Category: Seminar

The Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS), Institute of Islamic Area Studies at Sophia University (SIAS) and Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) held the SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar 2023 “SUFISM AND SAINT VENERATION PAST AND PRESENT”.

Date: September 1, 2023, 9:30-16:30
Venue: Collège de France – Centre d’études ottomanes Salle Claude Lévi-Strauss, 52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris

Program:
9:30-9:45 Alexandre PAPAS (CNRS-EPHE) & Thierry ZARCONE (CNRS-GSRL): Introduction

9:45-10:15 HARA Rikuo (Kyoto University): “Traditionalist Ways of Dhikr: The Case of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīya”
10:15-10:30 Rachida CHIH (CNRS-CETOBaC): Chair, Q&A

10:30-11:00 KONDO Fumiya (Sophia University): “From Festivals to Anniversaries: Recent Reconstructions of Mawlid’s Space in Egypt”
11:00-11:15 Rachida CHIH: Chair, Q&A

11:15-11:30: Break

11:30-12:00 UCHIYAMA Chie (Sophia University): “Destructuring the Discours of ‘Islam noir’ Persisting in Senegalese Islamic Education”
12:00-12:15 Thierry ZARCONE: Chair, Q&A

12:15-13:45 Lunch

13:45-14:15 Clara GAUTIER (Université Paris 1 Sorbonne): “Burns and scars: representations of Bektashi self-mutilations in illustrated manuscripts and in various ‘Collection of Ottoman Costumes’ (15th-18th centuries)”
14:15-14:30 AKAHORI Masayuki (Sophia University): Chair, Q&A

14:30-15:00 Makbule Nur AYAN (CNRS-CETOBaC): “Khoja Ahmad Yasavi in Turkey’s political discourse between 1998 and 2022”
15:00-15:15 TONAGA Yasushi (Kyoto University): Chair, Q&A

15:15-15:30: Break

15:30-16:00 MARUYAMA Daisuke (National Defense Academy of Japan): “Who are Ahl al-Dhikr?: Political Appropriation of Sufism and Saint in Contemporary Sudan”
16:00-16:15 Alexandre PAPAS: Chair, Q&A

16:15-16:30 AKAHORI Masayuki & TONAGA Yasushi: Conclusion

Convenors:
Akahori M., Tonaga Y., C. Gautier, Kondo F., A. Papas, Suzuki M., Th. Zarcone

Sponsors:
Institute for Islamic Area Studies (SIAS)
Center for Islamic Studies-Graduate School of Asian and African Studies (KIAS)
Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies (KR)
Groupe Société, Religion et Laïcité, UMR8582 – CNRS (GSRL)
Islam médiéval, UMR8167 – CNRS (Orient et Méditerranée)
Centre d’études ottomanes, Collège de France (CEO)

The Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, and Uskudar University Institute for Sufi Studies held the Joint Seminar “Bridging Mystical Philosophy and Arts in Sufism: Poetry, Music and Sama’ Ritual” as follows. (This Joint Seminar was as part of the “Comprehensive Study of Sufism: Through Metaphysics, Literature, Music and Rituals” (Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research(B) (International Collaborative Research) ), 21KK0001, JSPS ).

Date: August 28th Monday, 2023, 10:00-19:00
Venue: Nermin Tarhan Hall, Uskudar University

Program
Opening Session
Welcoming Speeches: Cemalnur Sargut
Yasushi Tonaga, Ph.D., Prof.
“Aim and Scope of the Joint Research ‘Comprehensive Study of Sufism: Through Metaphysics, Literature, Music, and Rituals”
Mahmud Erol Kılıç, Ph.D., Prof.
Hikmet Koçak, MD. Prof.

