Events

2023

• 2023.11.16Online version of Sufism Today: Understanding Different Aspects of Mysticism (SIAS Lectures 9), was published (in Japanese).
• 2023.10.31An internatinal workshop "Sufism and Saint Veneration Past and Present" held on Friday September 1, 2023, in collaboration with the Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique(CNRS), and Collège de France.
• 2023.10.31A screening of Algerian Film "143 Sahara Street" will be held on Tuesday November 21, 2023, in collaboration with the Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies (in Arabic, Subtitles and Commentary in Japanese, Pre-registration is required). This is one of the programs of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2023.
• 2023.10.22On-demand lecture series "Transmission of Sacredness in Islam: Prophet’s Family, Saints’ Descendants, and Holy Relics" will be held jointly with the Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University, which offer two lecture videos on November 13 and the other two on November 20, until December 3 (in Japanese). This is one of the programs of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2023.
• 2023.11.21Research seminar on moderate Islam was held jointly with the Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University on Sunday, November 12, 2023 (in Japansese)
• 2023.10.17The Institute of Islamic Area Studies, together with the Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, hosted a visit of teachers from Islamic schools to Sophia University, which was a part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Islamic School Teacher Invitaiton Program from the Southeast Asia.
• 2023.10.2The Institute of Islamic Area Studies will hold a hybrid research Workshop on Tuesday October 10, 2023 (in Japanese).
• 2023.10.11An internatinal workshop "Bridging Mystical Philosophy and Arts in Sufism: Poetry, Music and Sama’ Ritual" held on Monday, August 28, 2023, in collaboration with the Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University, and the Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University.
• 2023.7.19Online version of Anthropology of Saint Veneration in Islam and Christianity (SIAS Lectures 7), was published(in Japanese).
• 2023.6.20An in-person Workshop on "The Trends in Pro- and Anti-Sufi Movements" held on Saturday, June 17, 2023, in collaboration with the Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University (in English).
• 2023.6.13A hybrid Seminar on "Moderate Islam" held on Sunday, June 11, 2023, in collaboration with the Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University (in Japanese).
• 2023.6.1The Institute of Islamic Area Studies will sponsor a screening of the Uzbek ethnographic film "Guli Armug'on" on Saturday, Jul. 22, 2023 (this link takes you directly to an external site in Japanese).
• 2023.5.31A Hybrid Research Lecture by Prof. Rachida Chih on Sunday June 11, 2023 (in English).
• 2023.4.25A research Seminar on "Mashriq Society and Politics" will be jointly organized by The Institute of Islamic Area Studies and Kyoto Sangyo Univerisity on Thursday May 25 (in English).
• 2023.4.20The Institute of Islamic Area Studies will hold a hybrid research Seminar on "Land Tenure, Inheritance, and Gender in Middle East" on Tuesday May 23, 2023 (in English).
• 2023.4.18The Institute of Islamic Area Studies will hold a hybrid research Seminar on "Raqqa, urban society in northern Syria" on Friday May 19, 2023 (in English).
• 2023.3.28Online version of Sixteen Year History of the Center for Islamic Studies at Sophia University: From 2006 to 2021 Academic Year (SIAS Working Paper 43) was published (in Japanese).
• 2023.1.23The Institute of Islamic Area Studies will hold a workshop, "Food Problems in the Middle East and North Africa Today: The Cases of Tunisia, Lebanon, and Egypt," on Friday, February 10, 2023 (in Japanese).

