Research Activities

2018

• Special Seminar by Professor Nile Green "From Sufi Establishment to Salafi Reform: Reflections on Writing a History of Sufism" (Thu, 6 Dec. 2018, Kyoto University)
• Report of Congress / WOCMES Seville 2018 （Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies） (Mon, 16 - Sun, 22 July. 2018, Seville) (in Japanese)
• Report of the symposium entitled "Religious Minorities Living in the Middle East: Their Lives and Festivities" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2018 (Sat, 10 Nov. 2018, Sophia University) (in Japanese)
• Open lectures entitled "Water and Society in the Middle East" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2018 (Fri, 16 Nov. 2018, Sophia University) (in Japanese)
• Symposium on "Public Spheres over Rohingya: Exclusion and Inclusion in Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Pakistan" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2018 (Fri, 16 Nov. 2018, Sophia University) (in Japanese)
• Symposium entitled "Religious Minorities Living in the Middle East: Their Lives and Festivities" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2018 (Sat, 10 Nov. 2018, Sophia University) (in Japanese)
• Report of Seminary of Political Sociology Research Group on "International Impacts of Muslim Brotherhood" (Sat, 23 Jun. 2018, Sophia University)
• Report No.1 of Congress / WOCMES Seville 2018 （Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies） (Mon, 16 - Sun, 22 July. 2018, Seville) (in Japanese)
• Workshop of Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University "The Political Concepts of Islamic Movements and the Realities of Modern Muslim States" (Fri, 7 Sep. 2018)
• Congress / WOCMES Seville 2018（Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies） (Mon, 16 - Sun, 22 July. 2018, Seville)
• The 1st Seminar of Histories and Current Situations of Interreligious Relations in Asia and Africa (Sat, 7 Jul. 2018, Sophia University)
• Seminary of Political Sociology Research Group on "International Impacts of Muslim Brotherhood" (Sat, 23 Jun. 2018, Sophia University)
• Congress / WOCMES Seville 2018 （Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies） (Mon, 16 - Sun, 22 July. 2018, Seville)
• Symposium entitled "Transcending Dynamisms" (Sun, 8 Jul. 2018, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies- Hongo Satellite Campus)
• Lecture by Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia H.E. Mr. Kais Darragi on "Tunisia in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring"(Wed, 20 Jul. 2018, Sophia University)
• Symposium organized by Japan Association for Middle East Studies (JAMES) "The Crusades in Relation to Present Day: Europe, the Middle East, and Japan "The 34th Annual Meeting at Sophia University (Sat, 12 May. 2018)
• Lecture by Prof. Ahmed Zildzic "Constants and Variables in Contemporary Oriental Studies in Bosnia-Herzegovina" (Fri, 13 Apr. 2018)
• Report on the lecture by Prof. Mohamed Abdel Aal "Research Workshop on the Rural Egypt and Agricultural Cooperatives" (Wed, 4 Apr. 2018)
• New English Website Launched (Tue, 27 Mar. 2018)
• Lecture by Prof. Mohamed Abdel Aal "Research Workshop on the Rural Egypt and Agricultural Cooperatives" (Fri, 23 Mar. 2018)
• New Publication ＜SIAS Lectures_No.1＞Adam SABRA, Between the Private and Public Spheres: Charity and State Intervention in Mamluk Egypt, 2017. (Wed, 7 Mar. 2018)
• 1st seminar for Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Sat, 17 Feb. 2018) (in Japanese)
• 3rd joint seminar for Socio-Economy Research Group and Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Thu, 25 Jan. 2018) (in Japanese)
• CNRS-KIAS/SIAS Joint Seminar 2018 "Holy Relics and Religious Commodities in Islam + Other Related Subjects Including Graduate Student Presentations" (Sun, 21- Mon, 22 Jan. 2018)
• Film Screening and Lecture "SILVERED WATER, Syria self-portrait" by Ossama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan (2014, 92 mins) (Thu, 11 Jan. 2018) (in Japanese)