Research Activities
2022
- 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, 20221) (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) .
2021
- Diversifitacion of Muslim Communities in Taiwan (SIAS Working Paper Series 36) was published on December 20, 2021 (in Japanese).
- All research centers of the NIHU Area Studies Project for the Modern Middle East will jointly hold an online symposium entitled "Five Perspectives to Understand the Modern Middle East" on Saturday, Decmber 4, 2021 (in Japanese)
- The Center for Islamic Studies (SIAS) at Sophia University and the Center for Islamic Area Studies (KIAS) at Kyoto University are NOW delivering four (+one) lectures entitled "Sufism Today: Understanding Different Aspects of Mysticism" online as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2021 (from Friday, November 12 to Monday, December 20, 2021) (in Japanese)
- Film Screening and Lecture "House in the Fields" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2021, November 21, 2021. Please read through this link.
- Online Lecture of the SIAS "State Strategies to Satisfy One's Appetite: Cases of Postwar Japan, India, and Egypt" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2021, November 20, 2021 (in Japanese).
- Open access repositories of SIAS Working Paper Series 35 was reliesed on Tuesday, August 3, 2021..
- Open seminar for Socio-Ecomony Research Group on Sunday, September 26, 2021 as an online meeting (in Japanese) .
- Online distribution of the ethnographic film, Guli Armug'on, produced by Prof. WAZAKI Seika and others, from Friday, July 30 to Monday, August 16, 2021.
- Open seminar for Socio-Ecomony Research Group and Political Sociology Research Group on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 as an online meeting (in Japanese).
- Anthropology and History Reaearch Group held a seminar on Sufism and Saint Veneration on Saturday, May 22, 2021 as an online meeting (in Japanese).
- Open access repositories of SIAS Working Paper Series 32, 33, 34, SIAS Lectures 4, 5, 6 were reliesed on May 19, 2021.
- The article about our Center appears in The Nikkei (in Japanese) on April 14, 2021. Please read through this link.
- Comparative Study of Southeast Asian Kitabs (6): Paradise and Hell (SIAS Working Paper Series 34) was published on March 22, 2021.
- Religious Minorities Living in the Middle East: Their Lives and Fistivities (SIAS Lectures 5) and Muslims in Diaspora: Living and Interacting as a Minority (SIAS Lectures 6), were published on March 8, 2021 (in Japanese).
- 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 Series 35) was published on March 8, 2021.
- Anthropology and History Research Group held a SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar on February 19, 2021 as an online meeting.
- Anthropology and History Research Group held a SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar on February 5. 2021 as an online meeting.
- Open seminar of the SIAS and the IAAMES (Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies) on the Modern History of Pilgrimage to Mecca, inviting Dr. Sylvia Chiffoleau (CNRS） as a lecturer (Friday, February 26, 2021).
- Open seminar of the SIAS and the IAAMES (Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies) on the Modern History of Pilgrimage to Mecca, inviting Dr. Sylvia Chiffoleau (CNRS） as a lecturer (Friday, February 26, 2021).
- Redelivery of all the online lectures of "Four (+One) Lectures on Anthropology of Saint Veneration in Islam and Christianity" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2020 (from Monday, February 1 to Sunday, February 21, 2021) (in Japanese).
- Anthropology and History Research Group held a seminar on Sufism and Saint Veneration on Monday, January 18, 2021 as an online meeting (in Japanese).
- Anthropology and History Research Group held a seminar on Sufism and Saint Veneration on Monday, January, 2021 as an online meeting (in Japanese).
2020
- Symposium entitled "Four (+One) Lectures on Anthropology of Saint Veneration in Islam and Christianity" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2020 (from Monday, November 16 to Monday, December 14, 2020, Sophia University) (in Japanese).
- The 5th Seminar on "Historical Developments and Contemporary Situations of Travel and Tourism in the Middle East" by Collaborative Research Project for Younger Generation at Zoom Meeting (Friday, September 25, 2020) (in Japanese).
- Second Report of International Seminar "Public space, public sphere, and publicness in the Middle East" at CEDEJ, Cairo, Egypt (Sunday, March 8 & Monday, March 9, 2020) (in Japanese).
- The 4th Seminar on "Trips and Tourism in the Middle East: Their Historical Development and Contemporary Aspects" by Collaborative Research Project for Younger Generation at Zoom Meeting (Saturday, July 11, 2020) (in Japanese).
