Conference: Reimagining Neutrality and its Research, October 23 – 25, 2024, Kyoto Univesrsiy
I am excited to extend an invitation to you for our upcoming conference, "Reimagining Neutrality and its
Research," that will take place at Kyoto University from October 23rd to 25th, 2024.
During this conference, we aim to challenge researchers to rethink and redefine neutrality as an analytical
category that encompasses a broad spectrum of disciplines. We welcome presentations on a wide range of topics,
including but not limited to political science, history, anthropology, biology, and even particle physics.
Whether your research involves historical case studies, legal analysis, theoretical explorations in
international relations, or area studies, we encourage you to share your insights and perspectives.
We have outlined some leading questions to guide discussions:
Is neutrality a universal constant in social systems?
Which case studies have yet to receive adequate attention?
What defines a neutral actor as "neutral"?
How has the concept of neutrality evolved since 1907, and is it still applicable today?
What anthropological case studies touch upon the concept of "neutrality"?
What roles do neutral actors play in conflict studies?
How do private institutions leverage neutrality?
What impact do neutral actors have on interpersonal conflicts?
The deadline for applications is June 1, 2024, and acceptance notifications will be sent out in July.
We eagerly anticipate your participation and contributions to this important dialogue on reimagining neutrality.
Recent years have seen a proliferation of research about displaced colonial archives. Thanks to pioneering work
by archive studies specialists, historians, and others, we have a deepening knowledge of the ways that declining
empires sorted, destroyed, and removed archives during the twentieth century. This research has addressed
profound concerns about how colonial – and decolonial – projects have shaped the world we live in. The interest
in displaced colonial archives extends well beyond academia, and is being addressed as well in journalism,
novels, and other media.
Yet the study of displaced colonial archives remains a relatively new field. Given the vast scale of the
displacement of archives across multiple empires and territories, the scope for future research is huge. There
is enormous potential for comparative and connected histories of the displacement of colonial archives within
and between empires, including the Belgian, British, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and
Spanish empires. While some parts of displaced colonial archives have now been quite intensively studied, much
of this material remains under-used by researchers. We urgently need to know more about resistance to the
removal of records, including efforts to contest and recover displaced archives. The strong recent interest in
histories of knowledge and ignorance promises new theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of
displaced colonial archives. We also need to consider how new research about these archives might reinvigorate
our broader understandings of how colonial empires ended, and the incompleteness of these endings.
This online workshop, to be held on 11-12 September, seeks to facilitate inclusive discussion of new perspectives
on displaced colonial archives. We would welcome papers on topics including, but not limited to:
Conceptualising and naming displaced colonial archives: what should we call these collections? Stolen?
Migrated? Removed?
Contexts, policies, and practices: how and why were archives sorted, destroyed, and removed?
Comparisons and connections: how do histories of displaced colonial archives compare within and between
empires?
Secrecy and knowledge: how significant and successful were efforts to conceal the removal and destruction of
archives? Who knew what was happening?
Content: to what extent have displaced colonial archives contained information unavailable from other
sources, and facilitated new historical interpretations?
Resistance: how has the destruction and removal of archives been contested?
Legal dimensions: who owns displaced colonial archives? What efforts have been made to regulate the
succession of state archives?
Implications: how does recent research on displaced colonial archives contribute to our broader
understanding of the ends of empire?
Social and cultural responses: how have displaced colonial archives stimulated popular reinterpretations of
history and contemporary societies?
Knowledge production now: in what ways are displaced colonial archives accessible and inaccessible today?
Futures: what are the possibilities and problems of digitising displaced colonial archives? What are the
prospects for restitution?
To contribute, please submit an abstract of up to 500 words plus a short CV (2 pages maximum) to
by Friday 24th May 2024.
Co-organisers: Tim Livsey (Northumbria University, UK) and Shohei Sato (Waseda University, Japan).
