Kobe: Japan’s Culinary Melting Pot
Aiko Tanaka Osaka Shoin Women’s High School and University, Japan Professor Emeritus of Food Studies at Osaka Shoin Women’s University, Osaka, Japan Author and Food Historian Chairman of the Edible Herb Garden Association Co-founder of the Food Studies for SDGs Research Institute (FSRI) Aiko Tanaka is the founder of the Food Studies Programs at both …
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) Sponsors AAS-in-Asia 2020
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University (https://en.kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/) was founded in 1963. Since then, it has focused on the dynamic differences and diversity that exist within the region. As a research Center of Excellence, it embraces a multidisciplinary approach to area studies by including …
Taste Washoku to Unveil Japanese Society: Encountering with Wagyu and Matcha
Kae Sekine Aichi Gakuin University, Japan Kae Sekine is an Associate Professor at Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan and teaches Agricultural Economics. Dr Sekine has researched Food Standards including Geographical Indication in Asia and Europe. She studied at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Montpellier from 2007 to 2010 and holds a doctoral …
Special Panel | Reports from CULCON: Cultural and Educational Interchanges between Japan and the U.S.
This roundtable session is supported by CULCON. Abstract The U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) is the binational advisory group established in 1961 to further deepen the dialogue among cultural, educational and intellectual spheres, and it has been serving to submit the policy recommendations to both heads of the states in the past …
Nichibunken Sponsors AAS-in-Asia 2020
The International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) was founded in Kyoto, 1987. Devoted to interdisciplinary and comprehensive research on Japanese culture from a global perspective, it is an inter-university research institute supported by government funds. Nichibunken provides research cooperation and support for Japanese studies scholars around the world. Library and Resources Nichibunken performs the …
Wanfang Data Corporation Sponsors AAS-in-Asia 2020
Message from Wanfang Data Corporation (International) Ltd As a branch company of Wanfang Data set up in Hong Kong, we felt so sad to see the conference being moved from Hong Kong to Kobe due to the political turmoil in our hometown, and ultimately postponed and changed to an online conference due to the coronavirus …