Minami Tosa (Librarian at CSEAS)
In our daily lives, it is now commonplace to use translation tools and generative AI to understand foreign languages, and it goes without saying that we enjoy the convenience of such tools in various situations. However, …
Newsletter No.82
Majid Daneshgar (philology, orientalism, and Islamic studies)
There are still many documents and materials from Southeast Asia kept in private and public libraries …
Wataru Yamazaki (Food hygiene, zoonotic disease, animal infectious disease)
My first encounter with pathogens was in January 1993, when I was just 20 years old and aboard a night bus from Nepal to India. I still vividly remember …
Minami Tosa (CSEAS Library) and Marie Kobayashi (Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) Library)
The Library of Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) has had a joint use system agreement with the Library of the Institute of Developing Economies …
Chika Obiya (Modern History of Central Asia, Central Asian Area Studies)
Although my primary area of expertise lies in the modern and contemporary history and area studies of Central Asia, particularly Uzbekistan, the following is about a research theme that ventures beyond that scope. …
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. …
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, …