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.
September 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
【September Get Together】
・The monthly welcome and farewell party, Get Together, will be held on Thursday, September 26, 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】
・Sumanto Al Qurtuby (cultural anthropology): CSEAS welcomes Sumanto Al Qurtuby as Visiting Research Scholar from October 1 to December 31.
・Johanna Wilhelmina Rosalie Maria Schreurs: CSEAS welcomes Johanna Wilhelmina Rosalie Maria Schreurs as Guest Scholar from October 3 to March 31.
【New Staff (September 1)】
・Hiroshi Ishii, Program-specific Researcher (MAHS)
・Paing Thet Phyo, Program-specific Researcher (MAHS)
【New Video】The introduction video of Asst. Prof. Kisho Tsuchiya’s monograph, Emplacing East Timor, is now available with Japanese subtitles.
5-min. TANKEN Video: Emplacing East Timor: Regime Change and Knowledge Production, 1860-2010
【New Video】A video introducing Dr. Thera Thun’s monograph Epistemology of the Past is now available.
5-min. TANKEN Video: Unveiling Cambodia’s Unknown Intellectual Past
2. Upcoming Events
・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)
・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
・“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, Official trailer)
・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)
・The 48th Southeast Asia Seminar: “Co-creation of New Urban Living: Advancing Quality of Life in the Climate Change Era”
Date: Sunday, 20 – Monday, 28 October 2024
Venue: Jakarta and Surabaya, Indonesia
・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)
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 “How the COVID-19 pandemic changed the perspective about women and leadership in responding to crises,” by Irine Hiraswari Gayatri, in Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia on September 1, 2024.
【Latest Issue】CSEAS monthly newsletter released on September 11.
[Interview] Youdiil Ophinni, “Cryptographic Footprints of Life: Deciphering Organismal Encounters through Area Genomics”
[New Staff] Minami Tosa
[Letter from the Kamogawa River] Urszula Frey, “Enhancing Cross-Cultural Communication”
4. Presentations
【Lecture】Youdiil Ophinni, “Sense of belonging in substance use disorder.” Guest Lecture in Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, 19 August 2024.
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
・Reviews of Professor Toshihiko Kishi’s book 『帝国日本のプロパガンダ』(Imperial Japan’s Propaganda) in the Korean language edition 제국 일본의 프로파간다 have appeared in various media in South Korea.
“일제는 ‘어린아이’까지 전쟁에 몰입하게 했다,” Hankyoreh, 4 September 2024.
“10년마다 전쟁 일으킨 日, 어떻게 대중을 선동했나,” Chosun Daily, 24 August 2024.
“전쟁 박람회만 84차례…일본 ’50년 전쟁’ 지탱한 프로파간다,” JoongAng, 23 August 2024.
“ “국민 전체가 최면에 빠진 줄”…일본 침략전쟁 뒤엔 ‘이것’ 있었다는데,” Maeil Business Newspaper, 24 August 2024.
7. Past Events
・Seminar on “Examining Hiring Discrimination through Direct Signalling: A Correspondence Study in the Thai Labour Market”
Date & Time: Thursday, 12 September 2024, 2:00–3:30 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Seminar Room (I-213), 2nd floor, Inamori Center, CSEAS, Kyoto University
Speaker: Patrick Devahastin (Hiroshima Universiry)
・Kaliurang Festival Hub #6 X Visual Documentary Project Kyoto Film Screening & Movie Talk
Date & Time: Thursday, 5 September 2024, 12:00–14:00 (Indonesia Time)
Venue: Sonobudoyo Cinema, Yogyakarta
Organizer: Faculty of Psychology & Socio-Cultural Sciences, Universitas Islam Indonesia / CSEAS Kyoto University
・Official Delegation from the Srinakharinwirot University
Date: Monday, 2 September 2024
・Korea-Japan Conference of Southeast Asian Studies 2024
Date: Saturday, 31 August 2024–Sunday, 1 September 2024
Venue: Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea
Theme: Searching for Southeast Asian Powers and Wisdom in the Turmoil World
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