Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  wakamatsu.fumitaka.7vkyoto-u.ac.jp

Academic Degree

• 05 Mar. 2013

  Ｐｈ．Ｄ．（Harvard University）

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

• Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Science，Anthropology Department，PhD Program, 修了

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 上智大学, 比較文化学部比較文化学科, 卒業

Research History

• From May 2024, To Present

  Kyoto University, International Academic Research and Resource Center for Language Education (i-ARRC), Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Program-Specific Associate Professor
• From Apr. 2022, To Apr. 2024

  Kyoto University, Research Administration Center, Chief Specialized Administrative Staff, Interdisciplinary Research Development Division, Sub Manager
• From Mar. 2023, To Mar. 2024

  Kyoto University, The Program for the Development of Next-generation Leading Scientists with Global Insight (L-INSIGHT), General Manager, Cross Appointment
• From Feb. 2021, To Mar. 2024

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies Division of African Area Studies, Project-Specific Lecturer (Cross Appointment)
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2022

  Kyoto University, Research Administration Office, Research Administrator
• From Jan. 2014, To Mar. 2020

  Kyoto University, Research Administration Office, Research Administrator
• From Sep. 2013, To Dec. 2013

  Ritsumeikan University, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, 紀要「Core Ethics」 作成指導
• From Jan. 2011, To Apr. 2011

  Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology Department, Food and Culture, Head Teaching Fellow
• From Sep. 2010, To Dec. 2010

  Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology Department, Tokyo, Head Teaching Fellow
• From Jan. 2010, To Apr. 2010

  Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology Department, Food and Culture, Teaching Fellow
• From Jan. 2006, To Apr. 2006

  Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology Department, Tokyo, Head Teaching Fellow
• From Sep. 2005, To Dec. 2005

  Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology Department, Introduction to Social Anthropology, Teaching Fellow

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  202001015608080582

• Researcher number

  51007000

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/fumiwakamatsu

Research

Research Interests

• Whaling
• Anthropology of Food
• Japan Studies
• Cultural Anthropology

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences, Cultural anthropology and folklore

Papers

• Constructing Killable Whales : Historical Formation of Japanese Cetology and Scientific Whaling

  Fumitaka Wakamatsu

  Senri Ethnological Studies = Senri Ethnological Studies, 01 Mar. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Historical Trends of Whale Meat Trade in Postwar Japan : From Substitutive Industrial Food to Traditional Post-Industrial Food

  若松 文貴

  国立民族学博物館研究報告 = Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author

  

Misc.

• Book Review: Living with Whales: Personal History of Whalers and Diachronic History of Eating Whales

  Fumitaka Wakamatsu

  Vesta, 12 Jul. 2017

  
• Four hours of heated discussion: observations of the 1st Anthropological Battle

  若松 文貴

  くにたち人類学研究, 2007

  

Presentations

• How Whales Became "Food" in Post-War Japan

  Fumitaka Wakamatsu

  Lecture Series, Institute of Liberal Arts and Science, Kanazawa University, Jan. 2023, Invited

  
• Supporting overseas fund acquisition and its future prospects

  Fumitaka Wakamatsu; Tsubasa Sakamoto

  8th RMAN-J Annual Conference(Sendai), Aug. 2022

  
• Imagined Commodity: Nationalism, Fetishism and Whale Meat in Japan

  Fumitaka Wakamatsu

  Aquatic Powers: Divine Animals of the Asia-Pacific International Conference, University of Oslo, Jun. 2022, Invited

  
• On Japan's Scientific Whaling

  Fumitaka Wakamatsu

  "Whaling and Ethics," Joint Research Project, National Museum of Ethnology, Oct. 2019, Invited

  
• Cultural Natoinalism of Whale Meat Consumption in Japan

  Fumitaka Wakamatsu

  "Anthropological Studies of Contemporary Consumption Culture," Joint Research Project, National Museum of Ethnology, Sep. 2013, Invited

  
• Forbidden Flesh: Whaling, Animal Protection, and Production of Desire in Japan

  Fumitaka Wakamatsu

  American Anthropology Association. AAA Annual Conference, New Orleans, Tennessee, Nov. 2010

  
• Securing National Food and Science: Examining Japan’s Science on Whales

  Fumitaka Wakamatsu

  Society for Social Studies of Science, 4 S Annual Conference, Washington D.C, Nov. 2009

  
• Crafting Nation, Crafting Data: Post-War History of Japanese Cetology

  Fumitaka Wakamatsu

  Society for History of Science SHS Annual Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, Sep. 2009

  

Books and Other Publications

• Encyclopedia of Food Cultures in the World

  Atsushi Nobayashi, Contributor, ”Whales," ”Fat"

  Maruzen Shuppan Press, Jan. 2021

  
• In between Pro-Whaling and Anti-Whaling Movements: Whaling and Political and Ethical Issues in the World

  岸上, 伸啓, Contributor, ”Japan’s Scientific Whaling"

  Rinkawa Shoten, Nov. 2020

  Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

  
• 曝された生 : チェルノブイリ後の生物学的市民

  Petryna, Adriana; 森本, 麻衣子; 若松, 文貴; 粥川, 準二

  人文書院, Jan. 2016

  Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

  
• Making of scientific whaling : politics of conservation, science, and culture in Japan

  若松, 文貴

  UMI, 2013

  

Academic, Social Contribution

Committee Memberships

• From Apr. 2025, To Present

  吉田カレッジオフィス運営会議 委員, 国際高等教育院
• From Apr. 2018, To Present

  Management Member for Canon Foundation-Kyoto University Japan-Africa Exchange Program, Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
• From May 2024, To Present

  Member of Career Development Special Group, Planning and Evaluation Expert Committee, Institute for Libreral Arts and Sciences

Social Contribution

• Project for Research Capacity Building at Kenya Medical Research Institute

  Commentator, Lecturer, Consultant

  Japan International Corporation Agency(JICA), Technical Assistance Project, From May 2023, To Mar. 2024