AFLSP@KU Enrichment Program 2023
AFLSP@KU Committee
Kyoto University

October 2023

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BXAI Summer Program (2w)

Month

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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89Orientation 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 SpecialLecture), 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
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 leasthalf time), culture/social activities, and report of T-PBR(same as Pre-QE/QE).
Others shall consider together with the speaker anddiscuss after the presentation (interdisciplinary study!).
In person by default (Higashiichijo-Kan, Kyoto University)

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3. BXAI Summer Program (provided by BXAI)
Done (Waseda University)

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4. Special Lectures
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.
Who missed a Special Lecture (with a strong reason) canjoin an alternative Selected Lecture/Seminar by theapproval by the committee.

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5. 2-credits Lecture
2-credits Lecture(s) provided by Kyoto University
On 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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8 / 18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 anExperience-Based Learning as alternative (requires theapproval by the committee).
This year will visit Miyama-cho from Oct 7th to Oct 9th.

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7. Leadership Training
Purpose: Help discover and develop oneself
Mainly for 2nd year scholars but 1st year scholars are alsowelcome.
In 2023, it was a mini workshop on Role of Young
Generations in International Organizations (July 8th).

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8. Team-Project Based Research (T-PBR) in general
Team-Project to study social issues on East Asia and/orInternational Relations
Purpose: Shared Leadership practice (main) andinterdisciplinary research on solving social problems
Topic: Decided based on discussion
Goal: Publication (finally ⇒ “Think Tank AFLSP@KU”)#1 report: http://hdl.handle.net/2433/279925
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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11 / 18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 2023, max 4 teams (as there are only 4 supervisors)

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Feedbacks in July, 2023
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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: 50,000 Yen∗ × 8 scholars a year (from October
2023 to August 2024)∗50,000 Yen for a field trip with two or more nights, or
25,000 Yen for at most one night
Submit your proposal one month before departure using
the designated application form
Can be combined with a business trip or national/overseainternship
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, FAX075-753-5680, 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 2023
Monthly Seminar (10am–12pm, Sat): April 22, May 20,
June 17, July 8, Oct 14, Nov 18, Dec 23, Jan 27.
QE/Pre-QE: 1:30pm–6:00pm, Sun, July 23 for Summer;
1:30-7pm, Sat, Feb 3 for WinterSpecial Lectures: (1) 2pm–5pm (3h), May 20; (2)2pm–5pm (3h), Jan 27.
Funding for T-PBR, EBL, and language test (only once).

Username/Password for the Wiki site

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