Yuki Konagaya

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Yuki Konagaya
Born(1957-11-07)November 7, 1957
Other names小長谷 有紀
OccupationAnthropologist (Ethnology)

Yuki Konagaya (小長谷 有紀, Konagaya Yuki, born November 7, 1957 in Toyonaka, Osaka) is a Japanese professor specializing in the history and cultural anthropology of Central Asia and Mongolia.[1][2][3]

Biography[edit]

Yuki Konagaya was born in Toyonaka, Osaka prefecture in 1957. She entered Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters. She went to Mongolian People's Republic as the first female international student, and studied at National University of Mongolia in September 1979 (one year). She completed a Bachelor's degree in 1981 and a Master's degree in 1983.[1]

She became a researcher at the National Museum of Ethnology,[4] and visited Inner Mongolia for her research. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1983, and became a professor in 2003.[1] She served as the director of National Institutes for the Humanities from 2014. From 2020 to 2023, she was an inspector of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Now she is a researcher of Tōyō Bunko. She is also the President of the International Association for Mongol Studies.[5]

Publications[edit]

  • Konagaya, Y., Lkhagvasu̇rėn, I., & Rossabi, M. (2011). Socialist devotees and dissenters: Three twentieth-century Mongolian leaders. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.[6]
  • Konagaya, Y., Lkhagvasu̇rėn, I., & Rossabi, M. (2014). Mongolia's transition from socialism to captitalism: Four views. Suita-shi: Kokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubutsukan, Heisei 26.[7]
  • Konagaya, Y. (2016). Northeast Asian borders: History, politics, and local societies. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "KONAGAYA Yuki | 国立民族学博物館". older.minpaku.ac.jp. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ^ "Details of a Researcher - KONAGAYA Yuki". nrd.nihu.jp. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ^ "Konagaya, Yuki 1957-". Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ When she entered to the museum, the president was Tadao Umesao. He was the pioneer of ethnological research in Mongolia, and she received influence.
  5. ^ Greetings from Yuki Konagaya, the President of IAMS
  6. ^ Konagaya, Yuki; Lkhagvasu̇rėn, I; Rossabi, Morris (2011). Socialist devotees and dissenters: three twentieth-century Mongolian leaders. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology. ISBN 978-4-901906-82-1. OCLC 777937490.
  7. ^ 小長谷有紀; Лхагвасүрэн, И; Rossabi, Morris (2014). Mongolia's transition from socialism to captitalism: four views. National Museum of Ethnology. ISBN 978-4-906962-23-5. OCLC 893004666.
  8. ^ Konagaya, Yuki, ed. (2016). Northeast Asian borders: history, politics, and local societies. National Museum of Ethnology. ISBN 978-4-906962-43-3. OCLC 1041266786.