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NIHU Program Islamic Area Studies International Workshop
Towards the Comparative Study of Kitabs in Southeast Asia

Jointly Organized by
1. Group 2 (Development of Islam in Southeast Asia), Section for Islamic Area Studies, Institute of Asian Cultures, Sophia University (SIAS)
2. Documentation Center for Islamic Area Studies, the Toyo Bunko (TBIAS)

Date and Time: November 8, 2009 (Sun.), 10:00 AM-18:30 PM
Place: Room L-911, Main Library, Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus.
Language: English

Program
Morning Session 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
Chairperson: Aoyama Toru (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
1.Oman Fathurahman (Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta) Significance of the Catalogue of Southeast Asian Kitabs in Strengthening Islamic Studies in the Region
2.Arai Kazuhiro (Keio University) and Yanagiya Ayumi (Oriental Library): An Interim Report on the Catalog-making of the Sophia Collection of Southeast Asian Kitabs
Afternoon Session 13:30-18:30 PM
Chairperson: Kobayashi Yasuko (Nanzan University)
3.Ervan Nurtawab (Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta): An Interim Analysis of the Sophia Collection of Southeast Asian Kitabs
4.Sugahara Yumi (Tenri University): Publications of Kitabs in Southeast Asia
5.Kawashima Midori (Sophia University): Publications in Muslim-dominated Areas of Southern Philippines from the 1920s to the 1970s

Discussants:
Tonaga Yasushi (Kyoto University) and Hattori Mina (Nagoya University)

For further information:
Professor Kawashima at midori-k@sophia.ac.jp
SIAS Secretariat at ias-iac@sophia.ac.jp

　We are happy to announce that the International Workshop entitled, "Towards the Comparative Study of Kitabs in Southeast Asia" will be held on Sunday, November 8, 2009, at Sophia University in Tokyo. The workshop will deal with the progress of catalog-making of Southeast Asian kitabs collected by Sophia University, the significance of the collection and the catalog, the findings on the kitabs in the collection, and the publication of kitabs in Southeast Asia. Problems and prospects of catalog-making and potentials of studies utilizing the collection, will also be discussed. Researchers, scholars, librarians, and graduate students who are interested, are welcome to attend the workshop.
　Those who wish to attend are requested to contact Professor Kawashima Midori at midori-k@sophia.ac.jp or the SIAS Secretariat at ias-iac@sophia.ac.jp.