Nathan Badenoch (Linguistics)
Living in Japan, your surroundings talk to you—along the Kamo River, in the local Lawson, walking up to Yoshida Shrine, or on the 205 bus—through onomatope, or onomatopoeia. …
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Associate Professor, Division of Social Coexistence Studies
PhD in Religion
I always wanted to become an orientalist, and to engage with a wide range of materials in different languages. …
Mario Lopez (Anthropology)
On February 22, 2025, Emeritus Professor Shimizu Hiromu passed away. An anthropologist and eminent expert on the Philippines, …
Natsumi Shida (JSPS Research Fellow, CSEAS / Graduate Student, ASAFAS Kyoto University)
My research, “‘Tradition’ and Living Culture of Uzbek Herders as seen through Carpet Weaving,” which was awarded the 15th JSPS Ikushi Prize, focuses on the living arts …
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, …
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. …