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The Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies and Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS) invited　Prof. Rachida Chih (CNRS-CETOBaC, France) to hold a lecture as follows.

Date: May 20, 2023, Saturday, 16:00-18:00
Venue: Room AA 447 (Meeting room), 4th floor, Research Bldg. No. 2, Kyoto University

Zoom Link:
https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/85458237829?pwd=cHk1bFRzcEhVUFd1TW5nV2VGeWhidz09
Meeting ID: 854 5823 7829
Passcode: 205894

Program:
Rachida Chih (Centre national de la recherche scientifique）”Waking Visions of the Prophet and Sainthood in al-Jazūlī’s Dalā’il al-khayrāt (Fifteen century)”

Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS) and Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS), Busan University of Foreign Studies held the Joint Seminar as follows:

Date: 10 January 2023, 13: 00-17: 30
Venue: Conference Room (AA447), 4th Floor, Research Bldg. No. 2, Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University

Zoom link:
https://kyoto-uedu.zoom.us/j/83567907704?pwd=MkRtQTlVYzZPZE5CdE5oSWFVdFJOUT09
Meeting ID: 835 6790 7704
Pass code: 137739

Program:
Opening Session (13:00-13:20)
Chair: SUZUKI Manami

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

Session 1 (13:20-14:50)
Chair: HAH Byoung Joo

Mona FAROUK
“Tracking the Sufi presence in Jerusalem”

MORIGUCHI Yohei
“From Aegean Sea to Indian Ocean: Muḥibb Allāh Allāhābādī (Ilāhābādī)’s Threory of ‘Oneness of Being’”

Yang MINJI
“Evliya Çelebi’s Seyahatname and Sufism in the Jerusalem”

Session 2 (15:10-17:10)
ARAI Yuta
“An Essay on Ibn Khaldun’s Historical Writing: The Kitab al-‘Ibar as an Universal History”

Motahare MOZAFARI
“Concepts of Peace and Coexistence in Rumi’s Mathnavi.”

TANAHASHI Yukari
“The Campaign to Eradicate Bid‘a by Sufis in 16th Century Morocco”

Mohammadhassan MOZAFARI
“Self-discipline and Mystical Coexistence”

Closing Session (17:10-17:30)
Chair: Mohammadhassan MOZAFARI

Yong Soo YOON (Director, Institute for Mediterranean Studies)
“Closing Remarks”

Organizers:
Center for Islamic Area Studies (KIAS) , Kyoto University
Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS), Busan University of Foreign Studies
Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies (KR), Kyoto University

The director TONAGA Yasushi and Dr. Manami Suzuki, Senior Research Fellow of the Center gave lectures for Sophia Open Research Weeks 2022 “Sounds and Bodily Expressions in Sufism”.

Date: November 12 (Saturday), Online

For more information, please visit
https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/is/SIAS/achievement/2022/sorw_2022.html

This lectures was supported by:
Anthropological Studies on Veneration of Saints and Holy Relics in Islam and Christianity (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: AKAHORI Masayuki, Sophia University)[JP19H00564],
JSPS Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)) “Comprehensive Study of Sufism: Through Metaphysics, Literature, Music and Rituals” [JP21KK0001], and
“Research on the Dynamics of the Reconstruction of Publicness in Contemporary Islam” funded by by the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan (Principal Investigator: Masayuki Akahori)

Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS) and Center for Islamic Studies, Sophia University (SIAS) held the SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar 2022.

【Date and time】7 July, Thursday 18：00～20：00 (Tokyo), 11:00~13:00(Paris)

【Venue】Online(Zoom)

Zoom link:
https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/87347330103?pwd=RTltSmtmaGEzQWtReGJXeVcwSldiQT09
ID: 873 4733 0103
Passcode: 963722

【Program】
18:00-18:15 Opening Remarks (Thierry Zarcone) & Self-introduction

18:15-18:45 Ryusei HOMMA, “Ashraf ‘Alī Thānavī’s Metaphysics of Theophany: A Study of Tajallī and its Related Concepts” (Chair: Tatsuro Futatsuyama)

18:45-19:15 Danielle ZWARTHOED, “Binding Hearts through Writing. Insights on the Writing Practices of 9th/15th Century Naqshbandīs in Central Asia and Khurāsān” (Chair: Tatsuro Futatsuyama)

19:15-19:45 Kazunori MATSUDA, “Barelwī ‘Ulamā’ and Blasphemy Law: The Case of Tehreek-e Labbaik Pakistan” (Chair: Alexandre Papas)

19:45-20:00 Closing Remarks (Shin Yasuda)

*Each speaker is allotted 20 minutes for presentation with ten minutes Q&A.

Prof. Oman Fathuranman of UIN Jakarta, Indonesia, gave his special lecture titled “How to Prepare a Critical Edition of Arabic Manuscripts?” on 22 June in the class of “Sufism and Tariqa Studies.” Using the several manuscripts, he explained the way to make an academically critical edition.

The Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies and Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS) invited 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 a face-to-face and Zoom “hybrid format” lecture as follows (the lecture was originally scheduled in June 11).

“Sufism in Southeast Asia”
Date: June 25 (Saturday), 2022, 16: 00-18: 00
Venue: Research Building No. 2, 4th Floor, Lecture Room (AA401), Kyoto University
Zoom Link:
https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/85458237829?pwd=cHk1bFRzcEhVUFd1TW5nV2VGeWhidz09

Meeting ID: 854 5823 7829
Passcode: 205894

Program:
Oman Fathurahman (Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University), “Sufism in Southeast Asia: A Manuscript-based Perspective”

Field Research was conducted mainly at Santiago de Compostela in Spain. For the comparison of Saint Veneration and Pilgrimage in Islam and Christianity, the research party investigated at Santiago de Compostela Cathedral and the old town.

	Santiago de Compostela Cathedral The remain of Saint James is enshrined and many pilgrims visit here. At the Cathedral, there is a big thurible called “Botafumeiro”, which is thisplace’s specialty.
	An apparel shop at Santiago de Compostela In pilgrimage at Santiago de Compostela, scallops are important as its symbol. Pilgrims attach shells of scallops to walking sticks, and all over the Cathedral is decorated with shells of scallops. At the shop, T-shirts and accessories with shells of scallop motif are sold.
	Traditional dance at Saint James Festival Saint James Festival is held throughout the town once a year and pilgrims visit more than usual. Music and dance in Galicia’s traditional costumes take place around the Cathedral and floatsare paraded through the town. We can see scenes similar to Mawlid in Islam.

In April 2018, Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies moved to Research Bldg. No15, 101.
We have collection of books related to Sufism, Islam, and Ottoman Empire and the Aqeel Collection.

Ambassador Murat Mercan who assumed his duty as Turkish Ambassador in Tokyo in mid November visited the Center with his wife and Mr.Hussein Tuna(Director of the Yunus Emre Institute in Tokyo). After the introduction of the research and publication activities of the Center, discussion on further promotion for academic and cultural exchange was made.

For the comparison of Saint veneration in Islam and Christianity, field research was conducted focusing on sacred relics at Catholic churches.