- 12.1970 Born in Tokyo; grown up in Japan and Germany (bilingual)
- 1990 Abitur (German Baccalaureat) at the Deutsche Schule Tokyo
- 1991 – 1992 Studium Generale at the Leibniz-Kolleg, Tübingen
- 1992 – 1994 Studies in Physics, English Literature, History and Political Science at the University of Tübingen
- 1994 – 1995 Stay in Japan as German language teacher
- 1995 – 2002 Studies in Japanese Studies, European Ethnology and Comparative History of Religions at the University of Bonn. Master thesis on Resource management in Japanese coastal fisheries (in German, 2000). During this time also activities in the student's association for Japanese Studies
- 1997 – 1999 Work as assistant journalist for the German bureau of the Japanese newspaper Asahi-Shimbun in Bonn
- 1997 – 2002 Assistant and later fellow at the Institute for Japanese Studies, University of Bonn
- 10.2002 – 3.2003 Stay in Japan for field-studies at the Oshika-peninsula and archive-work in several libraries in the Miyagi prefecture
- 4.2003 – 3.2004 Research Student of the Monbukagakushô (MEXT) at the National Museum of Ethnology, Ōsaka (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies) for research and studies (fieldwork etc.) in connection with the PhD-thesis on fishing-villages (Oshika peninsula, Shikoku and many other places)
- 4.2004 – 8.2008 Lecturer and from 1.2008 associate professor at the Akita University (German language, Comparative Cultural Studies, Visual Anthropology)
- 11. 2009 Degree of Dr. phil. (PhD) at the Faculy of Philosophy at the University of Bonn with a thesis on Resource Management in Japanese coastal fisheries focussing on the historical background of resource use in northern Japan.
- 3.2010 – Lecturer at the University of Vienna
Publications:
2012
2011
- Tōhoku - eine vergessene Region nach der Katastrophe. In: zoll+, österreichische Schriftenreihe für Landschaft und Freiraum, Nummer 18/Juli 2011 (21. Jahrgang), pp. 88-91.
- Ressourcenmanagement in der japanischen Küstenfischerei [日本沿岸漁業における資源管理]. Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Univ. Bonn [ボン大学哲学部博士論文]. Norderstedt: BoD. (ISBN: 9783839118788) (PDF version on the dissertation server at the University of Bonn), the first link in the title reveals a colored version with corrections)
- (with Julius Popp) Altern und Suizidalität im heutigen Japan. In: Maren Godzik (ed.): Altern in Japan (= Japanstudien: Jahrbuch des Deutschen Instituts für Japanstudien, 21). München: iudicium Verlag. pp. 73-93.
- Ressourcenmanagement in der japanischen Küstenfischerei. In: Hans Dieter Ölschleger (ed.): Referate des 12. Deutschsprachigen Japanologentages. Band II: Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft, Recht. Bonn: Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt (= JapanArchiv; 9–II), S. 165–182.
- Yama among Japanese coastal people. In: Hook, Peter E. and Yoshimi Miyake (eds.): Language and Literature & Language and Power. Proceedings of the International Symposium (at Akita University, Japan), July 9–11, 2007. pp. 30–33.
- Gaikokugo kyôiku ni okeru intaanetto-riyô no kanôsei to genkai. Sono 2 外国語教育におけるインターネット利用の可能性と限界．その2 [The Internet in Foreign Language Teaching. Possibilities and Limits, 2]. In: Akita-daigaku kyôyôkisokyôiku kenkyû-nenpô 秋田大学教養基礎教育研究年報 [Annual research report on general education, Akita University] 8(2006): 53–60.
- Kokoro ni nokoru issatsu (34). Shishifosu no kunan to kôfuku-kan [A book that impressed me (34). Sisyphus, his Sorrow and Feeling of Happiness]. In: Toshokan dayori (= The Akita University Library News), 63: 4.
- Anbasan ni mirareru satoumi no kioku – Miyagi-ken Oshika-hantô Yoriiso-hama no field kara アンバサンに見られる里海の記憶−宮城県牡鹿半島寄磯浜をフィールドから[The Memorization of the 'Satoumi' ('home-sea') as seen in the Anbasan in the coastal hamlet of Yoriiso, Oshika peninsula, Miyagi prefecture]. In: Kikan Tôhoku-gaku, dai-2-ki, No. 5 (Autumn 2005): 季刊・東北学、５号: 164–189.
