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.
November 2025 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
【November Get Together】
・The monthly welcome and farewell party, Get Together, will be held on Thursday, November 27, from 12:30 pm at the Small Meeting Room II (#332 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】
・Emmanuel Pacia Hernandez (Parasitology, Public Health): CSEAS welcomes Emmanuel Pacia Hernandez as Visiting Research Scholar from December 1, 2025 to February 28, 2026.
・Prajak Kongkirati (Southeast Asian politics): CSEAS welcomes Prajak Kongkirati as Guest Scholar from December 4, 2025 to June 3, 2026.
・Natalie Page: CSEAS welcomes Natalie Page as Guest Research Associate from December 10, 2025 to February 1, 2026.
【New!】CSEAS Report 2025–2026 published. Copies are available at the Editorial Office and the Research Liaison / Global Collaboration Support Offices.
【Visitor’s Voice】New interview article is available now. We asked them about their research, future ambitions, and more.
・Visitor’s Voice: Interview with Vina A. Lanzona: “Amplifying Women’s Voices in Southeast Asian History”
・Visitor’s Voice: Interview with Jefferson Metz Fox
【Call for short documentaries】VDP2025: Living “Deviance” (Applications deadline: November 30, 2025)
2. Upcoming Events
・CSEAS Colloquium
Date & Time: Thursday, 27 November 2025, 15:00–16:30 (Japan Time)
Venue: Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Title: Un-holy Union between Church and State: The Question of Divorce
in the Colonial Philippines
Speaker: Vina A. Lanzona (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
・CSEAS Reading Group Session
Date & Time: Friday, 28 November 2025, 4 pm – (Japan Time)
Venue: Mid-size Room (I332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Book Title: Ching Kwan Lee. Forever Hong Kong: A Global City’s Decolonization Struggle. Harvard University Press.
Presenter: Ching Kwan Lee (UCLA / Guest Scholar, CSEAS)
・“Learning about Southeast Asian Culture and Society through Film”: Screening
Date & Time: Friday, 28 November 2025, 18:00–
Venue: Multimedia Room 2, 1st Floor, East Building, CSEAS Kyoto University
Title: Invisible Nation (2023, 82 min., English and Chinese with Japanese subtitles)
・CSEAS Autumn Walk 2025
Date & Time: Sunday, 30 November 2025, 1 pm – (In case of rain: Monday, 1 December 2025)
Destination: Eikando, Nanzenji
Contact: Julie de los Reyes, Chika Yamada, and Youdiil Ophinni
・Special Seminar
Date & Time: Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 3:30–4:30 (Japan Time)
Venue: Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Title: Energising Justice: Empowering vulnerable communities in urban and rural transitions
Speaker: Laurence L. Delina (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
・Winter Seminar 2025: The Cold War on the Ground: Grassroots Culture and Nationalism in Thailand and Vietnam
Date & Time: Saturday, December 13–Sunday, December 14, 2025
Venue: Dec 13: Sophia University, Dec 14: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Host: GCR, CSEAS Kyoto University
3. Publications: Hot off the CSEAS Press
【Southeast Asian Studies: Early View】
・Phạm Thị Binh, “Marriage Migration in Tan Loc (Vietnam): Transformations and Considerations,” Southeast Asian Studies, advance online publication, November 5, 2025. https://doi.org/10.20495/seas.25008
・Olivia Porter, “The House Is Not a Home for the Buddha: The Tai Zawti Dhamma Altar in
Myanmar,” Southeast Asian Studies, advance online publication: November 5, 2025. https://doi.org/10.20495/seas.25010
・Andrea Malaya M. Ragragio and Myfel D. Paluga, “The People That Dwell on the Heights: The Pantaron Highlands of Southern Mindanao from the Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries,” Southeast Asian Studies, published online on November 10, 2025. https://doi.org/10.20495/seas.25006
・Saowakon Sukrak and Silpsupa Jaengsawang, “Women in Thai-Lao Manuscript Culture: Alternative Worship of Text(iles) in Support of Monkhood,” Southeast Asian Studies, published online on November 10, 2025. https://doi.org/10.20495/seas.25007
・Herman Hidayat, Gregory Acciaioli, Robert Siburian, Dicky Rachmawan, TB Massa Djafar, Laely Nurhidayah, Kozan Osamu, and Dwiyanti Kusumaningrum, “Peatland Management and Restoration in Central Kalimantan and Riau: The Role of Local Community Participation,” Southeast Asian Studies, published online on November 25, 2025. https://doi.org/10.20495/seas.25009
【Latest Issue】Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Vol. 63, No. 1 on July 31.
PDFs are available at: Journal’s website / J-STAGE / KURENAI
【Latest Issue】
・Special issue (41) titled “History with Documents: New Research on the Indonesian Left” of Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia is out on September 1, 2025. In this issue, Thiti Jamkajornkeiat serves as the guest editor and includes five articles. Each article is available in English, Japanese, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, Filipino, Vietnamese, Myanmar, and new this issue, Kumer. Five book reviews are also available.
