2019年以前開催のKUASS
| No. | Content | Poster/Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| 95 | Date: 17 December 2019 (Tue) 15:00-17:00 Venue: Seminar Room (#318), 3F, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Title: “Indigenous Knowledge in Modern Education Policy Discourse in Ethiopia: Lessons from Japan” Presenter: Dr. Jeilu Oumer Hussien (Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University; Associate Professor, Department of Educational Planning and Management, Addis Ababa University) Co-hosted by: The 3rd Japan-Ethiopia Joint Lecture | |
| 94 | Date: 19 November 2019 (Tue) 14:00-18:00 Venue: Seminar Room (#318), Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: “Consequences of Land Tenure Reform in Africa” Presenters: Dr. Shinichi Takeuchi (African Studies Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; IDE-JETRO) Dr. Teshome Emana (Department of Social Anthropology, College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University; Visiting professor at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) Dr. Kojo Amanor (Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana; Visiting professor at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) Dr. Shuichi Oyama (The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University) Co-hosted by: African Studies Center (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) | |
| 93 | Date: 12 November 2019 (Tue) 13:30-16:30 Venue: Middle-sized Meeting Room, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: “Use of Forest Resources for Sustainable Development: Cases of Cameroon” Presenters: Dr. TCHATAT Mathurin (IRAD: Institute of Agricultural Research for Development) Dr. NDO Eunice Golda Danièle (IRAD: Institute of Agricultural Research for Development) Dr. FOTSING Eric (University of Dschang) Co-hosted by: SATREPS Project “Co-creation of innovative forest resources management combining ecological methods and indigenous knowledge” | |
| 92 | Date: 25 October 2019 (Fri) 15:00-17:00 Venue: Seminar Room (#318), 3F, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Title: “Resource Governance through a Hybrid Institution in Mfuto village Momba District, Tanzania” Presenter: Dr. Christopher Paul Mahonge (Associate Professor, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania) | |
| 91 | Date: 8 October 2019 (Tue) 16:00-18:00 Venue: Seminar Room (#318), 3F, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Title: “Funeral Rites in Cameroon” Presenter: Dr. Luc Mebenga Tamba (Professor, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, Letters and Human Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1) | |
| 90 | Date: 25 July 2019 (Thu) 15:00-16:30 Venue: Seminar Room (#318), 3F, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Title: “Livelihoods in Balance? Resilience Contestations in a Delicate Montane Socio-Ecology in Eastern Uganda” Presenter: Dr. Yazidhi Bamutaze (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Geo-Informatics and Climatic Sciences, Makerere University) | |
| 89 | Date: 27 June 2019 (Thu) 16:00-18:00 Venue: Seminar Room (#318), 3F, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Title: “Do wage employment and self-employment have differential empowerment impact on rural women in Africa? Empirical evidence from Central Ethiopia” Presenter: Dr. Aynalem Megersa Gemechu (Visiting Associate Professor, Kyoto University / Director of Center for Gender Studies, Addis Ababa University) Co-hosted by: The 1st Japan-Ethiopia Joint Lecture | |
| 88 | Date: 10 May 2019 (Mon) 15:00-17:00 Venue: Seminar Room (#318), 3F, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Title: “Significance, and Institutional Support to Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Africa: Evidence from Zambia” Presenter: Dr. Godfrey Hampwaye (Visiting Professor, African Studies Centre, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan / Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zambia) Co-hosted by: African Studies Center (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) | |
| 87 | Date: 7 May 2019 (Tue) 14:00-15:40 Venue: Seminar Room (#318), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Title: “Researching Power and Identity in African State Formation: Retrospect and Prospect” Presenter: Dr. Wim M.J. van Binsbergen (Emeritus Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam / Associated Senior Researcher, African Studies Centre, Leiden) Co-hosted by: The 9th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation [financially supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)(Overseas Academic Research) “Natural history of landscape formation in contact zone between hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralists in Africa” (Primary Investigator: Akira Takada)] | |
| 86 | Date: 18 December 2018 (Tue) 15:00-17:00 Venue: Conference Room II (#331), 3F, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Title: “Conjunctural State Autonomy and Policy Change in South Africa, 1994‐2014” Presenter: Dr. Mabutho Shangase (Lecturer, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa) Co-hosted by: African Studies Center (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) | |
| 85 | Date: 22 November 2018 (Thu) 15:00-17:00 Venue: Conference Room I (#330), 3F, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Title: “Ethnic film in South Africa: history, meaning and change” Presenter: Dr. Gairoonisa Paleker (Senior Lecturer, Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, University of Pretoria) Co-hosted by: African Studies Center (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) | |
