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Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Kyoto University

                                     2017/2018
Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies
C ontents                                                                                                                                                     P reface
            Preface …3
                                                                                       05 N
                                                                                           etworking for
            Reorganization of CSEAS and CIAS …4                                                                                                                In January 2017, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
                                                                                          Area Studies …17
                                                                                              Library …17                                                      (CSEAS) was re-launched. Our new center originated in
            01 Research Activities …5
                                                                                              Map Collections …18                                              the merger of two centers. One is CSEAS, which was
                     Grants-in-Aid
                     for Scientific Research Projects …5                                      Databases  …18                                                   officially established in 1965 and over the years has ac-
                     Flagship Projects …6                                                     Information Processing Office  …19                               cumulated a body of world-class scholarship generated
                     Colloquiums and Special Seminars …8                                                                                                       from long-term multidisciplinary fieldwork in Southeast
                                                                                       06 Education …19                                                        Asia. The former CSEAS celebrated its 50th anniver-
            02 Staff …9
                                                                                       07 Publications …20                                                     sary in December 2015. The second is the Center for
            03 Global Academic Networks …11                                                   Monographs, Journals, etc.  …20                                  Integrated Area Studies (CIAS), which was established
                     MOUs …11                                                                 Kyoto Review of SEA …21                                          in 2006 by nine faculty members from the Japan Center
                     Visiting Research Scholars …11                                                                                                            for Area Studies at the National Museum of Ethnology.
                     Overseas Liaison Offices …14
                                                                                       08 Community Building …22
                                                                                                                                                               CIAS took on the challenge of pioneering a new ap-
                     SEASIA …15                                                        09 Awards …22                                                           proach to area informatics and comparative area stud-
                     SEASIA 2017 …15                                                                                                                           ies and celebrated its 10th anniversary in April 2016. In
                                                                                       10 Organization …23                                                     2017, these two centers merged, giving birth to a new
            04 Featured Scholars …16
                                                                                                                                                               CSEAS with the mission to promote holistic area stud-
                                                                                                                                                               ies of Southeast Asia and beyond. This is the first report
                                                                                                                                                               in English to be published under our new center.
                                                                                                                                                                    CSEAS faces a number of new challenges. The first is how to transform area studies from a
 H istory                                                                                                                                                      science of understanding to a science of creating. We want to create new paradigms for co-exis-
                                      CSEAS established within Kyoto University.
                                      Bangkok Liaison Office opened.                                                                                          tence based on deep and multi-disciplinary understandings of societies. In this context, we believe
                                                                                                                                                               that the social and cultural experiences of Southeast Asia, and the wisdom embodied in them,
                                              CSEAS officially designated as a “Research Center”
                                              under the National Schools Establishment Act.                                                                    provide us with valuable information and knowledge to stimulate ideas on how to look at life. The
                         1963
                                                                                                                                                               second is how to promote wider interdisciplinary studies. Since their inceptions, both centers have
                                                   1970  Jakarta Liaison Office opened.                                                                      had interdisciplinarity at the heart of their approaches. However, with fast-paced socio-economic
                                     1965
                                                       1981  CSEAS initiates a lecture course in Graduate School of Agriculture.                              globalization and rapidly advancing science and technology, we are compelled to collaborate with
                                                            1993  CSEAS initiates a lecture course in Graduate School of Human                               new disciplines, such as informatics and medicine. Finally, there is a pressing need to explore new
                                                                    and Environmental Studies.
                                                                                                                                                               research methods and elaborate research methodologies. Transdisciplinary studies enable us to
                                                                   1998 CSEAS initiates a lecture course in Graduate School of Asian and
                                                                          African Area Studies (ASAFAS).                                                       pursue a deeper commitment to society and innovate research outcomes. We aim to strengthen
Japan Center for Area                                                      2000 CSEAS initiates a lecture course in Kyoto                                    our role as an international research hub for area studies of Southeast Asia and beyond in order to
Studies established in                                                            University School of Public Health.
                                         1994                                                                                                                  respond to these challenges.
the National Museum
of Ethnology.                                                                          CSEAS designated as an “Institute” in recognition                            One year has passed since the establishment of the new CSEAS. We are working under new
                                                                        2004           of research excellence by MEXT.                                         in-house divisions and two in-house centers, the ASEAN Research Platform and the Glocal Infor-
                                    2004
Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JCAS)                                                                                                                       mation Platform. Additionally, we have set up two new programs, a post-doctoral fellowship pro-
                                                                                               2006  Institute of Sustainability Science (ISS) established.
                             inaugurated.                                                                                                                      gram and a global online video distribution program. The former internationally recruits rising stars
                                                                                                    2009  CSEAS approved as a “Joint Usage / Research
Center for Integrated Area Studies                                                                         Center” by MEXT.                                    while the latter will disseminate our research work more widely to civil society. We hope that these
                                                                  2006
(CIAS) established within Kyoto Univ.                                                                       2013 The Consortium for Southeast Asian          programs will serve as new interfaces for us to develop as a world-class research institute.
with CSEAS and ASAFAS cooperation.
                                                                                                                  Studies in Asia (SEASIA) established.
CIAS appointed as the JCAS Secretariat.                                                                                                                             Although we are still in the process of establishing our new institute, I believe that on-going
                                                                                                                    2016 Asian Studies Fund
                                                            2008                                                           (Kyoto University Fund)
                                                                                                                                                               discussions and consensus-making will be indispensable for further strengthening our institute.
                  CIAS approved as a “Joint Use Center” by MEXT.                                                           established.                        I will step down from the directorship at the end of March 2018, and we will welcome the new
                                                                  2009
           CIAS approved as a “Joint Usage / Research Center” by MEXT.                                                                                         director, Prof. Yoko Hayami, on April 1, 2018. I have deeply appreciated your generous support
                                                                                                                                                               and constructive criticism during my term, and sincerely hope that these will continue under the
                                                                                                                                                               new director.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       February 2018
                    2017                Center for Southeast Asian Studies
                                        Seeking New Academic Formulations—Insights from the Field to the World
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Director
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                KONO, Yasuyuki

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Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Reorganization of CSEAS and CIAS
     Objectives
                                                                                                                                                                               01                        Research Activities
                                                                                                                                                                                  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Projects
        To engage with and develop solutions to complex global issues
                                                                                                                                                                               CSEAS scholars have been awarded funding for various interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary topics under Grants-in-Aid for
        To strengthen social- and humanities- centered interdisciplinary research approaches                                                                                   Scientific Research Projects run by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
        To enhance understanding and appreciation of the value of diversity in human societies
                                                                                                                                                                                Principal Investigator    Title                                                                                                                   Period    Category
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (FY)
                                                                                                                                                                                KOBAYASHI, Shigeo         Study of the Vernacularity of Forest Ecological Resources in the Context of Global Domestication                        2015-17
     Promotion of trans-disciplinary collaborative research                                                                                                                     MURAKAMI,Yusuke           Empirical Comparative Studies of Democratic Values in Post-Neoliberal Latin America                                     2016-18
        To form academic communities that can deal with transnational issues                                                                                                                              Comparative Area Dynamics of the Disturbance and Conservation of Eco-Resources of the Asian Maritime
                                                                                                                                                                                YAMADA, Isamu             World and the Inner Eurasian Continent                                                                                  2016-19
        To move toward life-oriented research approaches attuned to regional diversity
                                                                                                                                                                                HARA, Shoichiro           Construction of an Information Infrastructure to Support Sharing and Utilization of  “Knowledge Areas”                  2016-19
        To create socially innovative approaches to the needs of the environment                                                                                                                          Anthropology of Respons-Ability: Exploring Principle and Method in the Field, at Home and in Education
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Scientific Research A
                                                                                                                                                                                SHIMIZU, Hiromu                                                                                                                                   2016-20
        To share and use global information resources                                                                                                                                                     New Development Stage of South Asian Agriculture and Rural Economy: Comprehensive Study on Increased
                                                                                                                                                                                FUJITA, Koichi            Mobility of Land and Labor                                                                                              2016-20

