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Mr. Oman Fathurahman’s lecture “Sufism in Southeast Asia” was held.

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”

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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)

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【Postponed】The lecture by 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) has been postponed.

The Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies planed to hold a face-to-face and Zoom “hybrid format” lecture by 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).

But the lecture has been postponed. We will inform you again as soon as we decide on a new schedule.

“Sufism in Southeast Asia”
Date: June 11 (Saturday), 2022, 16: 00-18: 00 Postponed (undecided)
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”

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The director TONAGA Yasushi gave a lecture through online for Uskudar University Summer School

The director of the center, Professor TONAGA Yasushi gave a lecture through online for The 4th International Intensive Summer School of Sufi Studie, Institute for Sufi Studies at Uskudar University, Turkey.

Date:
Summer School July 20-28, 2022
TONAGA Yasushi “Toward the Moderate Islam Based on Sufism” July 26, 9:00-9:40 (JST 15:00-15:40)

Please refer to the website below for more details.

International Summer School | Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü (uskudar.edu.tr)

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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)

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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'”

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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)

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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”
 
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“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)

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The director TONAGA Yasushi gave a lecture on Sufism

The director TONAGA Yasushi gave a lecture for Sophia Open Research Weeks 2021 “Sufism Today: Understanding Different Aspects of Mysticism”

Web publication: November 12-22, 2021
Title: What is Sufism? Mysticism, Morality, Folk Belief

This seminar was hosted by:
Center for Islamic Studies at Sophia University（SIAS）
Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS)

co-hosted by:
Inter-University Research Institute Corporation National Institutes for the Humanities Institute-based Project “Modern Middle-east Area Studies”
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)
Sophia University Special Budget Joint Research “History and Current Situation of Relationships in Religions in Asia and Africa”