| 84 | Date: 13 November 2018 (Tue) 15:00-17:00 Venue: Seminar Room (#318), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Title: “Unlocking institutional constraints for increasing production of Tanzanian coffee: constraints and opportunities for the coffee sector” Presenter: Dr. David Gongwe Mhando (Associate Research Professor, Sokoine University of Agriculture) | |
| 83 | Date: 29 October 2018 (Mon) 16:00-17:00 Venue: Mid. Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Inamori Center Kyoto University Title: “Recent Developments in Ethiopia’s Political and Economic Situation” Presenter: His Excellency Mr. Cham Ugala Uriat (Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) Co-hosted by: Kyoto University Interdisciplinary Unit for African Studies | |
| 82 | Date: 1 Oct 2018 (Mon) 13:30-15:30 Venue: Small Seminar Room I, 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University Title: “The thought of the universal and the rarity of emancipatory dialectical thought: some African examples” Presenter: Professor Michael Neocosmos (Rhodes University) Co-hosted by: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “African Potential” and overcoming the difficulties of modern world: comprehensive area studies that will provide a new perspective for the future of humanity. | |
| 81 | Date: 17 July 2018 (Tue) 15:00-17:00 Venue: Seminar Room (#318), 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University Title: “Lifelong learning and sustainable development: play, music & dance- to work transition in contemporary San communities Africa” Presenter: Dr. Maitseo Bolaane (Associate Professor, University of Botswana), Dineo Peke (PhD. Candidate, University of Botswana) Co-hosted by: The 8th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation [financially supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)(Overseas Academic Research) “Natural history of landscape formation in contact zone between hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralists in Africa” (Primary Investigator: Akira Takada)] | |
| 80 | — Presentation & Film Screening — Date: 10 July 2018 (Tue) 13:30-15:30 Venue: Seminar Room (#318), 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University Title: “Traditional Beekeeping in the Adamaoua Region of Cameroon” Presenter: Dr. Martin Gruber (University of Bremen; Visiting Associate Professor, Kyoto University) | |
| 79 | Date: 9 July 2018 (Mon) 17:00-18:30 Venue: Conference Room I (#330), 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University Title: “Land Restitution in South Africa: The Post-settlement Dynamics and the Re-opening of Land Claim” Presenter: Dr. Horman Chitonge (University of Cape Town) Co-hosted by: African Studies Center (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) | |
| 78 | Date: 29 June 2018 (Fri) 15:00-17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: ‘A Whore Might be Relieved but not I’: Insanity and the Moral and Political Economy of German South West Africa Presenter: Dr. Mattia Fumanti (University of St Andrews) Co-hosted by: The 7th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation [financially supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)(Overseas Academic Research) “Natural history of landscape formation in contact zone between hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralists in Africa” (Primary Investigator: Akira Takada)] | |
| 77 | Date: 15 June 2018 (Fri) 13:00-17:00 Venue: Middle-sized Meeting Room, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: “Human dimensions of wildlife and the future of wildlife dependent livelihoods in the 21st century”Presenter: Nathalie van Vliet (Center for International Forestry Research / Visiting Researcher of ASAFAS, Kyoto University), Masaaki Hirai (CAAS, Kyoto University), Nathalie van Vliet, Edmond Dounias (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France) Commentator: Gen Yamakoshi (ASAFAS / CAAS, Kyoto University) Co-hosted by: SATREPS Project “Co-creation of innovative forest resources management combining ecological methods and indigenous knowledge”, Kyoto University Tropical Forest Conservation and Social Sustainability Research & Education Unit (KU-TREE) | |
| 76 | Date: 5 Mar 2018 (Mon) 15:00-17:00 Venue: Middle-sized Meeting Room, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: “Framing Future Africa: A report on new collaborative research in the programme Future rural Africa: future-making and social-ecological transformation” Presenter: Dr. Thomas Widlok (University of Cologne) Co-hosted by: JSPS Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation “Network formation for reconstructing the paradigm of African Area Studies in a globalizing world” | |
| 75 | Date: 26 Feb 2018 (Mon) 16:00-18:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: “Situating Coffee Tourism in Ethiopia” Presenter: Dr. Yun Ohsoon (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) | |
| 74 | Date: 19 Feb 2018 (Mon) 17:00-19:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: “Violence and Governance in Guerrilla War” Presenter: Dr. Zoe Marks (The University of Edinburgh) Co-hosted by: JSPS Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation “Network formation for reconstructing the paradigm of African Area Studies in a globalizing world” | |
