Curriculum Vitae

Kato Atsufumi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology
Kyoto Sangyo University 

Education

Ph. D. in Human Sciences, Osaka University, March 2009
M.A. in Human Sciences, Osaka University, March 2001
B.A. in Human Sciences, Osaka University, March 1998


Research and Work Experience



(1) Research Projects
Political Anthropology, Vietnamese Peasant Studies 


(2) Current post
Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kyoto Sangyo University

(3) Research and Work Experience

Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kyoto Sangyo University, March 2017 till present

Part-time Lecturer, February 2017 to March 2017

  • Graduate school, Vietnam Japan University(Hanoi, Vietnam)
  • Teaching “Xã hội và văn hóa Việt Nam hiện đại (Society and culture of contemporary Vietnam)” (omnibus, in Vietnamese)


Part-time Lecturer, September 2016 to March 2017

  • Graduate school, Vietnam Japan University(Hanoi, Vietnam)
  • Teaching “Methodology and Informatics for Sustainability Science” (omnibus, in English)


Long-Term Expert , Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), April 2016 to March 2017

  • Program Implementation (Area Studies), The Vietnam Japan University Project


Junior Research Fellow, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, April 2016 to March 2017

Project Assistant Professor, April 2013 to March 2016

  • Zensho-UT Japan Studies Program in VNU-Hanoi, East Asia Liberal Arts Initiative, the University of Tokyo


Project Research Associate, November 2011 to March 2013

  • Zensho-UT Japan Studies Program in VNU-Hanoi, East Asia Liberal Arts Initiative, the University of Tokyo


Research Fellow, June 2011 to November 2011

  • Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University


Research Fellow, April 2011 to November 2011

  • Kyoto University Global COE Program "Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Sheres in 21st Century Asia"


Research Fellow (PD) April 2008 to March 2011

  • The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • Research topic: “An Anthropological Study of Socialism and Modern Administration: Focusing on Life Histories of Vietnamese Local Cadres”


Administrative Assistant, July 2007 to March 2008

  • International Division of Sakai City Government, Japan
  • Vietnamese translator; organizing the “Sakai-Asia Cultural Partnership Conference”


Part-time Lecturer, April 2006 to March 2008

  • Toyonaka School of Nursing (Toyonaka city, Osaka, Japan)
  • Teaching “Sociology”


Part-time Lecturer, April 2005 to March 2008

  • Wakayama Medical University (Wakayama city, Wakayama, Japan)
  • Teaching “Humankind and Cultures”


Research Fellow (DC), April 2005 to March 2007

  • The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • Research topic: “Anthropology of Democratization: Vietnamese Villagers in the Age of Self- Governance”


Research Assistant, April 2004 to March 2005

  • Center of Excellence Program “Interface Humanities,” Osaka University
  • Organizing the “Transnationality Seminar” series; editing research activity reports


(4) Honor and Award
Asian Studies Scholarship, October 2001 to September 2003

  • The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
  • Studying at Hanoi National University and conducting field research in Ha Tinh province



