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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.

 
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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

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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)

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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

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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)

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Academic Year 2020 3rd KR Seminar was held

Academic Year 2020 3rd KR Seminar(Sufism/Saint Veneration Research Meeting) was held.

Date: January 11th, 2021, 18:00-19:15
Through online
Language: Japanese

Speaker and Title:
YAMAGUCHI Takumi（The University of Tokyo/Japanese Embassy in Morocco）
“A Study of Organizational Theory of What Have Sufi Character in the Contemporary Morocco: Through the Case of “Sufi Scene” around Meknes”

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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Academic Year 2020 2nd KR Seminar was held

Academic Year 2020 2nd KR Seminar “Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism, Tariqa, Saint Cults Complex” was held.

Date: December 20th, 2020, 14:00-17:00
Through online
Language: Japanese

Speakers and Titles:
NAKANISHI Tatsuya(Kyoto Univeristy)
“Some Theoretical Proposals about the Refinement of ‘Three-axis Framework of
Sufism’: From the Viewpoint of China”
TONAGA Yasushi (Kyoto University)
“Three-dimention Theory of Sufism”

This seminar was co-hosted by:
Center for Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University (KIAS)
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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Academic Year 2020 1st KR Seminar was held

Academic Year 2020 1st KR Seminar “Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism, Tariqa, Saint Cults Complex” was held.

Date: October 31st, 2020 13:00-16:00
Through online
Language: Japanese

Speakers and titles:
SAWAI Makoto (Tenri University) “Pursuit of Humanity in Research on Islamic Mysticism”
NINOMIYA Ayako (Aoyama Gakuin University) “Analysis of Tariqah with the Use of the Concept of Cultural Capital”
YASUDA Shin (Takasaki City University of Economics)“Consumed Saints: Think about Pilgrimage in Tourism”

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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The 5th Research Meeting on Coexistence in the Islamic World was held

Date: October 27th (Tue.), 2020 13:00-16:00
Through online
Language: Japanese

Speakers and titles:
SUENO Takanori(Kyoto University) “A Study of the ‘Coexistential’ Relationship between Government and Clergy in Pre-Colonial West Africa：Anecdotes of Communal Dining and Grace”
FUJII Chiaki(Kyoto University) “Coexistence and Hostility over Tariqa in East Africa”

This meeting was sponsored by:
JFE 21st Century Foundation
The Mitsubishi Foundation
co-hosted by:
Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University（KR）
Center for “NIHU Area Studies Project for the Modern Middle East” at Kyoto University
Center for Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University (KIAS)
Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism-Tariqa-Saint Cults Complex (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: TONAGA Yasushi, Kyoto University)

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The 4th Research Meeting on Coexistence in the Islamic World was held

Date: September　16th (Wed.), 2020 13:00-15:00
Through online
Language: Japanese

Speakers and titles:
YAMANE So(Osaka University) “Bulleh Shāh： Sufi Poet in Punjab in 18th Century”
NINOMIYA Ayako(Aoyama Gakuin University) “The Image of Sufism and ‘Coexistence’ in India: AIUMB and World Sufi Forum 2016”

This meeting was sponsored by:
JFE 21st Century Foundation
The Mitsubishi Foundation
co-hosted by:
Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University（KR）
Center for “NIHU Area Studies Project for the Modern Middle East” at Kyoto University
Center for Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University (KIAS)
Structural Comprehension of Islamic Mysticism: Investigation into Sufism-Tariqa-Saint Cults Complex (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS: TONAGA Yasushi, Kyoto University)