| 73 | Date: 8 Dec 2017 (Fri) 15:00-17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: “The Comparative Political Economy of Industrialization in Tanzania and Vietnam” Presenter: Dr. Hazel Gray (The University of Edinburgh) Co-hosted by: JSPS Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation “Network formation for reconstructing the paradigm of African Area Studies in a globalizing world” | |
| 72 | Date: 15 Dec 2017 (Fri) 13:30-15:30 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: “Cocoa agroforest management and REDD+ dynamics in Cameroon” Presenter: Dr. Denis Jean SONWA (Senior Researcher, Center for International Forestry Research; the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; Visiting Professor, African Studies Centre, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) Co-hosted by: African Studies Centre, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies | |
| 71 | Date: 26 Oct 2017 (Thu) 15:00-17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: “Quest for citizenship in their own country: case study of Cameroon’s migrants” Presenter: Prof. Antoine SOCPA (Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, Human and Social Sciences, The University of Yaounde I; Visiting Professor of Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University) Co-hosted by: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “African Potential” and overcoming the difficulties of modern world: comprehensive area studies that will provide a new perspective for the future of humanity. | |
| 70 | Date: 13 Oct 2017 (Fri) 15:00-17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: “Re-examining Elections, the African Experience” Presenter: Prof. Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga (École des hautes études en sciences sociales) Co-hosted by: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “African Potential” and overcoming the difficulties of modern world: comprehensive area studies that will provide a new perspective for the future of humanity. | |
| 69 | Date: 7 Jul 2017 (Fri) 13:30-15:30 Venue: Middle-sized Meeting Room, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: “Diplomatic, Political and Economic Relationship of Ethiopia and Japan” Presenter: His Excellency Mr. Cham Ugala Uriat (Ambassadar of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) | JPG |
| 68 | Date: 26 May 2017 (Fri) 13:00-15:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title 1: Reconsidering area studies in Africa: The Ethiopian experience Title 2: Smallholders responses to food insecurity: The case of the Gamo Highlands, Southern Ethiopia Presenter: Dr. Getaneh Mehari (Department of Social Anthropology, Addis Ababa University; Visiting Professor of Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University) | |
| 67 | Date: 20 April 2017 (Thu) 15:00-17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Salt in northern Ethiopia in its socio-cultural context: What the use of salt bars as money tells us about economic culture and values of the traditional society Presenter: Dr. Wolbert G.C. SMIDT (Associate Professor in Ethnohistory, PhD Coordinator "History and Cultural Studies" at the Department of History and Heritage Management (DHHM), College of Social Sciences and Languages (CSSL), Mekelle University) | |
| 66 | Date: 3 April 2017 (Mon) 15:00-17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Beyond the rural-urban divide: Patterns of translocality in postcolonial Namibia Presenter: Clemens Greiner (GSSC, University of Cologne) 5th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation [financially supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)(Overseas Academic Research) "Natural history of landscape formation in contact zone between hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralists in Africa" (Primary Investigator: Akira Takada).] | |
| 65 | Date: 8 March 2017 (Wed) 15:00-17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Improving Native Livestock Production in Ghana for Livelihood Enhancement and Wildlife Conservation Presenter: Dr. Boniface B. KAYANG (Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana) | |
| 64 | Date: 17 February 2017 (Fri) 10:00-12:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA): Responding to the demand for agricultural development and food security in Africa Presenter: Dr. J. Musembi Mutuku (Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa (BecA) Hub, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi. KENYA.) | |
| 63 | Date: 7 February 2017 (Thu) 15:00-16:30 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Does the study of individuals and their lives make a fruitful contribution to other fields of interest in African Studies? Presenter: Dr. Jan Patrick Heiss (Department of Social Anthropology and Empirical Cultural Studies , University of Zurich) | |
| 62 | Date: 3 February 2017 (Fri) 18:00-20:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Theorising Voice: Performativity, Politics and Listening Presenter: Ms. Jenny Lawy (University of Edinburgh) Co-hosted by: ・"Network formation for reconstructing the paradigm of African Area Studies in a globalizing world" for the JSPS Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers (PI: Jun Ikeno) ・4th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation [financially supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)(Overseas Academic Research) "Natural history of landscape formation in contact zone between hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralists in Africa" (Primary Investigator: Akira Takada).] | |