                                                                                                                                                                                ANDO, Kazuo               A Practice-Oriented Area Study Challenging Global Issues Based on Zaichi No Kyodo (Local Knowledge) in Asia             2016-20
 Broad Multidisciplinary Approach to Research                                                                                                                2017               OKUMIYA, Kiyohito         Neurodegenerative Diseases in Papua, Indonesia: Transition of Clinical Type                                             2017-21

             1965                   1970                       1980                 1990                      2000                      2010
                                                                                                                                                    Reorganization              NISHI,Yoshimi             Women in Post-Disaster Society in Indonesia                                                                             2014-17

                      History                                                                                                                                                   OKAMOTO, Masaaki          Governance of Development and Transformation of States in Metropolitan Southeast Asia                                   2015-17
                                                                                                                                                             History                                      Exploring the Sustainable Humanosphere in Rural Cambodia through Interdisciplinary Research on Changing
                                                                                                                  History                                                       KOBAYASHI, Satoru                                                                                                                                 2015-17
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Connectivity and Livelihoods
                                       Linguistics                                                                                                          Linguistics
                                                                                                                                                                                BADENOCH, Nathan          Beyond Arbitrariness: Typological Research on Expressives                                                               2016-18
                                                                                      Cultural Studies
                                                                                                                                                     Cultural Studies           KOZAN, Osamu
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Investigation of Hydrological Process of Tropical Peat Wetland and Study on Water and Vegetation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2016-18
                                                                                                                     Cultural Studies                                                                     Management for Fire Protection under Large-Scale Development
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Scientific Research B
HUMANITIES          Anthropology                                                                                                                                                YAMADA, Isamu             Collaborative Studies of Local Eco-Resources with Foreign Researchers                                                   2016-19
                                                                                                                                                       Anthropology
                                                                                                               Anthropology                                                                               Hybridity and Border-Crossing in Producing and Circulating Films in 20th Century Southeast Asia
                                                                                                                                                                                YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki                                                                                                                                2016-19
                                                                                                             Media Studies                             Media Studies                                      Agenda Setting in Southeast Asian Agriculture and Rural Studies toward Sustainable Development
                                                                                                                                                                                KONO,Yasuyuki                                                                                                                                     2017-20
                                                                                            Economic History
                                                                                                                                                                                                          International Comparative Studies of the Relationship between Public Information Policy and Local
                                                                                                        Economic History                                                        KISHI, Toshihiko          Consciousness in East Asia in the 1940s-1960s                                                                           2017-19

                                                                                                                                  Social History      Social History            ONO, Mikiko               Study of Thought Trends in 3 Countries of Indochina through Analysis of Periodicals Database                            2017-20

                                                                                                                                                                                TOYAMA, Ayako             The Emergence of the Counter-Elite and Regime Change in Southeast Asia                                                  2015-17
                        Sociology                                                                                                                                                                         Cohort Study of Advance Care Planning for End of Life from the Viewpoint of Comprehensive Geriatric
                                                                                                                                                                                WADA, Taizo               Assessment                                                                                                              2015-18
                                                                           Pedagogy
                                                         Human Ecology                                                                                                                                    Fluctuating Narratives of Aging: Dynamics of Social Relationships Surrounding Elderly Care in Rural and
                                                                                                                                                                                HAYAMI,Yoko               Urban Northern Thailand                                                                                                 2017-19
                     Agricultural Economics                                                                                                          Agricultural Economics
                                                                                                                                                                                BAUTISTA, Julius          Church-State Separation in Southeast Asian Democracies: The Philippines and East Timor Compared                         2016-18
 SOCIAL
                                   Economics                                                                                                                Economics                                     Changes in Forest Function and Ecosystem Services by Anthropogenic Disturbance and Its Impact on Local
SCIENCES                                                                                                                                                                        SHIODERA, Satomi          Communities in Tropical Peat Swamp Forests                                                                              2016-18
                                               Political Science                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Scientific Research C
                                                                                                                                                      Political Science                                   Development of Peatland Fire Monitoring Technology Combined with Satellite and UAV
                                                                                                          Political Science                                                     WATANABE, Kazuo                                                                                                                                   2016-18
                        International Relations                                                                                                      International Relations                              Formation of Social Relationships among Karen Refugees in Everyday Activities: Observations Based on the
                                                                                                                                                                                NAOI, Riyo                Production of a Documentary Film                                                                                        2017-19
                                                                                                    International Relations
                                                                                                                                                                                IIZUKA, Noriko            Modularization of Land-Based Wisdom of Sustainability by Cross Cultural Comparison and Its Application to Education     2017-19

                                                                                                                                                                                ISHIKAWA, Noboru          Social Formation of Borneo: Estuary, Riverine, and Inter-Riverine Connectivities                                        2017-20
                                Geography
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Reconsideration of Bulletin Journals: Demonstration of Their Significance Based on Citation Analysis and
                                Agronomy                                                                                                                                        SHITARA, Narumi           Concrete Suggestions for Their Development                                                                              2017-20
                                                                                                                                                            Agronomy
                                                                                                                 Agronomy                                                       ITOH, Masayuki            Effects of Rapid Environmental Changes in Tropical Peat Swamp Forests on Material Cycling and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics   2015-17            Young Scientists A
                                Soil Science                                                                                                                                                              Tai Migrant Networks and Their Identity from the Early Modern Era to the Present
                                                                                                                                                                                OKADA, Masashi                                                                                                                                    2014-17
                                    Climatology                                                       Hydrology                                             Hydrology
                                                                                                                                                                                NISHIMOTO, Noa            Linguistic Diversity vs. Biodiversity in Austronesian Areas                                                             2015-17
                                                                                                                  Hydrology
                                                                                                                                                                                NAITO, Daisuke            Natural Resource Management and Local Communities in the Borneo Landscape                                               2015-17
                                                                                                                     Biogeochemistry                 Biogeochemistry
                                                                                                                                                                                KOGURE, Katsuo            Empirical Study on Mutual Interactions between Institutions and Human Behaviors                                         2015-18
NATURAL                                                        Forestry
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Young Scientists B
SCIENCES                                                                                                         Forestry                                    Forestry           KATO,Yumi                 Reconsideration of the Relationship between Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers in the Globalizing World                       2015-18

                                                                                                                                                                                KAMEDA, Akihiro           Representation and Analysis of Area Studies Knowledge Using Information Extraction and Linked Open Data                 2016-17
                                                                          Ecology                                                                            Ecology
                                                                                                                                                                                IGA, Tsukasa              Political Scandals and the (In)stability of Authoritarian Regimes:  A Case Study of Malaysia                            2016-18
                                                     Biology                               Microbiology                                                 Microbiology
                                                                                                                                                                                FUJITA, Motoko            Development of a Bird Monitoring System Using Birdsong for Species Recognition                                          2016-18
                                                                                           Medical Science                                            Medical Science
                                                                                                                             Architecture                                       KOIZUMI, Junko            Sir Ernest Satow, Siam, and Asia                                                                                        2015-17
                        CSEAS
                                                                                                   Informatics                                                                  ANDO, Kazuo               Cyclone Risk Mitigation:  A Social Experimental Approach in Area Studies on the Transfer of Existing Local Knowledge    2016-17
                         CIAS
                                                                                                                                    Informatics          Informatics                                      A Challenge for the Development of Research Resource Sharing in a Globalizing World:                                                     Challenging Research
                                                                                                                                                                                KOBAYASHI, Satoru         Exploring the Underlying Utilization Method of Aerial Photos by Digital 3D Archival Technology                          2016-17
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (Exploratory)

