Dear friends and colleagues,

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) Kyoto University is pleased to announce the launch of a monthly internal newsletter. This will be sent out on a monthly basis and include updates on activities, research meetings, events, new publications and podcasts.

October 2024 issue includes:

1. Announcements and Highlights
2. Upcoming Events
3. Publications: Hot off the CSEAS Press
4. Presentations
5. Podcasts in Japanese: “Book Talk on Asia”
6. Media Exposure
7. Past Events

Thank you and regards,
The Public Relations Committee, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS)

1. Announcements and Highlights

【October Get Together】
・The monthly welcome and farewell party, Get Together, will be held on Thursday, October 24, from 12:30 pm at the Small-sized Meeting Room 2 (#331 on the 3rd floor of Inamori Center). Please join us and have an opportunity to enjoy small talk.
　We have updated the visiting scholars’ web page. Please check here.

【New Research Associate】
・Wahyu Prasetyawan (political economy): CSEAS welcomes Wahyu Prasetyawan as Visiting Research Scholar from 1 November 2024 to 30 April 2025.

【Visitor’s Voice】
New interview article is available now. We asked them about their research, future ambitions, and more.
・Interview with Interview with Sumanto Al Qurtuby: “The Need for Interreligious Collaboration for Global Peace”

【Networking】CSEAS and the Japan Foundation signed an Agreement on Collaboration and Cooperation

【Call for Applications】The CSEAS Fellowship is now open and calling for applications (Deadline: 31 October).

2. Upcoming Events

・The 48th Southeast Asia Seminar: “Co-creation of New Urban Living: Advancing Quality of Life in the Climate Change Era”
　Date & Time: Sunday, 20 – Monday, 28 October 2024
　Venue: Jakarta & Surabaya, Indonesia

・CSEAS Colloquium: “Subsidence: Surfacing Life in a Sinking City”
　Date & Time: Thursday, 23 October 2024, 1:30–3:00 pm (Japan Time)
　Venue: Middle Meeting Room (I-332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, CSEAS Kyoto University
　Speaker: Allan Edward Lumba (Concordia University / Visiting Research Scholar, CSEAS)

・Special Seminar: “Affective Work: Religion, Economy and Gender among the Tai Lue of Contemporary Sipsong Panna (P.R. China)”
　Date & Time: Friday, 25 October 2024, 4:00–5:30 pm (Japan Time)
　Venue: Tonantei (I-201), 2nd floor, Inamori Center, CSEAS Kyoto University
　Speaker: Roger Casas (Visiting Research Scholar, CSEAS)
　Discussant: Kiyoshi Hasegawa (Bunkyo University)
　Moderator: Satoru Kobayashi (CSEAS)

・“Learning about Southeast Asian Culture and Society through Film” Screening
　Date & Time: Friday, 25 October 2024, 18:00– (Japan Time)
　Venue: Multimedia Room 2, 1st Floor, East Building, CSEAS Kyoto University
　Screening Title: Enemies of the People (2009, 94 min)

・Tonan Talk: “Tales Things Tell”
　Date & Time: Friday, 1 November 2024, 2–4 pm (Japan Time)
　Venue: Tonantei (I-201), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, CSEAS Kyoto University
　Talk 1: “Nazar: Preliminary Notes Towards a Theory of the Evil Eye” by Balbir K. Singh (Concordia University / Guest Research Associate, CSEAS)
　Talk 2: “New Clothes, New Textiles: Wool Muslin in Modern Japan” by Yu-Ning Chen (PhD Student, University of Washington in St. Louis / Guest Research Associate, CSEAS)

・CSEAS Eurasia Seminar: “Decolonial Turn and Methodological Challenges in Kurdish Studies”
　Date & Time: Monday, 1 November 2024, 2–5 pm (Japan Time)
　Venue: Middle Meeting Room (I-332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
　Speaker: Mashuq Kurt (University of London)
　Moderator: Mostafa Khalili (CSEAS / Hakubi Center, Kyoto University)

・Workshops on Sediment Disasters Countermeasures and Sediment Resources Management in Indonesia, Nepal and Japan
　Date & Time: Saturday, 2 November 2024, 2:00–5:30 pm (Japan Time)
　Venue: Seminar Room (I-213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, CSEAS Kyoto University