| 61 | Date: 27 January 2017 (Fri) 15:00-17:30 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Presentation 1: "The State of African Studies in Europe" Presentation 2: "Forging New Alliances: Reflections on Religion and Politicsin Post-Apartheid South Africa" Presenter: Prof. Dr. Barbara Bompani (Center of African Studies, University of Edinburgh) Co-hosted by: "Network formation for reconstructing the paradigm of African Area Studies in a globalizing world" for the JSPS Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers (PI: Jun Ikeno) | |
| 60 | Date: 26 January 2017 (Thu) 11:00-13:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Situational Livelihoods: Being a Hunter-Gatherer in North-Central Namibia Presenter: Mr. Charlie Goodwin (University of Cologne) Co-hosted by: 3rd Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation [financially supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)(Overseas Academic Research) "Natural history of landscape formation in contact zone between hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralists in Africa" (Primary Investigator: Akira Takada).] | |
| 59 | Date: 1 December 2016 (Thu) 17:00-19:00 Venue: Small Seminar Room No. 2, Inamori Center 3rd Floor, Kyoto University Title: The Apex of African Neo-colonialism: Zimbabwe’s War Veterans Vanguard against Mugabe’s Dynastic Rule Establishment Presenter: Dr. Zvakanyorwa Wilbert Sadomba (Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe) | |
| 58 | Date: 11 November 2016 (Fri) 15:00-17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Coffee in Ethiopia: Origins and local uses of a globalized drink Presenter: Dr. Eloi Ficquet ( EHESS-CESOR, Paris) | |
| 57 | Date: 8 November 2016 (Tue) 15:00-17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Social Relations and Orange Production: The Case of Smallholders Farmers in MKUZI Village, TANZANIA Presenter: Dr. David Gongwe Mhando (Associate Research Professor at Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania) | |
| 56 | Date: 7 November 2016 (Mon) 18:00-20:00（Open at 17:30） Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Reconciliation after Genocide: the state of affairs between Namibia and Germany Presenter: Prof. Dr. Reinhart Kößler (Institute of Reconciliation and Social Justice, The University of the Free State) | |
| 55 | Date: 28 October 2016 (Fri) 13:30 - 15:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Majority versus minority languages: A case of air slots allocation of South African Bantu Languages on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) channels Presenter: Dr Madala Crous Hlungwani (University of Venda, South Africa & International Christian University, Japan) | |
| 54 | Date: 15 July 2016 (Fri) 17:00 - 19:00 Venue: Small Meeting Room 1, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: African (Food-chain) from Ideas to Consumption: Addressing weaknesses of reductionism in knowledge systems studies Presenter: Dr. Zvakanyorwa Wilbert Sadomba (University of Zimbabwe, Centre for Applied Social Sciences CASS, Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University) | |
| 53 | Date: 1 July 2016 (Fri) 17:30 - 19:30 Venue: Small Meeting Room 1, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Land, agro-pastoralism and Ethiopian development: a case study on competing perceptions of ‘resources’ and livelihoods in Southwest Ethiopia Presenter: Dr. Jon Abbink (Leiden University) | |
| 52 | Date: 28 June 2016 (Tue) 14:45 - 17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Mbororo perspectives on indigenous identity and Mbororo-Pygmie relations Presenter: Dr. Michaela Pelican (University of Cologne) Discussant: Daiji Kimura (Center for African Area Studies (CAAS), Kyoto University) Co-hosted by: 1st Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation [financially supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)(Overseas Academic Research) "Natural history of landscape formation in contact zone between hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralists in Africa" (Primary Investigator: Akira Takada).] | |
| 51 | Date: 23 June 2016 (Thu) 15:00 - 17:00 Venue: Small Meeting Room 1, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Suri sexual culture (Southwest Ethiopia): the case of ‘menstrual synchrony’. An anthropological approach Presenter: Dr. Jon Abbink (Leiden University) | |
| 50 | Date: 18 March 2016 (Fri) 15:00 - 17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title 1: "Overcoming divides: African Studies and the Global South Studies Center at the the University of Cologne" Title 2: "Infrastructures, post-pastoralism and territorialization: Mapping anticipation and change in a Kenyan dryland" Presenter: Dr. Clemens Greiner (University of Cologne) Discussant: Dr. Jon Holtzman (Western Michigan University) | |
| 49 | Date: 11 March 2016 (Fri) 15:00 - 17:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Language in identity formation in Africa Presenter: Dr. Matthias Brenzinger (University of Cape Town) | |
| 48 | Date: 4 March 2016 (Fri) 15:00 - 18:00 Venue: #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (3rd floor), Kyoto University Title: Bird Conservation and People 's Livelihood in Madagascar Presenter: Dr. HajanirinaFanomezantsoa Rakotomanana (University of Antananarivo) | |
| 47 | Date: 24 February 2016 (Wed) 15:00 - 18:00 Venue: Kyoto University Inamori Memorial Building, 3rd Floor, Middle-sized Meeting Room (No. 332) Title: Monitoring forest cover change to assist conservation efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Presenter: Dr. Raymond S. Lumbuenamo (University of Kinshasa) | |
