Paper short abstract:

The paper will talk about how Nicolas Peterson has been contributed on the development and internationalization of anthropology in Japan especially on Aboriginal and Hunters and Gatherers studies.

Paper long abstract:

In Japan, although the anthropology had been one of the important discipline since the early 1900s, the studies on Australian Aboriginal people were not very active until the end of 1970s, when the scholars in National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka organized the research team on Australian Aboriginal people in accordance with the collection of materials for the museum. At the beginning of this project, the head of the team then visited ANU to seek the possibility of the research and it was the beginning of the long and fruitful connection between Dr. Peterson and the anthropology in Japan. Over the years, he has provided solid and reliable support and practical advices for many scholars and students of anthropology from Japan. He visited Japan for many times helped to organize the symposiums and exhibitions, edited the result of them collaboratively with Japanese scholars. At the same time, through Dr. Peterson, the relationship between Japanese and Australian scholars flourished. All of which, as a result, contributed tremendously for Japanese anthropology especially on Aboriginal Studies.