Visiting Fellows
CSEAS is accepting applicants semiannually for about 14­ ositions for scholars and researchers who work on SoutheastpAsia, or any one of the countries in that region, to spend 3 to 12
months in Kyoto to conduct research, write, or pursue other
scholarly activities in connection with their field of study. Since
1975, more than 300 distinguished scholars have availed
themselves of the Center’s considerable scholarly resourcesand ­enjoyed the invigorating atmosphere of scenic Kyoto, the­ancient capital of Japan and the main repository of the country’s cultural treasures, to pursue their interests in Southeast
Asian Area Studies. The Center’s multi-disciplinary characterand the diverse research interests of its faculty offer visiting
scholars an ideal opportunity for the exchange of ideas andthe cultivation of comparative perspectives. The highly competitive selection process has brought to the Center in recent
years researchers from Southeast Asian countries, Bangladesh,China, Korea, and western countries including the United Statesand France. The visiting fellows represent various basic disciplines in their study of Southeast Asia, and their official postsNamein their home institutions include teacher, researcher, librarian,journalist, and NGO worker. Information and Technology (IT)experts who conduct research on Southeast Asia are also
joining the Center, not only to manage various database systems but also to construct academic networks for area study
throughout the world. Successful applicants receive an appropriate stipend to cover international travel, housing, and living
expenses in Kyoto. Research funds will also be provided to facilitate his/her work. Funds will also be allocated for domestic
travel, subject to government regulations, and a number ofother facilities are available to visiting scholars. Fellows will be
expected to reside in Kyoto for the duration of their fellowshipperiod. Fellows are normally invited to deliver a public lectureduring their term at the Center and encouraged to submit anarticle for possible publication in the Center’s journal, Southeast
Asian Studies and to contribute to the online journal Kyoto
Review of Southeast Asia. CSEAS also received researchers,
both Japanese and foreign, who visit on their own funds or on
external fellowships.

PeriodAffiliation/Position

Research Title

Sylavong, Latsamay1.6.2013~30.11.2013

Country Representative, International Union
for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

REDD, National Policy and Local Livelihoodsin Developing Countries: Development ofInstitutional Arrangements and Mechanisms
to Distribute Benefits

Dasgupta, Swapan Kumar

1.4.2013~30.9.2013

Director, Project Division, Bangladesh
Academy for Rural Development (BARD)

Rural Development in Bangladesh:
Experiences of GOs and NGOs

Setiawan, Boni

1.4.2013~29.6.2013

Associate, Institute for Global Justice (IGJ)

Political Economy of the Supply Chain

Widiyoko, Darmaji

10.2.2013~28.6.2013

Student of Development Studies at Bandung
Institute of Technology (ITB)

A Study on Eco Airport in Indonesia

Kimura, Ehito

3.1.2013~8.31.2013

Assistant Professor, Department of Politcal
Science, University of Hawai’i at Manoa

Justice and Reconciliation in Comparative
PerspectiveKong, Jianxun

2013.8.1~2014.1.31

Professor, Institute of Southeast AsianStudies, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences

Outbound Labor Migration and Changing
Agricultural Life in the Ethnic Minority Areasof Southern Yunnan Province

Diffloth, Gérard Felix

2013.7.1~2013.12.31

Associate Member, École Française
d’Extrême-Orient, Cambodia branch, Siem
Reap

Linguistic History of the East-Khumuic(Austroasiatic) LanguagesPokhrel, Chandra Prasad

2013.9.1~2013.12.31

Lecturer, Central Department of Botany,
Institute of Science and Technology,
Tribhuvan University

Impact of Climate Change on Mountain andHill Agriculture

List of Visiting Research Fellows, Visiting Researchers, and Visiting Project Researchers at CSEAS

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