Shaun Mackey (Archaeology)
Palimpsest noun
1. a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text …
NEWSLETTER
Narumi Shitara (Scholarly publishing)
One summer long ago when I was still an undergraduate student majoring in American literature, I was at a loss. …
Heriberto Ruiz Tafoya (Political Economy) The purpose of this article is to present the relevant contributions…
Atsushi Yoshida (PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University)
CEDORECK was created among a group of young Cambodian workers and intellectuals pursuing …
Yoko Hayami (Cultural Anthropology, Southeast Asian Studies)
I have had some memorable encounters with fabulous books while waiting to board flights for research trips and browsing airport bookstores. …
Kisho Tsuchiya (Southeast Asian Area Studies, Modern History)
On October 30, I received news from my in-laws that my Filipino nephew had been stabbed to death in Puerto, …
Yoko Hayami
In his recent book, Moments of Silence (2020), Professor Thongchai Winichakul uses all available records and interviews to meticulously trace the October 6, …
R. Michael Feener (History, Islamic Studies)
I was born in an old New England seaport and have lived near the ocean almost my entire life. The history of my hometown’s harbor—Salem, Massachusetts—is one of far-flung connections to Arabia, Sumatra, and China …
Interview with Tomoko Takahashi
Tomoko Takahashi is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. She studies how states initiate norms through inter-state power dynamics, coalition politics, and the notion of sovereignty …
I am very excited to be back to Kyoto University this September! It is an intellectually invigorating journey, and I look forward to immersing myself in the pursuit of Southeast Asian Studies through approaches that combine economics and area studies. …