Egypt is well known to be a hydraulic society depending on the Nile River. Our assumption is that, however, she is composed of regional societies that have different environments and socio-economic conditions.
In this workshop, we focus on Buhayra region, in the northern periphery of the Nile Delta. By focusing on this region, we hope to discover the interaction between the environment and ’regional society’, how the environments affect the society at the regional level, and how the peasants in the ’regional society’cope with the environment. After a brief introduction by the researchers of different periods to situate the importance of focusing on Buhayra region, ”Why Buhayra”, we invite Prof. Stuart Borsch (Associate Professor at Assumption College, MA, USA) to talk and discuss about the Buhayra region, how was the ’regional society’in the Medieval Mameluke period in order to research for new approaches for the study of Egyptian society.
Prof. Stuart Borsch is specialized in the study of Nile irrigation in the Medieval Egypt in Mameluke era, and has published many articles on the subject concerned, notably in the northern Nile Delta.
Environment and Regional Society in Egypt ₋ Focus on Buhayra Region
エジプトにおける環境と地域社会 − ブハイラ地域(ナイルデルタ北部)を中心に
プログラム
Section 1 Why Buhayra? 17:00 – 17:30
1. From modern perspective Hiroshi KATO 加藤博(Hitotsubashi University) & Erina IWASAKI 岩崎えり奈(Sophia University)
2. From medieval perspective Wakako KUMAKURA 熊倉和歌子(Waseda University)
3. From pre-Islamic perspective So HASEGAWA 長谷川奏 (Waseda University)
Section 2 Stuart Borsch (History Professor at Assumption College, MA, USA) 17:30- 18:30
The Environment and the Commons in the Nile Delta Province of Buhayra, 641-1517 CE
Tea Break
Comments and discussions 18:40 – 19:30
Commentators 18:40 – 19:00
1. Tadaharu ISHIKAWA石川忠晴 (Tokyo Institute of Technology 東京工業大学)(Environmental hydraulics環境水理学)
2. Mitsuteru IRIE 入江光輝 (Miyazaki University 宮崎大学)
(Water resource and environmental management水資源・環境管理)
3. Daisuke IGARASHI 五十嵐大介 (Chukyo University 中京大学) (Medieval Arab Islamic history中世アラブ・イスラーム史)