              STAGES        1                        STAGES           2               STAGES          3                 STAGES          4          STAGES        5              NAKAYAMA, Taisho
                                                                                                                                                                                SHIMIZU, Hiromu
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Area Informatics for Borderlands History: Database of Micro-Historical Information of Sakhalin Island

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Challenge to Ethnography of My Culture:  A Perspective on Post-War Japan from Yokosuka under the Shadow of America
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2016-18

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2017-19
              1960s - EARLY 70s                      LATE 70s - 80s                   1990s - 2000s                     2000s - 2016               2017 -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Fund for the Promotion of Joint
              INSTITUTIONAL                          JOINT STUDIES                    INTEGRATED                        MULTI-LATERAL AND          Onwards                      NAKANISHI,Yoshihiro       Study of the Corporate Interests of Myanmar’s Military in a Time of Transition                                          2016-18             International Research
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (Fostering Joint International Research)
              DEVELOPMENT STAGE                      DEVELOPMENT STAGE                AREA STUDIES                      GLOBAL AREA STUDIES
                                                                                      DEVELOPMENT STAGE                 DEVELOPMENT STAGE                                      For Grants-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow and Academic Publication: https://en.kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research/grant-in-aid-other-funding/

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Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Flagship Projects

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                                                   ◦ Developing recyclable energy to                                   Stable supply
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Platform (JASTIP)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Japan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               clean energy
http://jastip.org/en/                              Biomaterials and
The project aims to contribute the Sustain-
                                                   biodiversity lab                                                                                                                                                                              Goal 13
                                                   Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Climate action
able Development Goals (SDGs) in Japan             ◦ Developing innovative technologies                                                         Myanmar
                                                                                                                                                                          Laos                                                                   Goal 17
and ASEAN through collaborative research              to utilize tropical plants as energy
                                                      source and construction materials                                                                  Thailand                                                                                Partnership
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Japan-ASEAN Platform                                             International Program of                                       Center for Information                                                                                    Visual Documentary Project
for Transdisciplinary Studies                                    Collaborative Research (IPCR)                                  Resources of Area Studies (CIRAS)                                                                         https://vdp.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/
https://japan-asean.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/                      https://ipcr.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/                           https://ciras.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

The Japan-ASEAN Platform advances transdisci-                    The IPCR aims to (1) promote multi-disciplinary                CIRAS is a Joint Usage / Research Center with two                                                         The project makes use of visual forms of expression
plinary research and integrates perspectives from                joint research projects on Southeast Asia, empha-              primary functions: (1) integration and sharing of in-                                                     and documentaries to complement academic liter-
various sectors of society by bringing together                  sizing knowledge gained from local peoples and                 formation resources for area studies, and (2) pro-                                                        ature on Southeast Asian societies and to promote
scholars on Southeast Asia, scientists and engi-                 societies, (2) function as a research hub around a             motion of cross-regional area studies. It promotes                                                        the richness of cultures in the region to Japanese au-
neers, the governments, business communities, and                repository of historical documents and research                comparative studies on politics, economy, society,                                                        diences. Since 2012, it has featured documentaries
civil society. Its core objective is the production of           materials on Southeast Asia, (3) support young                 and environment of the contemporary world. It uti-                                                        from and by Southeast Asian artists and filmmakers
new knowledge gleaned from unique local experi-                  scholars to present their work at international con-           lizes advanced and sophisticated information tech-                                                        on contemporary issues in the region, such as urban
ences and local wisdom from the ground.                          ferences, and (4) publish monographs.                          nology in integrating and analyzing data from area                                                        life, politics and everyday life, human flows, people
                                                                                                                                studies research.                                                                                         and nature, and care and aging.

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       Colloquiums and Special Seminars
No.    Date       Name of Seminar                                        Details                                                                                                                         Staff                                                                                                                                                     Staff
                                                                         Tricia Yeoh, “Subnational Politics and Federal-state Relations in Malaysia: Selangor and Penang
                                                                         under the Pakatan Government”
 1 2017.4.14
                  Special Seminar on Malaysian Politics
                  by Tricia Yeoh and Danny Lim
                                                                         Danny Lim, “The Origins of Bersih, and How the Electoral Reform Movement Which Organized                                                                                                                                      1 Division of Cross-regional Studies                                 8.    SERIZAWA, Takamichi, JSPS Research Fellowship
                                                                         Malaysia’s Biggest Rallies Was Integral to Creating the Most Successful Opposition Coalition in
                                                                         Malaysian Political History”
                                                                                                                                                                                     RESEARCH DIVISIONS                                                                                                 1.   ANDO, Kazuo, Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            9.    UENO, Manami, JSPS Research Fellowship
 2 2017.4.20      Special Seminar by Dr. SiuSue Mark                     “The Impact of New Forms of Transnational Capital on Chinese Investments in Post-Transition Myanmar”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2.   HAYAMI, Yoko, Professor / Next Director (2018/4~)

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 3 2017.4.27      CSEAS Colloquium with Dr. Teofilo C. Daquila           “Internationalizing Higher Education in Japan and the Competitiveness of Kyoto University”

 4 2017.5.26      CSEAS Colloquium with Prof. Robert H. Taylor           “Comparing the Role of the Military in the Politics of South East Asia: Playing or Controlling Politics?”
                                                                                                                                                                                               Cross-regional Studies                                                                                   3.   KOBAYASHI, Satoru, Associate Professor                         4 Division of Environmental Coexistence
                                                                                                                                                                                               This division fosters Area Studies ap-
 5 2017.5.29      Special Seminar by Dr. Enze Han                        “State Building as a Neighborhood Effect: Borderland Politics in Upland Southeast Asia”
                                                                                                                                                                                               proaches across regions through social co-                                                               4.   NISHI, Yoshimi, Associate Professor                            1.    HARA, Shoichiro, Professor / Deputy Director

 6 2017.6.15      Special Seminar by Dr. Ryan Buyco                      “The Afterlives of the Okinawan Community in Davao, Mindanao”                                                         operation and practice-oriented research.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        5.   YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki, Associate Professor                        2.    KONO, Yasuyuki, Professor / Director
                                                                         “What’s Gender Got to Do with Climate Justice? Conscientisation through Role-play in the
 7 2017.6.16      Special Seminar by Dr. Sharon A. Bong
                                                                         Teaching of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights in Global Contexts”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        6.   SHIRAISHI, Natsuko, JSPS Research Fellowship                   3.    KOZAN, Osamu, Associate Professor
                  CSEAS Colloquium
 8 2017.6.22                                                             “Nutrition Transition in Malaysia: Deconstructing the Hunger-Obesity Paradox”
                  with Prof. Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            4.    SAKAMOTO, Ryota, Associate Professor
 9 2017.6.23      Tonan Talk by Prof. Kevin Hewison                      “Never-ending Crisis:Vajiralongkorn’s Long Succession”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       2 Division of Political & Economic Coexistence                       5.    YANAGISAWA, Masayuki, Associate Professor
10    2017.7.3    Special Seminar by Dr. Wan Manan                       “Erosion of the Academic Dogma in Malaysian Universities: Drifting in the Abyss of World-Class Quest”

11    2017.7.6    Special Seminar by Dr. Aung Naing Oo                   “Food Security and Socio-economic Impacts of Soil Salinization in the Central Myanmar: A Case Study”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1.   FUJITA, Koichi, Professor / Deputy Director
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            6.    ITOH, Masayuki, Assistant Professor

12    2017.7.7    Special Seminar by Prof. Charnvit Kasetsiri            “Remembering Benedict Anderson: His Life and Impact on Thai and Southeast Asian Studies”                                                                                                                                       2.   KISHI, Toshihiko, Professor / Deputy Director
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            7.    KAMEDA, Akihiro, Assistant Professor
                                                                         “Patron-Client Relations in the Central Dry Zone, Myanmar: The Case of Landless Palm Tenants
13 2017.7.27      CSEAS Colloquium with Dr. Hnin Yu Lwin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.   MIZUNO, Kosuke, Professor
                                                                         and Jaggery (Palm Sugar) Brokers”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         EC O                                                                                                                                               8.    KITANI, Kimiya, Assistant Professor
                                                                         Dr. Ron Bridget Vilog, “Revisiting Philippine-Japan Migration Dynamics: From Japayukis & Bilogs to
                                                                                                                                                                                                  PO LI I C S
                                                                                                                                                                                                       T                        NOMY

