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Seminars/Symposia

Domeistic Seminars

October in 2007

  1. Date:16:00 - , October31, 2007
  2. Title:API Seminar
  3. Place:K409 CSEAS, Kyoto University
  4. Program:
    A). Current Developments on Philippine Cinema - with a special focus on the Rise of Philippine Independent Films
    B). Screenings & Discussion of the following award-winning Filipino short films:
    1) MANSYON by Joel Ruiz
    A middle-aged couple, Ambo and Dolores, are hired as caretakers of a large, opulent house for the duration of three months. The couple has fallen into a psychic rut, mechanically doing their housework. Until one day, Dolores finds a red perfume bottle...
    2) KULTADO (Boiling Point) by Lawrence Fajardo
    Life in a wet market in the provinces spells danger. A young vegetable vendor and his family are oppressed by the market thugs. But things always have a breaking point.
    3) PUTOT (Small Fry) by Jeck Cogama
    A young boy cares for his mentally challenged father in a slum area that is about to be demolished. While trying to make a living selling shellfish, he meets Mayang, a girl slightly older than him. Soon he finds himself enamoured with the lass.
    4) DOBLE VISTA (Double Vision) by Nix Lanas, Nisha Alicer & Caren Crisologo
    A witty and visually exciting tribute to Godard and the Nouvelle Vague centering on a lovelorn writer and his mystery lady.
    5) GABUN (Cloud) by Emmanuel Dela Cruz
    The mystifying tale of a Muslim lass who is determined to attend her classes... no matter what.
  5. Moderator:TANAKA, koji (CIAS)
  1. Date:October 25, 15:00-18:00, 2007
  2. Title:The 25th Bangkok Seminar on Thai Studies
  3. Place:Bangkok Office, CSEAS
  4. Speaker1: Mr. Atsushi Kawasumi (Ph.D. Candidate Toyo University, Intern, Coomunity Organizations Development Institute)
  5. Topic:Study on the Small Neighborhood Groups in Participatory Approach to Community Development of Urban Poor in Thailand
  6. Speaker2: Mr. Kesuke Yoshida,(Ph.D. Candidate,Toyo University)
  7. Topic: Study on the Social mobility of community development in Urban Poor Communities of Bangkok, Thailand