Global COE Program - Kyoto University - In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa

Global COE Program
In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa

Newsletter Second Issue, July 2008

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The International Conference  On the Constituency of Humanosphere Studies (12-14, March, 2008)

On the Constituency of Humanosphere Studies:
Kaoru Sugihara (Center for Southeast Asian  Studies, Kyoto University)

In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa:
Noboru Ishikawa (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University)

Feature Article Interview

Excerpts from an Interview with Professor Alfred Crosby, Auther of Ecological Imperialism and Professor Karttunen Frances Esther (Mrs.Crosby)

Initiative 1 Long-term Dynamics of Environment, Technology and Institutions

アジア史の古典研究をとおした帝国とネットワークの解明：
籠谷直人(Institute for Research in Humanities)

Initiative 2 Study on Nature-Inspired Technologies and Institutions

Overseas Collaborative Fieldwork:
Masayuki Yanagisawa (Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University)

Initiative 3 The Forestry Model of Sustainable Humanosphere

Study of Forest: 森林の研究：
Takahisa Hayashi (Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere)

Research Life in the Acacia Large Plantation of Sumatra: スマトラ島アカシア大規模植林地での研究生活：
Motoko Fujita (G-COE Researcher)

Initiative 4 Studies in teh Potentialities of Local Culture, Institutions and Technology

Toward Humanosphere-Sustainable Development:
Akio Tanabe (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)

International Activities

Improved Biofuel Production through Transgenic Modification of Cell Walls in Sengon (Paraserianthes Falcataria)：
Sri Hartati (Research Center for Biotechnology, LIPI, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia)

Humanospheric Science School in Indonesia：
Bambang Subiyanto (Research and Development Unit for Biomaterials, LIPI)

My Indonesian Experience: Sumiko MIZUNO (Ph.D. Student. The Laboratory of Biomass Morphogenesis and Information, RISH, Kyoto University)

Paradigm Seminar (October 2007～)

Kyoto Working Papers on Area Studies, G-COE Series Stated.

2008 International Seminars Co-Sponsored by G-COE

Introducing the In-coming G-COE Young Scholars

Shuhei Kimura (G-COE Assistant Professor)
Osamu Kozan (G-COE Assistant Professor）
Xiaogang Sun (G-COE Researcher）
Shoko Kobayashi (G-COE Researcher）
Motoko Fujita (G-COE Researcher）
Taizo Wada (G-COE Researcher）