Academic Year 2020 1st SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar was held

Date: February 5th, 2021, 18:00-20:00
Through online
Language: English

Speakers and Titles:
Chair: AKAHORI Masayuki (Sophia University)
Opening Remarks: Thierry ZARCONE (CNRS-GSRL/EPHE-PSL)
Ayse AKYÜREK (CNRS-GSRL/EPHE-PSL)
“A New Category of Tariqa in Turkey: The Case of Neo-Mevleviye”
TANAHASHI Yukari (Kyoto University) “Status of Saints: An Analysis of Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Jazūlī’s Kitāb fī al-Zuhd”
Samuel VERLEY (CNRS-GSRL/EPHE-PSL) “The Hills of Khidr on the Black Sea (Turkey): Historical Perspectives on Rituals and Symbolism”

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)