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). …
Newsletter No.82
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 …
Interview with Youdiil Ophinni
Being a spoiled brat as I was in my childhood, my ophthalmologist mum was exceptionally protective of my physical well-being. She would caution me that, for example, …
Chika Yamada (Public Health, Area Studies)
The process by which foreign technology is transmitted and diffused to a particular region is truly complex. In my research on how a particular public health technology spreads in Indonesia, I find myself constantly grappling with how to interpret this process. …
Theara Thun (Historian based in Hong Kong)
Epistemology of the Past: Texts, History, and Intellectuals of Cambodia, 1855–1970 is based on more than seven years of extensive archival research and writing conducted in Cambodia, …
Kisho Tsuchiya (Southeast Asian Studies, Modern History)
When I was a 21 year-old undergraduate student, I had the special opportunity to work with the United Nations Electoral Support Team in East Timor (UNEST) for one year. …
Jean-Pascal Bassino (Economics)
Christopher Goscha, professor at the history department of the University of Quebec à Montréal, is a leading historian of 20th century Vietnam. …
I came to CSEAS in April 2024 after leaving the Graduate School of Language and Culture, Osaka University. I study the modern history of Myanmar, particularly its transition from colonial rule to a nation-state. …