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Notice to the Members of the JAAS（About the 62nd JAAS Annual Conference and the Mailing List）
December 2024 To Members of the Japan Association for African Studies Information on the 62nd JAAS Annual Conference As announced on the JAAS mailing list, information on the 62nd JAAS Annual Conference (May 17 and 18, 2025) has been posted on the conference website (https://conference.african-studies.com/). Please note that we will not be sending out information by postal mail as in the past. If you plan to attend the conference, please be sure not to miss the information on the website. The deadline to apply for presentations is January 31, 2025. For information on how to subscribe to the JAAS mailing list,…
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Notice to the Members of the JAAS（About the 62nd JAAS Annual Conference and the Mailing List）
December 2024 To Members of the Japan Association for African Studies Information on the 62nd JAAS Annual Conference As announced on the JAAS mailing list, information on the 62nd JAAS Annual Conference (May 17 and 18, 2025) has been posted on the conference website (https://conference.african-studies.com/). Please note that we will not be sending out information by postal mail as in the past. If you plan to attend the conference, please be sure not to miss the information on the website. The deadline to apply for presentations is January 31, 2025. For information on how to subscribe to the JAAS mailing list,…
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Greeting (April, 2024)
Cordial greetings to all members of the Japan Association for African Studies. I am Shinichi Takeuchi, privileged to assume the esteemed position of President of the Japan Association for African Studies (JAAS) for the fiscal year 2024-25. I am deeply dedicated to executing my duties with the utmost diligence and proficiency, and I respectfully solicit the support of all our esteemed members. Since my induction as a member in 1986, the JAAS has stood as my primary academic community. Through its array of activities, including annual conferences, branch initiatives, and scholarly publications, it has afforded me invaluable exposure to the…
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Announcement about the exemption from the annual membership fee and registration fee of the 61st Annual Conference for disaster victims caused by Noto Earthquake on 1st January 2024
The JAAS board members extend heartfelt condolences to JAAS members suffered from the Noto Earthquake on 1st January 2024, and decided to exempt the annual membership fee of fiscal year 2024 for such members. In case that you want to receive the exemption, please fill the application, which is downloadable from below, and send it to the board members for general affairs mentioned below. The deadline is 30 June 2024. ◎ Download >> : (Word File) Another important announcement. Prof. Keiko Takemura let us know, on behalf of the secretariat of the 61st JAAS Annual Conference, the decision on the…
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Announcement about the exemption from the annual membership fee for disaster victims caused by Noto Earthquake on 1st January 2024
Dear JAAS members, The JAAS board members extend heartfelt condolences to JAAS members suffered from the Noto Earthquake on 1st January 2024, and decided to exempt the annual membership fee of fiscal year 2023 for such members. In case that you have not yet paid the membership fee for this fiscal year and want to receive the exemption, please fill the application, which is downloadable from the JAAS homepage, and send it to the board members for general affairs mentioned below. The deadline is 31 March 2024. ◎ Download >> : (Word File) As for the annual membership fee for…
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JAAS membership fee exemption measures (economic depression triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic)
The JAAS board decided to adopt membership fee exemption measures for those who are experiencing difficulties in continuing their research activities due to the economic depression triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. 1) Eligible members: non-permanent or non-fulltime workers as well as undergraduate and graduate students whose income has been reduced to less than half of the normal times during the last fiscal year or will be reduced to less than half of the normal times during this fiscal year. 2) Application document: one page password protected PDF document in A4 with a written description of your economic condition in relation…