AFLSP@KU Enrichment Program 2024
AFLSP@KU Committee
Kyoto University

April 2024

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Program at a glance
BXAI Summer Program (2w)

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6Leadership Training (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)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)

QE = Qualification Examination
Japanese language is optional but strongly encouraged.
Note: BXAI Summer Program is provided by BXAI.

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Certificate of completion
Proof of the completion of the program including
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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 (6h/y × 2y)
2-credits Lecture on intl. relations (Asia-focused) orcomparative studies of cross-cultural issues in CJKService Learning (SL)Leadership Training
Team-Project Based Research (T-PBR)
Pre-QE (first year) & QE (second year)(Optional) Experience-based learning (alternative for SL),
Selected Lecture/Seminar (alternative for Special
Lecture), casual gathering, Japanese language, etc

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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
Duty to scholars in the 1st year; recommended to 2nd year
Eight times × 2h = 16h (Usually 10am-12am, Sat)
Usually each time two personal talks (2 × 45 = 90minutes) + T-PBR group reports (30 minutes in total).
A personal talk shall consist of report on research (atleast half time) and cultural/social activities.
Others shall consider together with the speaker anddiscuss after the presentation (interdisciplinary study!).

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3. BXAI Summer Program (provided by BXAI)
Aug 3rd (Saturday) to 18th (Sunday)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

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Purpose: Help understand the diversity and consider
issues relevant to East Asia.
6h/year × 2 years
Special Lectures are lectures or seminars speciallydesigned for scholars, thus are mandatory program.
Who missed a Special Lecture (with a strong reason) canpropose an alternative lecture/seminar (called SelectedLecture/Seminar) if it is approved by 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 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 but 1st year scholars are alsowelcome.
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).

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7. Leadership Training
Purpose: Help discover and develop oneself
Mainly for 2nd year scholars but 1st year scholars are alsowelcome.

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8. Team-Project Based Research (T-PBR) in general
Study social issues on East Asia and/or Intl. Relations
Purpose: (Main) Shared Leadership practice andinterdisciplinary research on solving social problems
Topic: Will be decided at the first Monthly Seminar
Goal: Publication (finally ⇒ “Think Tank AFLSP@KU”)
Three reports published so far on KURENAI.
Suggest to consider to start from a previous T-PBR study
Report length: 6–12 pages preferred (Pre-QE/QE)
Provide financial support
Supervisors will provide advices if asked.

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Model and evaluation for T-PBR
Model: 3Cs model for shared leadership (Xu & Zhao’22)
Evaluation:
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Approporiate organization (cleared in the team-buildingstage): 2–5 scholars including 1+ senior & 1+ junior,plus 1 Japanese student & 1 supervisor (professor)
Clear common goal
Quality of the achivement
Cohesive support: work as a cohesive teamComplementary expertise: every member contributes ina unique and necessary way

In 2024, max 4 teams (as there are only 4 supervisors)

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9. 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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Experience-Based Learning (EBL)
Optional but recommended.
Purpose: same as SL, thus can be an alternative of SL
Funding: To be decided.
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).

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AFLSP@KU Management and Offline Support
Committee consists of nine 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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Important information
Schedule in 2024
Monthly Seminar (10am–12pm, Sat): April 20, May 18,
June 22, July 20, Oct 19, Nov 16, Dec 21, Jan 25.
QE/Pre-QE (afternoon of Sat): July 27 and Feb 1.
Leadership training: To be decided (TBD)
Service Learning: TBD
Special Lectures: #1 June 22 and #2 TBD
Funding for T-PBR, EBL (max 2 persons till August 31),
and language test (for each person, once in two years).

Username/Password for the Wiki site

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