- First Report of International Seminar "Public Space, Public Sphere, and Publicness in the Middle East" at CEDEJ, Cairo, Egypt (Sunday, March 8 & Monday, March 9, 2020) (in Japanese).
- (A special video lecture has been cancelled) Announcement of Program Change and Event Cancel of Special Lecture and Panel Discussion "US - Iran Relations: A Sad Saga" with Professor Dr. Hamid Dabashi at Sophia University (Sunday, February 16, 2020).
- The 4th Seminar by Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Friday, February 21, 2020) (in Japanese).
- The 3rd Seminar on "Trips and Tourism in the Middle East: Their Historical Development and Contemporary Aspects" by Collaborative Research Project for Younger Generation at Nagoya University (Saturday, February 15, 2020) (in Japanese).
- The 2nd Seminar on "Trips and Tourism in the Middle East: Their Historical Development and Contemporary Aspects" by Collaborative Research Project for Younger Generation at Sophia University (Monday, January 27, 2020) (in Japanese).
- Program for International Seminar "Public Space, Public Sphere, and Publicness in the Middle East" at CEDEJ, Cairo, Egypt (Sunday, March 8, & Monday, March 9, 2020) (in English).
- Report on Field Survey at Senegal (Tuesday, January 7,2020) (in Japanese).
- Call for Participation in International Seminar "Public space, Public Sphere, andPublicness in the Middle East" at CEDEJ, Cairo, Egypt (Sunday, March 8 & Monday, March 9, 2020) (in English).
2019
- Joint seminar by Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Wednesday, December 25, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Film Screening and Lecture "Des hommes et des dieux" by Xavier Beauvois (2010, 120 mins, French & Arabic languages with Japanese subtitle) (Thursday, December 12, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Symposium entitled "Muslims in Diaspora: Living and Interacting as a Minority" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2019 (Saturday, November 16, 2019, Sophia University) (in Japanese).
- Open lectures entitled "Nature and Humankind from Global, MENA, and Japanese Perspectives" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2019 (Friday, November 15, 2019, Sophia University) (in Japanese).
- Report onf "Sufism, Tariqa, and Saint Veneration in Senegal" by Anthropology and History Reserch Group at Sophia University (Sunday, July 28, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Report of the joint seminar on "Comparative Study of the Rise of Authoritarianism and Populism" by Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Friday, July 26, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Seminar on "Sufism, Tariqa, and Saint Veneration in Senegal" by Anthropology and History Reserch Group at Sophia University (Sunday, July 28, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Joint Seminar on "Comparative Study of the Rise of Authoritarianism and Populism" by Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Friday, July 26, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Report of the open seminar for Socio-Economy Research Group at Sophia University (Friday, June 14, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Seminar for Anthropology and History Reserch Group at Sophia University (Sunday, July 7, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Open seminar for Socio-Economy Research Group at Sophia University (Friday, June 14, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Report of the 1st seminar for Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Saturday, June 1, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Report of the 6th CNRS-KIAS-SIAS Joint Seminar "Sufism, Sufi orders and Saints from Africa to Asia: New Researches in Japan and in France" (March 2, 2019).
- Exhibition of Research Results of "Comparative Area Studies on Conflicts, Interactions, and Reconciliations between Islam and Other Religions Including Christianity", funded by Sophia University Research Grant for "Research in Priority Areas"
- Report of Pannel Session on "Transformation of Public Spaces in Urban and Rural Middle East" at the 35th Annual Meeting of Japan Association for Middle East Studies (JAMES) in Akita University (May 12th, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Pannel Session on "Transformation of Public Spaces in Urban and Rural Middle East" at the 35th Annual Meeting of Japan Association for Middle East Studies (JAMES) in Akita University (May 12th, 2019).
- Seminar for Socio-Economy Research Group on "Asile in the Mediterranean World" at Sophia University (Friday, March 22, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Seminar for Anthropology and History Reserch Group at Sophia University (Sunday, March 17, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Newly Published! (SIAS Working Paper Series 29, 30, and SIAS Lectures 2) (in English/Japanese).
- The 6th CNRS-KIAS-SIAS Joint Seminar "Sufism, Sufi Orders and Saints from Africa to Asia: New Researches in Japan and in France" (March 2, 2019).
- Report of Lecture by Prof. Aymon Kreil (February 27, 2019, Sophia University) (in Japanese).
- Seminar for Socio-Economy Research Group on "Public Space in the Middle East" (Thursday, February 28, 2019) (in Japanese).
