International Center for Japan Studies will conduct a workshop on the possibility of Japan studies toward next generation on March 19, 2021. It is jointly organized with African Studies Center - TUFS. The event was postponed last March due to COVID-19. In the event, they will invite Prof. Scarlett Cornelissen from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She also has a close relationship with our center, and we invited her as a speaker of ASC Seminar in October 2018. The event is open to public and will be held online. ◆Title: Japanese firms and their investments and internationalization in Africa ◆Speaker: Prof. Scarlett Cornelissen (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) ◆Date & Time: Friday, March 19, 2021 5:00 pm - (JST) ◆Venue: Online (Zoom) ◆Language: English ◆Admission: Free ◆Pre-registration is required. Please register here by 4:00 pm (JST), March 18th, 2021. Enter your name in お名前, your e-mail address in メールアドレス, and your affliation in ご所属. ◆Jointly Organized by International Center for Japan Studies, TUFS and African Studies Center - TUFS

An international zoom symposium on African youth will be held on November 22, 2020. Dr. Wakana Shino, an associate professor of Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA) and African Studies Center - TUFS (ASC-TUFS), organizes it. Pre-registration is required from here by November 20, 2020. They also call for papers and essays from African graduate students which they plan to publish after the symposium. Please visit here for further information. ILCAA International Zoom Symposium:How Are Young People in Africa Thinking and Living? : Education, Unemployment, Aesthetics, Politics, and Singleness ◆Date: Sunday, November 20, 2020 ◆Start at: 4:30pm (UTC(Coordinated Universal Time)+9/JST: Japan) 10:30am (UTC+3/EAT: Uganda, Kenya) 8:30am (UTC+1/CET: Poland, Denmark) ◆Venue: Online (Zoom) ◆Program: Opening Remarks and Introduction4:30-4:45pm (JST), 10:30-10:45am (EAT), 8:30-8:45am (CET) Dr. Wakana SHIINO (Assoc. Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Japan) <Session 1> Impact of Education on Youth4:45-5:45pm (JST), 10:45-11:45am (EAT), 8:45-9:45am (CET) Dr. Chris OPESEN (Assistant Lecturer, Makerere University, Uganda)'Culture, Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education Aspects in East Africa: Ethnographic Evidence from the Pokot Context of Female Genital Modification Rituals' Dr. Soichiro SHIRAISHI (Assoc. Professor, Hirosaki University, Japan)'Extended "Age of Opportunity"? : Adolescence, Uncertainty and Globalism among Youth in East Africa' ☕Break 10mins <Session 2> Youth's Dream and Challenges5:55-6:55pm (JST), 10:55-11:55am (EAT), 9:55-10:55am (CET) Dr. Wakana SHIINO'House Girl's Life Plan in Nairobi: Reality and Dream' Mr. Takuya HAGIWARA (Researcher, Kyoto University, Japan)'Use of Sport ×Social Media for Moving on to the Next Stage of Life: A Case of Young Cyclists in Kenya' ☕Break 5 mins <Session 3> Youth, Music and Politics}7:00-8:30pm (JST), 12:00-13:30pm (EAT), 11:00am-12:30pm (CET) Dr. Piotr CICHOCKI (Assoc.Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland)'The Sound of the Young Mzimba: (Im)material Connections of Malawian Electronic Music' Dr. Nanna SCHNEIDERMANN (Assist. Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark)'Ugandan Music Stars Between Political Agency, Patronage and Market Relations: Cultural Brokerage and Digital "Bigness" in Times of Elections.' Mr. Ian KARUSIGARIRA (PhD Candidate, TUFS)'Facing up to Contemporary Political Absolutism through History and Threats: Aesthetics, LGBTI+ and the Youth Movements in Uganda' ☕Break 10mins Questions and Answers, Discussions8:40pm-9:00pm (JST), 1:40-2:00pm (EAT), 12:40-1:00pm (CET) DiscussantDr. Laban Kithinji KINYUA (JSPS Research Fellow, Hosei University, Japan)Prof. Peter ATEKYEREZA（Makerere University） Closing Remarks Dr. Soichiro SHIRAISHI and Wakana SHIINO ◆Language: English ◆Admission: Free ◆Pre-registration is required from here by November 20. ◆Contact: africayouthilcaagmail.com ◆Sponsorship:Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa ◆Endorsement: African Studies Center - TUFS

African Studies Center - TUFS (ASC-TUFS) will host the 54th ASC Seminar on November 12, 2020. This is jointly organized by Kanto branch of Japan Association for African Studies. The speaker is Dr. Steven C. Y. Kuo, who specializes in China-Africa relations. He will clarify China's peace policies and activities in Africa, as the country plays an important role as the largest contributor of PKO staff among the permanent members of the UN Security Council. The seminar will be based on his book of the same title published in August 2019 by Routledge. ◆Title: Chinese Peace in Africa: From Peacekeeper to Peacemaker ◆Speaker: Dr. Steven C.Y. Kuo (Research Associate, the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa) ◆Date & Time: Thursday, November 12, 2020 5:40 - 7:10 pm (JST) ◆Venue: Online (Zoom Meeting) ◆Language: English ◆Admission: Free ◆Pre-registration is required. Please register here by November 10, 2020. The application will be closed as soon as the capacity reaches 300. ◆Jointly Organized by African Studies Center - TUFS and Kanto branch of Japan Association for African Studies

Date&Time: 7.16 Thu 17:40-19:10 (Japan time. GMT+9) Speaker: Fongnzossie Fedoung Evariste (University of Douala, Cameroon) Ian Karusigarira (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan) Venue: Webinar by Zoom Language: English Report: The seminar was held online connecting Africa and Japan as with the 50th ASC seminar. This time we invited African scholars from Cameroon and Uganda as speakers. The theme of the seminar was the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on Africa societies. As an ethnobotany specialist, Dr. Fongnzossie reported the current challenges faced by traditional medicine experts and the potential of contribution by plant-based traditional knowledge against COVID-19. Mr. Karusigarira, a PhD. student of political science in TUFS who has just arrived in Japan from Uganda in quarantine, analysed policing strategy by the Uganda government and how it is perceived and translated by citizens. Some audiences joined connecting from Africa and the speakers had lively discussion with the audiences.