Koji Mizoguchi (born in 1963) is a Japanese archaeologist and a professor of social archaeology in the Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies at

Kyushu University , abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Fukuoka, on the island of Kyushu. It was the 4th Imperial University in Japan, ranked as 4th in 2020 Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings, one of the top 10 Design ...

. He studies the comparative emergence of societies in Europe and Japan and has a particular interest in the

history of archaeology Archaeology is the study of human activity in the past, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts (also known as eco-fa ...

. He currently serving as the sixth president of the

World Archaeological Congress The World Archaeological Congress (WAC) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization which promotes world archaeology. It is the only global archaeological organisation with elected representation. Established in 1986, WAC holds an internat ...

, serves as director of the Advanced Asian Archaeology Research Center at Kyushu University, and is an elected fellow of the London Society of Antiquaries. He has been involved in numerous archaeological projects, and is currently a co-director (with

Julian Thomas Julian Stewart Thomas (born 1959) is a British archaeologist, publishing on the Neolithic and Bronze Age prehistory of Britain and north-west Europe. Thomas has been vice president of the Royal Anthropological Institute since 2007, has been Prof ...

and Keith Ray) of the project ‘Beneath

Hay Bluff Hay Bluff (Welsh: ''Penybegwn'') is a prominent hill at the northern tip of the Black Mountains, an extensive upland massif which straddles the border between south-east Wales and England. The mountain sits at the point where the main northeast- ...

: prehistoric south-west Herefordshire, c.4000-1500 BC.'

Biography

Koji was born in 1963 in

Kitakyushu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fuku ...

, Japan. After obtaining his PhD in archaeology from the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, in 1995, he became an associate professor in archaeology at the

's Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies. He was promoted as Professor in 2013.

Awards

* In 2006, he was awarded the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Prize.

Works

Articles and chapters in edited volumes

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Books

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References

External links

* WAC at 30: Give the Past a Future- Koji Mizoguchi's speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdXjEwTIXxU * President's Opening Speech at WAC-8-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNhV0m36aTc * Article on the archaeological indicators of "polite society": https://theconversation.com/the-archaeology-of-polite-society-65958 {{authority control 1963 births Living people Japanese archaeologists Academic staff of Kyushu University Alumni of the University of Cambridge People from Kitakyushu 20th-century Japanese scientists 21st-century Japanese scientists