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Nishimura Yuko

ニシムラ ユウコ | Nishimura Yuko
Affiliation and department：
Komazawa University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department of English

About Komazawa University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department of English


Job title： Professor
Research field  (7)： Cultural anthropology and folklore ,  Foreign language education ,  Sociology ,  Gender studies ,  Local studies ,  Sociology ,  Cultural anthropology and folklore
Research keywords  (12)： applied linguistics ,  third sector research ,  depressed minorities ,  Indian studies ,  gender ,  community development ,  都市社会学 ,  社会システム ,  社会人類学 ,  Urban sociology ,  Social system ,  Social anthropology
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (24)：
  • 2024 - 2027 Fish skin and sustainability in the fashion industry.
  • 2019 - 2023 Research in the network of global leather industry with special focus on Santa Croce
  • 2019 - 2020 Research in active learning in college English classes - research focusing on motivation of students, replicability, and micro teaching strategies
  • 2016 - 2020 Discourse analysis of various traditional leather making communities-a cross cultural perspective
  • 2018 - 2019 A project to improve the livelihood through a Multi-Purpose Cooperative led by Mothers who are ex-slum Dwellers
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Papers (51)：
  • Yuko Nishimura. An attempt to develop E-learning materials using the ESP concept - a case study of English language teaching in the Faculty of Medicine and Health. 2024. 37. 101-118
  • Yuko Nishimura. A study of the post-medieval animal carcasses processing community and their danna-ba privileges in Japan -a cross-cultural comparative approach. 2022. 33. 1-14
  • Yuko Nishimura. THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF THE JAPANESE LEATHER INDUSTRY. CAN ‘BRANDING’ SAVE IT?. Bulletin of the Department of Foreign Languages at Komazawa Univerity. 2021. 31. 23-36
  • French Nathaniel, Tetsuko Nakamura, Yuko Nishimura. Research in active learning in college English classes - research focusing on motivation of students, replicability, and micro teaching strategies. Jouranal of Language studies at Komazawa University. 2020. 30. 1-36
  • Yuko Nishimura, Norifumi Ueda, Nathaniel French. From Active Learning to 'Deep Active Learning': Creative English teaching in an information-seeking society. Bulletin of the Department of Foreign Languages at Komazawa Univerity. 2019. 29
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MISC (19)：
  • NISHIMURA Yuko. The control of leather and its distribution in post-medieaval Japan -with special focus on Chugoku and Harima region. Buraku Kaiho. 2018. 766. 12. 68-69
  • Nishimura Yuko. Research in The Use of English in East Asian NPO Network : Case study of Hong Kong, Kunming, Beijing, and Shanghai. 2011. 5. 2. 129-144
  • Nishimura Yuko. An Essary on India's Dowry 'Death' : Suggestions for Changes of Family Law and Caste Endogamy. 2005. 34. 1. 387-409
  • Nishimura Yuko. Local Governance and Panchayat Raj Institution in India : A Case Study of Kerala. 2005. 62. 117-138
  • NISHIMURA Yuko. Multimedia Video Conferencing as a Medium of English Education(<Numero special>enseignement de langues etrangeres). The semiannual periodical of the Faculty of Foreign Languages. 2001. 55. 163-190
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Books (6)：
  • Leather and Brands - Changing Fashion Ethics
    Iwanami Shoten 2023 ISBN:9784004319757
  • Tanners of Leather
    Kaiho shuppansha 2017
  • Civic Engagement in Contemporary Japan: Established and Emerging Repertoires
    Springer 2010
  • Community Building among Grassroots Nonprofits- Challenges from Seattle
    keiso shobo 2005
  • Gender, Kinship and Property Rights : Nagarattar Womanhood in South India
    Oxford Univ. press 1998
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Lectures and oral presentations  (15)：
  • How can blended learning change university English education? Research in active learning of English education under COVID-19 Era
    (Japan Universities Association for Computer Education 2020)
  • Global leather business and the uniqueness of Japanese leather
    (monokobo seminar 2017)
  • ‘From Craftsmen to Workers- the transformation of Leather Workers in the 18-19th century England and France
    (University of Northampton special lecture 2014)
  • Jews, Muslims, and Chinese- the ‘Other side’ of Leather Workers
    (archaeological society of leather special lecture 2014)
  • ‘A social history of Japanese tanners in Himeji, Japan
    (SLTC conference in Northampton 2014)
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Works (13)：
  • Challenges of grassroots nonprofits(2)
    NISHIMURA Yuko 2002 -
  • Challenges of grassroots nonprofits (1)
    NISHIMURA Yuko 2002 -
  • How can government agencies and community-based nonprofits work together?
    2001 -
  • Black Power, Black Identity
    NISHIMURA Yuko 2000 -
  • Ethnicity and Caregiving
    NISHIMURA Yuko 2000 -
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Education (4)：
  • 1988 - 1993 London School of Economics and Political Science graduate school of social anthropology department of social anthropology
  • - 1992 ロンドン大学ロンドンスクールオブエコノミクスロンドン政治経済学院
  • 1983 - 1987 University of Tokyo faculty of religious studies department of religious studies
  • 1980 - 1983 University of Tokyo faculty of humanities department of religious studies
Professional career (1)：
  • Ph.D. (LSE(Univ. of London))
Work history (12)：
  • 2001/04 - 現在 faculty of arts and sciences department of foreign languages professor
  • 2009/04 - 2016/03 Keio University International center part-time lecturer
  • 2004/04 - 2005/03 Waseda graduate school of public management department of public management part time lecturer
  • 1999 - 2001 客員研究員(ワシントン大)
  • 1999 - 2001 affiliated fellow(Univ. of Washington)
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Committee career (3)：
  • 2008/04 - 現在 OICD(Organization for Intra-Cultural Development), 同志社大学内 運営委員
  • 2008/04 - 2010/03 国際交流基金 若者交流プログラム外部審査委員
  • 2008/04 - 2009/03 日本学術振興会 特別研究員外部審査員
Awards (2)：
  • 2008/03 - Japan NPO Research Association Japan NPO Research Association Award Grassroots level nonprofit and Community Building
  • 1998/09 - The Japan Foundation Abe Fellowship Abe Fellowship
Association Membership(s) (4)：
International Society for Third Sector Research ,  JAPAN NPO RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ,  Royal Anthropological Institute ,  日本民族学会
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