Satoru Kobayashi (Area Studies, Anthropology)
My first visit to Kyoto was for a school excursion (to Kyoto and Nara) in the spring of my third year of middle school. The purpose of the trip was …

Caroline S. Hau (Cultural Studies)
As an elementary-school student in Manila, I spent many a recess peering into a long cabinet of zoological specimens …

Tomohiro Machikita (Labor Economics)
Reading and writing a diary may be the most familiar of literary experiences. …

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 …

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 …