
  • Excavation at Kaman, Turkey
    Kazuko Watanabe 2004 - 2006
  • Studies on some clay tablets in the Museum of Anatolian Civilization, Ankara
    Kazuko Watanabe 1996 - 2002
  • Excavation in Kaman, Turkey
    Kazuko Watanabe 1993 - 2002
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Education (7)：
  • 1978 - 1985 Ruprecht Karl University Heidelberg Near Eastern Cultures and Languages Assyriology (major); Old Testament; Semitics (sub-majors)
  • 1982 - Withdrawal from Graduate School of the University of Tokyo, Human Sciences Religious Studies, History of Religions
  • 1979 - Absence from Graduate School of the University of Tokyo with official approval Human Sciences, Doctor Cource Study of Religions and History of Religions
  • 1977 - Graduate School of the University of Tokyo Human Sciences Study of Religions and History of Religions, Doctor Course
  • 1975 - 1977 Graduate School, The University of Tokyo Division of Humanities Study of Religion and History of Religion, Master Course
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Professional career (3)：
  • Doktor der Philosophie (Ruprecht Karl University Heidelberg)
  • M.L.(Master of Letters) (The University of Tokyo)
  • B.L.(Bachelor of Letters) (The University of Tokyo)
Work history (20)：
  • 2020/04 - 現在 Doshisha University Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions Research Fellow
  • 2020/03 - 現在 Toyo Eiwa University
  • 1998/04 - 現在 Toyo Eiwa University Toyo Eiwa University Center for Continuing Education Lecturer
  • 2018/04 - 2020/03 Toyo Eiwa University The Faculty of Human Sciences Dean
  • 1990/04 - 2020/03 Toyo Eiwa University The Faculty of Human Sciences Associate Professor (1990-1997), Professor (1998-2019)
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Committee career (10)：
  • 2002/04 - 現在 公益財団法人 国際宗教研究所 評議員、理事、顧問を歴任
  • 1975/04 - 現在 Japanese Association for Religious Studies Member, Councilor, Trustee
  • 2018/04 - 2020/03 The School Corporation of Toyo Eiwa Councilor
  • 2003/10 - 2020/03 The Institute of Thanatology, Toyo Eiwa University manager (2003-2005); sub-director (2006); director (2007-2018); manager (2019)
  • 2016/04 - 2017/03 文部科学省 卓越研究員候者専攻審査委員
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Awards (2)：
  • 1989 - Japanese Association for Religious Studies Award of Japanese Association for Religious Studies Die adê-Vereidigung anläßlich der Thornfolgeregelung Asarhaddons
  • 1986 - 流砂海西奨学会 流砂海西奨学会賞 Die adê-Vereidigung anläßlich der Thornfolgeregelung Asarhaddons
Association Membership(s) (5)：
The Society for Old Testament Studies in Japan ,  The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan ,  Japanese Association for Religious Studies ,  Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft ,  Japan Association for Bioethics
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