Joint Research Meeting “Moderate Islam in Indonesia” was held.

The Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies will invite Prof. Oman Fathurahman (Professor of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta, Former Expert Staff of the Minister of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Republic of Indonesia) to hold Joint Research Meeting “Moderate Islam in Indonesia” by face-to-face and Zoom “hybrid format”.

Joint Research Meeting “Moderate Islam in Indonesia”
Date: June 18 (Saturday), 2022, 16: 00-18: 00
Venue: Research Building No. 2, 4th Floor, Meeting Room (AA447), Kyoto University
Zoom Link:
https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/86365849855?pwd=WVRaSmpmbFV1VWVyWDJNN0p1Y1JMdz09
Meeting ID: 863 6584 9855
Passcode: 628598

Program:
Oman Fathurahman (Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University), “Moderasi Beragama: What, Why, How?”
Masaaki Okamoto (Kyoto University), “Islam Nusantara: To Be Political or to Be Critical? ”

This Research Meeting will be co-hosted by:
“Research on Moderate Islam in the Non-Arab World: From the Cases of Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey” (JSPS22H00034, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: TONAGA Yasushi, Kyoto University )
“An Attempt of Moderate Islam to Counter the Islamism: Focusing on “Religious Moderation” Policy of Indonesia” (Heiwa Nakajima Foundation, Aids for the Academic Research in Asia Region)

Academic Year 2021 2nd KR Seminar (2nd Sufism/Saint Veneration Research Meeting) was held.

Date: March 23th, 2022 (Wed.), 14:00-18:00
Through online
Language: Japanese

Program:
Part 1 Research Presentation
14:00-14:15 Explanation of the aim of the seminar, Self-introduction by participants
14:15-15:45 Presentation 1(15:15-15:45 Q and A)
HARA Rikuro (Ph.D. Student, ASAFAS, Kyoto University) “’Ḥanbalī Sufism’ in Damascus in the 13th-14th centuries: From the Case of Ibn Qayyim Jawzīya

Break

Part 2 Meeting for Jointly Reviewing
16:00-16:20
Outline of the Book “Our / Their Religion and Music: Cultural Inheritance of Religious Minority from Turkey(‘Alevi’)” (SUZUKI Manami)

16:20-17:20 Comments by Reviewers (15 minutes each)
Comment 1: TONAGA Yasushi (From the Viewpoint of Islamic Thought Research)
Comment 2: IMAMATSU Yasushi (From the Viewpoint of Turkish Sufism Research)
Comment 3: WAKAMATSU Daiki (From the Viewpoint of Turkish Alevi Research)
Comment 4: YONEYAMA Tomoko (From the Viewpoint of Music Research)

17:20-18:00 Q and A

This seminar was co-hosted by:
Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism-Tariqa-Saint Cults Complex (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: TONAGA Yasushi, Kyoto University)
Anthropological Studies on Veneration of Saints and Holy Relics in Islam and Christianity (Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: AKAHORI Masayuki, Sophia University)
Center for Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University (KIAS)

Preparatory Research Meeting: “Research on Moderate Islam in the Non-Arab World: From the Cases of Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey” was held.

Date: March 22, 2022 (Tue.) 14:00 – 16:00

(Zoom meeting)

Program
TONAGA Yasushi (Kyoto University) “Explanation of the aim of ‘The Study of Moderate Islam in Non-Arab'”

YAMANE So (Osaka University) “The Qualities of Pakistani Politician and Sufism”

ARAI Kazuhiro (Keio University) “Indonesian Islam and Sufism: From the Relationship with ‘Islam Nusantara'”

Academic Year 2021 SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar was held

Date: March 18, 2022 (Fri.) 18:00 – 20:15 (Jp) 10:00 – 12:15 AM (Fr)

(Zoom meeting)

Program
18:00-18:05 (Jp) 10:00-10:05 AM (Fr)
Opening:

Session 1 18:05- 19:05 (Jp) 10:05-11:05 AM (Fr)
18:05-18:35 (Jp) 10:05-10:35 AM (Fr)
Azusa Fujimoto (Kyoto Univ.)
“Sufi Psychotherapy in Turkey: The Potentiality of Sufism in the Psychiatric Field” 
Chair: Yasushi Tonaga (Kyoto Univ.) 

