International Events 2007

　The Islamic areas of Southeast Asia have been traversed by numerous peoples with diverse cultures, ethnicities, religions, languages etc., and its residents have acquired and developed various ideas relating to the grouping of peoples, (hereafter, people-grouping concepts), through including diverse notions introduced from abroad. These people-grouping concepts are not mere frames for the classification of peoples. Rather, they demonstrate the various ways in which people of the area sought to orient themselves in the world, and the bonds they strove to nurture with those who administered and ruled. In this symposium we intend focusing on several significant terms relating to the grouping of peoples, such as bangsa, umat(umma), jawi, kerajaan and others, and thereby probe the meanings they acquired in changing periods and contexts. The symposium will deal with several cases from former Dutch, British, Spanish-American territories from the pre-colonial to the post-independence period, as well as southern Thailand.

　Part 1 　May 12, Sat. 13:00-19:00　　2007年5月12日(土)　13－19時
　 L-911, Main Library, Sophia University, Tokyo
　Chairperson: Dr. ARAI Kazuhiro (ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
　13:00-13:15: Opening Remarks: Prof. KAWASHIMA Midori (Sophia University)
　13:15-15:30: Aspects of Islam in Southeast Asia from the viewpoint of the Jawi document
　Dr. Michael LAFFAN (Princeton University)
　 "Notes on Jawi Printing and Tariqa Sufism between Mecca and Singapore"
　Dr. HATTORI Mina (Nagoya University)
　 "Religious Jawi Documents in Minangkabau."
　Dr. SUGAHARA Yumi (Tenri University)
　 "Kitab Jawa: Islamic Textbooks Written in Javanese (Pegon)"
　15:30-15:45: Coffee Break
　15:45-18:00: Aspects of Bangsa and Umma in the Islamic Areas of Southeast Asia
　Mr. KUNIYA Toru (Research Fellow, Institute of Asian Cultures, Sophia University)
　"Umma in Colonial Context: Pilgrim-Statistics in the Netherlands-Indies."
　Ms. SHINOZAKI Kaori (University of Europe-Asia)
　"Contesting Chineseness: Bangsa and Queues in the Straits Settlements, 1896-1911."
　Ms. NISHI Yoshimi (The University of Tokyo)
　 "Two Concepts of Acehnese in the Law on Governing Aceh, 2006: Peace Building by Diversifying Representative"
　18:00-18:15: Coffee Break
　18:15-19:00: General Discussion
　19:15-21:00: Reception
　
　Part 2 May 13, Sun.13:00-18:30 　5月13日13－18時30分
　 Room 303, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo.
　Chairperson: Prof. AOYAMA Toru (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
　13:00-13:15: Opening Remarks: Dr. YAMAMOTO Hiroyuki (Kyoto University)
　13:15-15:30: Presentations:
　Prof. Anthony MILNER (Australian National University and ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
　　　"The Making of the ‘Bangsa Melayu"　
　Dr. NISHIO Kanji (Oriental Library)
　"Bangsa and Politics: Melayu-Bugis Relations in Johor-Riau and Riau-Lingga".
　15:30-15:45: Coffee Break
　15:45-17:15: Presentations
　Dr. Michael LAFFAN
　　　"What Can the Letters of Collaborators Tell Us About the Idea of an Islamic Indies?"
　Dr. TSUBOI Yuji (Joint Researcher, ILCAA Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
　"The Transformation of the Framework of Bangsa in British Malaya: The Malay Community in Selangor under the Colonial Administration".
　Dr. Ariffin Omar (Northern University of Malaysia)
　 "Bangsa Melayu and the Concept of Umma in Islam in Malaysia"
　17:15-17:30: Coffee Break
　17:30-18:30: General Discussion
　
　Part 3 May 19, Sat.13:00-18:15 2007年5月19日（土）13－18:15
　 Room 447, ASAFAS, Engineering Bldg. No.4, Kyoto University, Kyoto.
　Chairperson: Dr. ISHII Masako (Osaka University)
　13:00-13:15 : Opening Remarks：Prof. Anthony MILNER
　13:15-14:45: Presentations:
　Dr. Michael LAFFAN, "What Can the Letters of Collaborators Tell Us About the Idea of an Islamic Indies?"
　Dr. YAMAMOTO Hiroyuki, "Restructuring the Federalism of Bangsas: Development of National/Ethnic Concepts in Sabah, Malaysia"
　14:45-15:00: Coffee Break
　15:00-16:30: Presentations:
　Dr. Ariffin Omar, "The Malay Muslims of Southern Thailand and Their Concept of Bangsa and Umma"
　Prof. KAWASHIMA Midori, "Transformation of the Concepts of Homeland and People among the Philippine Muslims".
　16:30-16:45 Coffee Break
　16:45-18:15 General Discussion
　
　Sponsored by:
　1. Institute of Asian Cultures, Sophia University, Section of Islamic Area Studies (SIAS). Group 2: Development of Islam in Southeast Asia.
　2. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS). Study Group on Local Cultures in the Malay World.
　3. Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University. Joint Study Group on Social Order and Relations in Muslim Populated Southeast Asia.
　4. Study Group on Jawi Documents (c/o Prof. AOYAMA, Dept. of Indonesian Studies, TUFS, http://homepage3.nifty.com/tao/jawi-study/)
　
　For further information:
　SIAS Secretariat: ias-iac@sophia.ac.jp, Tel & Fax: 03-3238-4447
　Part 1: midori-k@sophia.ac.jp
　Part 2: hadhramaut@aa.tufs.ac.jp
　Part 3: yama@cias.kyoto-u.ac.jp