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14    2017.8.9    Special Seminar on the Philippines                     Nikkeijin Filipinos in Japan”                                                                                                                                                                                                  4.   OKAMOTO, Masaaki, Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            9.    FREY, Urszula, Assist. Prof., Program Specific Faculty
                                                                         Dr. Lisandro E. Claudio, “Is There a Liberalism from the Global South?”
                                                                                                                                                                                               Political &
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        5.   CHACHAVALPONGPUN, Pavin, Associate Professor
15 2017.8.28      Special Seminar by Dr. Serhat Ünaldi                   “The Rise and Fall of Charismatic Leaders: Donald Trump, King Bhumibol and Vajiralongkorn”
                                                                                                                                                                                               Economic Coexistence                                                                                                                                                         10.   GALVAO, Roberta Fontan Pereira, Assist. Prof., Program Specific Faculty
16 2017.9.13      Special Seminar by Miriam Grace A. Go                  “Practical Challenges to the Federalism Campaign in the Philippines”                                                  This division analyzes the dynamic politico-                                                             6.   NAKANISHI, Yoshihiro, Associate Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            11.   KWAN Soo Chen, Program Specific Researcher
                                                                                                                                                                                               economic transformations of countries in
17 2017.9.21      Special Seminar on Abhidhamma Study in Myanmar         Dr. San Tun, “Social Implication of Studying Abhidhamma in the Contemporary Myanmar”
                                                                                                                                                                                               Southeast Asia through comparative analy-                                                                7.   NAKAYAMA, Taisho, Assistant Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            12.   TAKAGI, Akira, Program Specific Researcher

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         3
                                                                         Dr. Christian von Lübke, “Agents of Change: The Political Economy of Good Governance in
18 2017.10.2      Special Seminar on Politics in Indonesia                                                                                                                                     ses of the experiences of developing coun-
                                                                         Democratic Indonesia”
                                                                         Dr. Brice Vincent, “LANGAU: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Copper-based Metallurgy in Angkor                         tries in the region and the world.                               Social Coexistence                      8.   KOGURE, Katsuo, Assist. Prof., Program Specific Faculty
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            13.   WATANABE, Kazuo, Program Specific Researcher
19 2017.10.10 Special Seminar on Copper-based Metallurgy in Angkor
                                                                         and the Khmer Kingdom (11th-13th Century)”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This division studies the plural co-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        9.   Edoardo Siani, Program Specific Researcher
20 2017.10.24 Special Seminar on Kurdish Studies

                                                                                                                                                                                     4
                                                                         Haydar Darici, “Politics as Play: Kurdish Youth and Street Protests on the Turkey-Syria Border”                                                                                        existence of cultures in Southeast
                                                                         Dr. Nicole Curato, “From Demagogues to Deplorables? Populist Publics in Rodrigo Duterte’s                                                                                              Asia and beyond by looking at the      10.   IGA, Tsukasa, JSPS Research Fellowship                         5 Division of Global Humanosphere
                                                                         Philippines”                                                                                                                                                                           changing interactions between cul-
21 2017.10.25 Special Seminar on the Philippine President Duterte
                                                                         Dr. Nathan Gilbert Quimpo, “Duterte’s Securitization of Illegal Drugs and the Return to National
                                                                         Boss Rule”                                                                                                                                                                             ture, society, and ecology.            11.   KAWAMURA, Ai, JSPS Research Fellowship                         1.    DE JONG, Wil, Professor
22 2017.10.26 CSEAS Colloquium with Prof. Meredith Weiss                 “The Unelectoral Undergirding of Electoral Authoritarianism”

                                                                         Pang Khee Teik, “The Rights That Shouldn’t Be Fought for: Good LGBTs vs Bad LGBTs in
                                                                                                                                                                                     Environmental                                                                                                     12.   NISHIO, Zenta, JSPS Research Fellowship                        2.    ISHIKAWA, Noboru, Professor

23 2017.10.30 Special Seminar for Sexuality Politics in Southeast Asia
                                                                         Malaysia”
                                                                         Abdul Muiz, “Sexuality in Islam: An Islamic Boarding School for Transgenders and the Conflict of
                                                                                                                                                                                     Coexistence                                                                                                       13.   TOYAMA, Ayako, JSPS Research Fellowship                        3.    MIENO, Fumiharu, Professor
                                                                         Religious Interpretation”                                                                                   This division, using inter-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            4.    MURAKAMI, Yusuke, Professor
24 2017.11.10 Special Seminar by Dr. Christine Padoch                    “Return to Nanga Jela / Pemulai ke Nanga Jela”                                                              disciplinary approaches,
                                                                         Dr. Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi, “Research on Women’s Leadership in Indonesia: Women as the                     develops knowledge and                                                                                            3 Division of Social Coexistence                                     5.    NISHIBUCHI, Mitsuaki, Professor
25 2017.11.14 Special Seminar: Frontiers of Gender Studies in Asia
                                                                         Source of Knowledge, New Narratives, and Existing Limitations (2005-2017)”                                  theories on the long-term
26 2017.11.15 Special Seminar by Prof. Abigail de Leon
                                                                         “Intangible Assets Theory of Development: Towards Documenting Development in Community
                                                                                                                                                                                     sustainability of human                                                                                            1.   HAU, Caroline Sy, Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            6.    LOPEZ, Mario Ivan, Associate Professor
                                                                         Choir Singing”
                                                                         “Capitalist Modernity and the Enchantment of Political Culture: Spirits of Power in 21st Century            societies.
27 2017.11.24 CSEAS Colloquium with Prof. Peter A. Jackson
                                                                         Thailand”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2.   KOIZUMI, Junko, Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            7.    FLORES URUSHIMA, Andrea Yuri, Assist. Prof., Program Specific Faculty
28    2017.12.7   Special Seminar on New Malaysian Activism and Youth    Zikri Rahman, “The Praxis of Becoming: The (Re)Imagination of Buku Jalanan”                                                                                                                                                    3.   BADENOCH, Nathan, Associate Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            8.    KAYALI, Ahmad Yaman, Program Specific Researcher

                                                                                                                                                                                                         5
                  Special Seminar on Money Politics in Southeast Asia:
29 2017.12.8                                                             Speakers: Prof. Edward Aspinall; Prof. Allen Hicken; Prof. Paul Hutchcroft; Prof. Meredith Weiss
                  Patronage, Clientelism, and Electoral Dynamics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Global Humanosphere                                                                  4.   BAUTISTA, Julius, Associate Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            9.    NAITO, Daisuke, Program Specific Researcher
30 2017. 12.16 Special Seminar on Indonesian Politics                    Pramaartha Pode, “The Public Relations Strategy of President Joko Widodo”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   This division engages critical analyses of                                           5.   OBIYA, Chika, Associate Professor
31 2017.12.21 CSEAS Colloquium with Prof.Youngbong Yu                    “A Comparative Analysis of Asian Agricultural Growth Path with a Focus on Southeast Asia”                                                 global issues of the 21st century to find                                                                                                                10.   UEYAMA, Toru, Assist. Prof., Research Fellow

                                                                         “Thinking through Slavery in Comparative Perspective: A Critical Reading of Siamese & Thai                                                sustainable and peaceful coexistence of                                              6.   ONO, Mikiko, Assistant Professor
32 2018.1.11      Special Seminar by Prof. Thanet Aphornsuvan
                                                                         History Writing”                                                                                                                          human societies.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        7.   SHITARA, Narumi, Assistant Professor                                                               For staff ’s research interests
33 2018.1.25      CSEAS Colloquium with Dr. Coeli Barry                  “Scholar Migrants and the Internationalization of Higher Education in East and Southeast Asia”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       https://en.kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/about/staff-page/

