AFLSP@KU Enrichment Program 2022
AFLSP@KU Committee
Kyoto University

October 2022

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BXAI Summer Program (2w)

Month

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Leadership Assessment & Coaching (0.5d)

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Pre-QE

Certificate

QE

Monthly Seminars (8x2h=16h)

Service Learning (a 3-days trip in Japan)

Special Lecture A (6h)Special Lecture B (6h)24

Lecture(s) on East Asia or International Relations (2 credits)

Experience-based Learning (optional, self-propose), Gathering (Orientation, Casual, etc)

Activities with Japanese: Pre-QE/QE, Lectures, Learning and Gatherings
Activities with Alumni: Pre-QE/QE, Service Learning, Lectures, Gatherings
Japanese language is optional but strongly encouraged.
Note: BXAI Summer Program is provided by BXAI.

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Update from April 2022
BXAI Summer Program (2w)MonthLeadership Training (0.5d)

612Pre-QE

18

Certificate

QE

Monthly Seminars (8x2h=16h)

Service Learning (a 3-days trip in Japan)

Special Lecture A (6h)Special Lecture B (6h)24Lecture(s) on East Asia or International Relations (2 credits)

Team-Project Based Research on East Asia issues or International relations

Experience-based Learning (optional, self-propose), Gathering (Orientation, Casual, etc)

What’s New
Leadership program renamed to “Leadership Training”.
“Team-Project Based Research” (T-PBR) introduced (next slide)

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Team-Project Based Research (T-PBR)
Before 2022/03: Individual research on East Asia or Intl.
Relations in Monthly Seminar and Pre-QE/QE
After 2022/04: Team-Project research on East Asia orIntl. Relations in Monthly Seminar and Pre-QE/QE
Goal: Publication (finally ⇒ “Think Tank AFLSP@KU”)
Team: 3–4 teams. Each has 2–5 scholars with at least 1senior & 1 junior, + 1 Japanese student & 1 professor.
Topic: Decided based on discussion (4 teams in the firstsemester: ESG-oriented ETFs, Resilient food system,
Green building, and Use of Internet mems.)

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Certificate of completion
Proof of the completion of the high-quality AFLSP@KU
Issued for who complete/passed the following programs:123456789

Orientation in the same year of the enrollment
Monthly Seminars (16h or more, mainly in the 1st year)
BXAI Summer Program (provided by BXAI)Special Lectures and Selected Seminars (6h/y × 2y)
2-credits Lecture on intl. relations (Asia-focused) orcomparative studies of cross-cultural issues in CJKService Learning
Leadership Training
Pre-QE & QE (including Team-Project Based Research)(Optional but strongly recommended) Experience-based
Learning, casual gathering, Japanese language, etc

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1. Orientation
About BXAI
https://www.bxai.org/who-we-are/about-us/about-bxai/

About Kyoto University
https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/profile/ideals/

Program introduction
Meet with committee members and alumni
Please submit a “Commitment Plan” (A4, 1 page) to ouroffice with the following content in one week.
Your Name
Why you are here with AFLSP@KU (your thinking)
How you will commit to AFLSP@KU (in the 1st year,the 2nd year, and in the future)

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2. Monthly Seminar
Purpose: Help understand the diversity, identify issues,
communicate with others and execute
Eight times × 2h = 16h (Usually 10am-12am, Sat)
Duty to scholars in the 1st year; recommended to 2nd year
Usually two presentations each time.
Each presentation consists of report for research (at least
half time), culture/social activities, and report of T-PBR(same as Pre-QE/QE).
Others shall think together with the speaker and discuss
after the presentation.
#5/2022 will be used to discuss about T-PBR.
In person by default (Higashiichijo-Kan, Kyoto University)

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3. BXAI Summer Program (provided by BXAI)
Virtual (July 23 and Aug 5-12, 2022).

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4. Special Lectures and Selected Seminars
Purpose: Help understand the diversity and consider
issues relevant to East Asia.
6h/year × 2 years
Special Lectures are lectures/seminars specially designedfor scholars.
Who missed a Special Lecture (with a strong reason) canjoin an alternative Selected Seminar under the approvalby the committee.

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5. 2-credits Lecture
2-credits Lecture(s) provided by Kyoto UniversityOn intl. relations (Asia-focused) or comparative studiesof cross-cultural issues in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea)
Should select one from the list provided by AFLSP@KU orpropose one and get the approval by the committee
before the lecture registration.

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6. Service Learning (SL)
Purpose: Discover culture diversity, communicate withothers, identify issues and propose appropriate solutions.
Mainly for 2nd year scholars.
Submit an individual research paper on East Asia or intl.
relations after the trip (can be a result of a group work).
Who missed it (with a strong reason) can propose an
Experience-Based Learning as alternative (requires theapproval by the committee).
TBA (Impossible at the current point.)

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7. Leadership Training
Purpose: Help discover and develop oneself
In 2022, it was a two-days workshop on public speaking
and presenting. Not decided for the next year.
Mainly for 2nd year scholars but 1st year scholars are alsowelcome.

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8. Pre-QE & QE (Qualification Examination)
1st year: Pre-QE, 2nd year: QE
Winter for April enrollment and Summer for OctoberWho failed Pre-QE may lose the scholarship.
Evaluation by annual activities with the following criteria
Quality of research (evaluated by supervisor)
Academic performance (by board members, including
GPA, research achivement, presentation ability, etc)
Bird’s view on issues in the world (Asia preferred)
Sociality (culture, intl. relation, communication etc)
Leadership (self-leadership, group leadership, etc)

Team-Based Project Research is reported in teams.
All scholars are required to join the event.

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Optional but recommended.
Purpose: same as SL, thus can be an alternative of SL
Funding: 50,000 Yen × 8 scholars a year (from October
2022 to August 2023)
Submit your proposal one month before departure using
the designated application form
Can be combined with a business trip or national/oversea
internship
Submit an individual research paper on East Asia or intl.
relations after the trip (can be a result of a group work).
Must make it clear in application how to keep safe.

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AFLSP@KU Management and Offline Support
Led by an Executive Vice-President of Kyoto University.
Committee consists of 9 members from different graduate
schools including four core members.
Office/Coordinator: TEL 075-753-5408, FAX
075-753-5680, Email AFLSP@mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
AFLSP@KU Online Resource
WWW

www.aflsp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Wikiwww.aflsp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/wiki/

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Information
Schedule in 2022
Monthly Seminar (10am–12pm, Sat): April 23, May 28,
June 25, July 23, Oct 29, Nov 19, Dec 17, Jan 28.
QE/Pre-QE (1:30pm–6:00pm, Sat): July 30 for
Summer; Feb 4 for WinterSpecial Lectures: (1) 2pm–3:30pm April 16; (2)2pm–3:30pm, June 25; (3) 2pm–4:30pm, July 16; (4):TBA.
Funding for EBL and language test (once in two years).

Username/Password for the Wiki site

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