・Special Seminar: “Indonesian Islam between Progressive Islam and Democratic Decline: Revisiting the Role of NU in the Era of Joko Widodo’s Presidency”
　Date & Time: Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 16:00– (Japan Time)
　Venue: Seminar Room (I-213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
　Speaker: Syafiq Hasyim (Vice Rector of UIII and senior lecturer Indonesian International
Islamic University (IIIU))

・Book Talk on Ken MacLean’s Crimes in Archival Form: Human Rights, Fact Production, and Myanmar
　Date & Time: Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 4:00–5:30 pm (Japan Time)
　Venue: Research Commons (E-101), East Building, CSEAS Kyoto University
　Speaker: Ken MacLean (Clark University)
　Discussant: Masao Imamura (Yamagata University)
　Moderator: Kisho Tsuchiya (CSEAS)

・Book Launch & Discussion on Unrequited Love: Duterte’s China Embrace
　Date & Time: Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 3:00–4:30 (Japan Time)
　Venue: Seminar Room (I-213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, CSEAS Kyoto University
　Presenter: Marites Dañguilan Vitug (Rappler)
　Discussant: Yusuke Takagi (GRIPS)
　Moderator: Julie de los Reyes (CSEAS)

・Public lecture on Energy Transition and Society
　Date & Time: Thursday, 12 December 2024, 4:00–5:30 pm (Japan Time)
　Venue: Middle Meeting Room (I-332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, CSEAS Kyoto University

3. Publications: Hot off the CSEAS Press

【Latest Issue】
・Vol. 13 No. 2 of Southeast Asian Studies on 22 August 2024. This issue contains Yen Pham Thi’s “US-Vietnam Defense Diplomacy: Challenges from the Ukraine War” and other five articles and nine book reviews. All articles are available on the journal’s website and J-Stage.

【Latest Issue】
・Vol. 62, No. 1 of Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian Studies on 31 July 2024. This issue includes a special focus on “Contexts of Crisis: Understanding the Rohingya Issue from Multiple Perspectives,” edited by Yoshihiro Nakanishi (CSEAS), and five book reviews. All articles are available on the journal’s website and J-Stage.

【Latest Issue】
・Special issue (39) titled “Vietnam and Foreigners: Aspects and Experiences” of Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia is out on September 1, 2024. In this issue, David Koh (Vin University) serves as the guest editor and includes five articles. Each article is available in English, Japanese, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Myanmar on our website. Five book reviews are also available.

【New Article】
・TRENDSETTERS column “The Influence of Social Media on Political Dynasties in the Philippines,” by Nina Sumsy, in Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia on October 1, 2024.

【Latest Issue】CSEAS monthly newsletter released on October 9.
　[Notes from the Field] Tomoko Takahashi, “When International Relations Talks About the Global South”
　[Letter from the Kamogawa River] Toshihiko Kishi, “The Pursuit of Adventure and the Study of Migration”

【Special Issue: Advance online publication】“Special Issue: Globalization and its Reversal: Evidence from the Semiconductor Industry in Asia,” edited by Tomohiro Machikita (CSEAS), has been published in the Journal Asian Studies, July 2024 issue (Vol. 70, No. 4), under the advance online publication system by J-Stage (Japanese).
　Tomohiro Machikita, “Introduction: Special Issue: Globalization and its Reversal: Evidence from the Semiconductor Industry in Asia”
　Yukihito Sato, “Taiwan: Concentration of Semiconductor Production Amid Globalization and Forced Deconcentration in the Wake of De-globalization”
　Hidemi Yoshioka, “Globalization and the Korean Semiconductor Industry: Corporate Strategy and Industrial Policy”
　Kai Kajitani, “Demand-Expansion Industrial Policy in China: Theoretical Considerations and Evaluation”
　Ryo Sahashi, “The Future of Asia and the International Order through the Lens of the Indo-Pacific System”
　Kazushi Shimizu, “The Future of Globalization and East Asian Economic Integration”
　Chiharu Takenaka, “Managing Globalization and its Reversal: Illiberal Democracy and its Resilience in India”

【Forthcoming】Majid Daneshgar, Reconstructing Erpenius’ Library: The First Collection of Oriental Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, Brill, December 2024.

4. Presentations

【Participation】Tomoko Takahashi, U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Cohort 7, second meeting, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation and the Japan Foundation, 4–7 October 2024, Montana, US.

