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Paola Cavaliere

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Senior Research Fellow of Japanese Studies @The University of Milan. Interested in contemporary Japanese religions & spirituality, gender and disaster studies.

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Handbook of Disaster Studies in Japan This volume is a critical interrogation of the concept, meaning and experience of disaster in 21st-century Japan. Throughout the chapters, a central theme and guiding theoretical perspective is the re...

I am delighted to announce that our new volume, Handbook of Disaster Studies in Japan, edited by Paola Cavaliere (University of Milan) and Junko Otani (University of Osaka), is now available from Routledge: www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-...

16.01.2026 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A wonderful day in snowy Bologna, visiting the excellent Graphic Japan exhibition. Truly wonderfulβ€”great work, Rossella!

06.01.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m flying out to Rabat tomorrow for the International Sociological Association Forum. I’ll be presenting a paper and chair a session. Very much looking forward to it! Please join us!

05.07.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On Friday May 9th 2pm-4pm I will be at the 4th National Emergency Congress (www.congressoemergenza.it ) in Rimini to present the result of our WHO EviMaPS,discussing data from Japan, Australia and Italy (mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/centres-inst...). Looking forward to it!

07.05.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to my colleagues and attendees who joined our session today at #AAS2025 . I enjoyed the discussion and the friendly but academically rigorous conversation. See you in Toronto’s next year!

14.03.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to be here today at #AAS2025 in Columbus! I am chairing the session Community Welfare Roles of Religious Organizations in East Asia and Beyond. Join us at 11am in Room A113 Convention CenterπŸ˜‰

14.03.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First day in Ise, just arrived at Kogakkan University on a beautiful sunny day🌞

17.02.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And yes, I’m back. Not as green as I wished, but nice all the same. The old Expo 70 is always worth a walk. What will the new Expo 2025 look like?

13.02.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They had a good time yesterday at the Religion and Politics workshop I organised @Handai. I missed it πŸ˜•, my plane was delayed, but I could meet Levi and Ioannis for a quick chat afterwards. Thank you all!

13.02.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Azuchi Screens” Documentary shooting Day 2 @BAV in the wonderful Salone Sistino. The Italian chapter ends here, next is the Japanese one in Azuchi. TBCπŸ˜‰

06.02.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have organized a Workshop on β€œReligion and Politics in Japan” with Prof Levi McLaughlin and Prof Ioannis Gaitanidis. Please join us on Feb 12, 2025 at Osaka University 9:30-12:30

05.02.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œAzuchi Screens” Documentary shooting Day 1 @ARSI: meeting old manuscripts and old friends

05.02.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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JSPS Alumni event on Dec 11, 14:30-17:00 at the University of Milano-Bicocca. I’ll share my JSPS-sponsored research output. Open to all, please join!

30.11.2024 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Milan today at the historical House of Culture to discuss Ahimsa and non violence with some excellent colleagues. Very interesting insights

www.casadellacultura.it/casa-della-c...

09.11.2024 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
WHO EviMaPS: Evidence Mapping of Psychosocial Supports WHO EviMaPS: Evidence Mapping of Psychosocial Supports

In Oct 22 we presented our findings from the EHO EviMaps project on disaster emergency psychosocial support (mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/centres-inst...) at the Social Sciences Conference of the Civil Protection in Rome. A recording is available here www.facebook.com/share/v/HYST... (in Italian)

28.10.2024 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0