Publications & Presentations


In English and Vietnamese


<Publications>

  • 2020. "On the cross-cultural management of Japan studies and Vietnam studies educational programs in Vietnam and Japan." In Kỷ yếu hội thảo khoa học quốc tế Khư vực học, Việt Nam học: Định hướng nghiên cứu và đào tạo (The proceedings of the international academic conference "Area studies and Vietnamese Studies: Orientation to research and education"). Edited by Viện Việt Nam Học và Khoa Học Phát Triển, Đại Học Quốc Gia Hà Nội (Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi). Hanoi: Nxb. Đại Học Quốc Gia Hà Nội (Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi). Pp. 839-848.
  • 2016 “Nhung dac diem cua nhan hoc ve Viet Nam o Nhat Ban", trong Nguyen Van Suu et.al (dcb) Nhan Hoc o Viet Nam: Mot so van de lich su, nghien cuu va dao tao. Nxb. Tri Thuc, tr. 211-226. 
  • 2015 "The Limit of Chia Se (Compassion): Interpretative Conflicts in the Collectivity of the Vietnamese Women’s Union." In Weaving Women's Spheres in Vietnam: The Agency of Women in Family, Religion and Community. Edited by Kato Atsufumi. Pp. 141-65. Leiden: Brill. [PDF]
  • 2015 "Weaving Women’s Spheres in Vietnam: An Introduction." In Weaving Women's Spheres in Vietnam: The Agency of Women in Family, Religion and Community. Edited by Kato Atsufumi. Pp. 1-21. Leiden: Brill.
  • 2015 "A Concerned Mother of the Souls in the House: The Agency of Vietnamese Elderly Women who Live Alone in their Home Villages." In Rethinking Representations of Asian Women: Changes, Continuity, and Everyday Life. Edited by Noriko Ijichi, Atsufumi Kato, and Ryoko Sakurada. Pp. 139-54. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • 2015 "Pluralizing Images, the Sphere of Everyday Life, and the Agency of Relatedness: Representative Interventions for Women in Asia" (with Noriko Ijichi and Ryoko Sakurada). In Rethinking Representations of Asian Women: Changes, Continuity, and Everyday Life. Edited by Noriko Ijichi, Atsufumi Kato, and Ryoko Sakurada. Pp. 1-16. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • 2014 "Binh luan ve bai viet 'Tinh trang viec lam cua phu nu Han Quoc ket hon quoc te tai khu vuc do thi Nhat Ban', NCS. Lim Dukin" trong Khoa Dong Phuong Hoc-Truong Dai Hoc Khoa Hoc Xa Hoi va Nhan Van-Dai Hoc Quoc Gia Ha Noi cb. Nhat Ban trong Thoi Dai Chau A, Ha Noi: Nha Xuat Ban The Gioi, tr. 235-237.
  • 2013 "Truyền thống hiếu học của người Nghệ Tĩnh có tác dụng tích cực trong sự nghiệp CNH-HĐH đất nước" Ha Tinh Online
  • 2012 "Introduction," Kato Atsufumi ed. Alternative Intimate Spheres for Women in Vietnam GCOE Working Papers (Next Generation Research) 71, Kyoto University Global COE Program for Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia, pp. 2-7.
  • 2012 "The limits of “chia se” (sharing) in the Women’s Union: Through life histories of female cadres in a village of Ha Tinh province, Central Vietnam," Kato Atsufumi ed. Alternative Intimate Spheres for Women in Vietnam GCOE Working Papers (Next Generation Research) 71, Kyoto University Global COE Program for Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia, pp. 70-86.
  • 2010 “Tinh da thanh cua chinh sach: Mot qua trinh ly giai ve chuong trinh tin dung quy mo nho o vung nong thon Ha Tinh" (Truong Diep Vy Tran dich), trong Luong Van Hy et.al (dcb) Hien Dai va Dong Thai cua Truyen Thong o Viet Nam: Nhung Cach Tiep Can Nhan Hoc. Quyen 1. Nxb. Dai Hoc Quoc Gia Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh, tr. 151-164. 


