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March, 2010

The 1st Annual meeting of the International Program of Collaborative Research, CSEAS

Date & Time:March 29th, 2010　13:00 - 18:00 　　　　　　
Venue:Room No. 333, Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University
Program:
13:00 - 13:15　Welcome Remarks
Prof. Mizuno Kosuke, Director, CSEAS
13:15 - 13:30　Introduction to the Joint Research Project
Prof. Shibayama Mamoru, CSEAS
13:30 - 14:00
“The Informal Economy in Asia and the Global Value Chainv”
Dr. Endo Tamaki (Faculty of Economics, Saitama University)
14:00 - 14:30
“A Study of Informal Trans-National Human Flow from the Point of View of Regional Re-integration: A Scholarly Exchange Program between Japan and Thailand Based at the Bangkok Liaison Office, CSEAS”
Dr. Kataoka Tatsuki (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University)
14:30 - 14:45　Coffee break
14:45 - 15:15
“Preliminary Research on Large Scale Natural Disaster's Impact on Economy and Politics in Asia”
Dr. Nishi Yoshimi (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
15:15 - 15:45
“People's Wisdom relating to Huge Disasters: Case Study in Some Villages of Maubin, Ayeyarwaddy Division of Myanmar”
Dr. Saw Pyone Naing (University of Mandalay)
15:45 - 16:15
“Comparative Study on Rural Social Structure in Asia: Village Formation under Local Governance”
Prof. Fujita Koichi (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University)
16:15 - 16:45
“A Cultural Ecological Study of "Swidden on the Verge of Vanishing" in Southeast Asia”
Dr. Yokoyama Satoshi (Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University)
16:45 - 17:00　Coffee break
17:00 - 18:00
Panel Discussion: “Promise for Area Studies through International and inter-disciplinary Joint Research”

Discussant:
Dr. Tachimoto Narifumi, Director-General, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Prof. Honna Jun, Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University
Prof. Moji Kazuhiko, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Prof. Shimizu Hiromu, CSEAS, Kyoto University

Chair: Yasuyuki Kono, CSEAS, Kyoto University
18:30 - Get-together

Kyoto Sustainability Initiatives (KSI) International Workshop

Date:March 15 (Mon.) , 2010　　　
Place:Room no. 332 on the third floor of Inamori Foundation Memorial Building
Theme:Swidden Agriculture in Southeast Asia -Its Sustainability and its Contribution to Sustainability of Agroforestry, and Forestry
Program: Word

Special Seminar

Date:March 9 (Tues.) 2010, 15:00 - 17:00　　　
Place:Room no:330 on the third floor of Inamori Foundation Memorial Building
Speaker: Dr. Myint Thein, CSEAS Visiting Research Fellow from Historical Research Center, National Museum, Myanmar
Topic: "Arakan-Bengal Relation: Special Emphasis on mid-Mrauk-U Period (1531-1638)"
Abstract:
In this paper the central purpose is to explore the relation between Arakan (Rakhine) and Bengal in the mid-Mrauk-U Period. The struggle for the control of the Bengal was the principle historical force at that time. In the period of strong king, Rakhine expand their kingdom in the east and west of neighboring countries. During the 16th century, while the Rakhine was concentrating its best efforts on Bengal they played the prominent role in the region. It was due to the existence of seaports in Bengal, Rakhine was able to make control the trade. The strong kings tried to obtain fresh supplies of manpower as slave labours from Bengal.

Yet the greater the demands for rice in Southeast Asia, the more eager people tried to get slaves from market for extending their rice cultivation. It is one of the basic factors of why the Rakhine kings expand to Bengal. This paper is in a brief span of hundred years (1531-1638); I would try to analyses of the political relation between the two and bearing on the Rakhine kingdom. To form a judgment on the determining factors in the Arakan-Bengal relation, I carefully assess the relative weight of the specific functions, the aims of power struggle, and the local conditions. Emphasis will be laid political relation on the two powers. And finally, an attempt will be made the different angle through the Rakhine historical point of view.

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