Viticulture in Medieval Serbia

Sasayama, Hyogo prefecture

The Sylff Association secretariat is pleased to announce the successful applicants of Sylff Leaders Workshop for 2018–19. After a careful review of 114 applicants from 45 Sylff institutions, 20 fellows were selected to attend the first, start-up session from September 16 to 23, 2018, and the second, wrap-up session from April 7 to 14, 2019.

In line with the overall theme of the workshop, “The Potential of Trans-border Networking in 2030,” a focus topic was developed to facilitate our discussions, “Food Production in 2030: What Will Our Children Be Eating, and How Will We Produce It?” Participants will be guided by a strategic method called “Visioning” to contemplate norms regarding the future landscape of food and to generate ideas on how to direct actions toward such a vision.

The workshop will primarily take place outside of Tokyo to give participants an opportunity to experience the culture, nature, and history of rural areas of Japan. The site of the start-up session (from September 17 to 19) is the city of Sasayama, a beautiful castle town with a rich natural landscape and old city charms located in the Kansai region of Japan—about an hour outside Kyoto and Osaka.

The conclusions of the discussions and other insights gained from the workshop will be shared broadly with the Sylff community through reports and updates written by fellows and members of the Sylff Association secretariat.

”Voices” volume 6

The Sylff Association is pleased to announce that volume 6 of Voices from the Sylff Community is now available as a PDF file and in print format.

This year’s Voices—the first to be published by the Sylff Association and to be printed in full color—contains 25 articles that were uploaded on the Sylff website over the past 20 months. Seventeen have been expanded from reports submitted by fellows following a Sylff support program offered by the Sylff Association. They offer hints on how the programs have been used to augment the research and social-action activities of the recipients.

There is also a message from Yohei Sasakawa, chairman of the Sylff Association, and an overview of the 30-year history of the Sylff program by Sanae Oda of the Sylff Association secretariat.

There is a two-page spread of photos featuring the many outstanding fellows whom members of the Sylff Association secretariat had the pleasure of meeting in 2016–17.

The booklet can be downloaded as a PDF file here.

We Want to Hear Your “Voice”

We are always eager to learn about the academic achievements and social intiatives of all fellows. Please send your contributions to the Sylff Association secretariat (sylff[a]tkfd.or.jp) to be shared through the Sylff website and Voices booklet. (replace [a] with @).

Guidelines for writing a Voices article can be downloaded here.

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Voices from the Sylff Community

June 2018, Vol.6

CONTENTS

SYLFF IDENTITY
Building a Closer Network of Socially Engaged Leaders	Sanae Oda	Sylff Association Secretariat
SYLFF SUPPORT PROGRAMSーSYLFF PROJECT GRANT(SPG)
Delivering 3D-Printed Prosthetic Solutions in the Philippines: An Interview with Keio Fellow Yutaka Tokushima	Keita Sugai	Sylff Association Secretariat
SYLFF SUPPORT PROGRAMSーLOCAL ASSOCIATION NETWORKING SUPPORT(LANS）
JU-Sylff LANS Meet 2018	Sujaan Mukherjee, Sritama Chatterjee,Shounak Adhikari	Jadavpur University
SYLFF SUPPORT PROGRAMSーSYLFF DISASTER RELIEF FUND(SDRF)
The Many Hands of Humanitarian Aid: September 2017 Mexico Earthquake Relief Activities	Fernanda Herrera Lopez	El Colegio de México
SYLFF SUPPORT PROGRAMSーSYLFF LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES(SLI)
Workshops on the Socio-Analysis of Opression	Melinda Kovai	Eotvos Lorand University
Own Fate: Self-Managing the FutureーHow to Link Academic Knowledge and Local Practice	Loretta Huszak	University of Leipzig
Environmental Geopolitics in the Anthropocene: Understanding Causes, Managing Consequences, Finding Solutions	Corey Johnson	University of Oregon
[Report]Environmental Geopolitics in the Anthropocene:Ominous Horizon or Breaks in the Clouds?	Hikaru Hiranuma	The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research
Finding a Lasting Solution: Insights From the Forum on Violent Extremism and Radicalization in East Africa	Jacinta Mwende Maweu, Socrates Kraido Majune, Stephen Muthusi Katembu, Alexina Nyaboke Marucha	University of Nairobi
Report on the University of Nairobi Peace Forum	Xena Michelle Cupido	University of the Western Cape
Nubian Women’s Arts and Cultural Continuity:The Role of Civil Society in Promoting Nubian Women Art	Naglaa Fathi Mahmaoud-Hussein	Howard University
Training for the Best and Brightest Students on Leadership and Character Building in Rwanda	Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu	Howard University
[Report] Leadership and Character Building for Youth in Rwanda	Aya Oyamada	Sylff Association Secretariat
Indigenous Technology and Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Report	Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu	Howard University
List of SLI Awardees and Projects in 2016-17
SYLFF SUPPORT PROGRAMSーSYLFF RESEARCH ABROAD(SRA)
Jewish Religious Life in the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic	Karina Barkane	University of Latvia
Resilience in the Context of Poverty: The Experiences of Low-Income Urban Filipino Parents	Rosanne M. Jocson	Ateneo de Manila University
Verbs and the History of Bantu Languages Near the Serengeti	Timothy Roth	University of Helsinki
The Portrait Image of Emperor Akbar in the Akbarnama and Beyond	Dipanwita Donde	Jawaharlal Nehru University
List of SRA Awardees and Research Topics in 2016－17
ACROSS THE COMMUNITY
To Unmake a Victim: Criteria for the Successful Social Reintegration of Human Trafficking Victims	Rui Caria	University of Coimbra
Rural Restructuring in the Visegrad Group after the Political and Economic Transition	Jozsef Lennert	Hungarian Academy of Sciences
An Almost Forgotten Legacy: Non-Aligned Yugoslavia in the United Nations and in the Making of Contemporary International Law	Arno Trültzsch	University of Leipzig
Living with Wildfire: Voices from the Local Community	Apirada Cha-emjan, Rapipun Maoyot, Kedsirin Thammachai	Chiang Mai University
Supporting Two Families: Remittance–Sending and the Integration of Immigrants in the United States	David D. Sussman	The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Tackling Humanitarian Challenges—A Global Responsibility	Gosia Pearson	Jagiellonian University
Mr. Sasakawa Conferred Highest Honor by Most Prestigious Institution in Bulgaria	Evgeny Gerchev Kandilarov	Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski“
2016－17 IN PICTURES
Sylff Association: Bringing Leaders Closer Together

Author Archives: ld-sylff

Short Article

Short Article(Amrita Goswami)

Sylff Leaders Workshop: Selection Outcome

Improving urban health equity is a place-based issue

The Past that Refuses to be Forgotten

Short Article

Sixth “Voices” Booklet Now Online and in Print

Voices from the Sylff Community

June 2018, Vol.6

Sylff Association Brochure Renewal

Sylff Leaders Workshop: Update

Voices from the Sylff Community June 2018, Vol.6

Voices from the Sylff Community

June 2018, Vol.6