Activities｜Center for Indian Ocean World Studies, National Museum of Ethnology

Events FY2023

The 6th ACSAS International Conference: Connectivity and Mobility in South Asia and Beyond
Date November 17th (Fri), 18th (Sat), 2023
Venue Main Conference Room, Inamori Memorial Building, Kyoto University
Program
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November 17th (Fri)
10:30-11:00 Registration
11:00-12:00 Opening Session
  • Opening Remarks: Minoru Mio (National Museum of Ethnology)
  • Keynote Speech: Takenori Horimoto (Gifu Women's University)
    “How do we map South Asia in the Indo-Pacific?”
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Politico-economic Connectivity / Chair: Misu Kim (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
  • Pham Cao Cuong (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences)
    “Maritime Security Connectivity between India and Southeast Asia”
  • Surat Horachaikul (Chulalongkorn University)
    “A Look at How Thai Media Positively Depicted India in 2023 and What are the Geopolitical Implications of this Coverage?”
  • Dang Thai Binh (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences)
    “India-ASEAN Economic Cooperation in the Act East Policy”
15:30-17:00 Socio-cultural Connectivity / Chair: Gyanesh Kudaisya (National University of Singapore)
  • Jozon Angeles Lorenzana (Ateneo de Manila University)
    “A Suitable Transport: The Indian Auto-rickshaw on Philippine Roads”
  • Jirayudh Sinthuphan (Chulalongkorn University)
    “Transcultural Indian Arts: Towards A New Form of People-to-People Diplomacy”
  • Dang Thu Thuy (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences)
    “Enhancing Vietnam - Nepal Tourism Cooperation”
November 18th (Sat)
9:00-10:30 Mobility and Migration / Chair: Riho Isaka (University of Tokyo)
  • Mamta Sachan Kumar (National Museum of Ethnology)
    “Can a Diaspora Die? Kobe's “Hima-jin” Sindhi Housewives and the Paradoxical Value of Their Hypersocial Lives”
  • Sidharthan Maunaguru (National University of Singapore)
    “Connected and Disconnected Futures: Multiple Temporalities and Sri Lankan Tamil Migrations across Borders”
  • Gilbert Que (Ateneo de Manila University)
    “Indian Associations in the Philippines: Communicating Diasporic Presence, Fostering Belonging”
11:00-12:30 Historical Connectivity / Chair: Surat Horachaikul (Chulalongkorn University)
  • Makoto Kitada (Osaka University)
    “The Thief of Love. The Earliest Works of Bengali Literature: From Kathmandu to Chittagong”
  • Banuka Iddamalgoda (University of Tokyo)
    “Drug Diffusion and Social Agitation－the Case of Opium in British Ceylon”
  • Gyanesh Kudaisya (National University of Singapore)
    “At the Threshold of Freedom: Ideas and Agendas for India, 1944-1949”
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Social Transformation / Chair: Tran Thi Lan Huong (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences)
  • Jinwon Han (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
    “Public Sector Corruption in South Asia: Focusing on Institutional Factors with a Two-step fsQCA”
  • Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu (Ateneo de Manila University)
    “Digital Capital and Belonging in Universities: Understanding Inequalities in India and the Philippines”
  • Shin Jinyoung (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
    “Social Innovation of India in Great Transition”
15:00-15:30 Closing Session
  • Concluding Remarks: Minoru Mio (National Museum of Ethnology)
15:30 ACSAS Directors' Meeting
  • at Small Conference Room 1, Inamori Memorial Building

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