Seeking a New Approachto Area Studies

History
CSEAS established within Kyoto University.
Bangkok Liaison Office opened.

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS)
brings together researchers specializing in various

CSEAS officially designated as a “Research Center”
under the National Schools Establishment Act.

ﬁelds, from the humanities to the social and natural sciences, toJakarta Liaison Office opened.

conduct collaborative research. It is essential to have both a framework for an integrated understanding of various academic disciplines as well as empirical knowledge and understanding of “whatis happening on the ground,” which is the main focus of area studies.
The Center aims to elucidate global-scale issues that have arisen in
the Global South, including Southeast Asia. Our strength lies in transdisciplinary area studies in which diverse researchers bring their own
analytical perspectives to ﬁeld research to improve our understanding of what has happened and what is happening in the region.
Asia and the world have been experiencing major challenges
since 2020, forcing signiﬁcant changes in the approach to areastudies. As global warming and natural disasters require transdisciplinary knowledge, political conﬂicts and confrontations makeﬁeld research more difficult than before. At the same time,
information technology expands the space of human activity,exploding the amount of information to observe. CSEAS willcontinue to develop our activities, unafraid to take on new
challenges and anticipate the coming changes.

CSEAS initiates a lecture course
in Graduate School of Agriculture.
CSEAS initiates a lecture course in Graduate Schoolof Human and Environmental Studies.

1963
1965
1970
1981
1993

1994
CSEAS initiates a lecture course in Graduate Schoolof Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS).

1998

CSEAS initiates a lecture course
in Kyoto University School of Public Health.

2000

CSEAS designated as an “Institute” in recognitionof research excellence by MEXT.

2004
Institute of Sustainability Science (ISS) established. 2006

Japan Consortium
for Area Studies (JCAS) inaugurated.

Center for Integrated Area Studies (CIAS)
established within Kyoto Univ.
with CSEAS and ASAFAS cooperation.
CIAS appointed as the JCAS Secretariat.

2008

CIAS approved as a “Joint Use Center” by MEXT.

CSEAS approved as a “Joint Usage/Research Center”
by MEXT.

2009

CIAS approved as a “Joint Usage/Research Center”
by MEXT.

The Consortium for Southeast AsianStudies in Asia (SEASIA) established.

2013

Asian Studies Fund (Kyoto University Fund) established.

2016

2017

CSEAS approved as a “Joint Usage/ResearchCenter for Global Collaborative Research (GCR)”
by MEXT.

Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Seeking New Academic Formulations — Insights from the Field to the World

Center for Southeast Asian Studies

2022

Director Fumiharu Mieno
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University

KYOTO UNIVERSITY
AccessObjectives
Imadegawa St.

Kojinguchi
Marutamachi St.

Jingu-Marutamachi
Oike St.
Sanjo St.
Hankyu Kyoto Line

Center forSoutheast AsianStudies

Sanjo
Shijo St.

Gojo St.

Shichijo St.

Kyoto

Mt.
YoshidaSubway Tozai Line

From JR Kyoto Station
Take No.4, No.17, or No.205 Kyoto City BusApprox.
(municipal bus) and get off at “Kojinguchi.” Walk
30minutes
for 5 minutes to the east.
Take No.17 Kyoto Bus and get off at“Kojinbashi.” Walk for 1 minute to the south.

Approx.
30minutes

Take a taxi and ask the driver to go to Inamori
Foundation Memorial Building at Kojinbashi
Higashizume.

Approx.
30minutes

From Keihan Jingu-Marutamachi Station
Walk for 3 minutes to the north.
From Hankyu Kawaramachi StationTake No.3, No.4, No.17, No.37, No.59, orApprox.
No.205 Kyoto City Bus (municipal bus) and get
15 minutes
off at “Kojinguchi.” Walk for 5 minutes to the east.

Higashioji St.

Busterminal

Kyoto Univ.
Konoe St.

Kawabata St.

Kawaramachi

Kojinbashi

Keihan Oto Line

Enhanceunderstanding andappreciation of thevalue of diversity inhuman societies

Demachiyanagi

Shirakawa St.

The KamoRiver

Kyoto
Gyoen
Karasuma St.

Strengtheninterdisciplinary
research
approaches

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Kawaramachi St.

SubwayKarasuma Line

Develop solutions
to complex
global issues

Japan Center for Area Studies establishedin the National Museum of Ethnology.

