Dr Manami Goto
Honorary Research Fellow
Overview
Manami Goto is a postdoctoral research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and an honorary research fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. Her main areas of interest are dress, material culture, oral history, and the rituals of women in the Persian Gulf. Manami holds a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter, and her thesis focused on the female face mask and its relation to socio-cultural identities in the coastal cities of southern Iran and the eastern Arabian Peninsula. She is currently researching the dress politics of the Gulf Arab states, analysing how migrant Iranian women have utilised different types of dress to express their sense of belonging, integrate into society, and reject certain social norms imposed on them.
Research
Manami's main areas of interest are dress, material culture, oral history, and the rituals of women in the Persian Gulf.
Research group links
Biography
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, The United Kingdom
9/2015-3/2019
Master of Gulf Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University
9/2013-6/2015
Bachelor of Law, Jurisprudential department, Seikei University, Japan
4/2007-3/2011
PROFESSIONAL COURSES AND QUALIFICATIONS
The Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Programme (Stage 1 & 2), University of Exeter, The United Kingdom
9/2017-11/2017
Shia Islamic Studies, The University of Religious and Denominations, Qom, Iran
8/2016-9/2016
Persian language: Dehkhoda Lexicon Institute & International Center for Persian Studies, University of Tehran, Iran
4/2016-8/2016
7/2015-8/2015
International Relations: conflict, security and peace (International Summer School), University of Exeter, The United Kingdom
7/2014
Arabic Language Study for Non-Native Speaker, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University
9/2012-6/2013
Arabic As A Second Language, Language Center, Kuwait University
10/2011-8/2012
International Relations (Undergraduate), University of Oregon, The United States of America
4/2009-11/2009
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellows, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
4/2019-3/2022
Doctoral Studentship Award for Gulf Studies, University of Exeter
9/2015-8/2018
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) Arts Grant for Exhibition, University of Exeter
3/2018-9/2018
IAIS Funding for Conference Attendance, University of Exeter
6/2018
Prince Al-Waleed Furthering Understanding Award 2017/18
2/2018-3/2018
Additional Research Allowance, College of Social Sciences & International Studies (SSIS), University of Exeter
12/2017
Prince Al-Waleed Furthering Understanding Award 2016/17
2/2017-4/2017
Shi’a Intensive Course Fellowship
8/2016-9/2016
Santander Postgraduate Research Award 2015/16
3/2016-7/2016
Additional Research Allowance, SSIS, University of Exeter
5/2016
Prince Al-Waleed Furthering Understanding Award 2015/16
3/2016-4/2016
Qatar University Student Grant
11/2014-6/2015
Arabic Programme for Non-Native Speakers Scholarship, Qatar University
9/2012-6/2013
Arabic Language Institute Scholarship, Kuwait University
10/2011-8/2012
AWARDS
The second-place award in the Poster Award for Young Researchers, Japan
Best Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) Poster/ Most Innovative Poster in Postgraduate Research Showcase 2018, University of Exeter
12/2019
5/2018
The third place for Tweet Your Thesis competition in Postgraduate Research Showcase 2018, University of Exeter
5/2018
The first-place award in Arts in the CAS Graduate Students’ Research Poster Competition, Qatar University
6/2015
The first place in the GCC Days Poster Competition, Qatar University
4/2015