Session１Mystical Thought of Sufis
Chairperson: Kenan Gürsoy, Ph.D., Prof.
Petek Kutucuoğlu, MA.Stu.
“Ahmed Avni Konuk’s Mathnawi Commentary and the Concept of　Predisposition”
Azusa Fujimoto, Ph.D.-C.
“New Spirituality and Sufism in Turkey: Focusing on Western Interpretations of Mawlana”
Reşat Öngören, Ph.D., Prof.
“Dimensions of Sufi Thought in Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi”

Session 2 Literature of Sufism
Chairperson: Masayuki Akahori, Ph.D., Prof.
Yasushi Tonaga, Ph.D., Prof.
“Arts of Literature, Music and Rituals in Buddhism”
Emine Yeniterzi, Ph.D., Prof.
“Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi’s Influence in Turkish Sufi Literature: Stories from Mathnawi”

Session 3：Sufi Music
Chairperson: H. Dilek Güldütuna, Ph.D., Asst. Prof.
Manami Suzuki, Ph.D., Asst. Prof.
“Ney in Mevlevi: Forming the Religious Specificity through the Image and Practice”
V. Emre Ömürlü, Ph.D., Prof. (Ph.D.-C)
“Mawlawi Collations (Muqabalah) in Mawlawi Rites and Types of Practicing Dhikr in Some Tariqas”

Session 4：Ritual of Sufism
Chairperson: Yasushi Tonaga, Ph.D., Prof.
H. Dilek Güldütuna, Ph.D., Asst. Prof.
“Wayfaring (Sayr wa Suluk) Symbolism in Sama’ Ritual”
Masayuki Akahori, Ph.D. Prof.
“Reviewing Anthropology of Sufism: Changing Perspectives”
F. Cangüzel Güner Zülfikar, Ph.D., Asst. Prof.
“Mawlawi-khanas as Civilized and Civilizing Spaces”

General Discussion:
Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Sufism
Chairperson: F. Cangüzel Güner Zülfikar, Ph.D., Asst. Prof.

The Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS) and Center for Islamic Studies, Sophia University (SIAS) held the 2nd SIAS/KIAS-CNRS Joint Seminar 2022.

Date and time: February 17th-18th, 2023, 13:00-16:15 (17th), 9:00-11:00 (18th)
Venue: Toyo University Atami Training Center

Program:
February 17: 13:00–16:15
(13:00–13:30)Opening Remarks

(13:30–14:00) Alexandre PAPAS (CNRS-CETOBaC) “Human Figuration and Contemplation in Islam: The Devotional Portraits of the Sufis”

(14:00–15:00) WAZAKI Seika (Chubu University) (Video Presentation) “Séance and Islam: The Eurasian Legacy as Transmitted by the Bakhshi”

(15:00–15:15 Break) (15:15–15:45) Samuel VARLEY (EPHE-GSRL / EHESS-CETOBaC) (Online Presentation) “Ethics in the Narratives of Khidr-Seekers in Contemporary Turkey”

(15:45–16:15) SUZUKI Manami (Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University) “The Structure of Music for Islamic Ritual in Turkey: Focused on Repetitive Singing and Call-And-Response”

February 18: 09:00–11:00 (09:00–09:30) Clara GAUTIER (Paris 1-UMR8167-CETOBaC) “The Figure of the Zâhid in His Cave: Defining the Representation of Khalwa in Persian and Turkish Manuscripts from the 15th to the 17th Century”

(09:30–10:00) Ghada Said (The University of Tokyo) (Online Presentation) “The Point under the Ba and the Point above the Noon”

(10:00–10:30) Thierry ZARCONE (CNRS-GSRL) “Second Karbala and Second Najaf from Iran and Central Asia to India: About Alternative Shi’ite Pilgrimages”

(10:30–11:00) Discussion, Closing Remarks

Sponsoring Institutes and Research Projects:
CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique)
KIAS (Center for Islamic Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African　Studies)
SIAS (Institute of Islamic Ares Studies, Sophia University)
Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University
Research on Moderate Islam in the Non-Arab World: From the Cases of　Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS)
Anthropological Studies on Veneration of Saints and Holy Relics in Islam and Christianity (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS)
Research on the Dynamics of the Reconstruction of Publicness in Contemporary Islam (Academic Research Promotion Fund by the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan)

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

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.

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”

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”