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Reconstructing Al-Afghani

Symposium on Sayyid Jamal-al Din Al-Afghani

As the first Joint Study Program of Unit 1, a symposium entitled "Reconstructing Afghani" will be held as follows:

Date: Saturday, 15 November 1997

Place:

2nd Floor, Annex Building 
Graduate School of Humanities, University of Tokyo 
Hongo, Tokyo

Tentative Program:

Welcome Speech: Prof. Masataka TAKESHITA (Tokyo University)

Session I: Afghani and Colonialism in the Middle East

KURITA,Yoshiko (Chiba University)"Afghani and His Critics"
NAKANISHI, Hisae (Koryo International College)"Afghani's Pan-Islamism: A Strategy for Anti-imperialism"
ARAI, Masami (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)"The Ottoman Empire and Pan-Islamism"
OISHI, Takashi (Tokyo University)"Afghani in India"
(Each speaker will make a 20 minute presentation; then there will be a 40 minutes discussion.)

Session II: Rethinking Afghani

Prof. HACHIOSHI Makoto will speak on the historical significance of Afghani's philosophy within the context of the contemporary politics in the Middle East. (30 min.)

Discussant: IIZUKA, Masato (15 min.)

Session III: Prospect for Studying Afghani

Prof. HACHIOSHI, Makoto will speak on the prospects for studying Afghani, and for creating an international network to promote international scholary exchange. (10 min.)

Free Discussion (30 mun.)

Concluding remarks: Prof. Kojiro NAKAMURA (Obirin University)

This Program will be updated, and further information will be available, in early Fall 1997.

Sponsoring Organization

Islalmic Area Studies Project

Unit 1: Thoughts and Politics in the Islamic World,