Research Activities

African Forums and Kyoto Symposia

[2nd Kyoto Symposium / 21th Plenary Committee Meeting] “African Potentials 2016: International Symposium on Conflict Resolution and Coexistence” (January 23 – 24, 2016)
[5th African Forum: Addis Ababa] “Local Knowledge as African Potentials” (October 31 – November 1, 2015)
[4th African Forum: Yaoundé] “Conflict and Coexistence in Africa” (December 4 – 5, 2014)
[3rd African Forum: Juba] “Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing ‘African Potentials’” (December 6 – 8, 2013)
[1st Kyoto Symposium / 13th Plenary Committee Meeting] “African Potentials 2013: International Symposium on Conflict Resolution and Coexistence”(Octorber 5-6, 2013)
[2nd African Forum: Harare] “Conflict Resolution and Coexistence through Reassessment and Utilization of “African Potentials” “(December 7 – 9, 2012)
[1st African Forum: Nairobi] “Conflict Resolution and Coexistence through Reassessment and Utilization of “African Potentials” “(December 2 – 4, 2011)

Organized Session at International Conferences

[Organized Session at International Conferences] “Toward African Potentials for Coexistence in Urban Context” (Makuhari Messe, May 16, 2014)
[Organized Session at International Conferences] “Conflict in Africa and ‘African potential’ for achieving coexistence based on indigenous knowledge and institutions” (IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, Kyoto / August 5, 2013)
[Organized Session at International Conferences] “New Developments in Analyses of East African Pastoralist Violence” (56th Annual Meeting of African Studies Association) (Baltimore, Maryland, USA / November 23, 2013)
[Organized Session at International Conferences] “Social Cohesion in Kenya: Changes in the State, Markets and Communication” (43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies “Africa Communicating: Digital Technologies, Representation, Power”) (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada / May 3, 2013)
[Organized Session at International Conferences] “New Developments in East African Pastoralist Violence: Perspectives from Japanese and U.S. Anthropology” (110th Annual Meeting of American Anthropological Association) (Montreal, QC, Canada / November 15-24, 2011)

Organized Session at Conferences in Japan

[Organized Session at Conferences in Japan] “Towards Conflict Resolution and Coexistence Realizing African Potentials” (51th Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for African Studies) (Kyoto, Japan / May 24th, 2014)
[Organized Session at Conferences in Japan] “Land-related Conflicts and Traditional Authorities” (50th Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for African Studies) (Tokyo, Japan / May 26th, 2013)

Plenary Committee

[21th Plenary Committee Meeting / 2nd Kyoto Symposium] “African Potentials 2016: International Symposium on Conflict Resolution and Coexistence” (January 23 – 24, 2016)
[19th Plenary Committee Meeting / 5th Public Lecture] “Considering Violence in Africa: From Massive Conflict to Terrorism” (January 24, 2015)
[18th Plenary Committee Meeting] Special forum “For the Yaounde Forum 2014” (November 8, 2014)
[17th Plenary Committee Meeting] Special forum “Dimensions of International relations towards conflict resolution by utilizing African Potential” (July 19, 2014)
[16th Plenary Committee Meeting] Special meeting for research direction (May 10, 2014)
[15th Plenary Committee Meeting / 4th Public Lecture] “Reality of Conflict in Contemporary Africa” (March 29, 2014)
[14th Plenary Committee Meeting] “Auxiliary Line for the Laws in Africa: From the Juristic and Anthropological Points of View” (Jan 25, 2014)
[13th Plenary Committee Meeting / 1st Kyoto Symposium] “African Potentials 2013: International Symposium on Conflict Resolution and Coexistence”(Octorber 5-6, 2013)
[12th Plenary Committee Meeting] “South Sudan: Continuous Armed Conflicts and Potential for Coexistence” (July 13, 2013)
[11th Plenary Committee Meeting] Special meeting for research direction (May 11, 2013)
[10th Plenary Committee Meeting / 3rd Public Lecture] “Peace Building in Africa: Challenges Found in the Field and the Future Options” (March 23, 2013)
[9th Plenary Committee Meeting / 2nd Public Lecture] “Utilizing African Potentials for Conflict Resolution” (January 26, 2013)
[8th Plenary Committee Meeting / 3rd Meeting of East Africa Research Cluster] “Tanzania, a Country without Conflicts: Factors and Prospects” (November 17, 2012)
[7th Plenary Committee Meeting] “Conference on Future Research Plan” (July 14, 2012)
[6th Plenary Committee Meeting] “From Large scale conflicts to small scale ‘everyday’ conflicts: Introduction of Residents Participation and Changes in Natural Conservation Strategy” (May 12, 2012)
[5th Plenary Committee Meeting] “A Summary of Activities in FY 2011 and Further Proposals for the Fiscal Year 2012” (March 29, 2012)
[4th Plenary Committee Meeting] “Land, Resource, and Conflict in Africa” (January 28, 2012)
[3rd Plenary Committee Meeting] “Activities of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Reconciliation among Peoples in South Africa” (November 26, 2011)
[2nd Plenary Committee Meeting] “Post-Election Violence (PEV) in 2007-2008 and its Reconciliation Process in Kenya” (September 23, 2011)
[1st Plenary Committee / 1st Public Lecture] “Conflict Resolution and Coexistence in Africa”(July 2, 2011)