| 46 | Date: 10 February 2016 (Wed) 15:00 - 18:00 Venue: Kyoto University Inamori Memorial Building, 3rd floor, #318 Seminar Room Title: The invention of modern water in well watered places and their Pastoral Landscape (Marsabit County, Kenya) Presenter: Dr. Benoit Hazard (CNRS-EHESS) | |
| 45 | Date: 15 December 2015 (Tue) 15:00 - 18:00 Venue: Kyoto University Inamori Memorial Building, 3rd floor, #318 Seminar Room Title: Africa & the Global South Post-2015 Presenter: Dr. Timothy M. Shaw (Professor at Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts) Discussant: Dr. B. Jane L. Parpart (Professor at Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts) Co-hosted with: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials” | |
| 44 | Date: 26 November 2015 (Thu): 15:00 - 17:00 Venue: Kyoto University Inamori Memorial Building, 3rd floor, #318 Seminar Room Title: The Graves of Wrath: A Malagasy Sacred Kingship in the Age of Globalization Presenter: Dr. Laurent Berger (Associate Professor at EHESS, Paris-School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences) | |
| 43 | Date: 17 November 2015 (Tue), 16:00 - 18:00 Venue: Kyoto University Inamori Memorial Building, 3rd floor, #318 Seminar Room Title: The archaeology of the Upemba Depression in D. R. Congo Presenter:Professor Pierre DE Maret (Lector and ancien president of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles) | |
| 42 | Date: 16 November 2015 (Mon), 15:00 - 17:00 Venue: Kyoto University Inamori Memorial Building, 3rd floor, #318 Seminar Room Title: Gender and Poverty Dynamics in Uganda: Exploring Women’s Rights to Land and Property at Household Level Presenter: Dr. Florence Akiiki Asiimwe (visiting professor of ASAFAS from Makerere University) | |
| 41 | Date: October 9, 2015 (Fri), 15:00 - 17:00 Venue: Small-sized seminar room I, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Title: Writing for speaking: The development of N|uu educational materials Presenter: Dr. Sheena Shah (Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for African Language Diversity (CALDi), University of Cape Town / Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University) Co-organized by: the JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) "Cultural and ecological foundations of education and learning: An anthropological study on rhythm, imitation, and exchange (Akira Takada)" | |
| 40 | Date: Aug.24 (Mon), 2015, 15:00 – 17:00 Venue: Room #318, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation 1: FOSAS project contribution in testing, dissemination and adoption of agricultural innovations lessons and perspectives Presenter 1: Dr. Gabriel Ambroise MANGA (Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Cameroon) Presentation 2: Towards the building of a wildlife management model in the northern periphery of Boumba-Bek National Park, South-eastern Cameroon: What is still missing Presenter 2: Dr. Kadiri Serge BOBO (University of Dschang, Cameroon / School for the Training of Wildlife Specialists Garoua, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Cameroon) Co-hosted with: JST and JICA program: Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS), "Establishment of Sustainable Livelihood Strategies and Natural Resource Management in Tropical Rain Forest and its Surrounding Areas of Cameroon: Integrating the Global Environmental Concerns with Local Livelihood Needs" Principal Investigator: Prof. ARAKI Shigeru (The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University) | |
| 39 | Date: July. 4 (Sat), 2015, 15:00 – 17:00 Venue: Small-sized seminar room I, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation: Amos Tutuola and the Elusiveness of Completeness Presenter: Dr. Francis B. Nyamnjoh (Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa) Co-hosted with: The research project funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials” (The representative, Prof. Ohta Center for ,African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ.) | |
| 38 | Date: Apr. 30 (Thu), 2015, 15:00 – 17:00 Venue: Small-sized seminar room II, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation: Devolution in Kenya: Implications for security Presenter: Prof. Kennedy Mkutu (Visiting Professor at ASAFAS, Kyoto University, Professor at International Relations and Peace Studies United States International University) | |
| 37 | Date: Apr. 25 (Sat), 2015, 15:30 – 18:00 Venue: Room #318, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation: Slavery, Islam and the Making of Race and Sex in South Africa Presenter: Dr. Gabeba Baderoon (Assistant Professor, Departments of Women's Studies and African and African American Studies, Pennsylvania State University) | |
| 36 | Date: Apr. 16 (Thu), 2015, 15:00 – 17:00 Venue: Middle-sized seminar room, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation: Remnant classes in Oti-Volta (Gur) with a focus on noun class degradation and renovation Presenter: Prof. Manfred von Roncador (Visiting professor at Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies) | |
| 35 | Date: Mar. 7 (Sat), 2015, 16:00 – 18:00 Venue: Small-sized seminar room II, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation: Land and Agrarian Reform in Zimbabwe: Social and Structural Implications (a tentative title) Presenter: Dr. Sam Moyo（Executive Director of African Institute for Agrarian Studies, Zimbabwe & Visiting Professor at Kyoto University） | |
| 34 | Date: Feb. 18 (Wed), 2015, 16:00 – 18:00 Venue: Room #318, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation: Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Overlooked Development Priority Presenter: Dr. Othieno Nyanjom (Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis) | |
