About

The International Association of Physiological Anthropology is the union of Anthropology, Human Biology and Physiological Anthropology societies around the world. The IAPA (former ISPA, International Society of Physiological Anthropology) was first established when the 3rd International Congress of Physiological Anthropology was held in Nara, Japan in 1996. Physiological Anthropology is the scientific discipline which focused on homo sapiens as the subjects existing in modern technological society of today and aspired to the creation of living environments and lifestyle systems based on research which attaches importance to human characteristics evaluated from a viewpoint encompassing the past, present and future.¹

President

Barry Bogin (Loughborough, UK)

Vice-President

Fook Tim Chew (Singapore, Singapore)

Taro Yamauchi (Sapporo, Kyoto, Japan)

President Emeritus

Alan Bittles (Perth, Australia)

Douglas Crews (Columbus, USA)

Hans W. Jürgens (Kiel, Germany)

Tetsuo Katsuura (Chiba, Japan)

C G Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Cambridge, UK)

Secretary General

Yuko Tsunetsugu (Tokyo, Japan)

Secretaries

Sung-Phil Kim (Ulsan, South Korea)

Takayuki Nishimura (Fukuoka, Japan)

Treasurer

Koichi Iwanaga (Chiba, Japan)

Executives

Kamruddin Ahmed (Sabah, Malaysia)

Daniel Brown (Hilo, USA)

Elena Godina (Moscow, Russia)

Kathrin Gransitzki (Kiel, Germany)

Michael Hermanussen (Altenhof, Germany)

Sigekazu Higuchi (Fukuoka, Japan)

Susumu Kudo (Fukuoka, Japan)

Jason Kai Wei Lee (Singapore, Singapore)

Joo Young Lee (Seoul, South Korea)

Yee How Say (Kajang, Malaysia)

Gwanseob Shin (Ulsan, South Korea)

Josh Snodgrass (Eugene, USA)

Akira Yasukouchi (Fukuoka, Japan)

 

Land Acknowledgement:

The University of Oregon is located on Kalapuya (Illih-hee) Ilihi, the traditional indigenous homeland of the Kalapuya people. Following treaties between 1851 and 1855, Kalapuya people were dispossessed of their indigenous homeland by the United States government and forcibly removed to the Coast Reservation in Western Oregon. Today, Kalapuya descendants are primarily citizens of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (ROND) and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (SihLetz), and they continue to make important contributions to their communities, to the UO, to Oregon, and to the world.

 

Behavior Agreement:

In order to protect all attendees, illegal or inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated at any point during the conference, or in activities proceeding and following the conference (such as meetings and excursions). Laws to note include not consuming alcohol outside of designated areas, not consuming illicit drugs, not destroying property, not engaging in harassment of any kind (including sexual harassment). Behaviors that are unacceptable include inappropriate or suggestive acts that demean other people by reason of their gender, gender identity or expression, race, socioeconomic status, religion, ethnicity, age, or disability.  If you are subject to or observe such behavior, please notify a member of the hosting committee. All members of the host committee have authority to take actions necessary for enforcement, including but not limited to dismissal from the conference.

 

¹ See: “About IAPA,” intlphisiolanth.org