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Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies
71 institutions in 27 countries
03                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Total MOUs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Overseas Liaison Offices
                   Global Academic Networks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Bangladesh
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  14              50   International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             CSEAS has two liaison offices: one in                researchers in the region to organize

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Total 383 Visiting Research Scholars from 32 countries
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Bangladesh
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Bangkok and one in Jakarta. These                    workshops and receptions to enrich the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           function as bases for collecting re-                 understanding of CSEAS activities.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2017.10.17
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Bhutan                                                                    Myanmar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             search information and materials, such                   Moreover, the offices strongly sup-

        MOUs                                                                        U.K.         The Department of Geography,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             56    herubtse College,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  S
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Royal University of Bhutan                                22
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       66

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       67
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Yezin Agricultural University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The SEAMEO Regional Centre                                                China
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           as periodical publications, statistics,              port joint research between Japanese
                                                                                            16
                                                                                                                                                  The Forum for Asian Studies,                                                                                                                                for History and Tradition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           maps, and various documents in ver-                  and Southeast Asian scholars through
                                                                                                 University of Leicester                                                                                                     57    inistry of Health, the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  M                                                                                                                                                     44   The Department of Aquatic
CSEAS actively promotes Southeast         cooperation through programs of ex-                                                            1        Stockholm University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Kingdom of Bhutan                                                    68   The University of Forestry                                                      Food Processing and Preservation,                                                                                                                                                                                                                             nacular Southeast Asian and other lan-               the implementation of the International
                                                                                            17   SOAS, University of London
Asian and area studies by establish-      change of faculty members and re-                       Aberystwyth University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             College of Food Science and Technology,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           guages. Originally established as re-                Program of Collaborative Research,
                                                                                            18
                                                                                                                                                       Estonia                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Shanghai Ocean University
ing institutional linkages with leading   searchers; exchange of academic in-                                                                                                                               1                                                                                          Laos
                                                                                                                                             28                                                                    Russian Federation                                                                                                                                                   45   Southeast Asia Research Centre,                                                                                                                                                                                                                              search lodgings for Japanese research-               CSEAS, or IPCR-CSEAS. They have
universities and research institutes      formation, including library materials                         5                          Sweden
                                                                                                                                                  20    The Estonian Institute of Humanities,                                                                                                         69   Faculty of Forestry,                                                            City University of Hong Kong
                                                                                                                                                         Tallinn University                                                                                                                                 Faculty of Agriculture,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2                                                                                                                                                                              ers in Thailand and Indonesia, they now              also taken an active role in supporting
in the region as well as the world.       and research publications; and joint                                             3                                                                                                                                                                     4                                                                                      46   The Center for Southeast Asian Studies,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Faculty of Social Science,                                                      Peking University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             serve as a base for research across                  the networking activities of Kyoto Uni-
                                                                                                                                1                                                                                            Nepal                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Taiwan
The Center has signed memoranda           research activities including seminar,                             16
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             National University of Laos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           the entire region, and have developed                versity in Southeast Asia through the
                                                                                                        18            22                                                                                                     49    he Research Center
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  T                                                                    70    The National Agriculture and                                                                                                               38    raduate Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              G
of understanding (MOUs) aimed at          conference and symposium.                                          17
                                                                                                                                                  1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           National Chi Nan University                                                                                                                                                                  to perform various functions, such as                establishment of the Kyoto University
                                                                                                                                                          The Former                                                              for Nepal and Asian                                                        Forestry Research Institute,                                                            2
fostering academic exchange and                                                                                   4            47   48                    Yugoslav Republic of                                                    Studies, Tribhuvan                                                         Ministry of Agriculture                                                                                                                     39    enter for Asia-Pacific Area Studies,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              C
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           hosting collaborative meetings.                      ASEAN Center in Bangkok in 2014.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  University                                                                 and Forestry                                                               Korea                                                                  Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences,
                                                                                                                                                          Macedonia
                                                                                                      France                                                                                                      1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Academia Sinica                                                                                                                                                                                 The offices are managed by select                    Increasingly, the offices are becom-
                                                                                                                                                                               Azerbaijan                                                                                                                                                                                               37   The Research Institute of Asian Women,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Uzbekistan                                                                                                                                                            Sookmyung Women’s University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         40   The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, National Chengchi University                                                            30                                                          researchers and faculty members from                 ing more widely known among local
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         41    he Center for Southeast Asian Studies, National Chi Nan University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              T
                                                                                      the Netherlands
        Visiting Research Scholars                                                    22   The International Institute
                                                                                                                                                                        1
                                                                                                                                                                                      15   The School of Public and International Affairs,
                                                                                                                                                                                            ADA University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           46
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         42

