International Academic Exchange

CSEAS is accepting applicants semiannually for about 12 positions for scholars and researchers who work on Southeast Asia, or any one of the countries in that region, to spend 6 to 12 months in Kyoto to conduct research, write, or pursue other scholarly activities in connection with their field of study.

Since 1963, more than two hundred distinguished scholars have availed themselves of the Center’s considerable scholarly resources and enjoyed the invigorating atmosphere of scenic Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan and the main repository of the country’s cultural treasures, to pursue their interests in Southeast Asian area studies. The Center’s multi-disciplinary character and the diverse research interests of its faculty offer visiting scholars an ideal opportunity for the exchange of ideas and the cultivation of comparative perspectives.

The highly competitive selection process has brought to the Center in recent years researchers form Southeast Asian countries, Bangladesh, China, Korea, and western countries including the United States and France. The visiting fellows represent various basic disciplines in their study of Southeast Asia, and their official posts in their home institutions include teacher, researcher, librarian, journalist, and NGO worker. Information and Technology (IT) experts who conduct research on Southeast Asia are also joining the Center, not only to manage various database systems but also to construct academic networks for area study throughout the world. Successful applicants receive an appropriate stipend to cover international travel, housing, and living expenses in Kyoto. Research funds will also be provided to facilitate his/her work. Funds will also be allocated for domestic travel, subject to government regulations, and a number of other facilities are available to visiting scholars. Fellows will be expected to reside in Kyoto for the duration of their fellowship period. Fellows are normally invited to deliver a public lecture during their term at the Center and encouraged to submit an article for possible publication in the Center’s quarterly journal, Southeast Asian Studies and to contribute to the online Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia.

CSEAS also received researchers, both Japanese and foreign, who visit on their own funds or on external fellowships.

Latest List

＜Visiting Researchers＞

・ Pongsak Sahunalu (June 18, 2004 - June, 17 2005)

Research Topic: Restoring and maintaining species diversity of tropical forests

Home Institution: Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Thailand

・ Viriya Limmpinuntana (December 1, 2004 - May 31, 2005）

Research Topic: The changing conditions and future of rice growing in Northeast Thailand

Home Institution: Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

・Nelwaty Sikumbang (December 17, 2004 - June 16, 2005)

Research Topic: Comparative study in acquiring literatures and library services in CSEAS

Home Institution: National Library of Indonesia, Indonesia

・ Surat Lertlum (January 5, 2005 - July 4, 2005）

Research Topic: Comparative study in acquiring literatures and library services in CSEAS Cultural heritage mapping for Southeast Asia

Home Institution: Mathematic and Computer Science Department, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Thailand

・ Somluckrat Grandstaff (March 1, 2005 - August 31, 2005）

Research Topic: Changes in human adaptive strategies in rural Northeast Thailand

Home Institution: Mahidol University, Thailand

・ Pinit Lapthananon (April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2006）

Research Topic: The role of development monks and social change in Northeastern, Thailand

Home Institution: Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

・ Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy （May 18, 2005 - November 17, 2005）

Research Topic: Management of cultural heritage in Laos, a comparative study within the Southeast Asian context

Home Institution: Department of Museums and Archeology, Ministry of Information and Culture, Laos

・ Pham Tien Dung (June 20, 2005 - December 19, 2005）

Research Topic: Assessing the sustainability of shifting cultivation systems in a Tay ethnic minority community in Vietnam's northwestern mountains

Home Institution: Faculty of Agronomy, Hanoi Agricultural University, Vietnam

・ Wynn Lei Lei Than （July 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005）

Research Topic: Selective annotated bibliography of books and other research material on Myanmar agriculture

Home Institution: Yezin Agricultural University Library, Myanmar

・ Mochtar Pabottingi (July 20, 2005 - January 19, 2006）

Research Topic: The two-by-two democratic genealogy

Home Institution: Center for Political Studies, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia

・ Phanu Uthaisri (August 1, 2005 - July 31, 2006）

Research Topic: Study on GIS application for his-tory and archaeology

Home Institution: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Rajamangala Institute of Technology, Thailand

・ Ratana Boonmathya (September 20, 2005 - March 19, 2006）

Research Topic: Movement and Memory: Place and Displacement in the World of Diaspora

Home Institution: Institute of Language and culture for Rural Development, Mahidol University, Thailand

・ Khoo Boo Teik (December 15 2005 - April 4, 2006）

Research Topic: Leadership Transition from Mahathir Mohamad to Abdullah Ahmad Badawi: Implications for Malaysian Political Economy

Home Institution: School of Social Sciences, Universiti of Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

・ Benlie Abel (January 10, 2006 - July 9, 2006）

Research Topic: Before was river in the road, the socio-cultural changed in Central Kalimantan.