Ben Hounet氏報告会/Talk by Dr. Yazid Ben Hounet, July 22
東京大学東洋文化研究所では7月22日（月）にフランスCNRSの社会人類学研究者Yazid Ben Hounet氏（CNRS, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale,
Paris）が日本学術振興会外国人研究者招へい（短期）プログラムによる6週間の日本滞在中に行った研究成果の報告会を行います。損害の補償という問題に、人類学の視点から分析を行います。
この講演会はハイブリッドで行われます（登録不要、オンライン参加の場合のみ要事前登録）。
The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia at the University of Tokyo is pleased to announce a lecture on July 22
by Dr. Yazid Ben Hounet (CNRS, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale, Paris), as a research report to conclude his
6-week-stay in Japan through the JSPS Invitational Fellowship for Research program (short-term). Dr. Ben Hounet
will analyze the question of compensation from an anthropological viewpoint. The lecture will be held hybrid and
open to the public. A registration is required for online participants.
1. Subject:
Developments in Compensatory Practices: First Notes on Minamata and Comfort Women
2. Speaker:
Dr. Yazid Ben Hounet (CNRS, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale, Paris, France)
3. Program:
Date and Time:
July 22, 2024 (Mon), 14:00~16:00
Language:
English (without Japanese translation)
Venue:
Meeting Room 302, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
Larbi Sadiki氏は、チュニジアをはじめ中東の民主化や人権を専門とする政治学者で、現在は日本学術振興会特別研究員として千葉大学に滞在中です。アラブ世界の民主化について精力的に発信し、近年の代表作にはRoutledge
Handbook of Middle East Politics (2020)、Dr. Layla Salehとの共著のRevolution and Democracy in Tunisia: A Century of
Protestscapes (2024) has recently been released by Oxford University Pressなどがあります。
本セミナーでは、 A Demos In-Becoming: Tunisia 2014-2024, Struggles and Resistance to Remake the “Missing
People”と題された報告を行い、2011年革命後のチュニジアの民主化と市民社会について話してくださいます。また、報告を踏まえて、酒井啓子さん（千葉大学教授）がアラブ諸国の政治運動の観点から、鷹木恵子さん（桜美林大学教授）がチュニジアの市民社会の観点からコメントします。
Institute of Islamic Area Studies at Sophia University invites Prof. Larbi Sadiki and hold a research seminar on
democracy and civil society in Tunisia in collaboration with Establishing Research Networks on the studies of
protest movements: focusing on the cases of the Middle East and its comparison with those in Asia” (Principal
Investigator: Keiko Sakai).
Larbi Sadiki is an expert on democracy and human rights in Tunisia and Arab countries. Currently, he is a scholar
of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and fellow of Japan’s based at Chiba University's Centre of
Relational Studies on Global Crises and Fellow of the Toda Peace Institute. His most recent co-authored book
with Dr Layla Saleh, Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia: A Century of Protestscapes (2024) has recently been
released by Oxford University Press
In this seminar, he will talk about democracy after the Tunisian revolution in 2011. Prof. Keiko Sakai (Chiba
University) will give comments from the point of view of political movement in Arab countries and Prof. Takaki
Keiko (J. F. Oberlin University) from the point of view of Tunisian civil society.
Lecture by Prof/ Larbi Sadiki
A Demos In-Becoming: Tunisia 2014-2024, Struggles and Resistance to Remake the “Missing People”
The aim of the lecture by Prof. Larbi Sadiki is twofold. Firstly, it situates the Tunisian ‘demos’ in post-colony
with special reference to historic struggles not just for justice, but also for relaunching the “missing
people”. Thus, the lecture does not depart from an Orientalist position of a democratic ‘tabula rasa’. Avoiding
neat conceptions of democracy, however, the basic tenet of the lecture is that neither the 'continuity' nor the
‘end’ of a Tunisian revolution can be taken for granted. Instead, and secondly, the lecture seeks to answer a
key question having to do with politic, epistemic and civic trajectories, discourses, and imaginaries to build a
demos below the state. To this end, the lecture critically revisits the problematic of theorizing
democracy-in-becoming in non-Western contexts.
