JCAS
The Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JCAS) is a consortium of research, educational, and non-governmental organizations engaged and/or interested in area studies and related issues of various areas in the world. JCAS was established in April 2004 on the initiative of the Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University; the Research Institute of Languages and Cultures in Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; The Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology; and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. By September 2005, 66 organizations had joined JCAS.
The major missions of JCAS are to develop trans-regional and inter-disciplinary
area studies, to link research and educational domains with business and
foreign aid domains of both GOs and NGOs, to provide high-quality information
on contemporary world issues to the public, to promote educational and
training programs in area studies to post-graduate and younger scholars,
and to initiate a cross-organizational research and educational system
for area studies. In 2005, JCAS planned to launch a wide range of research,
educational, and supporting projects, which will include two umbrella projects
on “An area study approach to human security” and “Reformation of areas
under globalization,” a vernacular language training course, a post-graduate
student workshop, and the development of an area specialist database. These
will be in addition to regular activities, which include the annual meeting
and the publication of Chiiki Kenkyu (an area studies journal) and newsletters.
For details of JCAS activities, please visit the JCAS web page (http://www.jcas.jp/) or e-mail the secretariat (jcasjimu@idc.minpaku.ac.jp).
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