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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

■ #Professional Background

1.		Major coordinator (music), Department of Humanities Major: Music, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts
2.	2015/04～	Director, Sacred Music Center, ICU
3.	2010/04～2011/03	Director, Sacred Music Center, International Christian University

■ #Books and Articles

1.	Book	Songs, Language and Culture: Ryukyuan Languages in the Okinawan uta-sanshin tradition. Edited by Takao Katsuragi and John C. Maher. (Collaboration) 2016/12
2.	Book	'Ryukyuan languages in Ryukuan music' in Patrick Heinrich, Shinsho Miyara, Michinori Shimoji (Eds.) Handbook of the Ryukyuan Languages - History, Structure, and Use, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 685-702. (Single) 2015
3.	Book	"Whose Heritage? Cultural Properties Legislation and Regional Identity in Okinawa". In Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage - Policy, Ideology, and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions. Edited by Keith Howard. (Collaboration) 2012/09
4.	Book	Songs from the Edge of Japan: Music-making in Yaeyama and Okinawa (Single) 2012/02
5.	Article	Voice, body and melody in Ryukyuan classical music: Investigating the significance of SEREI Kunio's theory of agijin and sagijin (Single) 2018/04
6.	Article	Listening to the Voice in Kumiudui: Representations of Social Class and Gender through Speech, Song, and Prosody (Single) 2018
7.	Article	Constructing the singing voice: Vocal style, aesthetics and the body in Okinawan music (Single) 2017
8.	Article	Song Monuments in Okinawa - Intersections of Sound, Place and Memory (Single) 2017
9.	Article	How ‘Circumpolar’ is Ainu Music? Musical and Genetic Perspectives on the History of the Japanese Archipelago (Collaboration) 2015
10.	Article	Review of 'Theory and Method in Historical Ethnomusicology' by Jonathan McCollum and David G. Hebert (Single) 2015
11.	Article	Cultural Imaginings of Okinawan Music from outside Japan (Single) 2014
12.	Article	Review of Intimate Distance: Andean Music in Japan, by Michelle Bigenho. (Single) 2014
13.	Article	“Dancing Fingers”: Dancing Fingers - Embodied Lineages in the Performance of Okinawan Classical Music (Single) 2013/09
14.	Article	Review of An Introduction to Japanese Folk Performing Arts, by Terence A. Lancashire. (Single) 2012/07
15.	Article	Theorizing the Okinawan body - Fieldwork on physical gestures in the performance of Okinawan classical music. (Single) 2012
16.	Article	Okinawa no Takara - Tradition and innovation in Okinawan music (Single) 2010/04
17.	Article	Review of Drumming Out a Message: Eisa and Okinawan Diaspora (Single) 2009/12
18.	Article	Review of Traditional Folk Song in Modern Japa (Single) 2009/09
19.	Article	Imagining Okinawa – Japanese pop musicians and Okinawan music (Single) 2009/07
20.	Article	Melodic Expansion and contraction in Okinawan Music: The Chikuten song Group (Single) 2008/12
21.	Article	Changing rhythms in the music of the Okinawan sanshi (Single) 2008
22.	Article	Treasures of the Island People: Tradition and Modernity in Yaeyaman Pop Music (Single) 2008
23.	Article	Regionality and individuality in Asapana bushi of Tokunoshima island (Single) 2007
24.	Article	The concept of age and sage in the music of the Ryukyu islands (Single) 2007
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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)
6.	2015/04/18	Visualising Vocal Technique – understanding Okinawan classical vocal terminology through digital analysis (First International Forum on Digital Musicology)
7.	2014/11	Ideas of the voice in kumiudui - tonae, language, gender and social class (Annual meeting of the Society for the Research of Asiatic Music)
8.	2014/08	Ideas of the voice in Ryukyuan Classical Music and Kumiudui
9.	2013/12/01	Voice, body and fushi in Ryukyuan classical music. (Okinawa Bunka Kyoukai)
10.	2013/07/15	Rhythms of difference – Eisā and multiculturalism in modern Japan (International Council for Traditional Music Conference)
11.	2012/10/07	Performing multiculturalism in cultural exchange of Japan's minority groups
12.	2012/08	Tokyo’s Charanke festival as a site for the performance of indigenous alliances (ICTM MEA Study Group Symposium, Chinese University of Hong Kong,)
13.	2012/03	Views of Okinawan Music from ‘Outside’ (Views of Okinawan Music from ‘Outside’)
14.	2011/07	Embodied Lineages – gesture and movement in the performance of Okinawan classical music (Embodied Lineages – gesture and movement in the performance of Okinawan classical music)
15.	2010/11/14	Movement in Okinawan classical music - embodied performance and monkakai identity (Society for the Study of Asiatic Music, Annual Conference)
16.	2010/08/25	Okinawan Cultural Properties Law and Promotion of the Sanshin as a Symbol of Okinawan Identity (International Council for Traditional Music, MEA study group)
17.	2009/11	Regional and National Support for Okinawan Music (14th International CHIME ConferenceChinese and East Asian Music: The Future of the Past)
18.	2008/11	Japanese Music and Internationalization (T?y? Ongaku Gakkai annual conference)
19.	2007/12	Images of the m?ashibi in Okinawa and Japan (International Council for Traditional Music)
20.	2007/07	Okinawa ongaku wa ninki? [Is Okinawan music popular?] ("T?y? Ongaku Gakkai regional meeting,")
21.	2007/06	Okinawa no sanshin ongaku ni okeru `hayabiki` ni tsuite ? rizumu wo ch?shin ni [Changing rhythms in the music of the Okinawan sanshin] (Okinawa Bunka Kenky?kai annual meeting)
22.	2006/10	“Ry?ky? rett? no senritsu ni okeru `age` to `sage` no gainen” [The concept of age and sage in the music of the Ryukyus] (T?y? Ongaku Gakkai annual conference)
23.	2006/08	“Melodic Expansion and Contraction in Okinawan Music” (International Council for Traditional Music)
24.	2005/05	“Kagoshima-ken Tokunoshima no Asapana bushi ni okeru `chiikisei` to `kojinsei` no k?satsu” [Regionality and individuality in Asapana bushi of Tokunoshima island] (Amami Okinawa Kenky?kai meeting)
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■ #Lectures

1.	2010/01	Songs for Gods, Ancestors and People – Okinawan ritual music in the 21st century
2.	2007/02	Okinawa no popyur? ongaku [Okinawan pop music]

■ #Academic Society Memberships

1.	2008～	Society for Ethnomusicology
2.	2006～	International Council for Traditional Music

■ Educational Achievements

● Practice example of education method
1.		"Giving hands-on experience of playing various musical instruments, 2007/9 - present"
2.		"Helping students give multi-media presentations about musical performance, 2007/9- present"
3.		"Using Moodle for providing students updated information about the class, 2008/4 ? present"

■ #Social Activities

2008/04～

Okinawan music group

■ #Exhibitions, Concerts and Athletic Meets

2016/06/10

Sacred Voices (International Christian University)

■ #Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number

50468550