June 14, 1997
Book Review Meeting (1)
Central Asia in Revolution by KOMATSU Hisao
Report by KASUYA Gen
June 21-22, 1997
Joint Meeting of Groups A, B and C of Unit1
At International University of Japan, Yamato-machi, Niigata
September 27, 1997
Themes and Issues Meeting (1)
Dynamic Corelations of Arab Nationalism and the Islamic Revival
by MATSUMOTO Hiroshi
October 17, 1997
Islamic Thinkers Meeting (1)
On F. Rahman's Islamic Interpretations
by NAKAMURA Kojiro
November 15, 1997
The First Annual Symposium of Unit 1
Reconstructing Al-Afghani
by a panel of 6 presentators