Takayuki Yamamoto

This paper reports the results of an exploratory study conducted from April to July 2020 on how American immigrants, who qualify themselves as migrants from culturally diverse places, celebrate holidays and connect with the city in Tokyo, which has likewise become more culturally diverse in recent years. The report also summarizes the issues that emerged through the research.

This article examines Kosovo’s independence in the context of nationalism studies. Kosovo’s independence is characterized by its ethnic orientation, while the constitution implemented emphasized cooperation with other ethnic groups and respect for human rights. In nationalism studies, nationalism has been classified into civic and ethnic models: the former stressing the rights of the members of a nation regardless of race or ethnic frameworks, and the latter one seeing national unity as a high level of ethnic homogeneity. Starting from this classification and referring to Anthony D. Smith’s (1939–2016) concept of ethnicity and Ernest Gellner’s (1925–1995) definition of nationalism, this paper explores the possible typology of nationalism in Kosovo.