18:35-19:05 (Jp) 10:35-11:05 AM (Fr)
Yana Pak (EHESS, CETOBaC)
“Sufism in the Süleymanci Movement”
Chair: Kei Takahashi (Toyo Univ.)

19:05-19:10 (Jp) 11:05-11:10 AM (Fr)
Break

Session 1 19:10- 20:10 (Jp) 11:10-12:10 AM (Fr)
19:10-19:40 (Jp) 11:10-11:40 AM (Fr)
Makbule Nur AYAN (EHESS, CNRS-CETOBaC)
“The Ahmad Yasavi Shrine and the Transformation of Turkestan into the ‘Spiritual Capital of the Turkic World’”
Chair: Masayuki Akahori (Sophia Univ.) 

19:40-20:10 (Jp)11:40-12:10 PM (Fr)
Hara Rikuo (Kyoto Univ.)
“Hanbali Sufism in Damascus: The Case of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziya”
Chair: Thierry Zarcone (CNRS)

20:10-20:15 (Jp) 12:10-12:15 PM (Fr)
Closing: Alexandre Papas (CNRS-CETOBaC)

This seminar was co-hosted by:
Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University(KR)
Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism-Tariqa-Saint Cults Complex (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: TONAGA Yasushi, Kyoto University)
Anthropological Studies on Veneration of Saints and Holy Relics in Islam and Christianity (Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: AKAHORI Masayuki, Sophia University)

2022 AFOMEDI Hybrid Conference was held

Date: February 15th, 2022, 9:50-17:40
Online
Program:
Opening Speech Tonaga Yasushi (President, AFOMEDI)

Session 1 Chair: Tonaga Yasushi (Kyoto University)
M.H. Mozafari (Busan University of Foreign Studies) “Intellectual Interactions of the East and West of the Mediterranean Basin (Andalusian Interactions with al-Ghazali’s Thoughts)”
Jihuan He (Kyoto University) “Islamic Pre-Revival in China: A Case Study of Ma Jian and His Works”
Jisu Kim (BUFS) “Comparison of Research Tendency of Halal Studies between Korea and Abroad”
Noriko Sato (Pukyong National University)”How Syriac immigrants impact Collective Memory of their Homeland”

Session 2 Chair: Sebastian Müller(BUFS)
Marzie Mozafari (BUFS) “Climate Change in Mediterranean Region”
Manami Suzuki (Kyoto University) “Religious Music and Dance as Entertainment in Turkey”
Hossein Ebrahimi (University of Tehran) “The impact of India Israel bilateral relations on Mediterranean region”
JungHa Kim (BUFS) “A Paradigm Shift in Mediterranean Studies”

Session 3 Chair: Mona Farouk (BUFS)
DEFNE GONENC (Yasar University) “Indian Foreign Policy towards the East-Mediterranean in a Changing Regional Order”
M.Gamal (Austrailian Federal Government) “Diplomatic Interpreting: Insights from ancient Alexandria”
Tonaga Yasushi (Kyoto University) “Islamic Mysticism Reconsidered”

Closing Speech Moderator : Yang, Min Ji (BUFS), Yong Soo, Yoo (Director, IMS)

This conference was hosted by:
Institute for Mediterranean Studies Asia Federation of Mediterranean Institutes

Sponsored by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
Busan University of Foreign Studies(BUFS)
Center for Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University (KIAS)
Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University(KR)
Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism-Tariqa-Saint Cults Complex (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: TONAGA Yasushi, Kyoto University):16H01904)
Anthropological Studies on Veneration of Saints and Holy Relics in Islam and Christianity (Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: AKAHORI Masayuki, Sophia Universit:19H00564)
Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Kyoto University Educational Research Foundation “Another self -portrait of Islam: Cases in Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey”
 

“Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism, Tariqa, Saint Cults Complex” Research Meeting was held.

“Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism, Tariqa, Saint Cults Complex” Research Meeting was held as below.

Date: January 21st, 2022, 13:30~16:00
Venue: Sophia University Building No.2 6F 2-615a
Speakers and Titles:
TONAGA Yasushi “Seeking and Outlook for the Future of Understanding Sufism”
MARUYAMA Daisuke “Problems and Prospect Research on the Concept of Tariqa”
AKAHORI Masayuki “Four Contrasts for Thinking about the Study of Islamic Saint Veneration and Its Surroundings”

This seminar was co-hosted by:
Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism-Tariqa-Saint Cults Complex (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: TONAGA Yasushi, Kyoto University)
Anthropological Studies on Veneration of Saints and Holy Relics in Islam and Christianity (Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: AKAHORI Masayuki, Sophia University
Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University(KR)
Center for Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University (KIAS)

The director TONAGA Yasushi made a speech at 2021 International Mediterranean Conference

2021 International Mediterranean Conference “Civilization Exchange in the Central Mediterranean & Renaissance” was held as below and the director TONAGA Yasushi made a Complimentary speech on behalf of AFOMEDI.

Date: October 1st, Friday, 2021
Through online

This conference was hosted by:
Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies (IMS)
Asian Federation of Mediterranean Studies Institutes (AFOMEDI)
Supported by
Korea Research Foundation, Busan University of Foreign Studies

Please click here for more details.

 

KIAS-IMS Online Joint Seminar was held

Date: August 24th, 2021, 12:00-18:20
Through online

Program:

   

This seminar was co-hosted by:
Center for Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University (KIAS)
Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS), Busan University of Foreign Studies
Center for Islamo-Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies

Academic Year 2021 1st KR Seminar (1st Sufism/Saint Veneration Research Meeting) was held

Date: May 22th, 2021, 09:30~12:50
Through online
Language: Japanese

Program:
9:30 – 9:45 Explanation of the aim of the seminar, Self-introduction by participants
Chair: WAZAKI Seika(Chubu University)
9:45 -11:15 Presentation 1 (10:45 -11:15 Q and A)
SUZUKI Manami (Senior Principal Researcher, Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University) “Saints in Islamic Ritual Music: Grief for İmam Hüseyin in Alevi-Bektaşi”
11:15 – 11:20 Break
11:20 – 12:50 Presentation 2 (12:20 – 12:50 Q and A)
HOMMA Ryusei (Ph.D. Student, ASAFAS, Kyoto University) “ Investigation of School of Ibn al-‘Arabī in South Asia: Ashraf ‘Alī Thānavī’s positioning”

This seminar was co-hosted by:
Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism-Tariqa-Saint Cults Complex (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: TONAGA Yasushi, Kyoto University)
Anthropological Studies on Veneration of Saints and Holy Relics in Islam and Christianity (Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: AKAHORI Masayuki, Sophia University)
Center for Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University (KIAS)

Academic Year 2020 2nd SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar was held

Date: February 19th, 2021, 18:00-20:00
Through online
Language: English

Speakers and Titles:
Chair: Alexandre PAPAS (CNRS-GSRL/EPHE-PSL)
HOMMA Ryusei (Kyoto University) “Ashraf ‘Alī Thānavī and Sufism in Colonial South Asia”
Muhammad TOUSEEF (CNRS-GSRL/EPHE-PSL) “Sufi Ritual of Bayʿa at the Dargah of Chishtiyya ʿUbaydiyya Silsila in Multan, Pakistan”
HARA Rikuro (Kyoto University) “Ḥanbalī School and Sufism: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīya’s Sufi Aspects”
Closing Remarks: TONAGA Yasushi (Kyoto University)

This seminar was co-hosted by:
Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University(KR)
Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism-Tariqa-Saint Cults Complex (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: TONAGA Yasushi, Kyoto University)
Anthropological Studies on Veneration of Saints and Holy Relics in Islam and Christianity (Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: AKAHORI Masayuki, Sophia Universit