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Dec 7

Of JSAS 2024, Relativism, the Globally Closed Logical Circles, and Youth Power

(By Vick L. Ssali, Aichi Gakuin University) JSAS 2024 @Ritsumeikan has been reported on and appraised in a previous JSAS newsletter. I...

Nov 27

Debunking the Distortion: Reclaiming the True Legacy of Prof. Ali Mazrui

Editor's note: Professor Ali Mazrui (1933–2014) was a renowned Kenyan-born academic, political scientist, and public intellectual known...

Oct 13

Remembering Ali Mazrui’s Predictions

Seifudein Adem This article first appeared in the October 10th edition of Daily Maverick. Ten years ago, in the early...

Oct 5

Report on the 2024 Annual Conference

On September 28th, the 2024 Annual Conference was held at Ritsumeikan University. The event brought together scholars and professionals...

Sep 21

[Forthcoming event] JSAS Annual Conference, "Born "Free" Generation: Transformation and Engagements in Politics, Development and Citizenship across Africa-Asia"

This year marks a significant milestone, commemorating 30 years since pivotal transformations across Africa, such as the first democratic...

Sep 7

[Online Ticket Information]2024 JSAS Annual Conference #Born "Free" Generations: Transformations and Engagements in Politics, Development, and Citizenship across Africa-Asia

Are you ready for our annual event? We now released ticket sales and your registration to our Kyoto conference. Please direct all...

Aug 9

JSAS 2024 Conference: Deadline Extension for Abstract Submission

Dear JSAS members and all interested applicants, We are extending the deadline for abstract submission until August 30, 2024. We warmly...

Jul 5

Call for Papers: 2024 JSAS Annual Conference

Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024 Venue: Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus, 2nd floor, Koshinkan Building “Born "Free" Generations:...

Jun 30

Kenya’s Gen Z Protests 2024: Beneath the Rage

Opinion piece by KINYUA, Laban Kithinji Research Fellow, Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies – Sophia University...

Jun 8

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...

Feb 27

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 17

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...

Jan 30

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...

Nov 17, 2023

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 15, 2023

ATTENTION! Upcoming Event.

International Symposium 'Global Youth Dynamics and 'Reality' Negotiation in East Africa and South Asia: Gender, Diversity, Agency'...

Nov 7, 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...

Oct 29, 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 21, 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...

Sep 9, 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...