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 …

Narumi Shitara (Scholarly publishing)
One summer long ago when I was still an undergraduate student majoring in American literature, I was at a loss. …

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. …

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 …

Tomoko Takahashi (International Institutions)
The field of International Institutional Studies focuses on how diverse states and non-state actors around the world can cooperate …

Miriam Jaehn. (Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Asian Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Working at CSEAS, the seasons of Kyoto allow me to make my office outside of office. …

Nurul Huda Mohd. Razif (Social Anthropology)
For the past 18 months, I have had the pleasure of being part of the CSEAS community as a Postdoctoral Fellow …

Theara Thun (historian of Cambodia / Southeast Asia based in Hong Kong)
As a way to celebrate Professor Thongchai Winichakul’s scholarly accomplishment, especially his most recent Grand Prize of Fukuoka Prize, I am pleased to introduce his seminal book, Siam Mapped: …

Yunxi Wu (Rural Development Studies)
Life in CSEAS is my first step away from the student routine. My new environment as a researcher is not entirely different, though, …