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Beliefs of Japanese Fishing Villages. With Special Reference to Yoriiso (Miyagi) and the Sanriku Region. In: Japanese Religions, 30(1 &2): 21–53.
- Gaikokugo kyôiku ni okeru intaanetto-riyô no kanôsei to genkai. Sono 1 外国語教育におけるインターネット利用の可能性と限界．その1 [The Internet in Foreign Language Teaching. Possibilities and Limits, 1]. In: Akita-daigaku kyôyôkisokyôiku kenkyû-nenpô 秋田大学教養基礎教育研究年報 [Annual research report on general education, Akita University], 7(2005): 47–59.
- Particular Aspects of Village Life and Fisheries. In: Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation Japan (ed.): Japan and Her Fisheries. Compiled by the Japan International Fisheries Research Society. Chief editor: Mitsutaku Makino, co-editors Johannes H. Wilhelm and Tadashi Yamamoto. Tokyo: Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation Japan, 2004. pp.61–70.
- Zu den Abhängigkeitsbeziehungen bei Fang, Verarbeitung und Vertrieb von Bonito in Japan. Ein Beispiel aus der Sanriku-Region während der Edo-Zeit. Bloomington: Indiana University Digital Library of the Commons, 2004. (Working Paper)
- Das donto. Ein Feuerfest in Japan. In: Denshô, 1. Nov. 2003.
- Bonn-daigaku Nihon-bunka-kenkyûsho ni aru Trautz-shiryô no 1936-nen 11-gatsu no Miyako-jima hakuai-kinenhi kinen-shikiten ni kansuru shiryô no hôhoku ボン大学日本文化研究所にあるトラウツ資料の1936年11月の宮古島博愛記念碑記念式典に関する史料の報告 [Resources on the ceremony held at the Hakuai-kinenhi (Miyako) in November 1936. A part of the Trautz-archive at the Institute for Japanese Studies, University of Bonn.] In: Dai-4-kai 'Okinawa-kenkyû kokusai shinpojiumu' jikkô-iinkai 第4回「沖縄研究国際シンポジウム」実行委員会 (ed.): Sekai ni hiraku Okinawa-kenkyû. Dai-4-kai 'Okinawa-kenkyû kokusai shinpojiumu, Yôroppa-taikai 世界に拓く沖縄研究．第4回「沖縄研究国際シンポジウム」ヨーロッパ大会 [Okinawan Studies reach out for the World]. Naha, 2003. pp. 118–132.
- Von Japan nach Deutschland – Das Programm zur vorübergehenden Beschäftigung von japanischen Bergarbeitern im Ruhrkohlenbergbau. Kommentar und Quellen. In: HERAUSGEBERKOLLEKTIV (ed.): Beiträge zur Japanforschung. Festgabe für Peter Pantzer zu seinem sechzigsten Geburtstag. (= Edition Japan, 2) Bonn: Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt, 2002. pp. 339–(373).
- Ressourcenmanagement in der japanischen Küstenfischerei. Bloomington: Indiana University Digital Library of the Commons, 2002. (MA-thesis, 2001)
- Otto Gottlieb Johann Mohnike (1814–1887). Pommersche und Bonner Spuren. In: Hilaria Gössmann and Andreas Mrugalla (eds.): 11. Deutschsprachiger Japanologentag in Trier 1999, Band 1: Geschichte, Geistesgeschichte / Religionen, Gesellschaft, Politik, Recht, Wirtschaft. (= Trierer Studien zu Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft, Kultur, 13) Münster, Hamburg, London: Lit Verlag, 2001. pp. 112–119.
- Das Bild der Fremde und des Fremden im Spiegel der "Polyglott"-Reiseführer. In: KulTour, 8. Jahrgang, Heft 1. Bonn: Volkskundliches Seminar, 1997. pp. 50–64.