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         43
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National Chi Nan University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           CSEAS as well as other universities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           and institutions in Japan. Those man-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                and international scholars and both
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                have received increased numbers of
                                                                                            for Asian Studies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          37
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Japan                                                                                               College of Liberal Arts                                                                                                United States of
Since 1975, CSEAS has had an estab-       perspective to conduct research,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Kyoto                                                                                                    College of Management                                                                                                      America                                                         aging the offices collaborate with local             visits in recent years.
                                                                                                                                                                              Syrian Arab Republic                                                                                               China                                                                                    Consortiums (SEASIA)
lished visiting scholarship program to    write, or pursue other scholarly inter-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences
                                                                                      Germany                                                                                                                                                         1                                                                                                                                 •C
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          enter for Southeast Asian Studies                                    Center for Environmental Restoration and Disaster Reduction
promote research activities by distin-    ests in connection with their field of      47   Southeast Asian Studies Program,                                                                                                                                                                                     14               44
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (CSEAS), Kyoto University                                              International Agriculture Center, National Chung Hsing University                                                  1
                                                                                                                                                           19   Center for Asian Studies,
guished scholars. To date, over 350       study. The Center’s multi-disciplinary            University of Freiburg
                                                                                                                                                                Faculty of Economics and Political Science,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Jakarta Liaison Office                       Bangkok Liaison Office
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           49
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Mexico
scholars—many of them leading re-         character and the diverse research
                                                                                      48   The Southeast Asian and                                             Cairo University                                                               4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Jl. Kartanegara No. 38,                      19D, GP Grande Tower, 55,
                                                                                            Development Studies Programme,                        Egypt
searchers in their respective fields—     interests of its faculty offer visiting           Passau University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Kebayoran Baru,                              Soi 23, Sukhumvit Rd,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           the Philippines                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jakarta Selatan, Jakarta, 12180,             Klongtoey Nua, Wattana,
have taken advantage of the Center’s      research scholars an ideal opportu-                                                                                                                                                                India                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Consortiums (SEASIA)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           51   M
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 indanao State University-Iligan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             INDONESIA                                    Bangkok, 10110, THAILAND
considerable scholarly resources to       nity to exchange ideas, collaborate,                                                                    Thailand                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Consortiums (SEASIA)                             • Southeast
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Asia Research Centre (SEARC),
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Institute of Technology                               Bhutan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  E-mail: jakarta@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp          E-mail: bangkok@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • School of International Studies (SIS),                               City University of Hong Kong
engage in path-breaking, multidisci-      and cultivate comparative perspec-                                                                       29     Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University                                                                                                                                                      52   D
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 evelopment Academy of the Philippines                        56 57                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Tel : +62-21-726-2619                        Tel : +66-2-664-3619
                                                                                                                                                            The Faculty of Nursing, Kohn Kaen University                                                                                                                                      24                                                                                                                            Jinan University
plinary research and to develop com-      tives—enabling researchers to fur-
                                                                                                                                                   30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1                                                                                                               53     The School of Social Sciences,                                                                  China                                                                 43          39                  Consortiums (SEASIA)
                                                                                                                                                   31   F   aculty of Political Science, Ubon Ratchathani University                                                                                                                                         Ateneo de Manila University                           Bangladesh                                                                                                                   40
parative, historical, and global per-     ther their pursuits in Southeast Asian                                                                   32        F
                                                                                                                                                              aculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University                                                                                                       Brunei                                                                                                                                                      Fieldstations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Taiwan                              • Center for Asia-Pacific Studies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             1                                             54      The Cebuano Studies Center,                       50                                                                                            45
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (Research Center for Humanities and
                                                                                                                                                   33     T     he Pridi Banomyong International College, Thammasat University                                                                                                                                 University of San Carlos                                                Myanmar                                                                             38 41 42
spectives on Southeast Asia and be-       and area studies. CSEAS also offers                                                                                                                                                        Sri Lanka                                                                        59                                                                                                                                                             60
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Social Sciences), Academia Sinica
                                                                                                                                                   34          The Graduate School, Silpakorn University                                                                                                            Institute of Asian Studies,          55        The College of Liberal Arts,
yond.                                     the invigorating atmosphere of sce-                                                                      35            Buddhist Research Institute,                                                                                                                                                                 De La Salle University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Yezin                Laos                                                                                                  Consortiums (SEASIA)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Universiti Brunei Darus-                                                                          Fieldstations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Vientiane                             Consortiums (SEASIA)
  CSEAS hosts scholars and re-            nic Kyoto, the ancient capital of Ja-                                                                           Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University                         Malaysia                                                                                  salam                                                                                                              66 68           36                                                                                                          • Center
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            for Southeast Asian                          1
                                                                                                                                                   36              Faculty of Social Sciences,                       2828   63 K lasika Media                                                                                                                                                                                                  67                                                •T
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     he Institute of Asian Studies,                                   Studies (CSEAS), National
searchers who work on comparative         pan and the main repository of the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Yangon                69 70            29 30
                                                                                                                                                          Chiang Mai University                                              64 P erbadanan Kota Buku                                                                                                             1                                                                                                                                Chulalongkorn University                                           Chengchi University
and regional issues from a multi-area     country’s cultural treasures.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Fieldstations                 Thailand
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       65   The Malaysian Forestry Research                                                                                                                                                                              Bangkok
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              31                    Vietnam                      52 53
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  55
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Peru
                                                                                                                                                                         107                                                                 and Development Board                                                                             East Timor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    U                                                                                     33 34 35                          26    Cambodia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Consortiums (SEASIA)                  Lima
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      62
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Fieldstations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Brazil
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               71    niversidade da Paz                                                                                                                                        Consortiums (SEASIA)                                • Taiwan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Association of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Institute of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Liaison Offices
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Phnom Penh
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Southeast Asian Studies                                                                                Visitors to Jakarta Office                   Visitors to Bangkok Office
     Europe4%            Others   1%                                                                                                                                                                                  9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Singapore
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,                                     19
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Vietnam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              23 24 25
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              61
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • The Asian Center, University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    of the Philippines, Diliman           54
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Peruvian Studies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Apr. - Oct. 2017                             Apr. - Oct. 2017
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            27                                                                                        60   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Hanoi University of Agriculture                                                                                                                                    Ho Chi Minh                                                           the Philippines
  Oceania 3 %
                                                                          284
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  National University of Singapore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The Federal University   58
                                                       Southeast Asia                                                                                                            1    Madagascar                                                                                                                      61   Southern Institute of Social Sciences,                                                                                                                        Fieldstations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences                                                                                                                                                                                                  51                                                                                     of Minas Gerais
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              32
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Fieldstations                    Brunei
 North
 America
                                                       East Asia           18                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Consortiums (SEASIA)

              8%                                                                                                                                                                     Indonesia                                                                                                                                                 Australia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          6             64 65
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Malaysia                                          59                 • Institute of Asian Studies,                                                                                                        Japanese            Indonesian                Japanese               Thai
 South                                                 South Asia          20                                                                                      67                1       R
                                                                                                                                                                                              esearch Institute and Graduate Programs, Hasanuddin University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   10                                                                                                63           Singapore
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Bintulu               Universiti Brunei Darussalam

 Asia    5%                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Fieldstations

                                                                           30
                                                                                                                                                                                     2       State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah                                                                                                                                                                                                          Pekanbaru
                                                       North America                                                                                                                 3       Cenderawasih University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Fieldstations                          11
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             27
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Consortiums (SEASIA)
 East                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2                                                                                                                                                                            8

        5%          Fellow Totals                                                                                                                                                    4         Sultan Agung Tirtayasa University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  21   The Sydney

                                                                           10
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
 Asia                   as of                          Oceania                                                                                                                       5    The Institute for Research and Community Services, Padjadjaran University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Southeast Asia Centre,                                                    9 12
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     10                        •A  sia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Cambodia                                                                              The University of                                                                                                                                                                                                 3
                     Oct 31, 2017                                                                                                                                                    6     T     he Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Syiah Kuala University                                                                                                          Sydney                                                                                                                  • Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Yusof Ishak Institute
                                                       Europe              16              00     MOUs                                                                               7
                                                                                                                                                                                     8
                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Gadjah Mada University
                                                                                                                                                                                                   The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Tanjungpura University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 23

