Genta Kuno (Area Studies, Urban Studies)
It was dry season in Jakarta. I found myself heading to one of the city’s most infamous prisons with two friends. When our turn came, a warden handed us lanyards and stamped our hands with a UV mark. …
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Kamiya Tosirou (Affiliated Researcher, CSEAS Kyoto University / University Research Administrator (URA), Kyoto Sangyo University)
Kyoto Orimono/京都織物, or Kyoto Textile, (which later became Kyoto Orimono Co., Ltd.) was established in 1887 …
Majid Daneshgar (philology, orientalism and religious studies)
I visited the library of Professor Yoneo Ishii (石井米雄) (1929–2010) kept at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, just a few months after my arrival in Japan in November 2023. Since then, …
Chika Obiya (Modern History of Central Asia, Central Asian Area Studies)
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with a woman from Belarus who is involved in volunteering to support Ukraine. We met at a gathering of Japanese people who understand Russian, and the first thing she said was, …
Genta Kuno (Area Studies, Urban Studies)
The 2024 joint conference of the Korea Southeast Asian Studies Association (KASEAS) and the Japan Society for Southeast Asian Studies (JSSEAS) was held from August 29 to September 1 in Busan, South Korea …
Interview with Professor Toshihiko Kishi
Interviewer: Taihei Kikuchi (CSEAS Research Fellow)
From Visual Media Research to International Collaborations
It has been 15 years since I moved to Kyoto University. During this time, …
Ryota Sakamoto (Field Medicine)
When I was a child, my mother always read picture books to my sister and me before we went to sleep. Even when I was in elementary school, I was often taken to the library, where I chose books eagerly. …
Kimiya Kitani
Toshihiko Kishi (Asian History)
During my primary school years, I was very much a “TV kid,” deeply enamored with the program Kanetaka Kaoru Sekai no Tabi (Kaoru Kanetaka’s Journey Around the World), which I watched religiously with my family each week. …