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, please visit the website of the JAAS (https://african-studies.com/en/information/). The 62nd […]
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 exemption from the conference registration fee for the disaster victims […]
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 the next year (fiscal year 2024), we will ask to […]
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 to the point 1 above. 3) Submission: For information security, […]
JAAS membership fee exemption measures (economic depression triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic)
The JAAS board member meeting on March 29 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: a 1 page password protected PDF document in A4 with a written description of your economic condition in relation to the point 1 above. 3)Submission: […]
Japanese Academic Societies Unite to Release a Joint Statement to Protect the Independence of the Science Council of Japan
December 18th, 2020 Board of Directors Japan Association for African Studies Japanese scholars have met the Prime Minister Suga’s decision to reject the candidacy of six humanities and social sciences scholars for the Science Council of Japan with grave concern. 226 academic societies in the humanities and social sciences in Japan issued a Joint Statement on November 6th. Since then, the number of co-signers has reached 310. On December 2nd, they issued the same statement in English, gave a press interview and appealed to scholars and citizens worldwide for support and cooperation. The Science Council of Japan, which is a national academy and not a federation of academic societies, does […]
Announcement on the JAAS 58th Annual Meeting
The 58th Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for African Studies will be held online on May 22nd (Sat) and May 23rd (Sun), 2021. Those who wish to participate should register online on the JAAS web site (https://african-studies.jp/reg/). Your participation is welcomed. The 58th Annual Meeting Information Board URL: https://peacebuilding.wixsite.com/jaas58conferenceinfo
JAAS membership fee exemption measures (economic depression triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic)
The JAAS General meeting on May 23 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 or will be reduced to less than half of the normal times during the months of April and May 2020. 2) Application document: a 1 page password protected PDF document in A4 with a written description of your economic condition in relation to the point 1 above. 3) Submission: For information security, you are required to send […]
Announcement on the JAAS 57th annual meeting
The first circular on the JAAS 57th annual meeting has already sent by Dogura office, which is the JAAS secretariat. Some of you have certainly received it. The JAAS 57th annual meeting will be held on 23 and 24 May 2020 at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Your participation is mostly welcome. All JAAS members are requested to register regardless of participation, as those who are absent are also required to submit the Letter of Proxy on the web. Please register from the following URL. https://african-studies.jp/reg/ For those who make a presentation and those who organized a Forum, we recommend to use the templates: an Abstract Template file and Forum […]