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May 15, 2018 Academic Year 2018 2nd KR Seminar was held

Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University co-hosted Academic Year 2018 2nd KR Seminar with Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS) and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS Program“Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism-Tariqa-Saint Cults Complex”.

Date: May 15, Tuesday
Venue: Lecture Room no. 1 (AA401), 4th Floor, Research Bldg. No. 2, Kyoto University
Language: English
Speakers and Titles: Prof. Sajjad Rizvi（University of Exeter）
“The Mysticism Debate in Modern Iran: Sufism, Irfan and the Shii Seminary”

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April 15, 2018 Academic Year 2018 1st KR Seminar was held

Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University co-hosted Academic Year 2018 1st KR Seminar with Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS), Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS Program“Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism-Tariqa-Saint Cults Complex” and Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS Program “Anthropological Studies on Veneration of Saints and Relics in the Mediterranean World”.

Date: 15 April, Sun., 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Room no. 1 (AA401), 4th Floor, Research Bldg. No. 2, Kyoto University
Language: English

Speakers and Titles:
Prof. Ahmed Zildzic (Sarajevo University)
“Ottoman Historiography in Persian with a Focus on Bahjatu-t-tevarih by Shukrullah”
Prof. Roberto Tottoli (Universita degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale, Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo)
“Europe and Islam: The Arabic Text of Qur’an in History and Polemics in the 16th and 17th Century”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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February 24, 2018　KIAS-IMS Seventh Joint Seminar “Exploring Culture and Politics in the Mediterranean World” was held

Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS) and Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS), Busan University of Foreign Studies co-hosted KIAS-IMS Seventh Joint Seminar “Exploring Culture and Politics in the Mediterranean World” with Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), and Kenan Rifai Center forSufi Studies, Kyoto University as below.

Date：February 24, Saturday, 2018 14:30-18:15
Venue： Conference room (AA447), 4th Floor, Research Bldg. No.2, Kyoto University
Language：English
Programｍe：

Opening Session (14:30-14:50)
Chair: FUTATSUYAMA Tatsuro (Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies)

TONAGA Yasushi (Director, Center for Islamic Area Studies, Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies)
“Welcome Speech”

Yong Soo YOON (Director, Institute for Mediterranean Studies)
“Greeting Speech”

Session 1 (14:50-16:20)
Chair: Byoung Joo HAH (Professor, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies)

YAMAMOTO Naoki (Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Asian and Area Studies)
“Sharia/Haqiqa Dichotomy among Sufis and Kadizadelis during Ottoman Period”

Yong Soo YOON (Director, Institute for Mediterranean Studies) & Jung Ha KIM (Professor, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies)
“Types of Cultural Exchange in the Mediterraneanistic Multiculturalism”

Session 2 (16:30-18:00)
Chair: Choonsik CHOI (Professor, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies)

Ji Hun KANG (Research Professor, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies)
“A Study on Information Technology Utilization for Education of Overseas Area Culture”

OKABE Yuki (Graduate Student, Graduate School of Asian and Area Studies)
“Reconsidering Power Sharing Regimes and Civil Wars in Lebanon and Syria”

Sang Ho MOON (Professor, Dept. of Computer Engineering, Busan University of Foreign Studies) & Dong Yeol LEE (Research Professor, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies)
“GIS based Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Analysis”

Closing Session (18:00-18:15)
Chair: TONAGA Yasushi (Director, Center for Islamic Area Studies, Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies)

KOSUGI Yasushi (Director, Hadhari Center for Islamic Civilizational Studies, Kyoto University; Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies)
“Closing Remarks”

Organizers
Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University(KIAS)
Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University
Kenan Rifai Center forSufi Studies, Kyoto University
Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS), Busan University of Foreign Studies

 

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January 21-22, 2018 SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar was held

Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University co-hosted SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar 2018 “Holy Relics and Religious Commodities in Islam + Other Related Subjects” with Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS）and Center for Islamic Studies at Sophia University（SIAS）as below.

Date: January 21-22, 2018
Venue: Toyo University Atami Training Center

 

Programme:
January 21: 13:00-18:00
(13:00-13:15) Opening Remarks: TONAGA Yasushi (KIAS, Kyoto University)

Part 1: Holy Relics and Religious Commodities in Islam + Related Subjects

(13:15-13:50) Pierre-Jean LUIZARD (EPHE-CNRS GSRL)
“Damascus and Cairo: Two Heads of Hussein for Two Kinds of Worship”

(13:50-14:15) KONDO Fumiya (Ph.D. student, SGPAS, Sophia University)
“Mawlid Dolls of Egypt in Terms of “Religious Commodities”: A Preliminary Study”

(14:15-14:50) Thierry ZARCONE (EPHE-CNRS GSRL)
“Qadamgah and Mausoleums Associated with Relics of Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib in the Indo-Turko-Persian Area”

(15:00-15:35) NINOMIYA Ayako (Aoyama Gakuin University)
“Qadam-i Sharif, Mecca and Delhi: Story of a Sufi and Footprints of the Prophet Muhammad in Medieval India”

(15:35-16:10) Alexandre PAPAS (CNRS-CETOBAC)
“Kashkul: Practical Uses and Doctrinal Meanings of a Sufi Relic”

(16:10-16:45) TAKAHASHI Kei (JSPS Research Fellow-RPD)
“Sufism without Tariqa: The Emergence of Muslim Third Places in the Contemporary American Muslim Community”

