last modified: April 01, 2011
Masako ISHII
(GLOCOL O.G.)
Education
- Ph.D. in International Relations, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.
- M.A. in International Relations, University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K.
- Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.
Degrees
- Ph.D. (Sophia University, 2000)
- M.A. (Sussex University, 1993)
Posts
Academic Career
- 4/11 to Present
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
- 4/07 to 3/11
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Global Collaboration Center, Osaka University
- 4/06 to 4/07
Assistant Professor
Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University
- 3/02 to 4/06
Assistant Professor
The Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology
NGO Career
- 2/01 to 10/05
Senior Researcher (part-time)
Peace Winds Japan
Research Interests
- Philippine Studies, Conflict Studies, Peace-Building, Humanitarian Assistance, Gender Studies, Studies on Muslim Societies
Field
- Philippines; East Timor, Egypt, etc.
Keywords
- Philippines, Conflict, Humanitarian Assistance, Gender, Islam
Publications and Presentations
Book
- 2002 Stories of Muslim Women in the Philippines; Armed Conflict, Development and Social Change. Tokyo: Akashi Shoten. In Japanese
Articles
- 2010 Moving through Multiple Layers of Complex Disparities: Experiences of Muslim Filipina Domestic Workers in the Arab Gulf States. In Fumiko Oshikawa ed. Linkage of Disparities Reorganization of Power and Opportunities in the Globalized World, 85-98. Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University.
- 2005 Reconstruction and Development Assistance in Conflict Affected Regions: Perspectives from Area Studies. Area Studies 7(1): 47-68. In Japanese.
- 2005 Muslim Filipino Women Working in the Middle East: Changing Norm and Migrant Women. Sexuality and Cultures in Islam. Tokyo: Tokyo University Press :185-210. In Japanese.
- 2004 An Overview. In M. Ishii and J. A. Siapno, eds. Between Knowledge and Commitment: Post-Conflict Peace-Building and Reconstruction in Regional Contexts, vii-xiii. JCAS Symposium Series 21. The Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology.
- 2004 Between Knowledge and Commitment: Documenting Projects for Peace-Building and Reconstruction Assistance. In M. Ishii and J. A. Siapno, eds. Between Knowledge and Commitment: Post-Conflict Peace-Building and Reconstruction in Regional Contexts, 245-258. JCAS Symposium Series 21. The Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology.
- 2004 An Approach to the Experiences of Women in Armed Conflicts: A Case from the Southern Philippines. In Akio Takahashi and Rony Alexander, eds. Making Our Own Peace: Environment, Human Rights, Gender. Tokyo: Horitsu Bunkasha: 191-216. In Japanese
- 2003 Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Burma, Cambodia, Laos: Early 20th Century to Present. In Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures: Vol. I Methodologies, Paradigms and Sources, 228-234. Leiden: Brill.
- 1999 Armed Conflict and Women: The Experiences of Muslim Women in South Cotabato Region, Philippines. JCAS Review 2 (1), 1999:46-84. In Japanese.
Edited Volumes
- 2005 Iyotani, Toshio, and Masako Ishii, eds. Motion in Place / Place in Motion : 21st Century Migration. JCAS Symposium Series 22. The Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology.
- 2004 Ishii, Masako, and Jacqueline A. Siapno, eds. Between Knowledge and Commitment: Post-Conflict Peace-Building and Reconstruction in Regional Contexts. JCAS Symposium Series 21. The Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology.
- 2000 Abe Kenichi, and Masako Ishii, eds. Population Movement in Southeast Asia: Changing Identities and Strategies for Survival. JCAS Symposium Series 10. The Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology.
Awards and Scholarships
- 3/03
Stories of Muslim Women in the Philippines was awarded the Okita Memorial Prize for International Development Research by the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID).
- 4/94 to 3/96
Japanese Government Scholarship to conduct field research in the Philippines.
- 10/91 to 9/92
Rotary International Scholarship to study a Master of Arts in International Relations, University of Sussex, U.K.