International Center for Island Studies, Kagoshima University (formerly Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands, KURCPI, 1999-2014, Kagoshima University Research Center for the South Pacific, KURCSP, 1988-98) is a research institute which aims to promote interdisciplinary studies on islands and island-zones in Oceania and its surrounding regions.
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Islands, Tuber-Root Crops, and People
ONJO Michio (Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University)
16:30 on Monday, 16 December 2024, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Study on the Plasticity of Tree Formations Focusing on Annual Rings
YASUDA Yuko (Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University)
16:30 on Monday, 25 November 2024, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Incorporation of the Concept of “Disability” in the Independent State of Samoa: From a “Lifelong Sciences” Perspective
KURATA Makoto (School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University)
16:30 on Thursday, 24 October 2024, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Preserving Pidgin English in Nauru During the Japanese Occupation
OKAMURA Toru (Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Komatsu University)
16:30 on Monday, 30 September 2024, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Reproductive Strategies of Acropora Corals
KITANOBO Seiya (International Center for Island Studies, Kagoshima University)
16:30 on Monday, 22 July 2024, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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An Islander’s Experience of the Russo-Japanese War: Focusing on the “Seiro Nikki” by Ono Miyatsugu
HIRAI Kazuomi (Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, Economics and Humanities, Kagoshima University)
16:30 on Monday, 24 June 2024, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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New publications are now available online (8 May 2024) new
South Pacific Studies Vol.44 No.1-2
South Pacific Newsletter No.35
Occasional Papers No.64
Toshokendayori No.86
Toshokendayori No.87
Toushokenbunshitsudayori No.17
Toushokenbunshitsudayori No.18
Exploration of functional properties of indigenous citrus in the Southwestern Islands
SAKAO Kozue (Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University)
16:30 on Monday, 22 April 2024, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Did People Live Harmoniously with Island Environments? Prehistory of Amami and Okinawa Archipelagos
TAKAMIYA Hiroto (International Center for Island Studies, Kagoshima University)
16:30 on Monday, 18 March 2024, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Historical Consciousness of Taiwan and Okinawa in cultural heritages
KAMIZURU Hisahiko (Research Organization of Regional Oriented Studies, Prefectural University of Hiroshima)
16:30 on Monday, 22 January 2024, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Preliminary study for shoreline vulnerability of islands in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park and Turtle Island Park, Sabah
Farrah Anis Fazliatul Adnan (Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah)
16:30 on Thursday, 18 January 2024, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Household Food Insecurity in Remote Upland Villages, Seram Island: A Case in Abio-Ahiolo Village, Western Seram District, Maluku, Indonesia
Isye Jean Liur (Faculty of Agriculture, Pattimura University, Indonesia)
16:30 on Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Study about diversity and conservation of bats in the Japanese Archipelago
MAKI Takahiro (Amami Station, International Center for Island Studies, Kagoshima University)
16:30 on Monday, 18 December 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Incredible life and livelihoods of fishers at Dublar Char Island, Bangladesh
Md. Sagir Ahmed, Md. Umar Faroque and Sujan Kumar Datta (Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka)
16:30 on Monday, 27 November 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
A case study of outreach on "pumice drift and stranding" which has become a social problem, from the perspective of natural science
MARUYA Yu (Neco no Wakuwaku Nature School)
16:30 on Monday, 6 November 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Save the island's specially tangerine — Eradication of the whitespotted longicorn beetles, Anoplophora spp. by an entomogenous fungus, Beauveria brongniartii in Kikaijima Island
TSUDA Katsuo (Professor Emeritus of Kagoshima University)
16:30 on Monday, 16 October 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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New publications are now available online (7 September 2023).
South Pacific Studies Vol.43 No.1-2
South Pacific Newsletter No.34
Toshokendayori No.84
Toshokendayori No.85
Toushokenbunshitsudayori No.15
Toushokenbunshitsudayori No.16
A study on hermit crabs and their associated symbionts in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, including the Amami Islands
YOSHIKAWA Akihiro (International Center for Island Studies, Amami Station, Kagoshima University)
16:30 on Monday, 25 September 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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The current progress of research on ISSHIKI Jiro
SUZUKI Yusaku (Center for Modern Kagoshima Studies, Kagoshima University)
16:30 on Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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The basic research of roast salt-making pot in Amami Islands
YOMINE Yukiya (Isen Town Board of Education)
16:30 on Monday, 10 June 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Dagaa industry in Zanzibar islands: Significance as a protein food supply for inland countries
FUJIMOTO Mariko (Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University)
16:30 on Monday, 29 May 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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The Religious Cultures and its Relation to Shrines in the Amami Islands
MACHI Taiki (Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kagoshima College)
16:30 on Monday, 24 April 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Under the Spot Light: Islands at the Centres of Our World
Godfrey Baldacchino (The University of Malta)
16:30 on Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Well-being indicators for Malta
Marie Briguglio (The University of Malta)
Climate change impacts and climate-resilient pathways in the mediterranean region
Stefano Moncada (The University of Malta)
16:30 on Monday, 10 April 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Trends in Banana Cultivation and Utilization in the Japanese Islands
SATO Yasuaki (School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University)
16:30 on Monday, 6 February 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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Medicine and food - from Satsuma Kurozen to ninjin'yoeito research
INUI Akio (Pharmacological Department of Herbal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical & Dental Sciences)
16:30 on Monday, 16 January 2023, 5th floor, the Interdivisional Education and Research Building, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University
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