Scholars to be sent abroad

• KURITA Yoshiko will travel to Cairo (Egypt) in March 1999 to study Islam and the problems of democratization.
• KIMURA Yoshihiro will go to Syria in August 1998 to undertake research on water resources and development.Report
• KOBAYASHI Yasuko will go to Indonesia in August 1998 to investigate Islamic Studies in Indonesia. Report
• SAEKI Natsuko will go to Indonesia in August 1998 to investigate NGOs in Indonesia. Report

Scholars invited to Japan

• Ahmad Sikainga (Ohio University, USA) will visit Japan in October 1998 to participate in the workshop, "Slave Elites in the Middle East and Africa: A Comparative Study."
• Bahtior Khalmanov (Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Republic of Uzbekistan) will visit in October 1998 to discuss agricultural development and environmental problems.
• Dr. van Bruinessen (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) will visit in December 1998 to participate in research on (a) Kurdish problems and (b) Islam in Indonesia.
• Abdelkader Zghal (Professor of University of Tunis, CERES) will visit in January 1999.