Heriberto Ruiz Tafoya (Political Economy) The purpose of this article is to present the relevant contributions…
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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. …
Tomoko Takahashi (International Institutions)
The field of International Institutional Studies focuses on how diverse states and non-state actors around the world can cooperate …