Home Institution: Cornell University Library, U.S.A.

・ Panyangam　Nawarat (January 10, 2006 - July 9, 2006）

Research Topic: Internet Public Access Catalog (IPAC) of HORIZON Automated Library System at The National Library of Thailand/The Bibliography of His Majesty the King Bhumibol Adulyady of Thailand

Home Institution: Library Information Center, National Library of Thailand, Thailand

・ Muhammad Salim （February 1, 2006 - July 31, 2006）

Research Topic: Farming Systems Development in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study with Neighboring Asian Countries

Home Institution: Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh

・ Adapa Satyanarayana （Aplil 1, 2006 - September 30, 2006）

Research Topic: "Fleeing from Caste Oppression": Emigration of South Indian Coolies to Southeast Asia, 1871-1982

Home Institution: Department of History, Osmania University, India

・Abubakar Eby Hara　(May 1, 2006 - October 31, 2006)

Research Topic: "Radical and Islamist Movements in Indonesia"

Home Institution: Faculty of Social Science and Plotical Sciences, University of Jember, Indonesia

・Luo Er-hu　(May 1, 2006 - October 31, 2006)

Research Topic: "Studies on interaction between China and Southeast Asia through the history viewed from the recent archeological and contemporary field works"

Home Institution: Faculty of History, Sichuan University, China

・　Cary Caverlee Sturges　(August 1, 2006 - January 31, 2007)

Research Topic: "GIS for the Humanities"

Home Institution: University of California, Barkeley

・　Pradadimara Dias　(August 1, 2006 - January 31, 2007)

Research Topic: "A Socio-Histrical and Comparative Study of Tana Toroja Social Formation and Transformation"

Home Institution: Universitas Hsanuddin

・　Trebuil Guy Francois (August 15, 2006 - February 14, 2007)

Research Topic: "Decentralization of natural resource management: evaluating the use of Companion Modelling (ComMod) for community-based adaptive & participatory resource management in Southeast Asia"

Home Institution: Paris National Agronomic Institute, France

・　Rampisela Dorotea Agnes  (September 1, 2006 - August 31, 2007)

Research Topic: "Rural Development Program and Capacity Building of Local People in South Sulawesi "

Home Institution: Universitas Hsanuddin

・　Buadaeng Kwanchewan (October 1, 2006 - March 31, 2007)

Research Topic: "Religious Cults and Ethnic Identity of the Karen in the Frontiers of Burma and Thailand "

Home Institution: Chiang Mai University

・　Khampitak Kovit (December 1, 2006 - May 31, 2007)

Research Topic: "Comprehensive geriatric assessment for Japanese and Thai elderly people"

Home Institution: Khon Keen University

・　Guiam Rufa Cagoco (December 15, 2006 - June 14, 2007)

Research Topic: "Peacebuilding, democratization and governance among Local Government Units: A situational analysis of the roles and participation of Civil society organizations in Muslim communities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao "

Home Institution:Mindanao State University

・　Srisa-ard Surithong (March 14, 2007 - September 13, 2007)

Research Topic: "１） Text book writing on Local Wisdom and information for Educational Development "　"２） Compilation of Special Bibliography for Thai Collection in CSEAS Library"　　

Home Institution:Mahasarakham University

・　Lye Tuck Po (April 1, 2007 - September 30, 2007)

Research Topic: "Environment, knowledge, and memory in Sambor Prei Kuk, Cambodia"

Home Institution:Naga Research Group

・　Zhuang Guotu (May 1, 2007 - October 31, 2007)

Research Topic: "The New Chinese Immigration into Southeast Asia: On the context of the Chinese Capital flowing between China-ASEAN"

Home Institution:Xiamen University

・ Tolentino Roland (Nov. 1, 2007 - April 17, 2008)

Research Topic: Keywords: Essays on Media Representations and Philippine Neocolonialism

Home Institution: National University of Singapore

・ Eric Tagliacozzo (August 1, 2007 - Junuary 31, 2008)

Research Topic: "The History of the Pilgrimage to Mecca From SE Asia"

Home Institution: Cornell University

・Sun Laichen (Junuary 14, 2008 - June 30, 2008)

Research Topic: "An Age of Gunpowder in Southeast Asia, c. 1390-1820"

Home Institution: California State University

・Leisz Stephen Joseph ( February 1, 2008 - July 31, 2008)

