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SCHEDULE

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October 1997

October 4
Unit 1 Group C: Seminar (Group Leader: SUZUKI Tadashi)

Title:
"Law and Nation States in Islam"
Time:
Saturday, October 4, 1997, 13:00-18:00
Location:
Bungakubu Annex, University of Tokyo (Headquarters of the Project Management Unit) Large Meeting Room
Announcement:
YANAGIHASHI Hiroyuki

Please contact Ms NAKAMURA in the Unit-1 Office if you are planning to attend. (ias-hiro@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp)

October 4
Unit-2 Group-C: The First Meeting on
"Reconsideration on the Image of Iran"

Date and Time: Saturday, 4 October 1997; 14:00-
Place: Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo

Contents:

1. Presentation
HIRANO Yutaka (Meiji University):
Khane-kuch and Dowlat-khane: A Case Study of the Royal Household's Evacuations to the cities in case of emergency, 1501-1597. (tentative)

2. Book Review
SASAJIMA Ken (Tohoku University):
Abbas Amanat, Pivot of the Universe, University of Calif. Press, 1997.

Contact:
KOMAKI, Shohei: s-komaki@hoffman.cc.sophia ac.jp
or Research Unit 2 office: h-ono@hoffman.cc.sophia.ac.jp

October 5
Unit 1 Group B: Seminar

We can fit a limited number of people into the conference room so those interested in participating should contact IGARASHI Takeshi. (The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law)

Announcement:
YOSHIMURA Shintaro (Hiroshima University)
Theme:
Changes in the Iran's International Relations with Other Countries of the Region Since the 1979 Revolution - From the Outbreak and Developmant of the Iran-Iraq War
Date and Time:
Sunday, October 5, 1997, 1:00 pm
Place:
Seikei University Building 10, 1st Floor Small Conference Room

October 10
Unit-5 Seminar: Michael Lecher

We have invited Michael Lecher of Hebrew University in Israel, who is conducting research in early Islamic history to give a seminar. The points covered are shown below. We hope that many of you will be able to participate.

Please respond by e-mail to 5jimu@culture.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp or by fax by Wednesday, October 1 if you are interested in participating.

Date and time:
Friday, October 10, 1997, 15:00-17:00
Location:
University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, 3rd Floor Conference Room
Theme:
Understanding Early Islamic History

October 11
Unit-3 Group-A: Research on "Heretics" and Islam in Southeast Asian National Culture

Theme:
"Heretics" and Islam in Southeast Asian National Culture
Date and time:
Saturday, October 11, 1997, 10:30-17:30
Location:
Sophia University, Building 7, 11th Floor Conference Room

Program
10:30
Greeting by KATO Hiroshi (Hitostubashi University)
Explanation of Theme by KAWASHIMA Midori (Sophia University)
10:45
Java Mystic Orders and Modern Indonesia (tentative topic) ISHIZAWA Takeshi (University of Tokyo)
11:45
Commentary: From the point of view of Islamic Mysticism Studies by TONAGA Yasushi (Toyo University)
12:00
Discussion
12:30
Lunch Break
13:30
Thai-Speaking Muslims on the Border Between Thailand and Malaysia (tenative topic) KURODA Keiko (Kagoshima University)
14:30
Commentary: Comparison with peoples of the southern Philippines and the Sule Islands by TOKORO Ikuya (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
14:45
Discussion Break
15:30
Social Reform Movement in The Philippines and Maranao Ulama by KAWASHIMA Midori (Sophia University)
16:30
Commentary: From the point of view of Middle Eastern Islamic Governmental Studies by IIZUKA Masato (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
16:45
Discussion
17:30
Ending

Contact: Sophia University, Institute of Asian Cultures (e-mail address: QYG02577@niftyserve.or.jp) Research facility telephone/fax number: 03-3238-3943 Office telephone: 03-3238-3697 Office fax: 03-3238-3690

