MOU: Memoranda of Understanding
CSEAS actively promotes Southeast Asian studies by establishing institutional linkages with leading universities and research institutes in the region as well as the world. The Center has signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) aimed at fostering academic exchange and cooperation through programs of exchange of faculty members and researchers; exchange of academic information, including library materials and research publications; and joint research activities including seminar, conference and symposium. Among the institutions with which CSEAS has recently signed MOUs are Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Vin University; The Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Oxford University; and International Centre for Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies.
Last Updated: 17 February, 2023
Japan Consortium for Area Studies(JCAS)
The Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JCAS) was established in 2004 as a network of organizations working on area studies in Japan. Currently about 100 organizations of universities, research institutes, academic societies, and civic organizations are members. Through collaborative research, JCAS aims to nurture the next generation of researchers and produce social collaboration between organizations and ensure that knowledge and resources are fully utilized to revitalize organizations. At present, CSEAS is one of the Management Members of JCAS sharing the responsibility of presenting the JCAS Awards, organizing research conferences, and publishing the JCAS journal.
Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia (SEASIA)
The Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia (SEASIA, pronounced “see-Asia”) was established in October 11, 2013 by leading area-studies institutions in Northeast and Southeast Asia. The consortium Charter was signed by the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Academia Sinica; the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University; the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (now merged with the National Research and Innovation Agency); the Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies; the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University; the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore; the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University; the Taiwan Association of Southeast Asian Studies; the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam; and the Asian Center, University of the Philippines.
In 2017, the SEASIA Governing Board appointed four institutions as Consortium members, namely: the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies-Yusof-Ishak Institute (Singapore), the Center for Southeast Asia Research at the City University Hong Kong, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the National Chengchi University (Taiwan) and the School of International Studies, Jinan University (People’s Republic of China). In 2021, Jeonbuk University Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (South Korea) and the American University of Phnom Penh-Center for Southeast Asian Studies (Cambodia) joined the Consortium as members.
With a view to further enhancing educational and research collaborations, and tapping the expertise and strategic advantages of partner institutions to address issues and research topics related to Southeast Asia, the Consortium has endeavored to make significant contributions to both the academy and society at large through collaborative research projects, joint educational initiatives, and the development of scholarly networks and joint projects.
To this end, SEASIA has successfully organized large-scale Biennial Conferences in Kyoto (2015), Bangkok (2017), Taipei (2019), and Jakarta (2022). In 2016, SEASIA organized the first Asian Conference for Young Scholars of Southeast Asian Studies (AYSEA) in Taiwan.
CSEAS Kyoto, which served as the first Secretariat of the Consortium, has been re-appointed to serve as Secretariat of the Consortium, and, as a member of the Executive and Conference Committees, continues to play an active role in fulfilling crucial positions of responsibility in the management and advancement of Consortium affairs.
Amidst the travel restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 to 2022, CSEAS Kyoto spearheaded the Emerging Scholar Conversation Webinar Series, which enabled leading and up-and-coming scholars from SEASIA member institutions to engage in in-depth discussion and dialogue.
CSEAS Kyoto will be providing Secretariat support to two forthcoming main events: the second AYSEA conference on “The Future Directions of Southeast Asian Studies in the Post-COVID Era”, which will be held in Taipei, Taiwan in September 2023; and the Biennial Conference, which will be held in Manila, Philippines, in 2024.
CSEAS continues to affirm its commitment to enhancing and promoting the SEASIA common vision of making distinctive contributions to understanding the region through education and research while taking the lead in liaising with SEASIA member institutions to cultivate collaboration and academic exchange in the years to come.
The Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum
The former Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum (FY2007-FY2015), now known as the Kyoto University Southeast Asia Network Forum (FY2015 to present) is an international forum. It promotes research results conducted by and with Kyoto Universities scholars to the general public in Southeast Asia based on collaborations between Kyoto University and alumni and alumna associations of Kyoto University in each country in Southeast Asia. The forums have been held twenty-four times in different Southeast Asian countries (see list below) since the first forum was conducted in Jakarta, Indonesia in November 2007. CSEAS has has been pivotal in facilitating the forums.
Since its establishment, Kyoto University has accepted a number of Southeast Asian students as foreign students or scholars. Most of them are active as public intellectuals in various fields such as education institutions, the government sector, and private business upon return to their home countries. Kyoto University has started to establish alumni and alumna associations in Southeast Asian countries and the forums have become great opportunities to rekindle the network among alumni and alumnae and also between them and Kyoto University to socialize and spread research results to Southeast Asian societies.
Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2007−13
13th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2013： Stem Cell: From Research to Applications
Date：February 16, 2013
Place：The Twin Towers Hotel, Bangkok
Organizer：HAKU (Himpunan Alumni Kyoto University Indonesia)
Supported by：Kyoto University／Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology(TNI)
Program：PDF
12th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2013： Geological Disaster Problems in Indonesia and Their Countermeasures
Date：4−5 February 2013
Place：Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya
Organizer：HAKU (Himpunan Alumni Kyoto University Indonesia)
Program：PDF
11th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2012： Best Practices on Resource Management in Lao PDR
Date：19 November 2012
Place：Vansana Riverside Hotel
Joint Hosting：Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University(CSEAS)/ Kyoto University Network in Laos/Center for Statistics and Information Department of Planning Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Program：PDF
10th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2012： FLOODS!: Lessons Learned from Experiences
Date：17 March 2012
Place：Kasatsuk 2, 4th Floor, The Twin Towers Hotel Bangkok
Joint Hosting：Kyoto University and Kyoto Union Club
Program：PDF
Poster：PDF
9th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2012：Technical and Social Innovation on Utilization of Natural Resources
Date：28-29 January 2012
Place：Main Office, Mulawarman University
(Kampus Gunung Kelua Jl. Kuaro No. 1, Samarinda Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia)
Joint Hosting：Kimpunan Alumni Kyoto University／Kyoto University/ Association of Kyoto University Alumni, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Supported by：Mulawarman University／Government of East Kalimantan/ “Towards Sustainable Humanosphere in Southeast Asia”, CSEAS, Kyoto University
Related Article：“KALTIM POST” (30 January 2012）PDF
8th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2011： What to do and not to do during an earthquake?
Date：12 February 2011
Place：Room “Mandarin”, Mandarin Hotel 1F(Rama IV Road, Bangkok, Thailand)
Joint Hosting：Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University(CSEAS)／Kyoto Union Club
Supported by：Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology (TNI)／ Japanese Kyodai Alumni (in Thailand)
Program：PDF
7th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2011： Politics, Livelihood and Local Praxis in the Era of Decentralization in Indonesia
Date：8-9 January 2011
Place：Rectorate Building Senate Room, Universitas Hasanuddin
Joint Hosting：Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University(CSEAS)／Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies（ASAFAS）, Kyoto University／Hasanuddin University Makassar/ Kyoto University Field Station/ JSPS International Training Program “On-site education of Practical Languages for Area Studies”/ Global COE Program “In Seaarch of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa”
6th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2010： Health Crisis !!! Business Chances Creation
Date： 6 February 2010 8:30-16:30
Place：Room “Mandarin”, Mandarin Hotel 1F
(Rama IV Road, Bangkok, Thailand)
Joint Hosting：Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University(CSEAS)／Kyoto Union Club
Supported by：Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology (TNI)／ Japanese Kyodai Alumni (in Thailand)
Program & Poster：PDF
5th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2010：”the Earth and Space Sciences”
Date：7-8 January 2010
Place：East Campus Center, Institut Teknologi Bandung
Program：PDF
4th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2009： “Water Cycle Management in Indonesia”
Date：23-24 January 2009
Place：IPB International Conference Center (IICC)
Joint Hosting：Kyoto University Alumni Association/ HAKU (Himpunan Alumni Kyoto University Indonesia) in collaboration with Bogor Agricultural University
3th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2009： “Global Crisis in Food and Energy: Thailand-Japan Perspectives”
Date：17 January 2009
Place：Room “Rainbow”, 5th Floor, Imperial Queens Park Hotel
Organizer：Kyoto University and KUC (Kyoto Union Club) Supported by Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology(TNI)
Reception Organizer：Kyoto University, KUC and Japanese KU Alumni Association in Bangkok
Program & Poster：PDF (933KB)
Related Article：「Bangkok Shuho」（2-8 February 2009）PDF
2th Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2008： “Technical Innovation for Sustainable Societies”
Date：26 January 2008
Place：Room “Rainbow”, 5th Floor, Imperial Queens Park Hotel
Joint Hosting：Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University(CSEAS)/ Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology
Program：PDF (82KB)
Proceedings：PDF (1228KB)
Related Article：「Bangkok Post」（28 February 2008）/「Kom Chad Luk」（Thai Newspaper）PDF
1st Kyoto University Southeast Asia Forum 2007： “In Search of New Paradigm on Sustainable Humanospherea “
Date：26-27 November 2007
Place：Gedung Widyagraha Lt. 1, LIPI Jl. Jendral Gatot, Subroto Kav. 10, Jakarta
Joint Hosting：Global COE Program “In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa”/ HAKU (Himpunan Alumni Kyoto University Indonesia)/ LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Sciences)
Program：PDF (933KB)
Poster：JPG (101KB)
Proceedings：PDF (6354KB)
