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Seminar on land and youth migration in Africa

Thursday, December 19, 2019 5:40 - 7:10 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS (ASC-TUFS) will hold the 47th ASC Seminar on December 19, 2019. This is jointly organized by Kanto branch of ...

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Our visiting professor will give a lecture about land reform in Ghana

Tursday, December 12, 2019 5:40 - 7:10 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS (ASC-TUFS) will hold the 46th ASC Seminar on December 12, 2019. This is jointly organized by Kanto branch of ...

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Let's share the attraction of Africa in African Weeks 2019!

December 2 - 20, 2019

Illustration by Ms. Amisa Shīki Since 2017, the students of African Studies Course, TUFS, plan and organize the event called "African Weeks...

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Seminar on Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)

Monday, December 2, 2019 4:00 - 5:30 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS (ASC-TUFS) will hold the 44th ASC Seminar on December 2, 2019. This is jointly organized by Kanto branch of J...

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Exchange meeting for two students from the university in Rwanda

Friday, November 29, 2019 5:00 - 7:30 pm

On November 29, 2019, we will have a exchange meeting for Hélène Alinethu Mikanda and Octave Gahirwe Kabera from Protestant Institute of Ar...

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Seminar on land and migration issue in Ethiopia at IDE-JETRO

November 28, 2019

Dr. Teshome, our visiting professor, will give a lecture at APL (Ajiken Power Lunch) of IDE-JETRO on 28th November. APL is a lunchtime works...

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Joint seminar with Kyoto University on Land tenure reform in Africa

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 14:00 - 18:00

Our visiting professors, Prof. Amanor and Dr. Teshome, and Prof. Takeuchi will visit Kyoto University and give a public lecture there. The ...

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Call for Photographs for the 3rd TUFS African Photo Contest

October 15, 2019 - November 15, 2019

African Weeks 2019 Committee will hold the 3rd TUFS African Photo Contest as a part of the event "African Weeks 2019". The Contest is joint...

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We will invite the Ambassador for TICAD for our seminar

Tueseday, November 12, 2019 4:00 - 5:30 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS (ASC-TUFS) will hold the 43rd ASC Seminar on November 12, 2019. This is jointly organized by Kanto branch of ...

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ASC Seminar on gender aspects of agrarian reform in Post Genocide Rwanda

Thursday, October 24, 2019 4:00 - 5:30 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS (ASC-TUFS) will hold the 41st ASC Seminar on October 24, 2019. This is jointly organized by Kanto branch of J...

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Seminar on economic consequences of opulent funerals in African cultures

Thursday, October 10, 2019 5:40 - 7:10 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS (ASC-TUFS) and Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University (CAAS-KU) will hold the 12th TUFS-KU Seminar...

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Seminar on African Development

1:30 ‐ 5:30 pm, Thursday, August 29th, 2019

Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research ,jointly offered by Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), Tokyo University of Agri...

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Seminar on Challenges for sustainable development in West Africa

3:30 - 5:00 pm, Tuesday, August 27th, 2019

On August 27, 2019, Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research jointly offered by Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), Tokyo...

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Seminar on Japanese-Africa University Dialogue on Global Sustainable Development

Tuesday, August 27, 2019 9:30 - 12:45

We will hold the seminar themed on "Japanese-African University Dialogue on Global Sustainable Development" on August 27, 2019, as a follow...

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Seminar with PhD Students from African countries

Friday, June 28, 2019 5:40 - 7:10 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS will hold the 37th ASC Seminar. The seminar provides an academic arena for discussing the state-society relat...

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Dog Photo Exhibition is now open

June 10 - June 21, 2019

Dog's photo exhibition is open now at GALLERIA ,1st floor of Lecture and Research Bldg. at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. It is joint...

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Documentary about diamond mining in Sierra Leone

June 14th, 2019 5:50 - 7:30 pm

Peace and Conflict Studies, TUFS will show a short documentary about diamond mining in Sierra Leone on June 14th, 2019. The documentary's t...

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Inviting a gender studies researcher in Ethiopia

Thursday, June 13, 2019 2:20 - 3:50 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS (ASC-TUFS) and Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University (CAAS-KU) will hold the 11th TUFS-KU Seminar...

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Examining "spiritual" way of thinking in Africa

Friday, June 7, 2019 5:40 - 7:10 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS will hold the 35th ASC Seminar on June 7, 2019. It is jointly organized with Kanto branch of Japan Associatio...

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Dr. Hampwaye will give a lecture at Kyoto University

Monday, May 20, 2019 3:00 - 5:00 pm

Our visiting professor, Dr. Godfrey Hampwaye will visit Kyoto University and give a public lecture there. The seminar is jointly organized ...

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Holding a seminar about China Zambia relation

Thursday, April 25, 2019 5:40 - 7:10 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS will hold the 33rd ASC Seminar, inviting Dr. Godfrey Hampwaye. He is a senior lecturer in the Department of G...

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We open our office during lunch break on every Wednesday!

【Update on Apr. 21】Due to COVID-19 spreading, we will not open our office on Wednesday during Spring Semester 2020. However, we look forwar...

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The 33rd ASC Seminar is called off

We're sorry to announce that the 33rd ASC Seminar which was planed to be held on April 4, 2019 is called off due to the speaker's health pro...

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"ASC-TUFS Working Papers 2018 'Development, Migration, and Resources in Africa'" has been published

Friday, March 8, 2019

We are pleased to announce that we've published "ASC-TUFS Working Papers 2018 'Development, Migration, and Resources in Africa'". It is also...

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Holding a seminar about Boko Haram insurgency

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 5:40 - 7:10 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS will hold the 32nd ASC Seminar with Dr. Ousmanou Adama from University of Maroua in Cameroon. It is jointly o...

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Holding a seminar focusing on financial literacy

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:00 - 5:30 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS will hold the 31st ASC Seminar with Dr. Benjamin Amoah from Central University in Ghana. It is a jointly orga...

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Seminar about Zulu divination

Thursday, January 24, 2019 5:40 - 7:10 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS (ASC-TUFS) and Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University (CAAS-KU) will hold the 9th TUFS-KU Seminar ...

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Seminar about Ghana's economic

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 5:40 - 7:10 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS will hold the 29th ASC Seminar, inviting Dr. Naaborle Sackeyfio from Miami University. It is jointly organize...

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Seminar about PKOs in Africa

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 4:00 - 5:30 pm

African Studies Center - TUFS will hold the 28th ASC Seminar about peacekeeping operations in Africa. We will invite two speaker, Mr. Masat...

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