October 17
Unit 1 Group A: The First Seminar on Islamic Thinkers

Reporter:
NAKAMURA Kojiro
Title: F. Rahman's interpretation of Islam
Date and time:
October 17, from 15:00 to 17：30
Location:
IAS Office Meeting Room, Bungakubu Annex, Univ. of Tokyo

　

October 17
Unit 2 Group A: Seminar on Development and Social Movements in the Maghrib

Date and Time:
Friday, October 17, 5:00-7:00 pm
Location:
Project Management Unit Meeting Room (Bungakubu Annex)
Telephone:
03-5684-3285
Theme:
MIYAJI Kazuo's Announcement of Field Study on Social Development and NGOs in 3 Maghrib Countries

(From now on, we will try to hold group meetings approximately once every 2 months. When necessary, we will meet jointly with Unit 2.)

Please contact MIYAJI Kazuo (kmiyaji@po.cnet-sb.ne.jp) or KISAICHI Masatoshi (m-kisaic@hoffmann.cc.sophia.ac.jp)

October 21
R. Stephen Humphreys Seminar

University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 15:00-17:00

Prospects of Islamic History

Speaker: R. Stephen Humphreys (University of California at Santa Barbara)

Tradition and Innovation in the Study of Islamic History

Commentators:
HANEDA Masashi (University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Project Management Unit)
We are currently in the process of selecting one more commentator
Moderator:
MIURA Toru (Ochanomizu University, Project Management Unit)

Please contact MIURA Toru of the Project Management Unit for information on the seminar in Tokyo. Telephone/Fax: 045-337-0450 e-mail: miura-t@pis.bekkoame.or.jp

October 25
Announcements on the Forum: The Islamic Area from Past to Future

At the 39th meeting of the Japan Oriental Studies Conference on October 24th was announced that the following forum will be held in accordance with the co-sponsorship of the Islamic Area Studies Project.

Forum: Breadth and Depth of the Islamic Area from Past to Future

Date and Time: Saturday, October 25, starting at 1:00 pm
Place: Middle East Culture Center, Small Lecture Hall (Osawa 3-10-31, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo)
Telephone: 0422-32-7111

Program
13:00-13:05
Opening Address (GOTO Akira: Director of the Oriental Studies Conference)
13:05-13:15
Explanation of Theme (KOMATSU Hisao: The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology)
13:15-13:45
1st Keynote Speech (MIURA Toru: Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Letters and Education) Area Studies: The Third Path: A Historical Perspective
13:45-14:15
2nd Keynote Speech (NAGASAWA Eiji: The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture) The Dream of Area Studies: A Social Sciences Perspective
14:30-14:40
1st Commentary (Mojtaba Sadria: Chuo University General Policy Department)
14:40-14:50
Second Commentary (KATO Hiroshi: Hitostubashi University Faculty of Economics)
14:50-15:00
Third Commentary (HAYASHI Toru: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa)
15:15-16:20
Discussion 1
16:30-17:30
Discussion 2

October 29
R. Stephen Humphreys Seminar

Kyoto University, Haneda Memorial Hall 14:00-17:00
Kyoto University, Haneda Memorial Hall Lecture (Jointly sponsored by Islamic Area Studies)

Lecture
R. Stephen Humphreys (University of California at Santa Barbara)
Towards a History of Aleppo and Damascus in the Early Middle Ages (ca. 635-1260 C.E.)

UMEDA Kiyo (Baika Jr. College): The First Crusader and the Local Muslims
Moderator: Taniguchi Junichi (Kyoto University)

Participation in all of these lectures is open and there is a party scheduled after the seminar.

Please use the following methods to contact us about the seminar in Kyoto.
Taniguchi Junichi
Kyoto University, Haneda Memorial Hall
12 Minami Tajiri-cho, Omiya
Kita-ku, Kyoto 603
Tel: 075-491-6027 Fax: 075-491-1052
e-mail: Junichi.Taniguchi@ma1.seikyou.ne.jp