This seminar has been jointly organized by the African Studies Center (ASC), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and the Center for African Area Studies (CAAS), Kyoto University since 2017. Under this arrangement, visiting researchers at each center visit and present their research at the other center, in order to deepen interaction between researchers engaged in African studies at both universities. When Tokyo University of Foreign Studies is the host, the seminar is co-hosted as ASC Seminar; when Kyoto University is the host, it is co-hosted with KUASS (Kyoto University African Studies Seminar). See the records of the seminars at the archive page.