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, …
Newsletter No.82
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. …
Tomoko Takahashi (International Relations)
A New Phenomenon: Global South as Protagonist
International Relations (IR) as a field originated in discussions on how conflicts can be resolved peacefully through modern diplomacy (Carr 1939). …
Urszula Frey (Local Studies, Gender Studies, Media Studies, Sociology)
This spring, I had an opportunity to teach a new subject to undergraduate students, called cultural agility. I was interested in human communication before, …
Research Division and Affiliation: Social Coexistence, Assiatant Professor
I am pleased to have joined CSEAS as a librarian in July 2024. While attending university, I studied the religions and cultures of maritime Southeast Asia …