Rikuo Hara (PhD Student, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University)
Did you know that the CSEAS Library holds a collection of approximately 2,000 (as of April 2024) Arabic-language materials? …
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Interview with Mariko Ogawa
As a student in high school and university, I used to climb mountains and often experienced sudden changes in weather. …
Tomohiro Machikita (Labor Economics)
Reading and writing a diary may be the most familiar of literary experiences. …
My research focuses on the everyday practices of security and social controls in Indonesian cities. Cities are filled with both implicit and explicit efforts to control …
Yasuyuki Kono (Southeast Asian Studies, Agricultural Science)
The focus of my research is on agriculture, rural communities, and environmental conservation in Southeast Asia. Despite this …
Interview with Chika Yamada
I study the movement commonly referred to as Harm Reduction in Indonesia. What is Harm Reduction? Answering this question is a challenge, but, …
Interview with Satoko S. Kimura
I study the behavior, ecology, and bioacoustics of dolphins and other small marine mammals. The behavior and ecology of organisms living in aquatic environments are still shrouded in mystery. …
When I was in high school, I just had a vague idea that I wanted a job that would take me abroad. Upon entering university, I became interested in cultural anthropology. …
A conversation with Shinsuke Tomita, Osamu Kozan, and Satoko Kimura
Becoming an Area Studies researcher: Joining an academic survey in Northeast Thailand as a graduate student …