Part 2: Graduate Student Presentations 1

(17:00-17:30) ISHIKAWA Kido (Ph.D. student, ASAFAS, Kyoto University)
“The Mode of Expression of the Love in the Works of Baba Tahir”

(17:30-18:00) SUENO Takanori (Ph.D. student, ASAFAS, Kyoto University)
“Ibrahim Niyas’s on Sufism: From a Perspective as a Shari‘a Oriented Sufi”

January 22: 9:00-12:00
Part 3: Graduate Student Presentations 2

(9:00-9:30) YAMAZAKI Satoru (Ph.D. student, ASAFAS, Kyoto University)
“Syrian Civil War, Sectarianism, and the Turkish Arab `Alawis’ Struggle for Recognition”

(9:30-10:00) Kamnoush KHOSROVANI (Ph.D. student, EPHE-CNRS GSRL)
“On the Path of an Exuberant Sufi Practice: An Anthropological Study of the Contemporary Female Qaderi Groups in Tehran”

Part 4: Holy Relics and Religious Commodities in Islam + Related Subjects 2

(10:10-10:45) FUTATSUYAMA Tatsuro (Research Associate of the NIHU/KIAS, Kyoto University)
“Qur’anic Interior Ornaments in Ordinary Muslims’ Space: From the Case of South Tunisia”

(10:45-11:20) YASUDA Shin (Teikyo University)
“Commodifying Religious Experiences: Islamic Tour Operators and Religious Markets in Indonesia”

(11:20-11:50) General Comments: Pierre-Jean LUIZARD, Alexandre PAPAS, and Thierry ZARCONE

(11:50-12:00) Closing Remarks: AKAHORI Masayuki (SIAS, Sophia University)

Organizers:
Thierry ZARCONE, TONAGA Yasushi, MISAWA Nobuo (Faculty of Social Sciences, Toyo University), AKAHORI Masayuki

Sponsoring Institutes and Research Projects:
Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Groupe Societes, Religions, Laicites
Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University(KIAS)
Center for Islamic Studies at Sophia University (SIAS)
NIHU Area Studies Project for the Modern Middle East
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS Program “Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism, Tariqa, Saint　Cults Complex”
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS Program “Anthropological Studies on Veneration of Saints and Relics in the Mediterranean World”
Sophia University Special Grant for Academic Research Program (Research in Priority Areas) “Comparative Area Studies on Conflicts, Interactions, and Reconciliations between Islam and Other Religions Including Christianity”

Abbreviation:
NIHU=National Institute of Humanities
ASAFAS=Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University
SGPAS=Sophia Graduate Program for Area Studies, Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University

 

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November 11- 12, 2017 Sufism / Saint Veneration Research Convention was held

Sufism / Saint Veneration Research Convention was held as below.

Date: November 11, Saturday 13:30- 12, Sunday 12:00
Venue: KKR Izu Nagaoka Chitosesou recreation center
Program

November 11, Saturday, 1st day
13:30-13:45  Opening speech, self introduction

13:45-15:30  Research presentation SAWAI Makoto (Kyoto University, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science PD)
“Modern Period of Islamic Mystical Thought ―Focused on Mohammed Abduh’s Reform Thought―”

15:45-17:30  Research presentation TAKAHASHI Kei（Sophia University, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science RPD）
”Sufism and Muslim Communities in Contemporary America ―Rise and the Background of “Traditional Islamic” Movement―”

17:30-18:00  Report of cooperative research in Italy KOMAKI Sachiyo（Takasaki City University of Economics）

November 12, Sunday, 2nd day
9:30-10:30　Book Review 1 TAKAO Ken’ichiro（Tokyo University of Foreign Studies PD）　Book Review of The Sufi Orders in Islam, “The Formation of Schools of Mysticism” (first chapter)

10:30-11:30 Book Review 2 FUJII Chiaki（Kyoto University）

Book Review of The Sufi Orders in Islam, “The Chief Tariqa Lines” (second chapter)

11:30-11:45　Closing remarks

This convention was co-hosted with projects below.
・Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University
・NIHU Area Studies Project for the Modern Middle East, Center for Islamic     
Studies at Sophia University, Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University
・Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS Program “Structural Comprehension of
Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism, Tariqa, Saint　Cults Complex”
・Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS Program “Anthropological Studies on
Veneration of Saints and Relics in the Mediterranean World”
・Sophia University Special Grant for Academic Research Program (Research in Priority Areas)
“Comparative Area Studies on Conflicts, Interactions, and Reconciliations between Islam and Other Religions Including Christianity”

 
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July 23, 2017 Academic year 2017 1st Sufism / Saint Veneration research meeting was held

Academic year 2017  1st Sufism / Saint Veneration research meeting was held as below.

Date: July 23rd, 2017 12:30-18:15
Venue: Conference room (AA447), 4th Floor, Research Bldg. No.2, Kyoto University
Language：Japanese

Program

12:30-13:30 Overview of Research in Italy FUJIWARA Kuniko

13:45-15:15 Research presentation 1  ISHIKAWA Kido
“Translation of Poetic Language in The CONFERENCE of the BIRDS by Attar -Using Literary Theory-”

15:30-17:00 Research presentation 2  IKEBE Tomoki
“Doctrine of Labor and Practice- Collective Bayefall of Mouride in Senegal”

17:15-18:15 Discussion for Activity schedule in academic year 2017（Conference, workshop, WOCMES-, etc.）