Research Topic: Land Use Changes in Mainland Southeast Asia over the Past 50 Years: Environmental, Economic and Political Implications

Home Institution: University of Copenhagen

・Tazul Islam (March 1, 2008 - August 31, 2008)

Research Topic: Microfinance in Southeast Asia: A Comparative Study with the Experience of Bangladesh

Home Institution: Centre for Development Research

・ Surat Lertlum (April 1, 2008 - September 30, 2008)

Research Topic: Application of RS to Area Studies

Home Institution: Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy

・Cut Armansyah (May 1, 2008 - October 31, 2008)

Research Topic: Bibliographic of social problems in Indonesia. The topic include, ethnic and borders conflicts, political situation as well as terrorism in Indonesia

Home Institution: Centre for Scientific Documentation and Information, Indonesian Institute of Sciences

・ Choulean Ang (May 1, 2008 - October 31, 2008)

Research Topic: Research on the relationship between human and nature among rice-farmers in Monsoon Asia

Home Institution: Faculty of Archaeology, University of Fine Arts, Phnom-Penh

・ George Bryan Souza (June 1, 2008 - November 31, 2008)

Research Topic: "Silverization: Interconnecting Maritime Trade, Exchange and Expansion in Early Modern Asian Economies- the cases of Sino-Japanese and Sino-Japanese-European-Vietnamese commerce, exchange and the role of silver and copper"

Home Institution: Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

・ Ju Lan Thung (July 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008)

Research Topic: "The Search for Chinese Identity and Culture among Chinese Indonesians during the Post-Suharto Era"

Home Institution: The Indonesian Institute of Science, The Research Center For Society and Culture

・ Tana Li (September 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009)

Research Topic: The oversea Chinese and the Vietnam War (1955-1975)

Home Institution: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University

・ HAFIDZ, Tatik Saadati (September 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009)

Research Topic: ASEAN Cooperation to Counter Terrorism: Assessment and Recommendations

Home Institution: Freelance Consultant and Writer

・ABDOELLAH, Oekan Soekotjo (October 16, 2008 - April 15, 2009)

Research Topic: Traditional Agroforestry as Humanosphere Component

Home Institution: Padjadjaran University

・LOH Kok Wah, Francis (December 1, 2008 - April 15, 2009)

Research Topic:The Kadazandusuns of Sabah: The Politics of Ethno-Nationalism, Development and Federalism, 1900-2004

Home Institution:School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia

＜Visiting Project Researchers＞

・ Claudio Oskar Delang （August 27, 2004 - August 26, 2006）

Research Topic: The transformation of social capital: Theoretical developments case study in Northern Thailand

Home Institution: Papio College, Switzerland

・ Bhoopong Phuangtip （December 6, 2004 - December 5, 2005）

Research Topic: Analysis of the bacteria causing enteric infections in Southern Thailand

Home Institution: Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

・Herry Yogasuwara (January 10, 2005 - Febrary 8, 2005)

Research Topic: Border Areas in Indomesia: Lesson Learned from Japanese　Scholar toward Institutional Networking.

Home Institution: LIPI, Indonesia

・ Muthayya Chowdary Vemuri (September 1, 2005 - August 31, 2007)

Research Topic: Eco-history GIS Modeling for Sustainable Watershed Management in Northern Mountainous Laos

Home Institution: Indian Space Research Organization, India

・Sharma Ghanashyam (November 1, 2005 - October 31, 2007)

・ Ekawati Sri Wahyuni (April 1, 2006 - June 4, 2006)

Research Topic: Gender Issues of Elderly Care in Malaysia and Japan

Home Institution: Communication and Community Development, Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

・  Sittha Lertphaiboonsiri (May 7, 2006 - June 10, 2006)

Research Topic: The Seas, A Troubled Space of Southeast Asia: Challenges of the State in the Global Anti-Terrorism Era.

Home Institution: University of Malaya

・ Alwin Aguirre (July 16, 2006 - January 15, 2007)

Research Topic: The History of Tomorrow: The Discourse of Science and the Imagination of the Future in Asian Science Fictions.

Home Institution: University of the Philippines-Diliman

・  Dao Truong Minh  (September 6, 2006 - December 3, 2006)

Research Topic: Five decades of interaction between land and forest resources and people in Vietnam Northern Mountain Region.

