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  GILLAN, Matthew A.

   Professor

   Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Academic Background
1. 2004/10
Degree Acquisition
SOAS, University of London, Ph.D (Music)
2. 1999/09
Degree Acquisition
SOAS, University of London, M. mus Distinction
3. 1993/07
Degree Acquisition
Bristol university, B.Sc hon
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■ Professional Background
1. Major coordinator (music), Department of Humanities Major: Music, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts
2. 2018/04~ Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
3. 2015/04~ Director, Sacred Music Center, ICU
4. 2013/04~2018/03 Senior Associate Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
5. 2010/04~2011/03 Director, Sacred Music Center, International Christian University
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■ Books and Articles
1. Book Letters from D.T. Suzuki and Shaku Sōen to Paul Carus   (Collaboration) 2024
2. Book Ryukyuan Uta-sanshin in Modern Japan: The Influence of Government Institutions on Teaching and Performing Handbook of Japanese Music in the Modern Era pp.301-316 (Collaboration) 2024
3. Book Mediating between Musical Worlds: Musical Performance and Iranian Communities in Japan Unsilent Strangers: Music, Minorities, Coexistence, Japan pp.204-225 (Collaboration) 2023
4. Book Folk and Songs in Japan and Beyond - Ethnomusicological Essays in Honour of David W. Hughes   (Collaboration) 2022/06
5. Book Vocal Identities & Pedagogies of the Voice in Twentieth-Century Ryukyuan Classical Music  pp.98-120 (Collaboration) 2022/06
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■ Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2018/07/30 Sankyoku magazine and the representation of the shakuhachi as a ritual instrument in early 20th century Japan (Shakuhachi Symposium)
2. 2016/08/25 Constructing the Singing Voice – vocal style, aesthetics, and the body in Okinawan Music (ICTM Study Group for the Musics of East Asia)
3. 2016/06 Constructions of Space, Sound and Community through Song Monuments in Okinawa (12th International Small Islands Cultures Conference)
4. 2016/04 Listening to the voice in Kumiudui – between speech, song and prosody (British Forum for Ethnomusicology annual conference)
5. 2015/06/27 Transmission and change of the voice in Okinawan traditional music (Okinawa Bunka Kyoukai)
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■ Academic Society Memberships
1. 2008~ Society for Ethnomusicology
2. 2006~ International Council for Traditional Music
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■ Social Activities
1. 2008/04~ Okinawan music group
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■ Exhibitions, Concerts and Athletic Meets
1. 2016/06/10 Sacred Voices (International Christian University)
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■ Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number
50468550