4. List of Researchers

 

 

Project Management Unit

SATO Tsugitaka (Project Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Arab-Islamic History

KOMATSU Hisao

Unit 1 Leader, Director of General Affairs

KISAICHI Masatoshi

Unit 2 Leader, Public Relations and Publications

KATO Hiroshi

Unit 3 Leader

OKABE Atsuyuki

Unit 4 Leader

HANEDA Masashi

Unit 5 Leader, Digitized Information Systems

HAYASHI Kayoko

Unit 6 Acting Leader, Public Relations

SAKAI Keiko

Planning, Group 1-B Leader

YANAGIHASHI Hiroyuki

Vice-director of General Affairs, Group 1-C Leader

SHIMIZU Manabu

Group 2-B Leader

AKAHORI Masayuki

Publications, Group 2-C Leader

USUKI Akira

Digitized Information Systems, Group 3-C Leader

OHTSUKA Kazuo

Planning, Group 3-B Leader

MASUYA Tomoko

International Exchange, Group 5-A Leader

MIURA Toru

Publications, Group 5-C Leader

 

Unit 1 Thought and Politics in the Islamic World

KOMATSU Hisao (Unit Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Modern History of Central Asia

 

Group 1-A: Contemporary Islamic Thought and Movements

KOMATSU Hisao (Group Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Modern History of Central Asia

KOSUGI Yasushi

Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Islamic Studies

IIZUKA Masato

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Islamic Studies

 

Group 1-B: Islam and International Relations

SAKAI Keiko (Group Leader)

Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization, Study of Arab Regions

KIMURA Masatoshi

Hosei University, Faculty of General Education II, History of International Politics

UYAMA Tomohiko

Hokkaido University, Center for Slavic Studies, Central Asian Studies

 

Group 1-C: Islamic Law and Society

YANAGIHASHI Hiroyuki (Group Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Islamic Law

KOBAYASHI Yasuko

Nanzan University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Modern Indonesian History

NAKAZATO Nariaki

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Modern South Asian History

 

Unit 2 Society and Economy in the Islamic World

KISAICHI Masatoshi (Unit Leader)

Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Maghreb Area Studies

 

Group 2-A: Islam and Social Development

KISAICHI Masatoshi (Group Leader)

Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Maghreb Area Studies

KURITA Yoshiko

Chiba University, Faculty of Letters, Middle Eastern and North African Modern History

KAWASHIMA Midori

Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Philippines Studies

Group 2-B: Islam and Economic Development

SHIMIZU Manabu (Group Leader)

Utsunomiya University, Faculty of International Studies, Economic Development in West Asia

NAGASAWA Eiji

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Society and Economy in Modern Egypt

TORII Takashi

Meiji University, Faculty of Commerce, Southeast Asian Economies

 

Group 2-C: Islam and Popular Movements

AKAHORI Masayuki (Group Leader)

Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Cultural Anthropology

TONAGA Yasushi

Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Islamic Thought

HORIKAWA Toru

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Southwest Asian History

 

Unit 3 Nations, Regions, and Islam

KATO Hiroshi (Unit Leader)

Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Economics, Socio-Economic History of the Middle East

 

Group 3-A: The Genesis of Islamic Ideologies

KATO Hiroshi (Group Leader)

Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Economics, Socio-Economic History of the Middle East

ISHII Masako

National Museum of Ethnology, The Japan Center for Area Studies, Philippines Studies

SHINMEN Yasushi

Chuo University, Faculty of Literature, Central Asian History

 

Group 3-B: Cultural Disputes Resulting from the Genesis of Islamic Ideologies

OHTSUKA Kazuo (Group Leader)

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Social Anthropology, Ethnography of the Middle East

YAMAGISHI Tomoko

Meiji University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Iranian Area Studies

 

NAITO Masanori

Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Political and Social Change in Modern Turkey

 

Group 3-C: Source Materials for the Study of the Contemporary Islamic World

USUKI Akira (Group Leader)

National Museum of Ethnology, The Japan Center for Area Studies, Middle Eastern Area Studies

OKA Mari

Osaka Womenユs University, Social Anthropology, Modern Arab Literature

OBIYA Chika

National Museum of Ethnology, The Japan Center for Area Studies, Modern History of Central Asia

 

Unit 4 Geographic Information Systems for Islamic Area Studies

OKABE Atsuyuki (Unit Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Department of Urban Engineering, Spatial Information Science

ASAMI Yasushi

The University of Tokyo, Department of Urban Engineering, Housing and Environmental Design

MIZUSHIMA Tsukasa

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Southeast Asian Socio-Economic History

 

Unit 5 Islamic History and Culture

HANEDA Masashi (Unit Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Iranian History

 

Group 5-A: Development of Art and Scholarship

MASUYA Tomoko (Group Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Islamic Art History

YAMANLAR-MIZUNO Minako

University of East Asia, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Arts, Turkish-Islamic Art History

MORIMOTO Kazuo

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Iranian History, History of Sayyids and Sharifs

 

Group 5-B: History of Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges

HANEDA Masashi (Group Leader)

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Iranian History

FUKASAWA Katsumi

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Modern History of European Port Cities

KUROKI Hidemitsu

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Modern History of Syria and Lebanon

 

Group 5-C: The Potentials of Comparative Study

MIURA Toru (Group Leader)

Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Letters and Education, Social History of Arabic-Islamic Regions

KISHIMOTO Mio

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Socio-Economic History of Late Imperial China

SEKIMOTO Teruo

The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Southeast Asian Social Anthropology

 

Unit 6 Source Materials for the Study of Islamic Civilization

KITAMURA Hajime (Unit Leader)

The Toyo Bunko (Director), Tibetan Language

HAYASHI Kayoko (Acting Leader)

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Department of Turkish Studies, Ottoman Studies

KONDO Nobuaki

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, History of Modern Iran

TANIGUCHI Junichi

Kyoto Womenユs University, Faculty of Letters, Social History of West Asia under Islam

HOSAKA Shuji

The Middle East Institute of Japan, Politics and Religion in the Gulf Regions