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.
March 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
【March Get Together】
・The monthly welcome and farewell party, Get Together, will be held on Thursday, March 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.
【Group Photo Session】Before the Get Together on Thursday, March 27th, we will be taking a group photo at 12:20. Please gather in the courtyard.
【Visitor’s Voice】New interview article is available now. We asked them about their research, future ambitions, and more.
Interview with Sol Iglesias: “Finding Answers for Why Violence Occurs”
【Announcement】The teaser site for the CSEAS x DAIKIN Joint Research website launched
【CSEAS Report】The CSEAS Report 2024–25 Issue (in Japanese) published. We hope you will use it in your publicity activities. If you need a printed copy, please contact the Editorial Office or the Research Liaison Offices. PDF version available here.
【Activity Report】The 48th Southeast Asia Seminar “Co-creation of New Urban Living: Advancing Quality of Life in the Climate Change Era”. It includes the seminar summary by Prof. Masaaki Okamoto, reports by the seminar participants, and some photos.
2. Upcoming Events
・The 8th KINDOWS Open Seminar, Film Screening of “Japani”
Date & Time: Saturday, 29 March 2025, 2:00–4:30 (open at 13:30, Japan Time)
Venue: Maskawa Hall, Maskawa Building, North Campus, Kyoto University
・CSEAS Journal Reading Session
Date & Time: Monday, 21 April 2025, 4–6 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Tonantei (I201), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Papers: Wang, Weiwei, et al. 2023. “Earliest Curry in Southeast Asia and the Global Spice Trade 2000 Years Ago.” Science Advances, 9(29): eadh5517. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adh5517 Denpetkul, Thammanitchpol, and Arthit Phosri. 2021. “Daily Ambient Temperature and Mortality in Thailand: Estimated Effects, Attributable Risks, and Effect Modifications by Greenness.” Science of The Total Environment, 791: 148373. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148373
Presenter: Chika Yamada (CSEAS)
3. Publications: Hot off the CSEAS Press
【Latest Issue】Vol. 13 No. 3 of Southeast Asian Studies on 26 December 2024. All articles are available on the journal’s website and J-Stage.
【Latest Issue】Vol. 62, No. 2 of Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian Studies on 31 January 2025. All articles are available on the journal’s website and J-Stage.
【Latest Issue】Special issue (40) titled “Eroding Electoral Integrity: Reasons for Democratic Backsliding in Southeast Asia” of Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia is out on March 1, 2025. In this issue, Asia Centre 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 “Navigating the Complexities: Challenges and Prospects of Collaborative Governance in Thai Local Administration,” by Grichawat Lowatcharin, in Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia on March 1, 2025.
【Latest Issue】CSEAS monthly newsletter released on March 12.
[Library Collection] Professor Yoneo Ishii Library Collection (Part II): A Cardboard Scroll Tube Containing Muslim and non-Muslim Burmese Materials (Majid Daneshgar)
[Letter from the Kamogawa River] Toward a Fundamental Question of Translation (Minami Tosa)
【Forthcoming】Takahashi, Tomoko. 2025 forthcoming (accepted). “Two Questions of Sovereignty: China and the Global South in the United Nations General Assembly (1971–1990)”, Global Studies Quarterly.
4. Presentations
【Presentations】Theara Thun and Kisho Tsuchiya, “Epistemologies and Emplacements,” Series Histories of Anti-Colonial Thought in Southeast Asia, Centre for Southeast Asia Research, the University of British Columbia, March 10, 2025.
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. >>YouTube
6. Media Exposure
・An article featuring the Cambridge Library’s special exhibition “Endless Stories: Manuscripts, Knowledge and Translation in the 17th Century,” curated by Associate Professor Majid Dhaneshgar, has been posted on the Southeast Asia Library Group (SEALG) blog.
7. Past Events
・Commemorative Lectures for Professor Toshihiko Kishi at Kyoto University
Date & Time: Friday, 21 March 2025, 3:00 pm – (Japan Time)
Venue: Large Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Language: Japanese
・Visit of Ambassador of Indonesia
Date: Tuesday, 18 March 2025
・International Seminar: Japan and ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific: Knowledge Flows From the 1980s to the Present
Date & Time: Thursday, 13 March 2025, 2:00–4:20 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University / Online (Zoom)
Organizers: German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), CSEAS Kyoto University
・Official Delegation from Phuket Rajabhat University
Date: Wednesday, 12 March 2025
・Book Launch & Speciel Seminar: “China, SEA, and Border: From Methodological Engagement to Kaleidoscopic Lifeworlds?”
Date & Time: Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Middle Meeting Room (I332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
・Unit End-Year Workshop 2025: Data-Oriented Approaches to the Social Sciences and Humanities
Date & Time: Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 9:00 am –5:30 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Large Meeting Room (I333), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
・Pramoedya’s World: Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Date & Time: Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 13:00–16:15 (Japan Time)
Venue: Seminar Room (I213), 2nd floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University / Online
・Learning Southeast Asian Culture and Society: Screening
Date & Time: Friday, 28 February 2025, 18:00– (Japan Time)
Venue: Multimedia Room 2, 1st Floor, East Building, CSEAS Kyoto University
Title: Happy Old Year (115 min. Thai, with Japanese Subtitles）
・Special Lecture by Sudirman Said
Date & Time: Friday, 28 February 2025, 3:00–5:00 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Middle Meeting Room (I332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Title: 100 Days of Prabowo Administration: The Leadership and Governance Challenges
Speaker: Sudirman Said (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in Indonesia, 2014–2016)
Moderator: Wahyu Prasetyawan (Visiting Research Scholar, CSEAS)
Discussant: Okamoto Masaaki (CSEAS)
・Tonan Talk
Date & Time: Friday, 28 February 2025, 3:00–5:00 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Tonantei (I201), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Title: “Karampátan ñg Tao”: Tracing the Rise of Tagalog Human Rights Discourse Using a Textual Corpus
Speaker: Ramon Guillermo (Professor, Director of the Center for International Studies, University of the Philippines-Diliman)
・CSEAS Colloquium
Date & Time: Thursday, 27 February 2025, 1:30–3:00 pm (Japan Time)
Venue: Middle Meeting Room (I332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Title: Networks of Power and Business: Indonesia’s Political Economy
Speaker: Wahyu Prasetyawan (Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) in Jakarta / Visiting Research Scholar, CSEAS)
・Official Delegation from Mataram University
Date: Tuesday, 25 February 2025
■Endnote
I had the opportunity to visit my alma mater in the U.S. for the first time in five years, while participating in an academic conference. Five years ago, just three months before my degree was to be conferred, the campus went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing me to return home without bidding farewell to my professors and friends. Determined to make up for the graduation ceremony and commemorative photos that should have taken place in June of that year, my friends that remain in the city helped me take a photo in my regalia. It was in that moment that I finally felt that I actually graduated. This experience reminded me that the places where we learn—the campus, its trees and greenery, and the conversations we share in those moments—are what truly become etched into our memories. At the same time, seeing my classmates from those days now thriving in different parts of the world has made me realize that they are not just sentimental moments, but rather the starting point of new chapters. This March, many professors and colleagues from the Center for Southeast Asian Studies will be retiring or moving on to new positions. I sincerely appreciate the guidance and support I have received, and I look forward to sharing more enjoyable moments together in the academic world in the future. (T.T.)
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