Some (recent) lectures:
2011
- Die nordpazifische Küste Japans vor und nach der Katastrophe (Leibniz-Kolleg Tübingen, 2011-12-15)
- Historische Umweltethnologie zwischen Praxis, Institutionalität und Glaubensvorstellungen am Beispiel der nordpazifischen Küste (Sanriku) Japans (Universität Tübingen, Japanologie, 2011-12-14)
- Perspektiven auf die Folgen der Katastrophe vom März und Probleme bei der Umsetzung der ausländischen Hilfe in Japan (ÖJG-Jour fixe, Heuriger Steinschaden, Wien Nussdorf, 2011-10-13)
- Some preliminary thoughts on the Special Zones for Disaster Recovery in Fisheries (Tokku) (Disaster Fieldwork Workshop, 2011-08-19)
- Sanriku – Die pazifische Küste im Nordosten Japans (Raiffeisen Bank International, Wien, 2011-07-12)
- Sanriku Menschen, Bräuche und Katastrophen (KHM Museum für Völkerkunde, Wien, 2011-05-01)
Some materials on the 311 catastrophy:
- Die Schäden in Zahlen (as of 2011-08-26)
- Photographs with GeoTags
Main fields of interest:
- Aging rural society
- Fishery tools and technology
- History of local traditions (esp. along the pacific coast of Tôhoku)
- Institutional change (local level)
- Japanese coastal fisheries (culture, society, polity, economic history etc.)
- Japanese folk-religion (village-based beliefs) and diffusion processes
- Links between European and Japanese folklore research after the 1930ies
- Media sociology
- Soccer & Beer
- Structuralism (anthropological and linguistic)
- Theory of cognition and knowledge
- Theory of common property resources
- Visual anthropology
Membership in scientific associations:
- The Folklore Society of Japan 日本民俗学会
- The Folklore Society of Tôhoku 東北民俗の会
- Gesellschaft für Japanforschung (GJF)
- Japan International Fishery Research Society (JIFRS)
- Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung (VSJF)
Book Reviews:
- Otto G. J. Mohnike (1872): Die Japaner. Münster: Aschendorff. (1999)
- Lampen, Angelika (2000): Fischerei und Fischhandel im Mittelalter. Wirtschafts- und sozialhistorische Untersuchungen nach urkundlichen und archäologischen Quellen des 6. bis 14. Jahrhunderts im Gebiet des Deutschen Reiches. Husum: Matthiesen. In: Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, 47. Jg. 2002: 465–466.
Other online publications (PDF-Format):
- Otto Gottlieb Johann Mohnike und Bonn (1999)
- Eugen Fehrle (1880–1957). Ein nationalsozialistischer Volkskundler. (1999; Draft. Do not quote!)
- Ishida, Yoshikazu (1972): Nihon gyomin tôsô-shi nenpyô 日本漁民闘争史年表 [Chronological table of Fishermen’s Protest in Japan]. Tokyo: Gyomin kenyû-kai. (Online PDF-publication by courtesy of the copyright-owner Manabook)
Assisted or other publications and scientific activities (not updated anymore):
- Publication: Kreiner, Josef (2000): Aso ni mita Nihon. Ichinomiya-chô. (assistance in data-analysis, word-processing and multilingual transscription)
- Publication: Kumakura, Isao, Jane Cobbi and Josef Kreiner (2000): Notes on the Japanese Collection at the Musee de l'Homme, Paris. In: Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology (Kokuritsu minzokugaku hakubutsukan kenkyû hôkoku), 24(4): 873–892. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology. (assistance in data-analysis)
- Exhibition: Ainu at the Arithmeum Bonn, Dec. 2000 (preparation and management)
- Publication: Kumakura, Isao and Josef Kreiner (2001): Notes on the Japanese Collection of Count Bourbon Bardi at the Museo d'Arte Orientale di Venezia Bardi. In: Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology (Kokuritsu minzokugaku hakubutsukan kenkyû hôkoku), 25(4): 641–668. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology. (assistance in data-analysis)
- Publication: Koyama, Shûzô (2002): Mori ni ikiru. Tokyo: Yamakawa shuppan sha. (assistance in fieldwork and data collection)
- Publication: Heinz and Else Kress (2002): Inrô of the Ryûkyûs. Bonn: Bonner Verein zur Förderung der Japanforschung. (lectorate, layout and publication)
- Exhibition: Otto Gottlieb Johann Mohnike und die Einführung der Pockenschutzimpfung in Japan im Jahre 1849 at the library of the Intitute for Japanese Studies, Summer 1999 (preparation, organization and management in cooperation with A. Mettenleiter)
- Exhibition: Inrô of the Ryûkyûs at the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bonn, Mar.–Apr. 2002 (preparation, organization and management)
- European Bureau of the 4th International Conference on Okinawan Studies in Bonn between Mar. 2001 and May 2002 (Secretary)