6th IAfP Research Seminar Series / 100th KUASS “Forests and Indigenous Peoples in Central Africa” was held on 10 Dec 2021
The seminar, “Forests and Indigenous Peoples in Central Africa” by Emeritus Professor Mitsuo Ichikawa (Kyoto University), was held on 10th December 2021. It was co-organized by the IAfP office and the Center for African Area Studies. It was held virtually, with Zoom as its platform, and 61 participants attended it...
5th IAfP Research Seminar Series / 99th KUASS / 12th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation “The Emergence of Property Concerns” was held
The seminar, “The Emergence of Property Concerns’” by Dr. Federico Rossano (University of California, San Diego), was held on 16th November 2021. It was co-organized by the IAfP office, Center for African Area Studies, and “Natural and cultural history of landscape formation in contact zones between hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralists in...
A virtual tour of Kyoto was conducted on October 22, 2021, as part of the “Kyoto–Africa IAfP Short-Term Online Course.
A virtual tour of Kyoto was conducted on October 22, 2021, as part of the “Kyoto–Africa IAfP Short-Term Online Course.”The course is part of a joint program conducted by Kyoto University and the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Innovative Africa: Educational Networking Programs for Human Resource Development in Africa’s SDGs [IAfP])....
99th KUASS / 12th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation “The Emergence of Property Concerns”
“The Emergence of Property Concerns” Speaker:Dr. Federico Rossano (University of California, San Diego) Date and Time:November 16, 2021, 17:00 – 19:00 (JST) Online (Zoom)For participation, please contact us. caas@jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp Poster(PDF 3.69MB) All human societies care about ownership of at least some kinds of things (Brown, 1991; Hann, 1998), yet...
2nd International Joint Conference of Kyoto University’s “Innovative Africa: Educational Networking Programs for Human Resource Development in Africa’s SDGs (IAfP: Innovative Africa Program)” Call for Presentations
We will hold the 2nd International Joint Conference on December 20, 2021 as part of the project, “Innovative Africa: Educational Networking Programs for Human Resource Development in Africa’s SDGs (IAfP: Innovative Africa Program)” in Kyoto University. In this project, a short-term program for African students is conducted from September to...
International Symposium for Global Sanitation: “The Sanitation Triangle: Socio-Culture, Health, Materials” was held on 14 October 2021
International Symposium for Global Sanitation: “The Sanitation Triangle: Socio-Culture, Health, Materials” was held on 14 October 2021, organized by “The Sanitation Value Chain: Designing Sanitation Systems as Eco-Community-Value System” Project, Research, Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) and supported by The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University and “Innovative...
The First Online Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Developing Human Resources for Africa Organized as part of the Inter-University Exchange with African Countries (October 5, 2021)
On October 5, 2021, Kyoto University and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies organized the first online meeting of the Advisory Committee for Developing Human Resources for Africa, as part of the “Inter-University Exchange Project with African Countries,” an exchange program supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and...
Kyoto-Africa IAfP Short-Term Online Course opens with ceremony (21 September 2021)
On 21 September the Kyoto-Africa IAfP Short-Term Online Course opened with seven students participating from universities in Egypt, Ethiopia, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, and Botswana. The course participants will receive individual research guidance, attend lectures with Japanese peers, work on presentations, and take part in international exchange...
International Symposium for Global Sanitation “The Sanitation Triangle: Socio-Culture, Health, Materials” (October 14, 2021)
Date: October 14, 2021Time: 13:00 – 17:00 (JST)Online (ZOOM)Language: English Pre-registration https://forms.gle/muhg53GYjQtjtMTJ7 *Pre-registration is required Contact: Sanitation Project, RIHN E-mail: sanitation_HQ [at] chikyu.ac.jp Sanitation refers to a system that hygienically separates humans from harmful excreta and promotes its safe treatment and disposal. To date, sanitation issues have been focused...
The 1st Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Developing Human Resources for Africa (The 3rd Meeting of the Committee for Japanese Universities’ International Exchange Program with Africa)
“Innovative Africa: Educational Networking Programs for Human Resource Development in Africa’s SDGs” will launch the Advisory Committee for Developing Human Resources for Africa.