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Udagawa, Aya
Institute for Research in Humanities Associate Professor
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Last Updated :2026/10/07
Basic Information
Email Address
Email Address
udagawa.aya.5d
kyoto-u.ac.jp
Academic Degree
Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)
- 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科博士後期課程超域文化科学専攻, 修了
- 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科博士後期課程超域文化科学専攻, 単位修得退学
- 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科修士課程超域文化科学専攻, 修了
Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)
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Last Updated :2026/10/07
Research
Research Topics, Overview of the research
Research Topics
An Anthropological Study of Self and Community Formation in Jewish Diaspora SocietiesOverview of the research
She has pursued the study of contemporary Jewish societies from a cultural anthropological perspective, focusing on Jewish communities in Israel and the diaspora. Drawing on research in Argentina, Australia, the UAE, she examines practices related to family, memory, art, and social norms, exploring how Jewish societies are formed and reconfigured and the cultural and social dynamics that sustain these processes. Her recent work focuses on the practice of writing family history, which she seeks to theorize as a way of situating the self within history and shaping the self and family in the present.
