Integrative Human Historical Science of "Out of Eurasia"
Exploring the Mechanisms of the Development of Civilization

Newsletter No.1 has been published. A4/A3

The 3rd conference of the project will be held from June 6-7 at Doshisha Women's University, though it may be postponed due to COVID-19. The final decision will be made by the end of April.

Date : September 14-16 (Mon-Wed), 2020→postponed until 2021.
Place : Sapporo Convention Center

Our research area co-hosts the conference and the area leader (Naoko Matsumoto) and two other members (Kohei Tamura and Hisashi Nakao, C01) are involved in scientific and local committees.

Date : January 11 (1:30-6:00 pm) - 12 (10:00am-3:00 pm), 2020
Place : Nanzan University, Building S, Room 22

Symposium abstracts (pdf)

Contact: Hisashi Nakao (Nanzan University, Secretary) contactout-of-eurasia.jp

A research article, "Pregnancy parturition scars in the preauricular area and the association with the total number of pregnancies and parturitions", was published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Yuriko Igarashi, a co-investigator of B03, is a first author). This study clarified the association between the degree of development of pregnancy parturition scars (PPSs) and the total number of pregnancies and parturitions (TNPPs) on the basis of new identification standards for PPS in the preauricular area on the iliac bone. No PPS indicated no TNPP, weak PPS indicated a lower TNPP, and developed PPS indicated a higher TNPP. The percentage of each PPS category could indicate fertility in the population.

Acknowledgments: The authors are deeply indebted to the donors who donated their body to medical colleges for dissections within systematic anatomical education and research from 1989 to 2016, and their bereaved. This study would not have been possible without their generosity.

We are supporting The Third International Symposium on the Ancient Maya in Japan, which will be held from December 13-15 at Okayama University

We will co-host an international workshop.

Date: November, 4 (Monday), 2019
Venue: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Seminar Room 3&4

*Details are found on Workshop website.
Contact: Hideyuki Onishi (Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, B01), honishidwc.doshisha.ac.jp

Date : September 21-23 (Monday-Wednesday), 2020
Place : Hokkaido University

Our research area co-hosts the conference and the area leader (Naoko Matsumoto) and two other members (Kohei Tamura and Hisashi Nakao, C01) are involved in scientific and local committees.

Date: September 3 (Tuesday), 2019　3:30-6:00 pm
Place: Keio University, Mita Campus, South building, 4F meeting room
Speakers:
Jesse Prinz（City University of New York）"Works of Wonder"
Joerg Fingerhut（Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin）"Artistic Beauty"
Hideaki Kawabata（Keio University）“Plato's Hippias Major and the psychological implication”

*Organizer: Mita Philosophy Association
Co-organizer: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas: Integrative Human Historical Science of "Out of Eurasia" Exploring the Mechanisms of the Development of Civilization

Contact：Hideaki Kawabata（Keio University, B02）kawabataflet.keio.ac.jp

Date : October 10 (Saturday), 2019, 2:00-5:00 pm
Place : Nanzan University, Faculty Building 1, 5F meeting room 515

Speaker: Hiromi Hirakawa（Kagoshima International University）
Title: Rethinking archaeology: from ethnoarchaeology, cognitive archaeology, and archaeological science

*Details can be found on seminar website.
Contact: Hisashi Nakao (Nanzan University, C01) hisashinakaogmail.com

Date : September 8 (Sunday), 2019, 1:00-5:00 pm
Place : Okayama University, Faculty of Letters, Law, and Economics Lecture Room Building, Room 10

Symposium poster (pdf)

*The 2nd conference of the project will be held at Nanzan University from January 11-12, 2020. The details will be anounced soon.

Contact: Hisashi Nakao (Nanzan University, Secretary) contactout-of-eurasia.jp