Seminars

Seminars of the current academic year

Fiscal 2023

No. 4 Middle East Research Seminar on 'Toward Understanding Water and Land Use in the Oasis of Western Desert, Egypt' will be held on Monday, March 11th, 2024.

organizer(s)Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies at Sophia University
Co-organized by Water-Scarce Society Information and Research Center
date and timeMonday, March 11, 2024
15:00-17:00
titleToward Understanding Water and Land Use in the Oasis of Western Desert, Egypt
speakerDr. Abdelaziz Tantawy(President of New Valley University, Egypt)
Dr. Ahmed Abdelhafez(Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Soils and Water, Faculty of Agriculture- New Valley University
venueBuilding 2, 7th floor, Room 730, Sophia University/Online Zoom

https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/access/campus/
languageEnglish (no translation available)
registrationRegister from below by March 8.
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No. 3 Special seminar of interdisciplinary study on cultural Heritage by Heng Phipal: An Archaeology of Social Transformation in Angkor (13th-17th century): The Phum Archaeological Project on Jan. 6,2024

organizer(s)Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University(IAAMES)in collaboration with the Japan Society for Southeast Asian Archaeology, JSSAA.
date and timeSaturday, 6 January 2024, 14:00-16:00 (Cambodia time)/ 16:00-18:00 (Japan time)
titleSpecial seminar of interdisciplinary study on cultural Heritage
by Heng Phipal: "An Archaeology of Social Transformation in Angkor (13th-17th century): The Phum Archaeological Project"
speakerHeng Phipal(Postdoctoral scholar, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California-Los Angeles)
formatOnline, Zoom meeting, only
languageEnglish (with no translation)
registrationhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUoc--srzooGdWd6apA7tbLnWIeFTeomq_0
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No. 2 Book Talk-States of Subsistence: The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan

organizer(s)The Sophia University Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies (IAAMES)
date and timeMonday, October 16,2023
titleBook Talk-States of Subsistence: The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan
speakerJose Ciro Martinez

No. 1 Seminar Hajj pilgrimage will be held on Monday, October 9,2023.

organizer(s)Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University
Supported by The University of Tokyo Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (UTCMES)
date and timeMonday, October 9,2023.
titleHajj pilgrimage
speakerFuga KIMURA(Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
venueSophia University, Yotsuya Campus
Building no.2, 4F Room 2-402
https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/access/campus/
language Japanese
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