【New Article】
・TRENDSETTERS column “China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Tool of Economic Growth or Hybrid Warfare?,” by Lewis Jones, in Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia on November 1, 2025.
【Latest Issue】CSEAS monthly newsletter released on November 12.
[Interview] “Exploring the Potential of Integrating Informatics and Area Studies for Regional Understanding,” Interview with Ye Htet
[Library Collection] “Chinese Society in the Republic of Vietnam in the 1960s: Reading Chinese-language Newspapers Published in Saigon” by Satohiro Serizawa
[Letter from the Kamogawa River] “Notes on Low Fertility from the CSEAS Seminar Room” by Yalei Zhai
【New Article】Paju Dale, C. J. (2025). Dragon Not for Sale: Commodification of Nature, Indigenous Multispecies Politics and Ecotourism from Below in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Critical Asian Studies, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/14672715.2025.2566488
【New Article】Yeh, E. T., Dale, C. J. P., Afioma, G., & Frydenlund, S. (2025). Living space and the struggle against geothermal energy projects in Flores, Indonesia. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486251394605
【Special Feature】Forum on the book ‘Emplacing East Timor: Regime Change and Knowledge Production, 1860–2010’. Diálogos, 10, 279–281.
Asst. Prof. Kisho Tsuchiya’s monograph featured in the issue.
4. Presentations
【Chair】Fumiharu Mieno, “Labor Market Dynamics amidst Economic and Policy Shocks in Asia” session moderator, the 20th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association (EAEA), 8–9 November 2025, Manila, Philippines.
【Presentation】Tomohiro Machikita, “Career Crisis: The Long-term Effects of Entering the Labor Market in a Recession Period in Thailand,” the 20th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association (EAEA), 8–9 November 2025, Manila, Philippines.
【Presentation】Kisho Tsuchiya. “Reconsidering the Concept of Museum: The Case of Timorese Sacred Houses.” SEASREP 30th Anniversary Conference. Southeast Asian Studies: Ideas, Audiences, and Aspirations, 13–14 November 2025, Rangsit Campus, Thammasat University.
【Chair】Kisho Tsuciya, “Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia: Regional Aspirations and Local Struggle.” SEASREP 30th Anniversary Conference. Southeast Asian Studies: Ideas, Audiences, and Aspirations, 13–14 November 2025, Rangsit Campus, Thammasat University.
【Presentation】Kisho Tsuchiya. “Triangulating Knowledge Traditions: East Timorese Histories across Southeast Asia, the West and Japan.” SEASREP 30th Anniversary Conference. Southeast Asian Studies: Ideas, Audiences, and Aspirations, 13–14 November 2025, Rangsit Campus, Thammasat University.
【Keynote speech/Chair】Fumiharu Mieno, Korea-Japan Conference of Southeast Asian Studies 2025 “Crisis and Resilience: Navigating Southeast Asia’s Hybridity and Pathway in a Turbulent World,” 21–22 November 2025, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea.
【Presentation】Majid Daneshgar, “Literary Connections and the Rise of an Inclusive Southeast Asia,” presentation at the Korea-Japan Conference of Southeast Asian Studies 2025 “Crisis and Resilience: Navigating Southeast Asia’s Hybridity and Pathway in a Turbulent World,” 21–22 November 2025, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea.
【Presentation】Minami Tosa, “The Rise of Open Access in Indonesia: Structural Factors and Regional Implications,” presentation at the Korea-Japan Conference of Southeast Asian Studies 2025 “Crisis and Resilience: Navigating Southeast Asia’s Hybridity and Pathway in a Turbulent World,” 21–22 November 2025, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea.
【Welcome remarks, etc.】Satoru Kobayashi, the 49th Southeast Asia Seminar, “Global Disruptions and Southeast Asia: Exploring histories, narratives, and transdisciplinary challenges,” 19–24 November 2025, Phnom Penh/Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
【Lecture】Osamu Kozan, “Transdisciplinary Research on Environmental Vulnerability: Toward the Regeneration of Tropical Peatland Societies,” the 49th Southeast Asia Seminar, 19–24 November 2025, Phnom Penh/Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
【Lecture】Mario Lopez and Ian Navarette, “Soil(s) as a Boundary Object: Linking Science, Society, and Sustainability in the Philippines,” the 49th Southeast Asia Seminar, 19–24 November 2025, Phnom Penh/Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
【Lecture】Fadjar Ibnu Thufail and Youdiil Ophinni, “Transdisciplinary Dialogue on the More-than-Human Relations in the Anthropocene,” the 49th Southeast Asia Seminar, 19–24 November 2025, Phnom Penh/Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
【Lecture】Chika Yamada and Fumikazu Ubukata, “Data-driven Global “Rightness”: State, Market, and Peripheral Societies: Examining Commodity Production, Conservation, and Health Rights in Southeast Asia,” the 49th Southeast Asia Seminar, 19–24 November 2025, Phnom Penh/Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
【Lecture】Tomohiro Machikita and Yalei Zhai, “Learning from Local Responses to Large Changes in Investment: Experience from Southeast Asia,” the 49th Southeast Asia Seminar, 19–24 November 2025, Phnom Penh/Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
5. Podcasts in Japanese: “Book Talk on Asia”
In this program, the Editorial Office, CSEAS introduces the latest books on Asia. The authors are invited to talk about the contents and background of their books. Listen to the program via YouTube
6. Media Exposure
・On November 3, 2025, broadcast of “TALK & TRENDS” by Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) Banda Aceh branch, two participants from Indonesia who joined the 2024 Sakura Science Program Science and Technology Experience Course shared insights gained during their training under the title “Kyoto Stories: Learning Disaster Resilience from Japan & Cutting-Edge Tech.”
