CV

Curriculum Vitae

 8th August 2023

Name: Akio TANABE

Date of birth: 6th April 1964

Citizenship: Japanese

Sex: Male

Marital status: Married with Yumiko Tokita-Tanabe

Present position: Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Studies, Kyoto University

Education:

1981-1983 United World College of the Atlantic (received International Baccalaureate diploma)

1988 Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from University of Tokyo

1990 Master of Arts (MA) in Cultural Anthropology from University of Tokyo

1990-1993 Ph.D. candidate in Cultural Anthropology from University of Tokyo

2006 Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from University of Tokyo

Professional Experience:

November 1993 – March 1998, Research Associate at the Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

April 1998 – September 2004, Associate Professor at the Department of South and West Asian Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University

Oct 2004 – March 2009, Associate Professor at Institute for Research in Humanities, and Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University

April 2009 – March 2016, Professor at the Department of Sustainable Humanosphere and South Asian Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University

April 2010 – March 2016, Director, the Center for the Study of Contemporary India, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University

April 2016 – March 2022, Professor at the Department of Cultural Anthropology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Awards

1. “Okita Memorial Prize for International Development Research” from Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development in 2010.

2. “Award for Promotion of Studies on Developing Countries” from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization in 2011.

3. “Daido Life Foundation Encouragement Award for Area Studies" from Daido Life Foundation in 2012.

Distinguished Professional Experiences

·   Convener (2010-2015) of the National Institutes for Humanities project on “Contemporary India Area Studies” (INDAS)

·   Series Editor, New Horizons in South Asian Studies, Routledge, London (2012- 2022)

·   Editorial Board Member, Studies in Indian Politics, (2012 -2022)

·   Executive Member, Commission on Anthropology, Public Policy and Development Practice, The International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) (2015 - 2022)

·   Advisory Board Member, Public Anthropologist (2017 - 2022)

·   Councilor, The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (2017 – 2021)

·   Member of the Board of Directors, The Japanese Association for South Asian Studies (2000- present, intermittently)

·   Editorial Board Member, The Journal of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies

·   Editorial Board Member, Bunkajinruigaku (Cultural Anthropology)

·   Selection Committee Member for Japan Promotion of Science

·   Selection Committee Member and Evaluation Committee Member for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan

·   Advisory Committee Member for Asia Leadership Fellow Program, the International House of Japan  

·   Selection Committee Member for Toyota Foundation Research Fellowships

·   Selection Committee Member for Matsushita International Scholarships