【Lecture】Majid Daneshgar, “Erpenius’ Library: The Excellence of a Dutch Arabist,” online talk at Cambridge University Library’s Endless Stories exhibition, 15 October 2024.

【Presentation】Mostafa Khalili, “Exploring Neutrality from a Bottom-up Perspective: The Role of Saadat-e Nehri Family Clan in Local Conflict Mediation in Kurdistan,” on Panel 2 “The Epistemology of Neutrality,” Reimagining Neutrality and its Research, 2024 International Academic Conference, Kyoto University, 23–25 October 2024, Kyoto.

【Presentation】Tomoko Takahashi and Patrick Vizitiu, “State-Rebuilding through International Norms: Germany and Japan’s Quest for Sovereignty and Consequences for the Participation in Multilateral Conflict Resolution,” German-Japanese Society for Social Sciences, 23–24 October 2024, Tokyo.

【Presentation】Mostafa Khalili, “Exploring Neutrality from a Bottom-up Perspective: The Role of Saadat-e Nehri Family Clan in Local Conflict Mediation in Kurdistan,” Paner 2 “The Epistemology of Neutrality,” Reimagining Neutrality and its Research, 2024 International Academic Conference, Kyoto University, 23–25 October 2024, Kyoto.　

【Presentation】Marcela Szalanska, “How do humanitarian principles such as neutrality relate to the protection of cultural property during armed conflict? The case study of Blue Shield International,” Panel 8 “Neutrality in Humanitarianism,” Reimagining Neutrality and its Research, 2024 International Academic Conference, Kyoto University, 23–25 October 2024, Kyoto.　

【Chair/Discussant】Tomoko Takahashi, Chair/Discussant on Panel 8 “Neutrality in Humanitarianism,” Reimagining Neutrality and its Research, 2024 International Academic Conference, Kyoto University, 23–25 October 2024, Kyoto.　

5. Podcasts in Japanese: “Book Talk on Asia”

In this program, the Editorial Office, CSEAS introduce the latest books on Asia. The authors are invited to talk about the contents and background of their books.
Soundcloud / YouTube

6. Media Exposure

・Assoc. Prof. Majid Daneshgar curated the Cambridge University Library’s special exhibition and was interviewed by the BBC

・Assoc. Prof. Satoko S. Kimura’s research has been featured in the visual book “KyotoU Future Commons” (Japanese)

・Program-specific Asst. Prof. Julie de los Reyes’s research has been featured in the visual book “KyotoU Future Commons” (Japanese)

7. Past Events

・CSEAS Eurasia Seminar
　Date & Time: Friday, 18 October 2024, 4:30–6:30 pm (Japan Time)
　Venue: Seminar Room (I-213), 2nd floor, Inamori Center, CSEAS Kyoto University
　Moderator: Mostafa Khalili (CSEAS, Hakubi Center of Advanced Research, Kyoto University)

・Book Talk on Lia Kent’s The Unruly Dead: Spirits, Memory, and State Formation in Timor-Leste
　Date & Time: Monday, 7 October 2024, 2:00–3:30 pm (Japan Time)
　Venue: Research Commons (E-101), CSEAS Kyoto University / Online (Zoom)
　Speaker: Lia Kent (Australian National University)
　Moderator: Kisho Tsuchiya (CSEAS)

・“Learning about Southeast Asian Culture and Society through Film”: Screening
　Date & Time: Friday, 27 September 2024, 6:00 pm–
　Venue: Multimedia Room 2, 1st Floor, East Building, CSEAS Kyoto University
　Title: In This World (138 min., Pashtun, English, etc., with Japanese subtitles)

・CSEAS Reading Group Session
　Date & Time: Friday, 27 September 2024, 4 pm –
　Venue: Online (Zoom)
　Book information: Jason De Leon and Michael Wells, The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail, University of California Press, 2015.
　Presenter: Miriam Jaehn (Postdoctoral Researcher, Academia Sinica)

・CSEAS Colloquium: “The Shadow Side of the Rootedness: How Geographic Stability Across 　Generations Increases Populist, Ethnic Nationalist, Authoritarian, and Chauvinist Attitudes”
　Date & Time: Thursday, 26 September 2024, 1:30 – 3:00 pm
　Venue: Middle Meeting Room (I-332), 3rd floor, Inamori Center, CSEAS, Kyoto University
　Speaker: Andreas Wimmer (Columbia University / Guest Scholar, CSEAS, Kyoto University)

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