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 (17)： migration , mourn , funeral , East Asia , funeral reform movement , Taiwan , China , Ishikawa , 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 (9)：

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 (16)：

Aya OBA. Regional Characteristics in the Manuals of Wedding and Funeral: Focusing on the Three Jodo Shin-shu Areas. Journal of the Ceremonial Occasions Research Institute. 2024. FY2023. 31-59
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 a Relationless 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. Journal of the Ceremonial Occasions Research Institute. 2022. FY2021. 29-42
Aya OBA. Changes in Funeral and Resident Associations: Keiyaku-ko and the New Life Movement in Mogami, Yamagata. Doctoral Thesis. 2022

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MISC (18)：

Summary of JARS Young Members’ Roundtable Session. Religious Studies in Japan: Proceedings of the IAHR 2023 Special Conference, Tokyo. 2024. Vol.7. Supplementary. 105-113
Aya OBA. Urbanization and Funerals. Religion and Society. 2024. 30. 149-151
Aya OBA. Development of the Funeral Reform Movement in Jiangxi, China: Focusing on Media Discourse (Summary). Journal of Religious Studies. 2024. 97. Supplement. 268-269
Aya OBA. Norms for Grave Visit on the Books of Manners in Kagoshima. Journal of the Ceremonial Occasions Research Institute. 2023. FY2022. 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”. Annual Report of Religious Studies. 2023. 36. 43-53

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Books (2)：

Funerals and Graves in a Relationless 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 (40)：

How Local Government Treat the Dead: Focusing on Rituals
(The 83rd Annual Convention of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies (at Tenri University) 2024)
Shinrui and Funerals in Miyakejima Island: Mutual Aid across Religions
(The 32nd Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society (at Kokugakuin University, Shibuya Campus) 2024)
What Was Muen Shakai?: Its Aspects and Academic Perspectives
(JARS Young Members Workshop (at Toyo Eiwa University) 2024)
Transformation and Future of Funerals in Japan
(Workshop of the Chisan Mission Center for Shingonshu Chisanha 2024)
What Was "Muen-Shakai"?: Its Range and Prospects
(The 3rd Meeting of Research Project “Reconstruction of Funeral and Burial System for the Super-aging Society with Numerous Deaths” 2024)

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Education (4)：

2022 - 2023 Shenzhen University (Online Long-term Chinese Program) College of International Exchange
2017 - 2022 Taisho University Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Literature Major in Religious Studies
2015 - 2017 Taisho University Master's Program, Graduate School of Literature 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 Research 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 Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Organization for the Advancement of Research and Development Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Committee career (3)：

2023/11 - 現在 Association for the Funeral Director Certification (Certified by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) Committee Member
2020/09 - 現在 Japan Association of Funeral Culture Officer, Editorial Board of Sōsōbunka
2018/04 - 2024/03 Religious Studies Institute of Taisho University Committee Member

Awards (2)：

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

Association Membership(s) (9)：

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

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