Seminars

Seminars of the current academic year

Fiscal 2024

No. 8　Seminar: Seeking Reproductive Justice for Women Migrant Workers in Japan and Korea: Roles of Migrant Workers Organisations will be held Saturday, February 22nd, 2025.

organizer(s)Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University
date and timeSaturday, February 22, 2025
13:00-16:00
titleSeeking Reproductive Justice for Women Migrant Workers in Japan and Korea: Roles of Migrant Workers’ Organisations
speakersMs. Manju Gurung, Co-Founder of Pourakhi Nepal, Committee Member of the Foreign Employment Board, Government of Nepal

Dr. Keiko Yamanaka, Retired Lecturer, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Ms. Junu Gurung, Contact person, Pourakhi-Nepal

Dr. Rachana Manandhar Shrestha, Visiting Fellow, IAAMES, Sophia University

Dr. Yoshihisa Saito, Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University

Moderator: Dr. Masako Tanaka, Professor, Faculty of Global Studies and Institute Fellow, IAAMES, Sophia University
venueOnsite:
#408, Building No.2, Sophia University (no registration required)
Online: Join the ZOOM webinar through URL https://x.gd/z49TK
languageEnglish
admissionFree
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No. 7　Asian Research Seminar: Timor-Leste: Life and Society after Independence will be held on Saturday, January 25th, 2025.

organizer(s)Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University
Supported by Embassy of Timor-Leste in Tokyo
date and timeSaturday, January 25th, 2025 13:00-17:00
1st session: 13:00-15:00 Filmscreening
2nd session: 15:00-17:00 Seminar
title Timor-Leste: Life and Society after Independence
venueBuilding 2 Room 1702, Sophia University Yotsuya Campus
https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/access/campus/
languages1st session: Tetun and Portuguese with English and Japanese subtitles
2nd session: Japanese, English, and Tetun with translation
registration Please register by Jan. 23rd.
https://forms.gle/AKUoECH1Mer7hg3e9
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No. 6　Africa Research Seminar will be held on Friday, November 22nd,2024.

organizersInstitute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University
co-organizer:科研費・国際共同A「アフリカにおける紛争と女性のエージェンシー：女性解放と連帯」（代表者：眞城百華）
date and timeFriday, November 22nd,2024
16:00-19:00
titleアフリカにおける「解放闘争と女性」再考：紛争・ジェンダー・移行期正義
speakersHelen Scanlon (Faculty of Humanities, Department of Political Studies, University of Cape Town)
Momoka Maki (Faculty of Global Studies/ Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University)
venueBuilding 12 Room 402, Sophia University Yotsuya Campus
https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/access/campus/
languagesEnglish and Japanese (with translation for English parts)
registrationhttps://forms.gle/22JEJ6EsER4CcjKk9
Please register by November 20th.
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No. 5　Seminar on Migration and Refugees in the Mediterranean will be held on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024.

organizerInstitute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University
date and timeWednesday, December 4, 2024
17:30-19:00
titleMigration flows and policies in the Mediterranean after the Arab Spring
speakerHassen BOUBAKRI (Sousse University, Tunisia)
venue (Hybrid)Onsite: Building 2, Room 615a (6th floor), Sophia University Yotsuya Campus
https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/access/campus/

Online: Zoom meeting information will be sent to those registered.
languageEnglish
registrationhttps://forms.gle/3Xqo7XZEswe1Ex1k9
Please register by December 1st.
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No. 4　Seminar: Reconsidering Burmese Way to Socialism（1962-88): Re-analyzing the political and cultural meaning of the 26 year experiment will be held on Saturday, September 21st,2024

organizer(s)Institute of Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University
date and timeSaturday, September 21st，2024
14:00〜17:00　
titleReconsidering Burmese Way to Socialism（1962-88): Re-analyzing the political and cultural meaning of the 26 year ’experiment’
speakers１．Kei Nemoto（Honorary Fellow of Institute of Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University）
Burmese Way to Socialism: Features and historical background
２． Dr. Michal Lubina（Visiting Fellow of Institute of Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University/Associate Professor, Jagiellonian University, Poland）
Burmese Way to Socialism : A Comparison with People’s Republic of Poland
３．Toru Kawabe （Collaborative Fellow of Institute of Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University）
Philosophical significance and challenge of Burmese Way to Socialism
venueOn site:
Sophia University, Yotsuya campus, Building no.2, 6th floor, Room 603
https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/access/campus/


languageEnglish with no translation
registrationhttps://forms.gle/HVrr7kF9bfjPLmBq6
Zoom Meeting IDFor those participate online

revised meeting ID as of Sep. 17.
https://sophia-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/91744962867
Meeting ID: 917 4496 2867
Passcord: 996259
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No. 3　Seminar: African Studies in Africa as Generational and Epistemological Insurrections will be held on July 3rd, 2024.

organizer(s)Organized by Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University
Supported by Japan Society for Afrasian Studies (JSAS), African Studies Center-TUFS
date and timeWednesday, July 3rd, 2024
17:30-19:00
titleAfrican Studies in Africa as Generational and Epistemological Insurrections
speakerToussaint Kafarhire Murhula, S.J., Ph.D.
venueonsite/online

onsite
Building no.2,6F Room 603
Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus
https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/access/campus/
languageEnglish
registrationPlease register from below by July 1.

https://forms.gle/C9pUek17T5pTfJZDA

Capacity: 25 for face-to-face, 100 for Zoom
inquiryInstitute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies　 at Sophia University
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No. 2　Open Seminar: Revolution and Solidarity in Myanmar will be held on Friday, June 7, 2024.

organizer(s)Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University
date and time17:00-19:00
Friday, June 7th, 2024
titleRevolution and Solidarity in Myanmar
speakerDr. Nick Cheesman
Director of Myanmar Research Centre, Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University
(Author of Myanmar: A Political Lexicon, Cambridge UP, 2023)
venueBuilding no.2,6F Room 603
Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus
https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/access/campus/
languageEnglish (no Japanese interpretation)
registrationRegister by June 5th through
https://forms.gle/ziBQfNH2pQkTfW8w7
(up to 25 persons)

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No. 1　Seminar: 'Beyond Cool Japan: The Special Role of Japan in Saudi Modernity and Reform' will be held on Monday, May 13, 2024.

co-organizersInstitute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University
Chair of the State of Qatar for Islamic Area Studies, Waseda University
date and time16:30-18:30
Monday, May 13th, 2024
titleThe Special Role of Japan in Saudi Modernity and Reform
speakerSpeaker: Sean Foley (Professor, Middle Tennessee State University)
Discussant: Manami Goto (AssistantProfessor, Akita University)
MC: Namie Tsujigami (Professor, Sophia University)
venueBuilding no.2,6F Room 603
Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus/ Online Zoom
https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/aboutsophia/access/campus/


languageEnglish (with no translation)
registrationRegister by May 9 through
https://forms.gle/XjBMh6mUtc55SJ176
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