- Lecture by Prof. Aymon Kreil ( February 27, 2019, Sophia University) (in English).
- Workshop of "Reconsidérer les ´ulama´ et les confréries religieuses en Algérie à l´époque coloniale" (Sunday, January 20, 2019, Sophia University) (in French).
2018
- Special Seminar by Professor Nile Green "From Sufi Establishment to Salafi Reform: Reflections on Writing a History of Sufism" (Thursday, December 6, 2018, Kyoto University).
- Report 2 of Congress / WOCMES Seville 2018 （Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies） (Monday, July 16 to Sunday, July 22, 2018, Seville).
- Report of the symposium entitled "Religious Minorities Living in the Middle East: Their Lives and Festivities" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2018 (Saturday, November 10, 2018, Sophia University) (in Japanese).
- Open lectures entitled "Water and Society in the Middle East" as part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2018 (Friday, November 16, 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 (Friday, November 16, 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 (Saturday, November 10, 2018, Sophia University) (in Japanese).
- Report of Seminar of Political Sociology Research Group on "International Impacts of Muslim Brotherhood" (Saturday, June 23, 2018, Sophia University).
- Report 1 of Congress / WOCMES Seville 2018 （Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies） (Monday, July 16 to Sunday, July 22, 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" (Friday, September 7, 2018).
- Congress / WOCMES Seville 2018（Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies） (Monday, July 16 to Sunday, July 22, 2018, Seville).
- The 1st Seminar of Histories and Current Situations of Interreligious Relations in Asia and Africa (Saturday, July 7, 2018, Sophia University).
- Seminary of Political Sociology Research Group on "International Impacts of Muslim Brotherhood" (Saturday, June 23, 2018, Sophia University).
- Congress / WOCMES Seville 2018 （Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies） (Monday, July 16 to Sunday, July 22, 2018, Seville).
- Symposium entitled "Transcending Dynamisms" (Sunday, July 8, 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"(Wednesday, 20 July 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 (Saturday, May 12, 2018).
- Lecture by Prof. Ahmed Zildzic "Constants and Variables in Contemporary Oriental Studies in Bosnia-Herzegovina" (Friday, April 13, 2018).
- Report on the lecture by Prof. Mohamed Abdel Aal "Research Workshop on the Rural Egypt and Agricultural Cooperatives" (Wednesday, April 4, 2018).
- New English Website Launched (Tuesday, March 27, 2018).
- Lecture by Prof. Mohamed Abdel Aal "Research Workshop on the Rural Egypt and Agricultural Cooperatives" (Friday, March 23, 2018).
- New Publication Adam SABRA, Between the Private and Public Spheres: Charity and State Intervention in Mamluk Egypt, SIAS Lectures 1, 2017 (Wednesday, March 7, 2018).
- 1st seminar for Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Saturday, February 17, 2018) (in Japanese).
- 3rd joint seminar for Socio-Economy Research Group and Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Thursday, January 25, 2018) (in Japanese)
- CNRS-KIAS/SIAS Joint Seminar 2018 "Holy Relics and Religious Commodities in Islam + Other Related Subjects Including Graduate Student Presentations" (Sunday, January 21 to Monday, January 22, 2018).
- Film Screening and Lecture "SILVERED WATER, Syria Self-portrait" by Ossama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan (2014, 92 mins) (Thursday, January 11, 2018) (in Japanese).
2017
- 2nd seminar for Anthropology and History Reserch Group at KKR Chitosesou Izu Nagaoka (Saturday, November 11 to Sunday, November 12, 2017) (in Japanese).
- Lecture by Prof. Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf "Debationg FGM in a globalizing world" (Sunday, November 5, 2017) (in Japanese).
- 3rd joint seminar for Socio-Economy Research Group and Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Sunday, October 22, 2017) (in Japanese).
- 2nd joint seminar for Socio-Economy Research Group and Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Friday, July 14, 2017) (in Japanese).
- 1st joint seminar for Socio-Economy Research Group and Political Sociology Research Group at Sophia University (Friday, June 23, 2017) (in Japanese).
- 1st seminar for Anthropology and History Reserch Group at Sophia University (San, July 23, 2017) (in Japanese).
- Lecture by Prof. Larbi Sadiki "Political Parties and Movements in the Post-Arab Uprisings in the Middle East" (Friday, July 28, 2017).
- Film Screening and Lecture "khamsa (five)" a film by March, Almodóvar (2016, 53 mins.) (Wednesday, June 14, 2017).
