Seifudein Adem, PhD
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Seifudein Adem is a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Research and Education, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. His latest book is Africa's Quest for Modernity: Lessons from Japan and China(Springer, 2023).
Adem received his education in Ethiopia and Japan and holds a BA with Distinction in Political Science, an MA in International Relations and a PhD in International Political Economy. He taught in Ethiopia (1988-92), Japan (2000-05; 2018-2024), USA (2006-16) and China (2017). He was also a Research Associate at the United Nations University, Japan (1999), SUNY-Binghamton, USA (2002) University of Frankfurt, Germany (2017), University of Johannesburg, South Africa (2018-2022) and Howard University, USA (2022). His current research focuses on the interactions between Africa and Asia's major powers, particularly China and Japan.
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Dr. Adem's administrative experiences include serving as Associate Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies, SUNY-Binghamton (2006-16), President of New York African Studies Association (2010-11) and member of Executive Board of the International Studies Association's Global South Caucus (2012-16).
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Seifudein Adem's studies and research have been supported by the US Government (USIA, 1990), the Governments of Japan (MEXT, 1996-98, JSPS, 2008-10) and Germany (FMER, 2017)as well as private institutions in the US (Ford Foundation, 2008 and 2016; MacArthur Foundation, 2022-2024) and Japan (Tokyo Electric Power Company, 1992-94).
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