Research Units

Research Clusters

Public Workshops

[5th Seminar on Conflict and Coexistence in Africa] (May 16, 2015)
[23rd Public Workshop / 13th Meeting of Research Unit on Politics and International Relations] “Land and Agrarian Reform in Zimbabwe: Social and Structural Implications” (March 9, 2015)
[22nd Public Workshop / 6th Meeting of Research Cluster on Northeast Africa]“Agricultural innovation and participatory approach” (November 25, 2014)
[21st Public Workshop / 10th Meeting of Research Cluster on West Africa / 11th Meeting of Research Unit on Politics and International Relations] “Informalization and Its Discontents & Violent Islamic Radicalization” (Co- organized by the 29th Kyoto University African Studies Seminar (KUASS)) (November 21, 2014)
[20th Public Workshop / 7th Meeting of Cluster on Southern Africa]“Long-term field study of ring-tailed lemurs in southern Madagascar” (Co-organized by the 206th Regular Seminar of the Center for African Area Studies) (November 20, 2014)
[19th Public Workshop / 13th Meeting of Research Unit on Culture and Society] “Ukuringa’-The role of language in negotiating male youth township identity on a south African street corner” Idah Makukule (Public Affairs Research Institute, South Africa, Researcher) (Co-hosted with 25th Kyoto University African Studies Seminar (KUASS),May 26, 2014)
[18th Public Workshop / 7th Meeting of West Africa Research Cluster] Prof. Murray Last “The Dilemma in Being an Islamic Radical in Northern Nigeria: Whether Non-violent or Violent” (Co-hosted with 24th Kyoto University African Studies Seminar (KUASS), May 20, 2014)
[4th Seminar on Conflict and Coexistence in Africa] (May 10, 2014)
[17th Public Workshop / 6th Meeting of Cluster on Southern Africa]“Tobacco and Health: An Overview of Tobacco Control in Zambia” Richard Zulu(University of Zambia) (January 10, 2014)
[16th Public Workshop] “Diversity and Perspectives of Contemporary African Area Studies” (Co-organized by the 200th Regular Seminar of the Center for African Area Studies) (December 19, 2013)
[15th Public Workshop / 7th Meeting of Research Unit on Economic and Development] “Business Expanding of Beer Industry in East Africa” Akio Nishiura (Soka Univ.) (October 17, 2013)
[14th Public Workshop / 7th Meeting of Research Unit on Livelihood and Environment] "Conflicts among residents over commons; cultivated area expansion in the seasonal damp ground in Tanzanian farm village.” Kana Yamamoto (JSPS Research fellow / Kyoto University) (June 20, 2013)
[13th Public Workshop / 10th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit] “Fragmentation, Cooperation and Power: The Institutional Dynamics in Natural Resource Governance in North-western Namibia” (May 14, 2013)
[3rd Seminar on Conflict and Coexistence in Africa] (May 11, 2013)
[12th Public Workshop / 9th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit] “The Urban Working Class Dimensions of Zimbabwe’s War Veterans Revolution: New Empirical Evidence from the Informal Sector” (March 19, 2013)
[11th Public Workshop / 8th Meeting of Culture and Society Research
Unit] “Human Rights NGOs and Strategies of Public Justice in
Sub-Saharan Africa” (February 2, 2013)
[10th Public Workshop / 4th Meeting of Research Cluster on Southern Africa] “Creativity of the African Farmers: Living strategy of Angolan immigrants living in Western Province, Zambia” Rumiko Murao (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) (January 24, 2013)
[9th Public Workshop] “Taxing Times: Informal Economies and Religious
Conflict in Northern Nigeria” (Co- organized by the 9th Kyoto
University African Studies Seminar (KUASS)) (November 16, 2012)
[8th Public Workshop / 5th Meeting of Research Unit on Livelihood and Environment] “The formation of the Tanzanian awareness” Toshimichi Nemoto (Japan Tanzania Tours Ltd.) (November 15, 2012)
[2nd Seminar on Conflict and Coexistence in Africa] (Octorber 20, 2012)
[7th Public Workshop / 6th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit] "Chiefdom in Africa: An institution of the past or for the future?"Petr Skalník (University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic) (Co- organized by the 7th Kyoto University African Studies Seminar (KUASS), October 9, 2012)
[First Seminar on Conflict and Coexistence in Africa] (July 14, 2012)
[6th Public Workshop / 2nd Meeting of West Africa Research Cluster] "Dilemmas of Conflict Resolution in Côte d’Ivoire" Akira Sato (Institute of Developing Economies) (Co-organized by the 186th Regular Seminar of the Center for African Area Studies)(February 16, 2012)
[5th Public Workshop / 1st Meeting of West Africa Research Cluster] (February 15, 2012)
[4rd Public Workshop] "War and Peace Analyzed at the Individual Level: Local Conflict among East African Pastoral Societies" Toru Sagawa (Co-organized by the 185th Regular Seminar of the Center for African Area Studies) (January 19, 2012)
[3rd Public Workshop / 3rd Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit] (October 21, 2011)
[2nd Public Workshop] "Filling a gap between natural science and area study: an overview from practical area studies" Shigeru Araki (Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University) (Co-organized by the 181th Regular Seminar of the Center for African Area Studies) (July 21, 2011)
[1st Public Workshop] "Change of African Companies in a Globalizing Economy" Takahiro Fukunishi (Institute of Developing Economies) (Co-organized by the 180th Regular Seminar of the Center for African Area Studies) (June 16, 2011)

Public Lectures

[5th Public Lecture / 19th Plenary Committee Meeting] “Considering Violence in Africa: From Massive Conflict to Terrorism” (January 24, 2015)
[4th Public Lecture / 15th Plenary Committee Meeting] “Reality of Conflict in Contemporary Africa” (March 29, 2014)
[3rd Public Lecture / 10th Plenary Committee Meeting] “Peace Building in Africa: Challenges Found in the Field and the Future Options” (March 23, 2013)
[2nd Public Lecture / 9th Plenary Committee Meeting] “Utilizing African Potentials for Conflict Resolution” (January 26, 2013)
[1st Public Lecture / 1st Plenary Committee] “Conflict Resolution and Coexistence in Africa”(July 2, 2011)