Seminars/Symposia: FY2010
December, 2010
- The ASEAN-Japan Relationship Today and Future: Dialogue with ASEAN Committee
of Permanent Representatives
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- We are pleased to announce the upcoming dialogue with ASEAN Committee of
Permanent Representatives (CPR), which will take place at the Center for
Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University on 20 December 2010.
The dialogue is joined by Permanent Representatives of ASEAN CPR and Ambassador
Takio Yamada (Japan’s Ambassador to ASEAN). In welcoming them, we will
have a keynote address by Prof. Takashi Shiraishi (Executive Member of
the Council of Science and Technology Policy in the Cabinet Office). The
event will be a great opportunity to exchange opinions from various perspectives
about the future ASEAN and its relationship with Japan, and you are cordially
invited to take part of it.
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- With the rise of China, there is a growing attention on the role of ASEAN
in reshaping the regional order in East Asia. As the expanded East Asia
Summit (EAS) with the participation of Russia and the U.S. is scheduled
next year under the chairmanship of Indonesia, it is expected that Japan
strengthens its diplomatic ties with ASEAN. It is in this context that
the renewal of Tokyo Declaration and ASEAN-Japan Plan of Action adopted
in 2003 will be a significant agenda in 2011. Thus, next year is expected
to be the milestone for ASEAN-Japan diplomatic relationship. Prof. Takashi
Shiraishi will share his idea on the reshaping of regional order in East
Asia.
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- ASEAN CPR was established by the ASEAN Charter in 2009. Since the establishment,
Permanent Representatives in the CPR have played an active role in promoting
policies directed to ASEAN integration. Therefore, it is a great opportunity
for Japanese academics interested in Southeast Asia to exchange their views
on the region with ASEAN architects.
- Date & Time：20 December 2010, 16.30 pm – 18.00 pm
- Place：Middle Size Conference Room at the Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall 3rd
floor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University.
- Program:
- Moderator: Prof. Honna Jun (Ritsumeikan University, Faculty of International Relations)
- 16:30-16:35
Opening speech : Prof. Matsumoto Hiroshi (President of Kyoto University) 16:35-16:40
Speech : ASEAN Committee of Permanent Representative
- 16:40:16:45
Introduction:Prof. Shimizu Hiromu (Director of Center for Southeast Asian Studies)
- 16:45-17:15
Keynote address:Prof. Shiraishi Takashi (Council of Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet
Office, President of IDE-JETRO, Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University)
“From East Asia Back to Asia Pacific”
- Q&A
- 17:15-18:00
- Dialogue with ASEAN Ambassadors:
• Ambassador Yamada Takio (Japanese Ambassador to ASEAN)
• H.E. Amb. Pengiran Hajjah Basmillah Pengiran Haji Abbas
(State of Brunei Darussalam)
• H.E. Amb. Kan Pharidh (Kingdom of Cambodia)
• H.E. Amb. I Gede Ngurah Swajaya (Republic of Indonesia)
• H.E. Amb. Prasith Sayasith (Lao People’s Democratic
Republic)
• H.E. Amb. Hsu King Bee (Federation of Malaysia)
• H.E. Amb. U Nyan Lynn (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)
• Mr. Adrian Bernie C. Candolada (Republic of The Philippines)
• Ms. Teo Lay Cheng (Republic of Singapore)
• H.E. Amb. Manasvi Srisodapol (Kingdom of Thailand)
• H.E. Amb. Vu Dang Dung (Socialist Republic of Vietnam)
• H. E. Mr.Sayakane Sisouvong (Deputy Secretary-General
of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community)
- Contact: Masaaki Okamoto (CSEAS)
- Special Seminar
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- Date & Time： December 14th, 2010, 13:30-16:30
- Place：Small Conference Room-I (Room no. 330), on the 3rd floor of Inamori Foundation
Memorial Building, Kyoto University
- Program:
- Speaker-1:
- Mr. Mohammad Najmul Islam (Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Asian and
African Area Studies, Kyoto University)
- Presentation title: "Survival Strategies of the Char Dwellers from Flood Hazards: A Study on the Ganges-Padma Floodplain in
Bangladesh"
- Speaker-2:
- Dr. Gulsan Ara Parvin (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, International Environment
and Disaster Management, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies,
Kyoto University)
- Presentation title: "Role of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Coastal