| 33 | Date: Feb. 2 (Mon), 2015, 15:00 – 17:00 Venue: Middle-sized seminar room, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation: Reconstructing the history of African crops: the contribution of linguistics and archaeology Presenter: Roger Blench (Kay Williamson Educational Foundation, Cambridge) | |
| 32 | Date: Dec. 12 (Fri), 2014, 16:00 – 18:00 Venue: Small-sized seminar room II, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation: Valorization of origin based-products in Ethiopia: an option being considered for biodiversity conservation and local development Presenter: Feleke Woldeyes Gamo (Arba Minch University, Ethiopia / Kyoto University) | |
| 31 | Date: Dec. 9 (Tue), 2014, 16:00 – 18:00 Venue: Middle-sized seminar room, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation: Challenges in writing a history of Timbuktu Presenter: Shamil Jeppie (University of Cape Town/Kyoto University) | |
| 30 | Date & Time: Dec. 5th (Fri) 15:00- Venue: Room 318, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation: Ecological and social dynamics of agricultural systems in southern Cameroon Presenter: Dr. Martin Yemefack（IRAD / IITA) Co-hosted with: JST and JICA program: Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS), "Establishment of Sustainable Livelihood Strategies and Natural Resource Management in Tropical Rain Forest and its Surrounding Areas of Cameroon: Integrating the Global Environmental Concerns with Local Livelihood Needs" Principal Investigator: Prof. ARAKI Shigeru (The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University) | |
| 29 | Date: Nov. 21 (Fri), 2014, 14:00 – 17:00 Venue: Middle-sized seminar room, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Presentation 1: Violent Islamic Radicalization: Northern Nigeria in the light of the experience of southern Niger Republic Presenter 1: Abdul Raufu Mustapha (Oxford University) Presentation 2: The Dark Side of Inclusion: Informal Enterprise, Inclusive Markets and Islamic Extremism in Nigeria Presenter 2: Kate Meagher (London School of Economics) Co-hosted with: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials” (The representative, Prof. Ohta Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ.) | |
| 28 | Date: 15:00-, 23 Oct. 2014 Venue: Room #318, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus Title: Non Timber Forest Products of Cameroon: Diversity, potentials, threats and indigenous response strategies Speaker: Dr. Evariste Fongnzossie(University of Douala, Cameroon, PhD) Co-hosted with: JST and JICA program: Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS), "Establishment of Sustainable Livelihood Strategies and Natural Resource Management in Tropical Rain Forest and its Surrounding Areas of Cameroon: Integrating the Global Environmental Concerns with Local Livelihood Needs" Principal Investigator: Prof. ARAKI Shigeru (The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University) | |
| 27 | Date: 13:30-15:00, 1 Oct. 2014 Venue: Large Seminar Room, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus Title: Cities and Urbanisation Speaker: Ms. Mohau N. Pheko (South Africa ambassador to Japan) Co-hosted with: Division of African Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University | |
| 26 | Date: 15:30-18:30, 8 Aug. 2014 Venue: Medium Seminar Room, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus Title:The evolutionary development of sign-mediated ways of being in the world Speaker: Dr. Donald F. Favareau (National University of Singapore、Dr./Associate Professor) Discussant: Mr. Koji Sonoda (Kyoto University) Co-hosted with: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) "Cultural and ecological foundations of education and learning: An anthropological study on rhythm, imitation, and exchange (Primary Investigator: Akira Takada)" | |
| 25 | Date: 15:00-17:00, 26 May 2014 Venue: Kyoto University Inamori Center, 3rd Floor, Small Seminar Room Title: Ukuringa’ – The role of language in negotiating male youth township identity on a south African street corner Speaker: Idah Makukule (Public Affairs Research Institute, South Africa, Researcher) Co-hosted with: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials” (The representative, Prof. Ohta Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ.) | |
| 24 | Date: 15:00-17:00, 20 May 2014 Venue: Room #318, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus Title: The Dilemma in Being an Islamic Radical in Northern Nigeria: Whether Non-violent or Violent Speaker: Prof. Murray Last (University of London, Professor emeritus) Co-hosted with: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials” (The representative, Prof. Ohta Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ.) | |
| 23 | "Updating Khoisan Phonetics" Date: 15:00-18:00, 26 March 2014 Venue: Small Seminar Room I, 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus Title1: Cross-Khoisan phonotactics: a typologically uncommon feature of Khoisan phonology Speaker:(1) Prof. Hiroshi Nakagawa（Tokyo University of Foreign Studies） Title2: The phoneme inventory of Taa Speaker:(2) Dr. Christfried Naumann（Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie Leipzig & Universität Leipzig） | |