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                                                                                                                                                                                     9     The Center for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Studies, Andalas University
                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Faculty of Social and Political Science, Bangka Belitung University
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                                                                                                                                                                                     11              University of Riau                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            71
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                                                                                                                                                                                     12               Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University
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Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies
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      Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia (SEASIA)
      https://seasia-consortium.org/                                                                                                                                   Featured Scholars                                                                                                              Networking for Area Studies
The Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia
(SEASIA, pronounced “see-Asia”) was established in Oc-
tober 2013 by 10 of the leading area-studies institutions                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Library
in Northeast and Southeast Asia to promote region-based
Southeast Asian studies. In December 2015, CSEAS was
                                                                                                                                                                                                    HAYAMI, Yoko                                                                       https://library.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Professor                                                                    The CSEAS library has been a most essential and foundational resource
re-appointed as the Secretariat of SEASIA for a three-year
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cross-regional Studies                                                       in the promotion of research activities in the field of Southeast Asian
term. In this capacity, CSEAS has facilitated a number
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 and area studies. As the result of ongoing collection development fo-
of SEASIA initiatives that promote the Consortium’s man-
                                                                                                                                                                                                    From July 2016 to January 2017, I spent seven months in Thailand con-        cusing on academic publications on Southeast Asia and related areas,
date of advancing Southeast Asian studies by linking the            Members of the SEASIA Governing Board during the latest meeting in
                                                                    Bangkok in December 2017                                                                                                        ducting fieldwork on elderly care in and around Chiang Mai for a compar-     the library currently holds approximately 246,000 items and assures ac-
leading area studies institutions in the region through aca-
                                                                     The members of the CSEAS SEASIA Committee                                                                                      ative study between industrializing Thailand and post-industrial Japan       cess by both domestic and overseas libraries through its open access
demic meetings, seminars, workshops, and symposia.
                                                                       BAUTISTA, Julius, Associate Professor (Chair)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    on the “dynamics of the social foundations of care in the era of global      policy and reference services.
   In January 2017, CSEAS was instrumental in organiz-
                                                                       KONO, Yasuyuki, Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                    aging.” I spent my days visiting communities, elderly care facilities, ad-     The CSEAS co-research program now has a special slot for docu-                        The library’s main building was constructed in the 1870s.
ing the SEASIA Governing Board meeting at Chulalongkorn                HAU, Caroline Sy, Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                    ministrators, NGO workers, nurse-aid schools, and others. My ques-           ments based on research, and provides sufficient funding for acquisi-                   Open: Weekdays 9:00-17:00
University in Bangkok. During that meeting, CSEAS was                  KOIZUMI, Junko, Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 tion of library materials related to proposed document-based research.                  E-mail: libinfo@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
appointed to crucial positions of responsibility, most nota-           BADENOCH, Nathan, Associate Professor                                                                                        tions revolved around the family and community, and how these social                                                                                                 Tel: +81-75-753-7306, Fax: +81-75-753-7364
                                                                                                                                                                                                    foundations are transforming, how care is provided, and how the elderly      The CSEAS library looks forward to working with many librarians in the
bly as a member of the Conference Committee tasked to               it expands its network of scholarly collaboration. In Sep-
                                                                                                                                                                                                    are experiencing this. The most memorable were interviews I conducted        near future.
organize the biannual SEASIA conference, which was held             tember 2017, CSEAS promoted the expansion of SEASIA
at Chulalongkorn University in December 2017. The con-              by driving the processes that led to four very important in-                                                                    with elderly residents of the public elderly home where I spent almost
ference attracted more than 400 participants, including a           stitutes of Southeast Asian studies in the region being ac-                                                                     half of my time. I hope I can do justice to their rich and sometimes emo-       Southeast Asian Vernacular Language Books                                                Microform Materials
strong contingent of scholars from Kyoto University.                cepted into the Consortium. These are: the ISEAS-Yusof                                                                          tional narratives in presenting my findings. Subsequently, from mid-April    The CSEAS library houses approx-                                                        The CSEAS library has
   Throughout 2017, CSEAS has worked to engage with                 Ishak Institute in Singapore, the Southeast Asia Research                                                                       to mid-August 2017, I stayed at Cornell University to conduct library        imately 90,000 materials published                      Japanese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Vietnam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         acquired archival materi-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Books          Thailand
the various member institutions in ensuring the continued           Centre at the City University of Hong Kong, the Center                          research on the same topic. I am grateful to the SSRC-Abe Fellowship for sponsoring this research, to Chiang Mai             in various vernacular languages of                                                      als from the colonial pe-
                                                                                                                                                    University for facilitating my research, to the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell for receiving me as a visiting scholar,                                                                         Indonesia
operations of the Consortium. A notable achievement in              for Southeast Asian Studies at Taiwan’s National Chengchi                                                                                                                                                    Southeast Asia, including publica-                 Foreign Books                        riod up to recent years
this regard is the successful revision and extension of the         University, and the School of International Studies at Jinan                    and to CSEAS for allowing me to take leave during these precious months.                                                     tions in Indonesian, Thai (materials                                                    in microfilm form.
SEASIA Charter, which was officially ratified at the SEASIA         University, Guangzhou, China.                                                                                                                                                                                searchable in Thai scripts), and Viet-
Governing Board Meeting, organized by CSEAS in Bang-                   Going forward, CSEAS will continue to play an active                                                                                                                                                      namese. The library also has the fol-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The largest book collection for
kok in December of that year.                                       part in the growth and flourishing of SEASIA as a one-of-                                                                                                                                                    lowing six special collections.                                                                The Siam Rashdra Daily News (1934)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Southeast Asian studies in Japan
   CSEAS continues to play an active role in SEASIA as              a-kind academic consortium in the region.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   approx. 90,000 vols. (Total no. of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                books approx. 246,000 vols.)
                                                                                                                                                    DE JONG, Wil
                                                                                                                                                    Professor
      SEASIA 2017                                                        Country
                                                                         Australia
                                                                                                Participants
                                                                                                      9
                                                                                                                  Country
                                                                                                                  Laos
                                                                                                                                     Participants
                                                                                                                                           8        Global Humanosphere                                                                                                                                                             Special Collections
                                                                         Bangladesh                   1           Malaysia               13
Following on from the success of the first Consortium for
                                                                         Belgium                      1           Myanmar [Burma]          9
Southeast Asian Studies in Asia (SEASIA) Conference held in              Brunei                       9           the Netherlands          1        Nowadays I call myself a specialist in forest governance. I have had the                                                        Charas Collection (Thai)                                                      Yoneo Ishii Collection
                                                                         Cambodia                     3           New Zealand              1
Kyoto in 2015, the second SEASIA biannual conference was                 China                      10            Norway                   1        privilege of working on tropical forest regions in Asia, Africa, and South                                                   This personal collection donated by Mr. Charas Pikul, a                    This collection of the late Yoneo Ishii, emeritus profes-
                                                                         Denmark                      1           the Philippines        79         America. Together with a large group of collaborators in nine countries,
held on 16 to 17 December 2017 in Chulalongkorn University,                                                                                                                                                                                                                      former Thai government officer, consists of 9,000 vol-                     sor of Kyoto University, contains approximately 15,000
                                                                         France                       3           Qatar                    2
Bangkok, Thailand. The conference was held in conjunction                Germany                      2           Singapore              28         I have studied in detail what is behind the processes of the net forest                                                      umes of monographs, including the largest collection of                    items, including books, research documents, and pho-
                                                                         Hong Kong                    2           South Korea              2
with the commemoration of the centenary of Chulalongkorn                 Hungary                      1           Taiwan                   6        increase in Asia as a region. In a follow-up study, we hope to clarify                                                       cremation volumes outside Thailand.                                        tographs, mainly on Southeast Asian studies.
University. The opening ceremony was presided over by HRH                India                        2           Thailand              163         how much forest ecosystem services return once forest cover starts
                                                                         Indonesia                  26            United Kingdom           1
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The conference had over 400             Italy                        3           United States          18         to increase. In Latin America, my work has recently focused on climate                                                          Foronda and Ocampo Collections (Philippine)                                   Malay Periodicals Collection

registered participants, over 250 paper presenters from more
                                                                         Japan                      50            Vietnam                  7
                                                                                                                                                    change and forests and forest legality. I would like to expand the forest                                                    These two personal collections of the famous historians Dr.                This collection includes 10 Malay periodicals published
                                                                                       Total                            462 Participants                                                                                                                                         Marcelino Foronda and Dr. Ambeth R. Ocampo from the                        in the mid-20th century in Malaysia.
than 30 countries in Southeast Asia and beyond. The event was                                                                                       legality work in both Latin America and Asia in parallel, but unfortunately
organized by a Conference Committee that included CSEAS as               Themes                                                     Presenters
                                                                                                                                                    funding and government agencies in Asia are more hesitant to support                                                         Philippines consists of 8,000 monographs, rare books, and
                                                                         Re-conceptualizing Region in Southeast Asia                    26                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Turkestanskii Sbornik Collection
the Consortium Secretariat.                                              New Perspectives on Southeast Asian Pasts                      27          such work. I am hoping to extend work on ecosystem services and for-                                                         ephemera from the 17th century to the Marcos years.
                                                                         Southeast Asian Circulations                                   19
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            This is a digitized version of Turkestanskii sbornik, a com-
                                                                         Environment and Society                                        36          est transition, the current focus of an APFNet-funded project in China                                                                                                                                  pilation of various publications referring to Central Asia that
                                                                         Law and Politics                                               31          and Laos, into Latin America. With support from CSEAS funds for its
                                                                         Innovation, Knowledge Transfer,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    was collected in Imperial Russia and contains 122 items.
                                                                                                                                        17
                                                                         and Social Transformation                                                  Japan-Latin America hub, I organized a workshop in the Imperial City of Cusco, Peru. The workshop brought together
                                                                         Literature, Film, Media, the Arts and Cultural Studies         27
                                                                         Language and Linguistics                                       10          specialists from Asia, and South America, and Europe to discuss how the concept of ecosystem services is under-                                                                                               Indonesia Islam Collection
                                                                         Faith, Religion and Philosophy                                 25          stood in different regions of the world, how the concept is used to guide academic research, how it informs natural          Materials from the Ocampo Collection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            This is a collection of recent Islamic publications in Indo-
                                                                         Humanitarian and Development Work                              15
                                                                         ASEAN Economies                                                43          resource policies, and whether it mobilizes private entrepreneurship.                                                        Viage de Novios: Tanda de Valses (Sheet Music from 19 th century)          nesia comprised of approximately 2,000 volumes.