Community's Disaster Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery: A Case Study
of Hatiya Island of Bangladesh"
- Speaker-3:
- Dr. Tazul Islam (Foreign Visiting Fellow, Center for South East Asian Studies,
Kyoto University)
- Presentation title: "Grameen Phase Two: Exploring the Potential of
Microfinance"
- Contact: Dr. Koichi Fujita (Ext. 7321)
- (Professor, Center for South East Asian Studies, Kyoto University)
- Abstract:
1. Bangladesh is the largest floodplain delta in the world where flooding
of different magnitude is a major hazard. Due to population pressure and
scarcity of land many of the poorest communities are obliged to live in
the floodplain riverine areas known as char-lands. The char people and their livelihood in the Ganges-Padma floodplain are under threat
due to floods. In the study area Island char and attached char villages are largely affected by annual floods. The excess of water happens
during the monsoon season because of widespread flooding those damages
char-land settlements, agricultural crops, dwelling assets, infrastructures
and communication networks. The purpose of this research is to assess the
socioeconomic impacts of flood hazards on char-livelihood and explore the survival strategies and better practices to
reduce their damages and vulnerabilities as local wisdoms. This study has
revealed that indigenous knowledge of the char people is an important survival means during the flood period. Seasonality-based
diversified livelihood, alternative sources of income, dwelling protection
by local materials, cow-shed and floor raising, poultry case built on high
platform, gardening and seed-bed preparation in the homestead area, fuel-stock
and seed preservation as invented by indigenous knowledge of the char-dwellers that can reduce damage and flood vulnerabilities.
2. Due to climate change threats Bangladesh and its coastal areas have
achieved great attentions by the researchers and environmentalists. On
the other hand, Bangladesh has made its distinctive niche in the world
for being the pioneer in the innovation of microfinance system for the
poor. Thousands of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) are working for the
social and economic development of the deprived communities in Bangladesh.
Almost every part of Bangladesh including coastal areas there are numbers
of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) operating their development programs.
Welfare, social development and poverty alleviation through micro-credit
are the prime focus of the most of the MFIs. Role of microfinance in poverty
alleviation is examined by several researchers. But what MFIs are doing
for disaster risk reduction is not well addressed yet. By empirical study
in one of the most vulnerable coastal communities of Bangladesh, named
Hatiya, this research intends to evaluate community’s perception about
the role of MFIs in coastal communities’ disaster risk reduction, response
and recovery. Findings reveal that though most of the MFIs claimed to offer
skill development training programs only a few clients of MFIs (only 16%)
have received this training. More than half of the clients claimed that
their ability of risk reduction in income and occupation has not been changed.
But since the ability of overall change in disaster fighting is significantly
correlated with the years of membership, it can be said that the longer
is the membership time period the better is the disaster preparedness,
response and recovery process. It is expected that outcome of this research
would give pragmatic guidance to the current efforts of MFIs and thus contribute
to make the coastal community more resilient in disaster fighting.
3. This paper explores the prospects of the Grameen Phase Two, also known
as the Grameen Generalized System, in overcoming the limitations of the
one-size-fits-all, credit-driven classical Grameen model and in the process
highlights the internal and external contributing factors to the evolution
of the Grameen Phase Two, and analyzes briefly the changes made in Grameen
Phase Two, and the impact, especially the impact on poverty alleviation,
of the Grameen Two. The paper concludes that with the Nobel Peace Prize
the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh has won the worldwide reputation as the
pioneer of microcredit movement, with the introduction of Grameen Phase
Two, though an unfinished task, it is now highly hoped that it can successfully
move into the much-needed next phase of supplying client-responsive, flexible
financial services to ensure enhanced impact on poverty alleviation and
financial sustainability.