2022

• 2022.12.8Online version of Islamic Learning of al-Azhar from the End of 19th Century to the Beginning of 20th Century: Annotated Translation of ‘L’enseignement, la doctrine et la vie dans les universités musulmanes d’Égypte’ by Pierre Arminjon (SIAS Working Paper 41, in Japanese) and Comparative Study of Southeast Asian Kitabs (7): Islamic Books and Learning in Thailand (SIAS Working Paper 42, in English) were published .
• 2022.12.7The Institute of Islamic Area Studies will hold a high-flex seminar, "Interreligious Critical Discussions Toward Coexistence: An Initiative by Nahdlatul Ulama of Indonesia," on Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
• 2022.12.5The Institute of Islamic Area Studies will sponsor a screening of the Uzbek ethnographic film "Séance and Islam: The Eurasian Legacy as Told by the Bakhshi" on Sunday, Dec 25, 2022 (this link takes you directly to an external site in Japanese).
• 2022.11.3Online Symposium "Sounds and Body Expressions in Sufism" will be held via Zoom webinar. Please install the application on your device in advance.
• 2022.10.20Online Symposium "Sounds and Body Expressions in Sufism" will be held on Saturday, November 12, 2022 (part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2022) in collaboration with the Center for Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University (in Japanese).
• 2022.10.20A screening of the Moroccan film "Adam" will be held on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, in collaboration with the Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies and the Research Project on Islam and Gender [JSPS Research Project JP20H00085] (part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2022) (in Japanese).
• 2022.9.5Sophia Research Organization invites applications for PD and RA positions for the academic year 2023. Please refer to the Sophia Bulletin Board and Loyola Bulletin Board for detailed application information and documents. If you are not a member of Sophia University, please contact the SIAS office. The deadline for submission of documents is Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 17:00.
• 2022.7.31Online version of Diversification of Muslim Communities in Taiwan (SIAS Working Paper 36) was published (in Japanese).
• 2022.7.11Online version of Historical Developments and Contemporary Situations of Travel and Tourism in the Middle East (SIAS Working Paper 39) and The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam (SIAS Working Paper 40) were published (in Japanese).
• 2022.7.10SIAS, in collaboration with the Kyoto Center for Islamic Area Studies and the the Group of Society, Religions, and Laïcités of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (GSRL-CNRS), held a SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar on July 7, 2022 as an online meeting.
• 2022.7.9The Institute of Islamic Area Studies, Sophia University, in collaboration with the Project Watan and the Research Project on Islam and Gender, will hold "Kurdish Community in Japan: KARIHŌMEN: Living as a Kurd in Japan" on July 17
• 2022.6.29Online version of Thinking Through Asymmetries of Power in Global Knowledge Regimes: Examples From Japan and the Muslim World (SIAS Working Paper 37, in Japanese) and Muslims in the Globalizing World: Some Reflections on Japan (SIAS Working Paper 38) were published.
• 2022.6.4The Institute of Islamic Area Studies, Sophia University, in collaboration with the Institute of Asian Cultural Studies and the Research Project on Islam and Gender [JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP20H00085], will hold a screening of the Algerian film "Papicha" with a special commentary on June 20 (in Japanese).
• 2022.5.25Online version of Stragegies of Feeding States: Rethinking of Experiences in Post-war Japan, India, and Egypt (SIAS Lectures 8), was published(in Japanese).
• 2022.5.8Sophia University's Institute of Islamic Area Studies, in collaboration with the Institute of Global Concern, will hold "Understanding Kurdish Music: 'Voices' Resounding Across the Amphitheatre (Film Screening, Concert, and Conversation)." Part of the program has been changed (in Japanese)
• 2022.5.3SIAS will support "Islamic Week," a student project organized by SSIC (Sophia Student Integration Commons), starting with an "Iftar Party" on April 25, with a variety of events planned.
• 2022.4.24Sophia University's Institute of Islamic Area Studies, in collaboration with the Institute of Global Concern, will host the one in a series of "Voices from the 'KURDs,''" a concert of traditional Kurdish music and a film screening, on May 22 (in Japanese)
• 2022.4.16The Institute's "Objectives, Activities, and History" and a list of the Institute's members are now available. (April 16, 2022)
• 2022.4.8Redelivery of all the online lectures of four (+one) lectures entitled "Sufism Today: Understanding Different Aspects of Mysticism" is now available until Tuesday, May 10, 2012 (in Japanese)
• The Institute of Islamic Area Studies was established as a research unit of the Permanent Research Division of the Sophia University Research Organization
• The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam, Comparative Study of Southeast Asian Kitabs (7): Islamic Books and Learning in Thailand, and Anthropology of Saint Veneration in Islam and Christianity (SIAS Working Paper 40, 42,and SIAS Lecture 7) were published on March 23, 2022 (in Japanese).
• Anthropology and History Research Group held a seminar on Sufism and Saint Veneration on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 (in Japanese)
• Redelivery of all the online lectures of four (+one) lectures entitled "Sufism Today: Understanding Different Aspects of Mysticism" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2021 (from Friday, April 8 to Tuesday, May 10, 2021) (in Japanese).
• Anthropology and History Research Group held a SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar on March 18, 2021 as an online meeting.
• Thinking Through Asymmetries of Power in Global Knowledge Regimes: Examples From Japan and the Muslim World, Muslims in the Globalizing World: Some Reflections on Japan, and Historical Developments and Contemporary Situations of Travel and Tourism in the Middle East (SIAS Working Paper Series 37, 38,and 39) were published on March 17, 2022 (in Japanese).
• Stragegies of Feeding States: Rethinking of Experiences in Post-war Japan, India, and Egypt (SIAS Lectures 8), was published on February 25, 2022 (in Japanese).
• Anthropology and History Research Group held a seminar on Sufism and Saint Veneration on Friday, January 21, 2022 (in Japanese)
• Open seminar for Socio-Ecomony Research Group on Sunday, January 13, 2022 as an online meeting (in Japanese) .