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• Lectures by Dr. Itzchak Weismann (March 6 in Kyoto & March 9 in Tokyo)

The Joint Research of Sufism and Saint Veneration is pleased to welcome Dr. Itzchak Weismann (Senior Lecturer, Department of Middle Eastern History, University of Haifa, Israel), who will present separate lectures in Kyoto and Tokyo.

First Lecture in Kyoto
Date: 6 March 2009 15:00-17:00
Venue: Meeting Room(AA401), Research Bldg. No.2, 4th Floor, Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University
http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/campus/yoshida_all.htm
http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/campus/main.htm
Title: “The Naqshbandi Sufi Brotherhood in Modernity and Globalization”

Second Lecture in Tokyo
Date: 9 March 2009 15:00-17:00
Venue: Room 630a, Bldg. No.2, 6th Floor, Yotsuya Campus, Sophia University
http://www.sophia.ac.jp/E/E_universityinfo.nsf/Content/yotsuya_map
http://www.sophia.ac.jp/E/E_universityinfo.nsf/Content/yotsuya_access
Title: “The Islamic Other: Fundamentalism and Sufism in the Muslim World and Beyond”