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Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Map Collections                                                                                                                                                     Information Processing Office
                                                                                                                                                                        https://info.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/
The collection of maps at CSEAS covers Southeast Asia
as well as almost the whole area from South to East
                                                                                                                                                                  The Information Processing Office is responsible for imple-
Asia and the surrounding regions. At present, the col-
                                                                                                                                                                  menting support for research and education activities carried
lection comprises nearly 44,000 sheets, and includes
                                                                                                                                                                  out at CSEAS. Activities include not only managing informa-
                         the historically valuable se-                                        Aerial Photographs:
                                                                                                                                                                  tion infrastructures and systems, but also participating in re-
                                                                                              The Williams-Hunt Collection
                         ries “Gaihouzu,” Japanese
                                                                                                                                                                  search, cooperating with various research and open source
                         Army    topographical     maps                  istrative, and road maps. CSEAS stores not only maps,                                    communities, and suggesting new frameworks that support
                         and nautical charts covering                    but also other materials, such as aerial photos. The                                     future research endeavors.                                                 Our WordPress plugin is utilized by many websites.
                         South, East, and Southeast                      Williams-Hunt Collection, for example, includes 5,800
                         Asia. Materials in the collec-                  aerial photographs taken in mainland Southeast Asia
                         tion range from the pre-war                                                                                                                                                                                         Provision of modern services
                                                                         during and after the World War II. CSEAS recognizes all
                         period maps to recent aerial                                                                                                                                                                                        • Digital signage with Google cloud service
                                                                         of these maps and photos as precious common prop-
                         surveys. In addition to these,                                                                                                                                                                                      • D ata sharing system on the electric back-
                                                                         erties for Southeast Asian studies and therefore in re-
                         CSEAS also houses 24,000                                                                                                                                                                                              board with a linkage of a file server and
                                                                         cent years has been advancing the digitization of mate-
                         topographic,    geographical,                                                                                                                                                                                         Google cloud service
                                                                         rials to make them more widely available.
Gaihouzu                 land-use, vegetation, admin-                                                                                                                                                                                        Contribution to society
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             • D eveloper of a WordPress plugin that is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               hosted on the WordPress official reposi-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               tory
    Databases                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • C o-organizer of WordCamp Kyoto 2017
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               held at Kyoto University
Area studies are interdisciplinary science and data-                                                                                                                                                                                         • A Google Top Contributor for improving
bases are essential tools to accumulate, share, and                                                                                                               Japanese Team of Google Top Contributors and Googlers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Google products, such as Gmail, Chrome,
integrate diverse data from various domains. However,                                                                                                             at the Singapore Google Top Contributors Summit, 2017                        and G Suite
as each database encodes data using language, vo-
cabularies, and metadata depending on the conven-
tion of the domain, building databases and integrating

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heterogeneous data are difficult. CSEAS has devel-
oped MyDatabase (MyDB) and the Resource Shar-
ing System (RSS) to support comprehensive informa-
                                                                                                                                                                                      Education
tion processing for area studies. MyDB is a database
builder, allowing researchers to use                                                                                                                              CSEAS is committed to education. Our faculty pro-              high school students from schools participating in
                                                                                                                           Research Institute for
nonstandard vocabularies accord-                                                                                           Humanity and Nature (RIHN)             vide courses both within Kyoto University and at               this initiative. This program offers valuable opportu-
ing to their own purpose and to build                                                                                                                             other institutions. At the undergraduate level, faculty        nities for young students to be exposed to current
                                                                                                       International Research Center
databases without expert knowl-                                                                        for Japanese Studies (IRCJS)
                                                                                                                                                     CSEAS        teach courses on a variety of topics relating to South-        and diverse issues that are playing out in the region.
edge about servers and database                                                                                   National Museum                                 east Asia at the Institute for Liberal Arts and
                                                                                                                  of Ethnology (NME)
systems. Most of the CSEAS data-                      United States
                                                                                    Harvard Yenching                                                              Sciences (ILAS) as well as pocket seminars.
                                                      of America
bases are built using MyDB. RSS in-                                                                                                                               At the graduate level, faculty provide special-
tegrates heterogeneous databases             University of California,                                                                                            ized courses across the disciplinary spectrum
                                             Berkeley
on the Internet and provides users                                                                                                                                at the Graduate School of Asian and African
with a uniform interface to retrieve                                                                                                                              Area Studies (ASAFAS). CSEAS also offers op-
                                                                                       Cooperation                                     SRC, Hokkaido University
databases seamlessly in one oper-                                                                                                                                 portunities for graduate students from South-
                                                 Taiwan                                                                            National Museum of
ation. RSS integrates more than 50                                                                                                 Japanese History (NMJH)
                                                                                                                                                                  east Asia to participate in an annual seminar
databases, including not only those          Academia Sinica                                                                           ILCAA,Tokyo University
                                                                                                                                                                  sponsored and held within the region called
                                                                                                                                       of Foreign Studies
of CSEAS, but also databases from                                                                                                                                 the Southeast Asia Seminar. As part of the ed-
                                                                                                   Kyoto
foreign research institutes. We are               Universities                                              CSEAS             National Institute of
                                                                                                                                                                  ucational outreach program of CSEAS and in
                                                                                                                              Japanese Literature (NIJL)
currently developing next-genera-                 National Institutes for the Humanities
                                                                                                                                                                  collaboration with the government-sponsored
                                                                                                                              National Institute for Japanese
                                                  Future Integration
tion systems that can make better                                                                                             Language and Linguistics (NINJAL)
                                                                                                                                                                  Super Global High School (SGH) program,
use of big data and the cloud.              Resource Sharing System (RSS) of CSEAS                                                                                CSEAS also offers special yearly lectures to              Participants in the 41st Southeast Asia Seminar, Vientiane (Nov. 2-7, 2017)

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                                                                                                                                                                     Journals                                                                        Southeast Asian Studies

                        Publications
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     https://englishkyoto-seas.org/
                                                                                                                                                                  Since its first publication in 1963, the bi-                                       Published three times a year
                                                                                                                                                                  lingual quarterly Tonan Ajia Kenkyu has                                            (April, August, December)

                                                                                                                                                                  reflected the Center for Southeast Asian
                                                                                                                                                                  Studies’ strong commitment to publish-                                                    Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian
Since its beginning, CSEAS has prioritized publishing research results. The academic journal Tonan Ajia Kenkyu                                                                                                                                              Studies (Tonan Ajia Kenkyu)
began with the founding of the Center. Since the 1960s monographs have been published in both Japanese                                                            ing the best of empirically grounded, mul-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            https://kyoto-seas.org/
and in English, and over the years we have engaged in various publication initiatives. A complete list of CSEAS                                                   tidisciplinary, and contemporary research                                                 Published twice a year (January, July)

publications is available on the homepage of the editorial office at https://edit.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.                                                           on Southeast Asia and beyond.
                                                                                                                                                                    In 2012, we launched Southeast Asian Studies as its sister English journal in order to reach broader interna-
                                                                                                                                                                  tional audiences, while Tonan Ajia Kenkyu was reorganized as a biannual Japanese journal. Reflecting the Cen-
   Monographs
                                                                                                                                                                  ter’s fieldwork-based, multidisciplinary, and contemporary approaches, both journals publish work from diverse
CSEAS publishes the below series for the presentation of original academic studies contributing to the devel-
                                                                                                                                                                  fields of study on Southeast Asia, including the natural sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Both
opment of area studies in Southeast Asia and beyond. We receive manuscripts from within and outside the
                                                                                                                                                                  journals are indexed in Scopus run by Elsevier.
country, with special emphasis on Asian authors. Each series has a different emphasis in terms of the types of
material and the regions covered. For details, please visit our website.
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