2003 04 - 2005 09 , Wako University, School of Graduate Studies
2005 10 - 2006 03 , Wako University, Institute of Social and Cultural Sciences
2006 04 - 2013 09 , Waseda University, Graduate School of Human Sciences
Academic & Professional Experience
2016 04 , - 現在, Faculty of International Studies, Kindai University
2014 04 , - 2016 03 , Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University
Research Activities
Research Areas
Humanities & social sciences, Cultural anthropology and folklore
Research Interests
Migration, Sikhism, Punjab, South Asia
Published Papers
Mobilities and cultural practices of Punjabi migrants in the Greater Toronto Area, Masako AZUMA, Mar. 2019 , Refereed
Transborder Experiences of Punjabi Migrants in the Greater Toronto Area, Masako AZUMA, Islam and Multiculturalism, Islam and Multiculturalism, 22 - 28, Mar. 2016
Sikh Diaspora in Japan: a study of social and cultural practices, Masako AZUMA, Panjab University, Panjab University, 2012 , Refereed
Books etc
Sikh Diaspora in Japan, Masako AZUMA, Sole author, Routledge/Manohar, 2019
日本人と海外移住, Masako AZUMA, Joint editor, Indian Diaspora in Japan, Akashi, 2018 04
Encyclopedia of Indian Culture, Masako AZUMA, Contributor, Religious minorities, Sikhism, NRI, Indian diaspora, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Maruzen, 2018 01
Rising India and Indian Communities in East Asia, Masako AZUMA, Contributor, Indians in Tokyo and its vicinity, ISEAS Publishing, 2009
Conference Activities & Talks
Mobilities of Indian Punjabi migrants in the Greater Toronto Area, Masako AZUMA, IUAES 2019 Inter-Congress, 2019 08 31
Cultural and Social Space of Punjabi Migrants in the Greater Toronto area, Masako AZUMA, 2017Canadian Anthropology Society/International Union of Anthropological Ethnological Sciences Conference, Ottawa, 2017 05 06
Cultural re-creation of Punjabi migrants in the Greater Toronto Area, Masako AZUMA, Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology, 2016 05 29
Acculturation Among Punjabi Migrants in the Greater Toronto Area, Masako AZUMA, 2015 American Anthropological Association annual meeting, 2015 11
Experiences in India from the perspective of a researcher, Masako AZUMA, Center for Social Work, Panjab University, 2015 11
Transborder Experiences of Punjabi Migrants in Toronto, Masako AZUMA, International Conference on Islam in Global Perspective, 2015 11 , 招待有り
Multicultural Society: A Comparison between Japan and India, Masako AZUMA, Centre for Social Work, Panjab University,, 2015 08
Educational Practices of Sikhs in Japan, Masako AZUMA, Comparative International Education Society 2015 Conference,, 2015 03
Sikh Diaspora in Japan, Masako AZUMA, School of Social Sciences, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fathegarh Sahib, India, 2014 08 , 招待有り
Marginality of Sikhs in Japan: A Case of Their Community in Tokyo, Masako AZUMA, International Seminar on Religion and Social Identity in Punjab, 2010 02
Migrants from India living in Kanto Region, Masako AZUMA, Workshop on Rising India and Indians in East Asia, 2006 10 01
Research Grants & Projects
Cultural spaces shared by Punjabi migrants through their practices
Kindai University, Kindai University research Grant, Sikh Diaspora in Japan