| 22 | Date: 15:00-17:00, 21 Febrary 2014 Venue: Small Seminar Room II, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: Community Participation ; bridging formal education and agricultural research Speaker: Dr. BEDRU Beshir Abdi (Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research) Co-hosted with: Graduate Program of Asian and African Studies, Ryukoku University, JSPS research grant program （24651272）on ‘Democratization and Education ; Citizenship in Civics Textbooks in Three African Countries.’(Leader: Shoko Yamada) and JSPS research grant program （23251005）on ‘Engaged Area Studies in the Arena of African Local-Knowledge Formation and Sharing: Seeking for the new images of community' (Leader: Masayoshi Shigeta) | |
| 21 | Date: 15:00-17:00, 3 Febrary 2014 Venue: Small Seminar Room II, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: The Political Economy of Agricultural Extension in Ethiopia: Economic Growth and Political Control Speaker: Prof. Kassahun Berhanu Alemu (Addis Ababa University) Co-hosted with: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) "Engaged Area Studies in the Arena of African Local-Knowledge Formation and Sharing: Seeking for the new images of community" (The representative, Prof. Shigeta Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ.) | |
| 20 | Date: 15:00-17:00, 10 January 2014 Venue: #318 Seminar Room, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: Tobacco and Health: An Overview of Tobacco Control in Zambia Speaker: Richard Zulu (University of Zambia, visiting Associate Professor of ASAFAS, Kyoto University) Co-hosted with: the Research Cluster on Southern Africa of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials” (The representative, Prof. Ohta Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ.) | |
| 19 | "Dialogue on ecological pest and diseases management:Form Cameroonian and Japanese experiences" Date: 15:00-17:00, 1 November 2013 Venue: Medium Seminar Room, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title1: Policy and Strategy on Ecological Pest and Diseases Management in Cameroon Speaker1: Dr. Noe Woin(Director General, Institute of Agricultural Research and Development) Title2: The third alternative farming systems: agrobiodiversity conservation with sustainable agriculture in Japan Speaker2: Dr. Kazumasa Hitaka(Graduate School of Agronomy, Ehime University) Co-hosted with: JST・SATREPS program | |
| 18 | Date: 15:30-17:30, 12 October 2013 Venue: Medium Seminar Room, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam Speaker: Prof. Dr. Chul-Joon Yang (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea) Co-hosted with: Japan Association for African Studies, and Center for African Studies, Research Institute for Social Sciences, Ryukoku University | |
| 17 | Date: 15:00-17:00, 26 September 2013 Venue: Seminar Room (No.318), 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: Enhancing livelihoods in Ghana through improvement in native livestock production Speaker: Dr. Boniface B. Kayang (Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana) Co-hosted with: Kyoto University Fund for Internationalization (2013) "Fund for education and research project of wildlife conservation by collaboration with the University of Ghana" Wildlife Research Center | |
| 16 | "Culture, Childhood, and Cognition" Date: 15:00-18:30 5 July 2013 Venue: Medium Seminar Room, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title 1: The context of early childhood: Family, culture, and policy – family decision making Speaker 1: Dr. Marguerite (Peg) Barratt (The George Washington University & Kyoto University) Title 2: Culture and attention: Implications for developmental research Speaker 2: Dr. Takahiko Masuda (University of Alberta) Each slot includes talk and discussion. All talks are given in English without translation. Co-hosted with: 6th Seminar of anthropology of education and learning (financially supportedby JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) "Cultural and ecologicalfoundations of education and learning: An anthropological study on rhythm,imitation, and exchange (Primary Investigator: Akira Takada)" | |
| 15 | Date: 14:30-16:30, 14 May 2013 Venue: Seminar Room (No.318), 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: Fragmentation, cooperation and power: the institutional dynamics in natural resource governance in north-western Namibia Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Bollig (Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vice-Rector for International Relations, Diversity and Academic Career, Universität zu Köln) Co-hosted with: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) | |
| 14 | Date: 15:00-17:00 6 Apr 2013 Venue: Medium Seminar Room, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: Gestures in oral societies: The fading of obligatory gestures through writing Speaker: Dr. Matthias Brenzinger (CALDi, University of Cape Town) Co-hosted with: 5th Seminar of anthropology of education and learning (financially supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) "Cultural and ecological foundations of education and learning: An anthropological study on rhythm, imitation, and exchange (Primary Investigator: Akira Takada)" | |
| 13 | Date: 16:00-18:00 19 Mar 2013 Venue: Small Seminar Room, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: The Urban Working Class Dimensions of Zimbabwe's War Veterans Revolution: New empirical evidence from the informal sector Speaker: Dr. Wilbert Zvakanyorwa Sadomba (Department of Sociology, University of Zimbabwe) Co-hosted with: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) "Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials" (Representative: Prof. Itaru Ohta) | |
