Shioya Akifumi

Biography

Career history 2008-04 -- 2009-08 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC2) 2009-09 -- 2011-09 University of Tsukuba Academic Service Office for the Humanities and Social Sciences Area Research Associate 2011-10 -- (current) University of Tsukuba Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Assistant Professor 2016-09 -- 2016-09 Japan Foundation Support Program for Organizations in Japanese Studies (Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies) Visiting ProfessorAcademic background 1997-04 -- 2002-03 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Literature Oriental History, Division of History Graduated 2002-04 -- 2005-03 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology Asian History Completed 2005-04 -- 2010-03 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology Asian History Accomplished credits for doctoral program 2006-05 -- 2008-03 Al-Biruni Institute for Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences, Republic of Uzbekistan OtherDegree 2005-03 MA in Literature The University of Tokyo 2012-02 PhD in Literature The University of TokyoLicenses and qualifications 2006-04-01 Department of GeographyAcademic societies 2015-10 -- (current) Association for Islamic Studies in Japan 2013 -- (current) The European Society for Central Asian Studies 2012-07 -- (current) ANGIS-JAPAN (Asian Network for GIS Studies - Japan) 2012 -- (current) Central Eurasian Studies Society 2002 -- (current) The Historical Society of Japan 2005 -- (current) The Japan Association for Central Asian Studies 2005 -- (current) THE SOCIETY FOR NEAR EASTERN STUDIES IN JAPAN 2005 -- (current) JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR MIDDLE EAST STUDIES 2005 -- (current) Society of Inner Asian StudiesHonors & Awards 2014-12 University of Tsukuba Young Scholar Award 2014-11 Japan Consortium for Area Studies Award, Toryu-sho (Budding Project) Tetsushi Shiotani "An Introduction to the History of Central Asia Irrigation: Raw Zane Canal and the Rise and Fall of Hiva Han Country"

Research Interest

History of Asia and Africa History of Europe and America History of Central Eurasia Islamic Area Studies History of Russia and the Soviet Union Modern and Contemporary History of Central Asia History of the Khanate of Khiva (Khorazm)