・Following the establishment of Indonesia’s first doctoral program in disaster management at the Graduate School of Disaster Management, University of Syiah Kuala, the 36th TDMRC Seminar titled “Surviving Three Crises: Resilience of Families in Aceh” was held on 29th October, and Assoc. Prof. Yoshimi Nishi presented at the seminar. The seminar was featured on the USK website, the Aceh Tsunami Archive Center of ANRI website, and the online media Harian RI.
・Comments by former Guest Scholar Adam Simpson were featured in an explainer article in The Age on November 16, 2025.
“Born to be a little wild, but no rebel without a cause: Inside the world of Japan’s first female PM”
7. Past Events
・The 49th Southeast Asia Seminar
Date: 19–24 November 2025
Venue: Phnom Penh/Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Theme: Global Disruptions and Southeast Asia: Exploring histories, narratives, and transdisciplinary challenges
・Korea-Japan Conference of Southeast Asian Studies 2025
Date: Friday, 21 – Saturday, 22 November 2025
Venue: Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea
Theme: Crisis and Resilience: Navigating Southeast Asia’s Hybridity and Pathway in a Turbulent World
・The 9th International Conference on Sustainable Future for Human Security (SustaiN 2025)
Date & Time: Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 9 am–6 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Inamori Center, CSEAS Kyoto University
Theme: Resilient Futures through Interdisciplinary Pathways for Sustainable Development
Co-host: Indonesian Student Association of Kyoto (PPI Kyoto) / Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University
・“Learning about Southeast Asian Culture and Society through Film” Screening
Date & Time: 13 November 2025, 18:30– (Japan Time)
Venue: Multimedia Room 2, 1st Floor, East Building, CSEAS, Kyoto University
Title: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013, 2h27min)
・November’s Brown Bag
Date and Time: Thursday, 13 November 2025, 12:00–13:30 (Japan Time)
Venue: Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Theme: On purchasing the Gale’s “State Papers Online Colonial: Asia”
Speaker: Minami Tosa (CSEAS)
・Courtesy visit from Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta
Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
・CSEAS Colloquium
Date & Time: Friday, 7 November 2025, 12:00–1:30 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University / Online
Speaker: Jefferson Fox (East-West Center / Visiting Research Scholar, CSEAS)
Title: The Future of Rice Farming in Southeast Asia
Chair: Masayuki Yanagisawa (CSEAS)
Co-organizer: Society for Nature and Agriculture in Southeast Asia
・Tonan Talk
Date and Time: Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 12–1 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Title: Japan’s Summer of Discontent: Migrants, Moral Panic, and Rethinking what is “Essential”
Speaker: Mario Lopez (CSEAS)
Commentator: Yunchen Tian (Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University)
・Learning Southeast Asian Culture and Society: Screening
Date & Time: Friday, 31 October 2025, 6 pm– (Japan Time)
Title: Bad Genius (2017, Thai, 130min.)
Venue: Multimedia Room #2, 1st Floor, East Bldg., CSEAS, Kyoto University
・Special Seminar
Date & Time: Thursday, 30 October 2025, 3:00–4:30 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Title: Religion and Climate Change: Examples from the Science–Policy Interface: IPCC, The Netherlands, and Thailand
Speaker: Arthur C. Petersen (University College London)
・Joint Dissemination Seminar
Date & Time: Wednesday, 29 October 2025, 2:00–4:30 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Title: Maritime Security Governance against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: Comparative Study on Japan and Indonesia
Speaker: Rafyoga Jehan Pratama Irsadanar (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta), Saya Kiba (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies)
Discussant: Masaaki Okamoto (CSEAS), Indra Alverdian (GRIPS)
Moderator: Mohammad Syaban (PhD Researcher, CSEAS)
・Courtesy Visit: Indonesian Police Science College
Date & Time: Monday, 27 October 2025
・International Conference – Encouraging Local Development in Southeast Asian Countries: Public Administration and Political Perspectives
Date & Time: Saturday, 25 October 2025, 9:00–16:00 (JST) / 07:00–14:00 (WIB)
Venue: Large Meeting Room (I333), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University / Online
Co-host: Indonesian Association for Public Administration Scientists (AsIAN) / Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) Kyoto University
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