Anthropology and History Reaearch Group: SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Online Joint Seminar on 19 February, 2021
The Anthropology and History Group of the Institute for Islamic Studies held an online seminar with the Center for Islamic Area Studies of Kyoto University (KIAS) and the Group of Society, Religions, and Laïcités (GSRL) of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). The seminar was semi-closed, and the KIAS was the main organizer of this seminar.
Date & Time: 19 February, 2021 (Fri.), 18:00-20:00 (10:00-12:00 in Paris)
Venue: Online meeting
Date & Time: 19 February, 2021 (Fri.), 18:00-20:00 (10:00-12:00 in Paris)
Venue: Online meeting
Chair: Alexandre Papas (CNRS-CETOBAC/EHESS-PSL)
Presentation 1: HOMMA Ryusei (Kyoto University) “Traditionalist ʿUlamā and Sufism in Colonial South Asia: Ashraf ʿAlī Thānavī’s Conception of Waḥda al-Wujūd and his Logic of Defending Ibn ʿArabī”
Presentation 2: Muhammad TOUSEEF (CNRS-GSRL-EPHE/EHESS/CETOBAC-PSL) “Sufi Ritual of Bayʿa at the Dargah of Chishtiyya ʿUbaydiyya Silsila in Multan, Pakistan”
Presentation 3: HARA Rikuro (Kyoto University) “Ḥanbalī School and Sufism: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīya and His Time”
Closing Remarks: TONAGA Yasushi (Kyoto University)
* This seminar shows the achievement of the research activities of the Center for Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University (KIAS), the Center for Islamic Studies at Sophia University (SIAS), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism, Tariqa, Saint Cults Complex” [JSPS KAKENHI JP16H01904], Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “Anthropological Studies on Veneration of Saints and Holy Relics in Islam and Christianity” [JSPS JP19H00564], and the Collaborative Research Project with the Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies of Kyoto University, “Histories and Current Situations of Interreligious Relations in Asia and Africa.”
