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Upcoming Event: African Studies in Africa as Generational and Epistemological Insurrections
Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2024, 17:30-19:00 Venue: Room 603, 6th Floor, Building No.2, Sophia University & on Zoom...
Jun 8, 2024


News from the Second JSAS-HITACHI Symposium
"Exploration of Practical Wisdom and Resilience Overcoming Downside Risk" The 2nd JSAS-Hitachi Symposium held on 9th February 2024, was a...
Feb 27, 2024
India's Africa Policy and Drivers of Diplomacy in the Global South
(By Meera Venkatachalam and Renu Modi) Australian Outlook (15 FEB 2024) Renu MODI, a Professor and former Director of the Centre for...
Feb 17, 2024
Upcoming Event: the second Symposium of "Exploration of Practical Wisdom and Resilience Overcoming Downside Risk"
We are glad to announce the online symposium on the Hitachi Project! At this symposium, we will report on the progress of research on the...
Jan 30, 2024


ALTERNATIVE APPROCHES TO DEVELOPMENT: Storytelling for Future Generation.
(JSAS 2023 Keynote Speech by Dr. Sindiwe MAGONA) Part 2 In this second of a two-part series, Dr. Magona, a renowned South African author...
Nov 17, 2023


ATTENTION! Upcoming Event.
International Symposium 'Global Youth Dynamics and 'Reality' Negotiation in East Africa and South Asia: Gender, Diversity, Agency'...
Nov 15, 2023


Alternative Approaches to Development Demand Alternative Approaches to Storytelling – Part 1
By Dr. Sindiwe MAGONA This is the first of a two-part series adapted from a key-note speech Dr. Magona gave at the JSAS 2023 conference...
Nov 7, 2023


The Irony of an Uninvited Guest: Thinking about Covid-19 and its Facets in Uganda
By Ian Karusigarira (Ph.D.) Lecturer, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan Editor's Note With the ongoing...
Oct 29, 2023


CELEBRATING JSAS 2023 @ NAGOYA
(V.L. Ssali) The 2023 annual conference at the Meijo koen Campus of Aich Gakuin University concluded with a bang: renowned author and...
Oct 21, 2023


INNOVATIVE RESILIENCE: AFRICAN PEASANTS' LOCAL REMEDIES IN THE FACE OF COVID-19
JSAS HITACHI PROJECT, ZIMBABWE TEAM CONFERENCE The Zimbabwe Team of the JSAS Hitachi project invites you to a conference on 14th...
Sep 9, 2023


The 2nd JSAS Public Reading Event
Reading from Dr. Sindiwe Magona, renowned South African author, and a key-note speaker at the JSAS 2023 October 7th Conference. Please...
Sep 9, 2023


JSAS Public Reading Event: Reading from Dr. Sindiwe Magona
Dr. Sindiwe Magona is a renowned South African author, and a key-note speaker at the JSAS 2023 October 7th Conference. Please join us for...
Aug 2, 2023


The Concept of "Development" in Japan and China: Origins and Connotations.
Muyun WANG (the University of Tokyo) This is the third newsletter in the series "Understanding Development" leading up to the JSAS 2023...
Aug 1, 2023


JSAS 2023 CONFERENCE: Deadline Extension for the Submission of Abstracts
Dear JSAS members and all interested applicants, We are extending the deadline for the submission of abstracts until 5th August 2023. We...
Jul 25, 2023


Exploring New Practices for Island Development among Islanders in the Setonaikai, Japan.
By Stephanie Évora, PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University Editor's note: This newsletter is a sequel to...
Jun 3, 2023


Constructing Morabeza along the island shores in the Atlantic
By Stephanie Évora, PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University. The Land and the Water Our adventure today...
May 27, 2023


The "Understanding Development" Series
Development cannot be seen in isolation from the political (and often military) history of a country. This is the argument clearly laid...
May 17, 2023


JSAS Kansai Research Workshop on June 17th Saturday, 13:00-
We are pleased to hold an online research workshop on June 17th Saturday, 2023 inviting two speakers, Dr. Tomohiro Kambayashi and Dr....
May 14, 2023


Sudan, Entitlement, and the Death of Ubuntu.
(By Vick Lukwago Ssali, Aichi Gakuin University) Dear Mama Africa, where can I start, but by thanking you for bringing us forth, and for...
May 7, 2023


JSAS 2023 ANNUAL CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS
Japan Society for Afrasian Studies (JSAS) 2023 International Conference Aichi Gakuin University October 7th, 2023 Redefining Development:...
May 5, 2023
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