Home Institution: Vietnam National University

・ Kong Jianxun  (December 25, 2006 - March 24, 2007)

Research Topic: A Comparative Study of One Village One Product Movement in Thailand and Japan　

Home Institution: Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences

＜Visiting Researchers＞

・ Goh Pek Che (June 1, 2004 - May 31, 2005)

Research Topic: Intellectual capital and economic development in Japan

Home Institution: Multimedia University, Malaysia

・ Satoshi Ikeda (December 1, 2004 - November 30, 2005)

Research Topic: East Asian regional and world system analyses of seclusionism, emperoris, and corporocentrism

Home Institution: University of Alberta, Canada

・ Siti Sugiah Mugiahneiesyah (February 2, 2005 - May 1, 2005)

Research Topic: Toward harmonization of development and environmental conservation in biological production

Home Institution: Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

・ Terry Grandstaff (March 1, 2005 - August 31, 2005)　　

Research Topic: Transformation of land use and natural resource management in rural societies in Northeastern Thailand

Research consultant, U.S.A. 

・ Daorueng Prangtip (April 10, 2005 - May 11, 2005)

Research Topic: Peace brokering: A comparative study of success and failure in Southeast Asian peace processes and the role of mediator: The case of Aceh and the communist party of Malaya

Home Institution: Inter Press Service News Agency, Thailand

・ Chan Chee Khoon (April 8, 2005 - November 10, 2005)

Research Topic: Re-negotiating the social contract: Reforms in the organization and financing of health care in East and Southeast Asia

Home Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

・ Askiah Adam (September 1, 2005 - November 30, 2005)

Research Topic: Islam Post 9/11: Trend and Opportunities for Modernization

Home Institution:　New Straits Times Press, Malaysia　

・ Liu Hong (October 6, 2005 - October 31, 2005)

Research Topic: Chinese New Migrants in Japan and the Linkages with China, 1978-2005

Home Institution: National University of Singapore, Singapore

・ Siti Sugiah Mugniesyah (December 22, 2005 - May 1, 2006)

Research Topic: Gender, access to land by peasant householeds, and poverty: Sustainable agricultural development in West Java

Home Institution: Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

・ Sri Hartoyo (January 28, 2006 -Feburary 15, 2006)

Research Topic: Toward harmonization of development and environmental conservation in biological production

Home Institution: Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

・ Dwi Rechmina (January 28, 2006 -Feburary 15, 2006)

Research Topic: Toward harmonization of development and environmental conservation in biological production

Home Institution: Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

・Ratana Boonmathya (March 20, 2005 - April 10, 2006）

Research Topic: Movement and Memory: Place and Displacement in the World of Diaspora

Home Institution: Institute of Language and culture for Rural Development, Mahidol University, Thailand

・Fe Sumilang Abarcar Delos Reyes (2006.3.23-2006.5.23)

Research Topic: Looking at Programs and Services for Children and Adolescents with Disabilities Across Cultural Differences and Economic Conditions : A Comparison between Chiba City, Japan and Naga City, Philippines

Home Institution: HELP Learning Center Foundation, Ateneo de Naga University, Philippines

・Manickam Nadarajah (May 1, 2006 - September 30, 2006)

Research Topic: Culturally embedded notions of sustainable developement (or sustainability) in Asia

Home Institution: Asian Communication Network, Malaysia

・Zurndorfer Harrirt (May 1, 2006 - May 28, 2006)

Home Institution: Leiden University

・ Austin Gareth (July 3, 2006 - July 29, 2006)

Home Institution: University of London

・ Ingon Trebuil (September 24, 2006 - February 14, 2007)

Home Institution: Chulalongkorn University

・Jorge Villamor Tigno (November 1, 2006 - August 31, 2007)

Research Topic:Japan through Gaijin Eyes: The Perspectives of Filipinos in Osaka in the Context of Evolving Transnational and Regional Identities in Asia

Home Institution:University of the Philippines-Diliman

・VAN DER ENG Petrus Jacobus (November 25, 2006 - December 24, 2006)

Home Institution:Australian National University

・Siti Sugiah Mugiahneiesyah (January 31, 2007 - February 15, 2007)

Research TopicToward harmonization of development and environmental conservation in biological production

Home Institution: Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

・Dwi Rachmina (January 31, 2007 - February 15, 2007)

Research TopicToward harmonization of development and environmental conservation in biological production

Home Institution: Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

・Sri Hartoyo (January 31, 2007 - February 15, 2007)

Research TopicToward harmonization of development and environmental conservation in biological production

Home Institution: Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

・Chaiwat Thirapantu (April 1, 2007 - August 31, 2007)

Research Topic:Cultivation of Transformative Leadership in Civil Society and Co-Creation of Energy Field for Social Transformation in Asia

Home Institution:Civicnet Institute

・Paul Close (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008)

Home Institution: Globalization Studies and Director of the Amity Centre for Globalization Research (ACGR), Amity University

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