| 12 | Date: 15:00-17:00 13 Mar 2013 Venue: Medium Seminar Room, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: Unravelling biotemporal signals: Traditional ecological knowledge and local adaptive responses to climate change in the tropical rainforests Speaker: Dr. Edmond Dounias (Directeur de Recherche, IRD (Institut de Recherche pour la Developpement), France) Co-hosted with: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)(Representative: Prof. Mitsuo Ichikawa), | |
| 11 | Date: 15:00-17:00 3 Feb 2013 Venue: Small Seminar Room, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: Human Rights NGOs and Strategies of Public Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa Speaker: Dr. Ronald Niezen (Department of Anthropology, McGill University) Co-hosted with: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) "Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials" (Representative: Prof. Itaru Ohta) | |
| 10 | Date: 15:00-17:00 11 Dec 2012 Venue: Medium Seminar Room, 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: The Influence of Farmer Groups Activities on Resource Management: Experience from the Matengo Highlands, Mbinga District, Tanzania Speaker: Dr. Stephen Justice Nindi (Sokoine University Of Agriculture) | |
| 9 | Date: 15:00-17:00 30 Oct 2012 Venue: Conference Room (No.332), 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: Taxing Times: Informal Economies and Religious Conflict in Northern Nigeria Speaker: Dr. K. Meagher（London School of Economics） Co-hosted with: ・Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Representative: Prof. Shuhei Shimada), ・Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) "Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials" (Representative: Prof. Itaru Ohta) | |
| 8 | "Conservation and Sustainable Development of Rainforest, Cameroon" Date: 15:00-17:00 30 Oct 2012 Venue: Conference Room (No.330), 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title 1: Sustainable Management of the South-East Region humid forest of Cameroon Speaker 1: Dr. Bernard-Aloys NKONGMENECK（University of Yaounde1） Title 2: Agricultural Development Research and Policy in the Forest Zone of South Region, Cameroon: Challenges and Constraints Speaker 2: Dr. Antoine David MVONDO ZE（University of Dschang） | |
| 7 | Date: 15:00-17:00 9 Oct 2012 Venue: Conference Room (No.330), 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: "Chiefdom in Africa: An institution of the past or for the future?" Speaker: Petr Skalník (University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic) Co-hosted with: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) "Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials"(Representative: Prof. Itaru Ohta) | |
| 6 | Date: 15:30-17:00 23 May 2012 Venue: Conference Room (No.332), 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: "On the typology of directional verbs in Bantu A (Barombi,Isubu, Mokpe, and Oroko)" Speaker: Dr. Gratien G. Atindogbé（University of Buea, Cameroon） | |
| 5 | "Regional conflicts in Nigeria" Date: 15:00-17:00 15 Feb 2012 Venue: Conference Room (No.332), 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title 1: "Nigeria: The Post-Amnesty Blues and the Future of Insurgency in the Niger Delta" Speaker 1: Dr. C. Ukeje（Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria） Title 2: "Boko Haram: The long road to Islamic Terroism" Speaker 2: Dr. M. Raufu Mustapha（University of Oxford, UK） Co-hosted with: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Representative: Prof. Shuhei Shimada), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) "Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials" (Representative: Prof. Itaru Ohta) | |
| 4 | Date: 15:00-17:00 8 Feb 2012 Venue: Seminar Room (No.318), 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: "Looking Back to Look Forward: Agricultural Challenges to Opportunities in the African Great Lakes Region" Speaker: Dr. Dr. Emmanuel K. NJUKWE（IITA/CIALCA : Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa, Bujumbura, Burundi） Co-hosted with: JST-JICA SATREPS "Sustainable Project in the Forest-Savanna of Cameroon" | |
| 3 | "Strengthning JST/JICA Cooperation between Cameroon and Japan" Date: 15:30-17:00 15 Nov 2011 Venue: Conference Room (No.332), 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title 1: "Scientific Research Cooperation in Cameroon" Speaker 1: Dr. Thomas Dongmo（Chief, Division of Scientific and Techlological Cooperation, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Cameroon) Title 2: "Forest Policy and the State of Forest Management in Cameroon" Speaker 2: Dr. Bernard Foahom（Scientific Director for Forest, Soils and Environment, IRAD, Cameroon Co-hosted with: JST-JICA SATREPS "Sustainable Project in the Forest-Savanna of Cameroon" | |
| 2 | “Indigenous Peoples and Civil Society in Africa” Date: 15:00-18:00 21 Oct 2011 Venue: Conference Room (No.331), 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Speaker 1: John Galaty (McGill University) "Maasai Land Conflicts and Civil Society: Local Struggles and a Global Audience" Speaker 2: Junko Maruyama (Tsuda College) “Resettlement, Development and Indigenous Peoples’ Movement: Two Cases from San Communities in Southern Africa” Co-hosted with: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) "Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials"(Representative: Prof. Itaru Ohta) | |
| 1 | Date: 17:30-19:00 22 Sep 2011 Venue: Conference Room (No.331), 3F Inamori Bldg., Kawabata Campus Title: "Reflections on Khat in Ethiopia." Speaker: Ezekiel Gebissa (Kettering University, USA) |