{"id":3043,"date":"2022-10-17T16:38:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T07:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2022-11-17T13:59:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T04:59:25","slug":"networkingmeeting2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/en\/networkingmeeting2022\/","title":{"rendered":"\uff3bfor TUFS students\uff3dTUFS Networking Meeting for African Students 2022\uff08Thu 10th Nov 17:40-\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/AfricaNetworkingMtg2022-1.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3047 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-728x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-728x1024.png 728w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-768x1080.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-1092x1536.png 1092w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-1456x2048.png 1456w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1.png 1694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a>TUFS Networking Meeting for African Students 2022 will be co-hosted by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/asc\/english\/\"> African Studies Center<\/a> and IAfP on 6th period Thursday, 1oth November 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is full of content, including introductions to students studying in TUFS from Rwanda, Zambia and South Africa, message for the African exchange students from TUFS students currently studying in Rwanda, Zambia and South Africa on live, and the experiences of those who have studied in TUFS and Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>The pre-registration form is also accepting one-on-one questions for the African exchange students.<br \/>\nWe will be waiting for you to join us!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u25c6Date &amp; Time: Thursday, November 10, 2022 5:40 &#8211; 7:10 pm (JST)<\/p>\n<p>\u25c6Venue:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/csmc\/72bb4f5c4232b9b7e3bc49e342f22d12_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"lightbox[3043]\">Room 115 at Research and Lecture Bldg.<\/a>, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies &amp; Online (Zoom)<br \/>\n*We will send the Zoom link to all the registrants including those who register to participate onsite.<\/p>\n<p>\u25c6Eligibility for Participation: the supporters of the exchange students, TUFS students, TUFS faculty &amp; staff<br \/>\n*If you are not their supporters nor TUFS students &amp; staff but are interested in the event, please contact us.<\/p>\n<p>\u25c6Language: English and Japanese (Each language will be roughly translated into Japanese or English)<\/p>\n<p>\u25c6Admission: Free<\/p>\n<p>\u25c6Pre-registration: Please register from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeLMiaAakviTjxHeVo1U2vubj6XcArDhRTPSvZpzdZtgsjqxA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0<del>by October 28 (Fri.)<\/del>.<br \/>\n*You are welcome to jump in the event, but we deeply appreciate it if you pre-register.<\/p>\n<p>\u25c6Jointly organized by African Studies Center &#8211; TUFS and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inter-University Exchange Project (Africa)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25c6Contact: African Studies Center &#8211; TUFS (Tel: 042 330 5540, Email:\u00a0asc<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/asc\/img\/about\/atsign.png\" alt=\"atsign.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>tufs.ac.jp)<\/p>\n<p>\u25c6Programme:<\/p>\n<p>17:40 &#8211; 17:45\u00a0<strong>Opening Remarks<\/strong>\u00a0(Shinichi Takeuchi)<br \/>\n17:46 &#8211; 18:00\u00a0<strong>My Experiences in Rwanda Through Videos<\/strong>\u00a0(Rei Fukushima)<br \/>\n18:01 &#8211; 18:05\u00a0<strong>Self-introduction<\/strong>\u00a0(8 Exchange Students)<br \/>\n18:05 &#8211; 18:35\u00a0<strong>Answering the selected questions<\/strong>\u00a0(8 Exchange Students)<br \/>\n18:36 &#8211; 18:45\u00a0<strong>Message from Japanese Students in Africa<\/strong>\u00a0(Hidetora Miyata,\u00a0Ilyas Hirose,\u00a0Naosuke Tanaka,\u00a0and\u00a0Yuma Hagino)<br \/>\n18:46 &#8211; 18:55\u00a0<strong>Q&amp;A Session<br \/>\n<\/strong>18:56 &#8211; 19:05\u00a0<strong>Coming Back to Japan as a Master Student<\/strong>\u00a0(Shukulu Murekatete)<br \/>\n19:06 &#8211; 19:10\u00a0<strong>Closing Remarks<\/strong>\u00a0(Kazuyuki Sasaki)<\/p>\n<p>MC: Tabitha Takao<br \/>\nInterpreter &amp; Supporter: Ayu Hirakawa, Hiroaki Kasahara, Rei Fukushima, Satoko Hojo, Yuki Fukuoka, and Yumiko Matsuoka<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u3010The Exchange Students from the partner universities in Africa in 2022\u3011<br \/>\n<\/strong>Name (Period of Stay at TUFS, Home University, Home Country)<\/p>\n<p>Christelle\u00a0Amissi\u00a0Nababuya (Fall 2022 &#8211; Spring 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/piass.ac.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences &lt;PIASS&gt;<\/a>, DRC)<\/p>\n<p>Annet\u00a0Banda (Fall 2022 &#8211; Spring 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unza.zm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Zambia<\/a>, Zambia)<\/p>\n<p>Han\u00e1n\u00a0Jeppie (Fall 2022 &#8211; Spring 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.up.ac.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Pretoria<\/a>, South Africa)<\/p>\n<p>Nkusi\u00a0Ines\u00a0Ineza (Fall 2022 &#8211; Spring 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/piass.ac.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIASS<\/a>, Rwanda)<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Wepngong\u00a0Jato\u00a0(Spring 2022 &#8211; Fall 2022,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/piass.ac.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIASS<\/a>, DRC)<\/p>\n<p>Patrick\u00a0Muhirwa (Fall 2022 &#8211; Spring 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/piass.ac.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIASS<\/a>, Rwanda)<\/p>\n<p>Paul\u00a0Kani Bahoya (Spring 2022 &#8211; Fall 2022,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/piass.ac.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIASS<\/a>, DRC)<\/p>\n<p>Themba\u00a0Mapulanga (Fall 2022 &#8211; Spring 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unza.zm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Zambia<\/a>, Zambia)<\/p>\n<p>All of them are accepted as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IAfP<\/a>&#8216;s exchange students, and 7 of them got support for the roundtrip airfare by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IAfP<\/a>\u00a0and the part of life expenses from &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/asc\/english\/students\/overview.html#:~:text=%E3%80%90Contemporary%20African%20Education,on%20this%20page.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contemporary African Education and Research Fund<\/a>&#8221; established by ASC-TUFS. Please refer to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/asc\/english\/students\/overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more details about our project to invite young people from African countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u3010Presenters &amp; Supporters\u3011<\/strong>(In alphabetical order)<\/p>\n<p>Ayu Hirakawa 3rd year, African Area Studies,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/english\/education\/ia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of International and Area Studies<\/a>, TUFS\u3000(Will study at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unza.zm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Zambia<\/a>\u00a0from February 2023.)