Shinya Takeda (Forest Science)
In high school, whenever I grew tired of studying for university entrance exams, I invariably reached for an exploration travelogue. I experienced the grueling trek across Antarctica through …
Newsletter No.83
Yalei Zhai (Development Economics, Area Studies)
Last month, I welcomed several overseas scholars to a seminar at CSEAS. Among them was a couple who arrived with their four-year-old child. …
Satohiro Serizawa (Cultural Anthropology, Studies of Chinese Overseas)
From 1954 to 1975, Vietnam was divided into the two states of …
Interview with Ye Htet
My research focuses on using computers to “see” and “understand” visual information such as photos, videos, graphics, and satellite images. This field …
Hiroshi Ishii (Maritime archaeology, Modern conflict archaeology)
The first time I heard the term “Underwater Archaeology” was in the middle of a desert. During a field school in the high desert of Oregon, …
Julie Ann de los Reyes (Geography, Political Ecology)
My home country, the Philippines, is no stranger to storms. Each year, an average of 20 tropical cyclones sweep across the archipelago, a fact so routine that typhoons have become part of the rhythm of life—anticipated, endured, and, with luck, survived. But in September 2009, …
Kisho Tsuchiya (Southeast Asian Studies, Modern History)
In May 2025, Cold War Asia: Unlearning Narratives, Making New Histories, edited by Masuda Hajimu …
Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Area Studies, Media Studies)
Ever since childhood, I have loved the Ultraman television series that features the Ultra superheroes. I vividly recall a scene
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Masayuki Yanagisawa (Environmental History in Southeast Asia, Vietnamese Studies)
In the 1990s, when I would tell people that I was doing a rural village study in Vietnam, they would respond with, “Oh, I see, I understand,” but today …