上智大学イスラーム地域研究所 Institute of Islamic Area Studies, Sophia University
研究拠点形成事業Ｂ・アジア・アフリカ学術基盤形成型「中東を軸とした非欧米社会の路上抗議運動研究ネットワーク構築：アジアの結節と比較」（代表：酒井啓子）
Establishing Research Networks on the studies of protest movements: focusing on the cases of the Middle East
and its comparison with those in Asia” (Principal Investigator: Keiko Sakai)
科研費基盤研究（B）「現代中東における「政治の宗教化」と「宗教の政治化」：ムスリム同胞団の比較事例研究」（研究代表者：横田貴之
課題番号：23H03629）、科研費基盤研究(A)「中東諸国民の政策選好と統治の正統性」（研究代表者 浜中新吾
課題番号：22H00055）、国際共同研究加速基金（国際共同研究強化（B））「危機下の東アラブ諸国における社会的レジリエンスの実証研究：ヨルダンの事例から」（研究代表者：末近浩太
課題番号：22KK0018）、科研費基盤研究（B）「中東の非国家武装主体の越境的活動に関する比較研究」（研究代表者：髙岡豊
課題番号：21H03683）、パレスチナ／イスラエル研究会、中東・イスラーム地域研究 院生研究会（Graduate Student Society for Middle Eastern and
Islamic Area Studies：GSMEIAS）
湾岸戦争では、日本は、多国籍軍に自衛隊を派兵しなかったために、多額の拠出金を支払った。だが、戦後、クウェートによる感謝広告には日本の国旗が掲載されなかったことから、日本は「第二の敗戦」を被ったとさえ、言われてきた。
近年、海部元総理や、新聞広告の際の日本領事館員などのオーラルヒストリーが蓄積されている。本報告は、これらに基づいて、「敗戦史観」を再考する。本報告は、Japan
and the Middle East: Foreign Policies and Interdependence (Satoru
Nakamura and Steven Wright eds., Palgrave, 2023)の第13章 Nonmilitary
Contribution by Japan in the Gulf Crisis 1990-91: Funding, Intelligence
Gathering, Releasing Hostages, and Minesweepingに関する検討となる。
【イスラーム信頼学】国際ワークショップ “Translation Deviations in Multilingual Primary Source Documents in the Russian Colonial
Archives” (Jul. 1)
イスラーム信頼学A02班「イスラームの知の変換」（代表：野田仁）は、国際ワークショップ “Translation Deviations in Multilingual Primary Source Documents in
the
Russian Colonial Archives” を開催いたします。皆様のご参加をお待ち申し上げます。
日時：
2024年7月1日（月） 17:30～19:00
場所：
東京外国語大学アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所3階マルチメディア会議室(304)
プログラム：
17:30-19:00 Talant Mawkanuli (University of Washington)
“Translation Deviations in Multilingual Primary Source Documents in the
Russian Colonial Archives”
2020年の夏に開始したAbbas Amanat, Iran: A Modern History, Yale University Press, 2017.
の翻訳作業を現在ほぼ終えましたので、すでにイラン近代史のスタンダードとしての評価を得ている同書の翻訳に至った経緯、内容的な特徴、今後の出版予定等についてこの機会にご報告いたします。
文部科学省科学研究費・学術変革領域研究（A）「イスラーム的コネクティビティにみる信頼構築：世界の分断をのりこえる戦略知の創造」（イスラーム信頼学）計画研究班B01 ではこのたび、来日中のMateo Mohammad
Farzaneh氏をお招きして、以下のワークショップを開催いたします。
氏はイラン近現代史の専門家で、The Iranian Constitutional Revolution and the Clerical Leadership of Khurasani (2015)、Iranian
Women and Gender in the Iran-Iraq War (2021) などの著作があります。
17:40 Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh (Northeastern Illinois University)
“Islamic Shi‘i Jurisprudence and Western Style Constitutionalism in Iran
18:30 コメント：松永 泰行 (TUFS)
要旨
In this talk, Professor Farzaneh will discuss how the chief Shii cleric in Najaf, Iraq, Mulla Mohammad Kazem
Khorasani, directly influenced the outcome of the constitutionalism movement in Iran at the turn of the
twentieth century. In a way he “Islamicized” the western concept of constitutionalism and supported the
secular and religious constitutionalists in their struggle to modernize Iranian politics that aimed to curb
monarchical absolutism and create a more just and fair civil society.
