Center for Southeast Asia Studies

The 46th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology

Posted on 2012/06/11 by nakane

Our fellow members will make presentations in the session of the meeting. Please come and join us to explore and share the outcome of our research in Sarawak. The 46th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology [Place] Higashi-Hiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima Workshop “Tropical forest and its society – the prospect of an ethnographic study of Sarawak” [Date]：June 23 (Sat.) ９：３０－１２：２５ [Venue]：G（K１１０） Coordinator：Goro Hasegawa（J.F. Overlin University） Presentation 1 Yumi Kato（Research Institute for Humanity and Nature） “They dynamism of human-nature relationship – a discussion of a case of Sihan” Presentation 2 Kyoko Sakuma（ASAFAS, Kyoto University） “The views on human-forests interactions based on resource utilization – […]

UNIMAS-Kyoto Seminar　[Dr. Daniel Chew, Dr. Jayl Langub]

Posted on 2012/05/17 by nakane

UNIMAS-Kyoto Seminar January 24, 2011 at CSEAS, Kyoto University 　Two researchers from the Institute for East Asian Studies, University of Malaysia Sarawak visited Kyoto University and gave lectures in the “UNIMAS-Kyoto Seminar.” 　Dr. Daniel Chew is an eminent historian in Sarawak, who focused on Chinese identity during colonial times. Mr. Jayl Langub, an anthropologist, has an intimate knowledge of indigenous peoples in Sarawak. He talked about the relationships between nomadic hunter-gatherers and longhouse residents through a traditional trading system. 　We found that the interests of both speakers are closely related to the focus of our research project, and anticipate working together to accelerate the research in Kemena and Jelalong regions. […]

International Seminar: “Radically Envisioning a Different Southeast Asia: From a Non-State Perspective”

Posted on 2012/05/16 by nakane

International Seminar: “Radically Envisioning a Different Southeast Asia: From a Non-State Perspective” January 18-19, 2011 at at CSEAS, Kyoto University 　On January 18-19 2010, our Kiban (S) Project co-sponsored an international seminar entitled “Radically Envisioning a Different Southeast Asia: From a Non-State Perspective”. We welcomed Professor James Scott from Yale University and other renowned Southeast Asianists to the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University to participate in the two-day seminar. 　The central question of this seminar was to ask to what extent Southeast Asia can be re-conceptualized, researched, and rewritten, if we considered non-state-centered perspectives and as such all participants joined in a discussion on these perspectives in the […]

“Indonesian migrant workers: with particular reference in the oil palm plantation industries in Sabah, Malaysia”　[Dr. Riwanto Tirtrosudarmo]

Posted on 2012/05/15 by nakane

“Indonesian migrant workers: with particular reference in the oil palm plantation industries in Sabah, Malaysia” A seminar by Dr. Riwanto Tirtrosudarmo December 11, 2010 at CSEAS, Kyoto University On Dec. 11 2010, for the 15th Oil Palm Research Meeting at Kyoto University, we invited Dr. Riwanto Tirtosudarmo of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) to share his thoughts and views. Since completing his doctorates at the Australian National University, Dr. Riwanto has been a senior research fellow of LIPI. His field of study is political demography and he has been studying population mobility in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. In this meeting, he introduced his latest study outcomes, the circumstances […]

”Some aspects of forestry in Sarawak in the 70s”　[Dr. Lee Hua Seng]

Posted on 2012/05/14 by nakane

”Some aspects of forestry in Sarawak in the 70s” （A seminar by Dr. Lee Hua Seng） November 17, 2010 at CSEAS, Kyoto University) 　In 1970, when he finished his study of forestry in The Australian National University, Dr. Lee Hua Seng got a position in the Sarawak Forest Department and was immediately transferred to a logging camp located in deep inland of Bintulu District. According to Dr. Lee, there was no paperwork on job contract back in those days. This rash job assignment tells us well that it was an urgent matter in Sarawak at that time to develop forestry in accordance with the increase of global demand for the […]