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2025 ASEACCU (The Association of the Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities) Student Conference – Students' Reports

October 17, 2025

The ASEACCU Annual Conference has been hosted each year since 1993 by its member Universities. This year, from August 18th to 21st, Providence University in Taiwan hosted the 31st Annual Conference and the Student Program. Representing 10 countries and regions, about 90 students, including two from Nanzan University, gathered in Taichung to share ideas and discuss this year's theme: "Pilgrims of Hope: Spiritual Development and Action of Gen Z."

The Conference provided opportunities for discussion and consideration of the characteristics of and challenges for Catholic universities and their students, known as Generation Z.
It featured group work, panel sessions and workshops on the role Catholic universities and their students can play, as well as the contribution they can make in society.
Throughout the program, students were able to learn from religious leaders, share ideas and discuss issues with other students from different backgrounds. Most importantly, they were able to build lasting friendships with people from many different countries.

Reports submitted by the two students representing Nanzan University are introduced below:

Takayuki YAMAMOTO, 2nd year student in the Master's Course of the Graduate Program in Anthropology/Graduate School of Humanities

Ririn TAKEUCHI, 4th year student in the Department of British and American Studies