JSPS科研費23K17096と東京大学中東地域研究センター（UTCMES）の共催により、UCLのハイム・ヤコビ先生による公開講演「From a Divided to a Neo-Apartheid City: Notes
on Jerusalem’s urban geopolitics」（分断都市からネオ・アパルトヘイト都市へ： エルサレムの都市地政学に関する考察）をハイブリッド形式で開催します。
ヤコビ先生は、Routledge Handbook on Middle East
Citiesの編者を務めるなど、中東の都市研究に関する多くの論考を発表しているほか、特にエルサレムの都市計画に見られる課題を批判的観点から分析しています。
討論者には静岡県立大学の山本健介先生をお迎えします。
ご関心のある皆さまの参加を歓迎しますので、何卒宜しくお願い申し上げます。
講演 ”From a Divided to a Neo-Apartheid City: Notes on Jerusalem’s urban geopolitics”
Prof. Haim Yacobi, Professor of Development Planning, University
College London
We will be hosting a seminar with Dr. Layla Saleh, titled Feminist
Ethics and the Test of Palestine, both in person and online. http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/en/event/upcoming
We look forward to your participation.
Registration is required by May 31:
This seminar considers the current genocide in Gaza from the
perspective of feminist foreign policy (FFP). In theory, this approach
foregrounds feminist ethics and human security in its emphasis on
“rights, representation, and resources” for gender equality. However,
critical explorations are necessary to unpack how Feminist Foreign
Policy (FFP) operates in practice, and where it falls short of declared
commitments. The seminar raises questions about ‘activating’ normative
paradigms in international politics. What horizons exist for activism
when state and global governance institutions fail to stop genocide and
war? How can (feminist) researchers navigate theory and practice when it
comes to struggles for liberation and social justice?
Program:
14:00-14:10
Introduction (Emi Goto, ILCAA, TUFS)
14:10-15:10
Lecture by Dr. Layla Saleh
15:10-15:50
Questions and Answers
15:50-16:00
Closing
Lecturer:
Dr. Layla Saleh is a political scientist specializing in
politics and International Relations (IR) of the Arab region. Her focus
is on 'politics from below’ as it relates to protest, revolution, civic
activism, democratization, and gender politics. She is Director of
Research at Demos-Tunisia Democratic Sustainability Forum, and Associate
Editor of the Brill journal Protest. In 2024, she is a Research Fellow
at Chiba University. Her books include Revolution and Democracy in
Tunisia (Oxford UP, 2024, co-authored with Larbi Sadiki) and US Hard
Power in the Arab World: Resistance, the Syrian Uprising, and the War on
Terror (Routledge, 2017).
Organizer:
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B):A Study of the
Challenges and Solutions for Muslim Communities in the Context of
Contemporary Pluralism and Diversity (24K03160, Emi Goto)
東京外国語大学アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所では、共同利用・共同研究課題「中近世西アジアにおける史的テクストの参照・改変・転用とその主体・受容者についての国際的・学際的研究
(jrp000301)」（2024年度〜2026年度）（http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/ja/projects/jrp/jrp301）2024年度第2回研究会（通算2回目）を、対面／オンラインで開催いたします。今回は、共同研究員である大津谷馨氏による、"Jadhb
al-Qulūb ilā Diyār al-Maḥbūb by ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Muḥaddith al-Dihlawī (d. 1052/1642): A Persian Work Based on
Al-Samhūdī’s (d. 911/1506) History of Medina?"と題した研究報告を予定しています。
15:45–16:15 Dr. Kaori Otsuya (NIHU/ILCAA) "Jadhb al-Qulūb ilā Diyār al-Maḥbūb by ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Muḥaddith
al-Dihlawī (d. 1052/1642): A Persian Work Based on Al-Samhūdī’s (d. 911/1506) History of Medina?"
