Staff Members
Academic Qualifications
- Ph.D. Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), 2012
- M.A. Mie University 2004
- B.A. Tenri University 2001
Research Interests
- The role of materiality in the formation of andean christianity
- Commercialization of religious items in Peru
- Interaction between rural society and urban immigrant community
Research Keywords
Latin America, Andes, Peru, Religion, Christianity and Popular Culture, Catholic Devotion to Saints, Materiality, Objects of Devotion
Selected Publications
- 2015
- Andean catholic devotion to the saints: A study of cultural dynamics generated by the interaction between rural society and urban immigrant community. (in Japanese)
Presentations
- 2016
- Migration and Cultural Change in Peru, School's Special Lecture Series on Latin America (February 2016) , Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea.
- 2012
- Transformación de la fiesta en un pueblo del sur de los andes: la redefinición de las fronteras culturales, 54 International Congress of Americanists, Unversity of Vienna, Austria.
- 2011
- La imagen nacional peruano del siglo XX: Construcción del Santruaio de Santa Rosa de Lima, XV Congress of The International Federation of Latin America and Caribbean Studies, Technical University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
- 2009
- La basílica dedicada a la Santa: creación del espacio sagrado en el tiempo de la modernidad peruana, Simposio Internacional "Aproximación Interdiciplinaria a los Conflictos en torno a los Discursos Andinos", Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
- 2009
- Santa Rosa en el siglo XX: la revitalización del culto en tiempos de la modernidad, XIV Congress of The International Federation of Latin America and Caribbean Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.