Notes from the Field – CSEAS Newsletter

Notes from the Field

Rural Village Study in Vietnam: Finding the Balance between Researching Specific Issues and Asking Big Questions

Masayuki Yanagisawa (Environmental History in Southeast Asia, Vietnamese Studies)
In the 1990s, when I would tell people that I was doing a rural village study in Vietnam, they would respond with, “Oh, I see, I understand,” but today …

Promoting the Equality of Men and Women in Islam through Translation: The Life and Dreams of Russia’s First Female Orientalist

Chika Obiya (Modern History of Central Asia, Central Asian Area Studies)
Although my primary area of expertise lies in the modern and contemporary history and area studies of Central Asia, particularly Uzbekistan, the following is about a research theme that ventures beyond that scope. …