- International Workshop: Changing Position of India in World Politics and
Security
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- Date & Time：December 14th, 2010, 15:00-18:00
- Place：Mediuml-size Seminar Room, Inamori Foundation Building 3rd floor, Center
for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
- Host Institutes: KINDAS & G-COE Initiative 1 and 4
- (*KINDAS (Center for the Study of Contemporary India at Kyoto University)
was launched on 1 April 2010 with the aim of furthering our understanding
of contemporary India through interdisciplinary studies.)
- Program：
- 15:00-15:40 Keynote Speech by Swaran Singh (Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru
University)
- 15:40-16:15 Discussion
- 16:15-16:30 Break
- 16:30-18:00 Session: Security Issues of India
- 16:30-16:45 Hiroki Nakanishi (Ph.D. Candidate, ASAFAS)
- “Rethinking U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Trade-off
between India’s Right of Nuclear Test and Nuclear Cooperation”
- 16:45-17:00 Shiro Sato (Researcher, CSEAS)
“On the Possibility of Treaty of Non-First Use of Nuclear Weapons between
India and China”
- 17:00-17:15 Tomoko Kiyota (Ph.D. Candidate, Takushoku University )
“India’s Arms Procurement Policy: Equilibrium between Requirement of Indigenous
Production and Acquisition”
- 17:15-18:00 Discussion
- Contact：Shiro SATO （CSEAS)
- The 15th Oil Palm Seminar
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- The 15th Oil Palm seminar will be held on the following date. The seminar
will be co-organized by the Oil Palm Club and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific
Research (S): "Planted Forests in Equatorial Southeast Asia: Human-nature
Interactions in High Biomass Society."
This time, researchers from Indonesia and Malaysia will be invited to share
us with their hands-on study results and insights. Don't miss this great
opportunity and please feel free to join the seminar.Everyone is welcome.
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- Date & Time：December 11th (Sat.) 15:00-17:30
- Place：Small -size Seminar Room (Room. No. 330), Inamori Foundation Memorial Building
3rd floor, Kyoto University
- Speaker 1: Pek Leng (Independent researcher)
- Topic："The Costs and Benefits of the Oil Palm in Malaysia"
- Speaker 2: Riwanto Tirtrosudarmo (Indonesian Institute of Sciences-LIPI)
- Topic："Indonesian migrant workers in oil palm plantation in Malaysia"
- Poster：PDF
- Pek Leng
- She is an independent researcher who has written on the history and politics
of Malaysia, and on gender. She has previously worked as the executive
director of a research institute in Penang, a lecturer and a journalist.
"Land to Till" was her first book and she is currently completing
a book on renowned doctor who was active in the nationalist and socialist
movements of Malaysia. She received BA in History and East Asian Studies
from Wellesley College, and MA in Southeast Asian History from Columbia
University.
- Riwanto Tirtrosudarmo
- He obtained Ph.D. in social demography (1990) from Research School of Social
Sciences, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Since
1980 he has been working with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI),
now senior researcher at the Research Center for Society and Culture, the
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (PMB-LIPI). He publishes extensively in
scientific and popular journals on political demography and the politics
of population mobility in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, and is the author
of Demografi-Politik Pembangunan di Indonesia: Dari Riau sampai Timor Timur
(The Political Demography of Development in Indonesia: From Riau to East
Timor) in 1996; Mencari Indonesia: The Political Demography of Post-Soeharto
(Searching for Indonesia: The Post-Soeharto’s Political Demography) in
2007, and Mencari Indonesia 2: Batas-Batas Rekayasa Sosial (Searching for
Indonesia 2: The Limits of Social Engineering) in 2010.
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- After Seminar Party: 18:00- Details will be announced at the seminar.
- *No pre-registration is required, but for smooth operation, we'd like to
know the rough number of the participants in advance. Please contact Ms.
Tanaka of Ishikawa-Kiban S office: stanaka@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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