<Presentations>

  • 2020/11/21 "Does community care? The Intergenerational Self-Help Clubs in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam" in the 13th Next-generation Global Workshop: New Risks and Resilience in Asian Scieties and the World. At the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • 2019/11/05 "On the cross-cultural management of Japan Studies and Vietnam Studies educational programs in Vietnam and Japan" in The International Scientific Conference on "Area Studies- Vietnamese Studies: Research and Training Orientation," University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
  • 2019/02/23 Advisory comments. Workshop for Young Researchers in Japan and S. Korea (Center for Northeast Asian Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan and Ex-CCEA at Department of Anthropology, Seoul National University). National Museum of Ethnology, Japan.
  • 2018/09/26 “Living on the edge: the life world of settlers in a borderland island in Vietnam” (with Noriko Ijichi) at the panel “Mobility, Diversity, and Human Networks: Asian Women’s Life Strategies,” World Social Science Forum (WSSF) 2018, Fukuoka International Congress Center. Japan.
  • 2018/05/02 "Cac thanh phan phuc loi xa hoi o cong dong tai Viet Nam va Nhat Ban" (Community care providers in Vietnam and japan) in the International Conference "Strengthening Social Engagement in Elder Care: Policy and Practical Dialogues among Local communities in Vietnam, Japan, and the United Kingdom" Institute for Family and Gender Studies, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • 2017/05/05 "What is anthropology in Vietnam?," at the panel "The interpretive turn and multiple anthropologies: seeking the potential of cultural anthropology in the modern world," IUAES Inter-Congress 2017, at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
  • 2016/12/14 Discussant for Panel 5 "Cultural policies," Cultural Resources for Sustainable Development: Theories, Practices and Policy Solutions, at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • 2016/07/14 "Ve 'dan tuc hoc' Nhat Ban" [On Japanese folklore studies](in Vietnamese), at Vien Nghien Cuu Van Hoa [Institute of Cultural Studies, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences], Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 2016/05/04 "Talking like a state: The constellation of narratives in the policy implementation process in villages in Vietnam," at the panel "Talking like a policy: anthropological investigations," IUAES Inter-Congress 2016, at Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • 2015/12/13 "Ideology of relatedness: Social pressures on the elderly living alone in contemporary rural Vietnam." 2015 Asian Studies in Asia (SEASIA) Conference, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 2015/09/29 "Nhung dac diem cua nhan hoc ve Viet Nam o Nhat Ban" [The characteristics of the anthropology of Vietnam in Japan] (in Vietnamese), Anthropology in Vietnam: History, Present and Prospect, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • 2015/07/16 "ADR with and without Religion," IUAES Inter-Congress 2015, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • 2014/07/18 "‘Non-moving’ as a Node of Mobility: The Agency of Vietnamese Women Who Stay in their Home Villages" at the panel "Caring Mothers in the Dynamics of Moving and Staying: Cases from Post-Colonial Korean Peninsula, Multi-ethnic Japan, and Socialist Vietnam" the 2014 Association for Asian Studies in Asia Conference , at the National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • 2014/05/29 "Nguoi cao tuoi chu dong lua chon song mot minh o nong thon Viet Nam," Seminar Vien Xa Hoi Hoc - Trung Tam Nghien Cuu va Tu Van Xa Hoi, Vien Xa Hoi Hoc, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • 2014/05/16 "How Socialist Modernity Articulates with the Global Trend of Governance: A Case Study of the Village Reconciliation Service in Vietnam," IUAES Inter-Congress 2014 with the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology Conference, at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan.
  • 2013/09/08 "The End of Social Welfare State Model and Restructuring of Social Security Institutions in Asia Countries: A Case Study of Vietnamese Countryside" Japan in the Age of Asia, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
  • 2013/03/07 "Tombs and culture: State control of extravagance in ancestor worship and people’s reactions toward it in Vietnam" Religion, Secularity, and the Public Sphere in East and Southeast Asia, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
  • 2012/06/08 "Implementation of welfare policies and the substantialization of society: A Vietnamese case" The 2012 Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort, Honolulu.
  • 2012/03/18 “Reconstructing the Public through Official Mass Organizations: Interpretative Conflicts in the Collectivity of the Vietnamese Women's Union” at the panel "Reconstruction of Intimate and Public Spheres in Asia: Circumstantial Nexuses of People with Child Birth and Child Care in Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam," the 2012 Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Canada.
  • 2011/12/19 "An outline of current anthropology on Vietnam,"Current Anthropology on Vietnam, Kyoto University Global Center of Excellence for Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia, at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan.
  • 2011/12/18 "The limits of "chia se" (sharing) in the Women's Union: Through life histories of female cadres in a village of Ha Tinh province, Central Vietnam,"Alternative intimate spheres for women in Vietnam, Kyoto University Global Center of Excellence for Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia, at Kyoto University, Japan.
  • 2011/09/05. "Nhan hoc dien giai ve hoa giai o co so" [Interpretative anthropology of village reconciliation](in Vietnamese), Sociological Seminar Series, at Vien Xa Hoi Hoc [Institute of Sociology, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences], Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 2011/07/08. "Self-governance as an effect of 'failure': A case study of the poverty reduction program in a Vietnamese village," Australian Anthropological Society Conference 2011, at The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
  • 2011. "Tiem nang cua can bo co so nong thon Viet Nam: Nhin tu tieu su cac can bo lanh dao xa Thach Chau" Toa Dam Khoa Hoc Quoc Te "Van Hoa Quan Ly Lang Xa Ha Tinh" (International Workshop on Village Management Culture in Ha Tinh Province)、 Vien Viet Nam Hoc va Khoa Hoc Phat Trien, Dai Hoc Nanzan, Nhat Ban va So Van Hoa, The Thao va Du Lich Tinh Ha Tinh cung to chuc, tai TP Ha Tinh, Viet Nam (Duoc gioi thieu trong cac bao chi Viet Nam nhu Bao Tuyen Giao online 2011/03/15, Bao Dan Tri Online 2011/03/16, Bao Dang Cong San Viet Nam 2011/03/16, va Bao Ha Tinh Online 2011/03/16)
  • 2010. "Vietnam, the Ambiguous and the Self-Governance: Failure and Success of the Poverty Reduction Program in a Vietnamese Village," Osaka University Forum 2010: Globalization and Conflict: Entanglement between Local and Cosmopolitan Orientations, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • 2010. "Avuncularity: Morality of Vietnamese Local Cadres in the Age of Self Governance"Southeast Asia Seminar Series, Asian Institute, University of Toronto.
  • 2009. “Undue ‘Soft’ Development: A Case Study of the Debate over the ‘Cultural Village’ in a Commune in Central Vietnam” at the International Conference, Reframing Development: Post-Development, Globalization, and the Human Condition, Osaka University Global COE Program “A Research Base for Conflict Studies in the Humanities,” and Osaka University Global Collaboration Center (GLOCOL), Osaka University.
  • 2007. “Polyphonic Policy: A Case Study of a Microcredit Project in Rural Ha Tinh” at the International Conference, Modernities and Dynamics of Tradition in Vietnam: Anthropological Approaches, in Binh Chau, Vietnam. (In English and Vietnamese)
  • 2004. “Cong tac hoa giai o nong thon Viet Nam hien nay nhin tu goc do nghien cuu van hoa cong dong lang xa: truong hop cua xa Thcah Chau, tinh Ha Tinh” (Reconciliatory Activities in Contemporary Vietnamese Rural Communities: A Case Study of the Thach Chau Commune, Ha Tinh Province) at the 2nd International Conference on Vietnamese Studies, Ho Chi Minh City. (In Vietnamese)