Take No.16 or No.17 Kyoto Bus and get off at“Kojinbashi.” Walk for 1 minute to the south.
JR Tokaido Line

Tokaido Shinkansen

Promote Trans-disciplinary
Collaborative Research
Cultivate academic communities that can addresstransnational issues
Foster life-oriented research approaches attuned
to regional diversity
Create socially innovative approaches to the needsof the environment
Share and use global information resources

Center for Southeast Asian Studies

KYOTO UNIVERSITY
46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
TEL : +81-75-753-7302 FAX : +81-75-753-7350© Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
Illustration: Chihiro Kinoshita Production Cooperation: Kyoto Tsushinsha Press
Editorial Design: Nakasone Design

https://kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/

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ResearchResearch Divisions

CFlagship Projects / Research Activities

Publications* in Japanese

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Joint Usage/Research Center
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by MEXT

Cross-regional Studies

Global Collaborative
Research (GCR)

ADeveloping area studies methodologies,
from the pioneering of research materials tothe publication of ﬁndings

Japan-ASEAN Science, Technologyand Innovation Platform (JASTIP)

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Maritime Asia
Heritage Survey

Political and EconomicCoexistence Studies
Promoting research that contributes tostrategies for political and economic
development relevant to each region

Strategic International Collaborative Research
Program by JST(MAHS)
POLITICS

Promotion of Sustainable Development Research
Industry-Academia Cllaboration Program

Conceptualizing the Future of Air Conditioning
with Area Studies Departments in Asia and Africa

ECONOMYSocial CoexistenceStudies
Promoting human society research basedon plural social coexistence

Environmental
Coexistence Studies
Promoting human society research inrelation to the geosphere and biosphere

Global HumanosphereStudies
Promoting research on global
humanosphere through comparative studyof various regions

Grants-in-Aid for
Scientific Research Projects

Field Archive ProjectSoutheast Asia Seminar

University Research Units

Annual thematic seminar since 1977, involving
1,054 young researchers from 11 countries

Data-oriented Area Studies Unit (DASU)
Tropical Research & Education Unit (KU-TREE)

MOUs

72

Total

institutions

15

institutions

Providing courses for undergraduates and international students
at the Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences (ILAS)

Postdoctoral Researchers
Young post-doctoral researchers from various ﬁelds are affiliatedwith the Center and actively engage in research exchanges

OutreachAcademicPrograms

ILAS Seminars

Visiting ResearchScholars

444

Total

Overseas Liaison Offices
Bangkok Liaison Office

Consortium for Southeast Japan Consortium for
Asian Studies in Asia (SEASIA)
Area Studies (JCAS)

Graduate Program
Cooperative teaching of postgraduate students at the Graduate
School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), the Graduate
School of Medicine, and the Graduate School of Agriculture

Collection, accumulation andsharing of research materials

Academic Networking

Gender Equality Promotion
Planning and organizing international seminars /Supporting childcare services / Providing rest areas andchild-friendly spaces / Encouraging women to apply foropen positions in staff recruitment

Expanding Access to Field Notes

Southeast Asian Studies
Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (Tonan Ajia Kenkyu)*
Kyoto Area Studies on Asia
Kyoto Area Studies on Asia (Chiiki Kenkyu Sosho)*
Kyoto CSEAS Studies on Asian Studies
Multilingual web journal Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
Kyoto Working Papers on Area Studies
CIRAS Discussion Paper Series
CSEAS ClassicsCSEAS Beginner’s Guide to Southeast Asian Studies *104

Library

Approximately 270,000 books / Over100,000 materials in Asian languages

MapCollections

Providing an online catalogue of map
resources

Databases

Database construction support
services / Area studies resource
sharing database

Information
Infrastructure
Jakarta Liaison Officeorganizations

Visual Documentary
Project (VDP)

TANKEN Video
Welcome to Area Studies

A platform for communicating Southeast Asia today
through short documentaries by young ﬁlmmakers

Video introductions of the CSEAS
faculty working at the forefront of areastudies and their fields of studyBook Talk on Asia

Visitor’s Voice
Interview Series

Corona Chronicles

Q&A interviews with visiting
researchers about theirresearch, experiences, andbook recommendations

Bringing together the latest
ﬁndings on the impacts of
the COVID-19 in Southeast
Asia and other regions

A Japanese audio program
featuring interviews withauthors about their latest
books on Asia. Available
every other Wednesday

Voices from the Field

Developing ICT-based
research support