{"id":819,"date":"2026-07-17T13:50:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ridc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/english\/?post_type=project&#038;p=819"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:50:05","slug":"externally-funded-research-projects2026","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"http:\/\/ridc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/english\/project\/externally-funded-research-projects2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Externally funded research projects 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\ntable{\n}\ntr{\nborder-top:1px solid #000 !important;\n}\nth{\nfont-weight:600;\npadding:2px 10px;\n}\ntd{\npadding:5px 10px;\ntext-align: left;\n}\ntd:nth-child(1){\nwhite-space:nowrap;\n}\n@media only screen and (max-width:960px){\nthead{\ndisplay:none !important;\n}\nth{\ndisplay:none !important;\n}\ntd{\ndisplay:block 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Study on the Landscape Reconstruction and Living Structure of Manor in the Seto Inland Sea Coastal Area<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SHIBATA Ryo<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists<\/td><td>Reconsidering the social structure of Medieval western Japan through a multifaceted analysis of stone pagodas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SUZUKI Shintaro<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)<\/td><td>Bioarchaeology of Human Migration in the Formation and Development of the Ancient Maya<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NOZAKI Takahiro<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)<\/td><td>Fundamental research on the 17th Division garrison of the Imperial Japanese Army<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HAMAYA Mariko<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)<\/td><td>An Anthropological Study of Charitable Activities among Indian Women Migrants<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MAEDA Hitoki<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists<\/td><td>The History of Wood Utilization and Regional Interaction on the Tango Peninsula through Wood Identification of Wooden Artifacts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MAEDA Hitoki<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows<\/td><td>Early Phenomenology in Japan: With a Focus on Phenomenology as an International Intellectual Movement<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IMAZU Katsunori<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)<\/td><td>Materia-Mind: Constructing a New Human Historical Science of the Co-creation of Material and Mind<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MATSUMOTO Naoko<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)<\/td><td>Mutual Construction of Objects and Humans: Empirical and Theoretical Study of the Materia-Mind (Material and Mind Group)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MATSUMOTO Naoko<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)<\/td><td>Early Phenomenology in Japan: With a Focus on Phenomenology as an International Intellectual Movement<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MURAKAMI Tomomi<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)<\/td><td>A Study of Silk Textiles from the Western Regions Based on Archaeological Materials from Central Eurasia: Toward the Provenance Identification of Textiles<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MURAKAMI Nana<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists<\/td><td>Village Forms and Social Functions in Ancient times: A Comparative Study of Japan and Silla<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>RYAN Joseph<\/td><td>Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)<\/td><td>How did Shugend\u014d became Shugend\u014d? A reevaluation of the history of Shugend\u014d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>UEMURA Genki<\/td><td>Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)<\/td><td>Information and thought networks in local society during the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods: A consideration of letters<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>OKUBO Noriko<\/td><td>Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)<\/td><td>Indigenous science in animal manipulation: exploring the intersection of humans and animals in Teotihuacan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TASHIRO Kouki<\/td><td>Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists<\/td><td>Postwar Democracy in Japan and Hansen&#8217;s Disease Sanatoriums: The Case of Nagashima Aiseien<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TSUMORI Takayuki<\/td><td>Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)<\/td><td>The Co-creative Relation between Body Politics and Objects in Ancient Maya Civilization<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TOKUNAGA Seiko<\/td><td>Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)<\/td><td>Reconstruction of kofun theory based on research on Kibi&#8217;s square keyhole-shaped mounded tombs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HIGASHINO Masanobu<\/td><td>Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists<\/td><td>Postwar Democracy in Japan and Hansen&#8217;s Disease Sanatoriums: The Case of Nagashima Aiseien<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MATSUOKA Hiroyuki<\/td><td>Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists<\/td><td>Constructing an evolutionary model by analyzing new LiDAR maps of ancient Oaxacan cities<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MITSUMOTO Jun<\/td><td>Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/td><td>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)<\/td><td>Excavation of the &#8220;Palace&#8221; 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