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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

DateCountryInstitutions
2022/1/4Socialist Republic of Viet NamFaculty of Arts and Sciences, Vin University
2021/9/17United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Oxford University
2021/8/11Republic of IndonesiaInternational Centre for Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies
2021/6/21Canada The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
2020/10/22United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
2020/7/22MalaysiaThe Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, Sunway University
2019/11/28Kingdom of ThailandAsia Centre
2019/10/25People’s Republic of ChinaThe School of International Studies/ Academy of Overseas Chinese Studies, Jinan University
2019/8/29Kingdom of ThailandThe Faculty of Architecture, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
2019/9/4Republic of KoreaInstitute for Southeast Asian Studies, Jeonbuk National University
2019/8/15Socialist Republic of Viet NamThe College of Natural Sciences, Can Tho University
2019/7/19Kingdom of ThailandThe School of Social Innovation, Mae Fah Luang University
2019/7/8Republic of IndonesiaMataram University / Udayana University
2019/5/31Republic of IndonesiaInstitute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga / Graduate School of Regional Innovation Studies, Mie University
2019/5/29Republic of IndonesiaThe Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Syiah Kuala University
2019/3/10Kingdom of CambodiaThe Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center
2019/2/25Republic of IndonesiaThe School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia
2019/1/30Republic of IndonesiaThe Faculty of Cultural Studies, Universitas Brawijaya
2018/11/13Socialist Republic of Viet NamThe Institute of Social Sciences Information, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
2018/10/16Republic of the PhilippinesVisayas State University
2018/8/3Republic of the Union of MyanmarThe Univrsity of Mandalay
2018/2/22Republic of IndonesiaThe Center for International Cooperation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatland, University of Palangka Raya
2017/10/30Kingdom of CambodiaThe Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
2017/10/4Republic of IndonesiaThe Faculty of Dakwah and Communication, State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta
2017/8/8Republic of the PhilippinesThe College of Liberal Arts, De la Salle University
2017/5/11Kingdom of CambodiaThe Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap
2017/3/20Republic of KoreaThe Research Institute of Asian Women, Sookmyung Women’s University
2017/3/14Republic of the Union of MyanmarThe University of Forestry 
2016/10/13Federative Republic of BrazilThe Federal University of Minas Gerais
2016/7/25Kingdom of ThailandFaculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University
2016/5/25Kingdom of CambodiaThe Royal University of Phnom Penh
2016/3/4Kingdom of ThailandBuddhist Research Institute(BRI), Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Thailand
2016/2/2TaiwanThe Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National Chi Nan University
2016/2/2TaiwanThe Center for Southeast Asian Studies, National Chi Nan University
2016/2/1TaiwanThe Center for Southeast Asian Studies, National Chengchi University
2015/11/30Republic of AzerbaijanThe School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), ADA University, Azerbaijan
2015/6/18Republic of the PhilippinesCebuano Studies Center, University of San Carlos
2015/3/18Republic of IndonesiaThe Faculty of Social and Political Science, Bangka Belitung University
2015/3/10Republic of EstoniaThe Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University
2014/12/4AustraliaThe Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, The University of Sydney
2014/10/24Republic of the PhilippinesThe School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University
2014/10/6United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe Department of Geography, University of Leicester
2014/7/3MalaysiaThe Forest Research Institute Malaysia
2014/4/9Lao People’s Democratic RepublicThe National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
2013/12/20Kingdom of SwedenThe Forum for Asian Studies, Stockholm University
2013/11/12People’s Republic of ChinaSoutheast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong
2013/10/9Kingdom of ThailandFaculty of Political Science, Ubon Ratchathani University
2013/10/9Federal Republic of GermanyThe Southeast Asian and Development Studies Programme, Passau University
2013/6/10Republic of the PhilippinesMindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology
2013/3/28Federal Republic of GermanySoutheast Asian Studies Program, University of Freiburg
2012/12/11Brunei DarussalamInstitute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
2012/6/28Kingdom of the NetherlandsThe International Institute for Asian Studies
2012/4/1Kingdom of BhutanMinistry of Health, the Kingdom of Bhutan
2011/6/3Kingdom of BhutanSherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan
2011/3/14Kingdom of ThailandThe Faculty of Nursing Kohn Kaen University
2010/12/13Kingdom of CambodiaRoyal University of Agriculture (RUA)
2010/12/13Kingdom of CambodiaRoyal University of Fine Arts (RUFA)
2010/2/23Republic of PeruInstitute of Peruvian Studies
2008/2/25Arab Republic of EgyptCenter for Asian Studies, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
2007/10/10Republic of IndonesiaSultan Agung Tirtayasa University
2007/5/30Lao People’s Democratic RepublicFaculty of Social Science, National University of Laos
2007/5/18Lao People’s Democratic RepublicFaculty of Agriculture, National University of Laos
2007/5/17Lao People’s Democratic RepublicFaculty of Forestry, National University of Laos
2006/4/9Republic of IndonesiaCenderawasih University
2006/3/14TaiwanCenter for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2004/9/15Kingdom of ThailandFaculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
2004/8/9Republic of IndonesiaNational Islamic University
2002/10/26Republic of SingaporeFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
2002/9/17People’s Republic of BangladeshInternational Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh
2002/2/7Kingdom of ThailandFaculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University
2002/3/25Republic of the Union of MyanmarThe SEAMEO Regional Centre for History and Tradition
2002/3/11Republic of the Union of MyanmarYezin Agricultural University
2001/9/5Republic of IndonesiaResearch Institute and Graduate Programs, Hasanuddin University

Japan Consortium for Area Studies(JCAS)

Commemorating the JCAS Annual Meeting, Symposium, and the JCAS Award Ceremony

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 4th SEASIA Biennial Conference, hosted by the National Research and Innovation Agency, was a hybrid event held in Jakarta on June 9-11, 2022

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. 

SEASIA Emerging Scholars’ Conversation Series no. 2: The “Crisis” of Southeast Asian Studies (October 2021)

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 12th Kyoto University Southeast Asian Forum organized by HAKU(Indonesian Alumni Association of Kyoto University) in Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya on 4th February 2013

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)