<\/p>\n<p>Hidetora Miyata 3rd year, French Major,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/english\/education\/ia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of International and Area Studies<\/a>, TUFS (Currently studying at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/piass.ac.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIASS<\/a>\u00a0since September 2022.)<\/p>\n<p>Hiroaki Kasahara M1,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/english\/education\/pg\/master\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Area and International Studies Course, Graduate School of Global Studies<\/a>, TUFS<\/p>\n<p>Ilyas Hirose 3rd year, French Major,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/english\/education\/ia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of International and Area Studies<\/a>, TUFS\u00a0(Currently studying at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unza.zm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Zambia<\/a>\u00a0since July 2022.)<\/p>\n<p>Kazuyuki Sasaki Head of Department of Peace and Conflict Studies \/ Coordinator of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/craspd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Research and Action towards Sustainable Peace and Development (CRASPD)<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/piass.ac.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIASS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Naosuke Tanaka 3rd year, Hindi Studies,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/english\/education\/lc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of Language and Culture Studies<\/a>\u00a0(Currently studying at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.up.ac.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Pretoria<\/a>\u00a0since July 2022.)<\/p>\n<p>Rei Fukushima 3rd year, Monglian Major,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/english\/education\/ia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of International and Area Studies<\/a>, TUFS (Studied at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/piass.ac.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIASS<\/a>\u00a0as an exchange student from October 2021 to July 2022.)<\/p>\n<p>Satoko Hojo 3rd year, French Major,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/english\/education\/ia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of International and Area Studies<\/a>, TUFS<\/p>\n<p>Shinichi Takeuchi Professor \/ Director, African Studies Center &#8211; TUFS<\/p>\n<p>Shukulu Murekatete M2,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/common\/pg\/pcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peace and Conflict Studies Course<\/a>, Graduate School of Global Studies, TUFS (Studied at TUFS as an exchange student from fall 2018 to Spring 2019.)<\/p>\n<p>Tabitha Takao M1,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/english\/education\/pg\/master\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Area and International Studies Course, Graduate School of Global Studies<\/a>, TUFS (Studied at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/piass.ac.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIASS<\/a>\u00a0as an exchange student from September 2019 to August 2020.)<\/p>\n<p>Yuki Fukuoka 3rd year, African Area Studies,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/english\/education\/ia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of International and Area Studies<\/a>, TUFS<\/p>\n<p>Yuma Hagino 3rd year, African Area Studies,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/english\/education\/ia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0School of International and Area Studies<\/a>, TUFS (Currently studying at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.up.ac.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Pretoria<\/a>\u00a0since July 2022.)<\/p>\n<p>Yumiko Matsuoka M1,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/english\/education\/pg\/master\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Area and International Studies Course, Graduate School of Global Studies<\/a>, TUFS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/AfricaNetworkingMtg2022-1.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3047 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-728x1024.png 728w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-768x1080.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-1092x1536.png 1092w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1-1456x2048.png 1456w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/a27ea5d6620b80f03c7bc3da572c1c94-1.png 1694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/AfricaNetworkingMtg2022-1.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3048 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/bc008bc9b9bea6aeca9e0c2557afcbc6-1-215x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/bc008bc9b9bea6aeca9e0c2557afcbc6-1-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/bc008bc9b9bea6aeca9e0c2557afcbc6-1-736x1024.png 736w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/bc008bc9b9bea6aeca9e0c2557afcbc6-1-768x1069.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/bc008bc9b9bea6aeca9e0c2557afcbc6-1-1103x1536.png 1103w, https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/bc008bc9b9bea6aeca9e0c2557afcbc6-1.png 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Report<\/h2>\n<p>We had the meeting in a hybrid way. In the face-to-face session, 45 people joined while 18 people participated online.<br \/>\nExchange students from African countries talked about their impression of Japan, their favorite Japanese foods, life in their countries, and hopes for the future. In addition to it, we connected to students from TUFS studying in African countries now and they talked about their impression of each country and the lessons they learned.<br \/>\nWe had a good and exciting exchange session together.<\/p>\n<p>\u2193\u3000<strong>Answering the selected questions<\/strong>\u00a0(8 Exchange Students)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/asc\/IMG_1745.JPG_1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1745.JPG\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2193Message from Japanese Students in Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/asc\/DSC02131_2.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02131.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2193<strong>Group Photo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/asc\/DSC02156_1.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02156.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tufs.ac.jp\/asc\/english\/events\/others\/221110NetworkingMeeting2022.html\">Event Page of ASC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUFS Networking Meeting for African Students 2022 will be co-hosted by\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":3034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2022-activities-en","category-info-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3043"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3084,"href":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3043\/revisions\/3084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.tufs.ac.jp\/iafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}