16:15–17:00 Discussion
【発表題名・要旨】
Dr. Kaori Otsuya (NIHU/ILCAA)
"Jadhb al-Qulūb ilā Diyār al-Maḥbūb by ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Muḥaddith al-Dihlawī (d. 1052/1642): A Persian Work
Based on Al-Samhūdī’s (d. 911/1506) Histories of Medina?"
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in secondary literature on trans-regional cultural
exchanges between South Asia and the Red Sea region, particularly from the fifteenth century onwards.
Nevertheless, the reception of late medieval Arabic histories of the Hijaz in early modern South Asia
remains relatively unexplored, partly due to the limited engagement of so-called “Arabists” in the
discussion as well as the conventional division between the medieval and the early modern periods.
This paper seeks to address this gap through a preliminary analysis of Jadhb al-Qulūb ilā Diyār al-Maḥbūb, a
history of Medina written by the well-known South Asian hadith scholar and historian ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Muḥaddith
al-Dihlawī (d. 1052/1642). While researchers working on the history of South Asia have briefly but often
mentioned that ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq wrote Jadhb al-Qulūb based on the histories of Medina by the late medieval
Egyptian scholar al-Samhūdī (d. 911/1506), the relationship between Jadhb al-Qulūb and al-Samhūdī’s
histories of Medina has largely escaped the attention of modern researchers in the field of the late
medieval Arabic historiography.
After introducing al-Samhūdī and ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq, this paper presents the wide distribution of the manuscripts
of their works as well as the findings of a tentative comparison between Jadhb al-Qulūb and al-Samhūdī’s
histories of Medina. In doing so, it hopes to shed light on transregional interactions between South Asia
and the Red Sea region from the Hijazi perspective.
Public Event, 24th May: JAPAN AND THE GCC: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TRAJECTORIES
We are excited to extend an invitation to you for the public event on May 24th, titled "Japan and the GCC: Past,
Present, and Future Trajectories." This event is co-hosted by Waseda University, the Middle East Council on
Global Affairs, and the JIME Center at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan. Here are the details of the
event:
Since establishing diplomatic relations in the 1970s, Japan's ties with the GCC have broadened from energy to
include security and technology, aiding the GCC's economic diversification and energy transitions like
decarbonization and developing blue hydrogen and ammonia. The relationship is reinforced by initiatives like the
Japan-GCC Action Plan 2024- 2028 and Japan-Saudi Vision 2030, with upcoming free trade talks.
Waseda University, the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, and the JIME Center at the Institute of Energy
Economics, Japan are to co-host a panel to explore future Japan-GCC relations, highlighting key opportunities
and challenges.
Majlis@Waseda 23rd May: The Gaza War and Regional Consequences: Assessing the Fallout
"We are delighted to inform you that the Chair of the State of Qatar in Islamic Area Studies at Waseda University
will host Majlis@Waseda on May 23, 2024. Here are some details about the event:
“The Gaza War and Regional Consequences: Assessing the Fallout”
Dr. Steven Wright, Associate Dean and Associate Professor,Hamad bin Khalifa university
Dr. Adel Abdel Ghafar, Program Director & Fellow, Middle East Council on Global Affairs
Thursday May 23, 17:30-19:00
Waseda University Building 14, Room 502
The protracted Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has since 7th October 2023 not only inflicted an enormous human toll but
also unleashed far-reaching regional consequences that threaten to reshape the geopolitical landscape of the
Middle East. This special session of the Majlis@Waseda will critically examines the multidimensional fallout
from the conflict, drawing on IR theory and regional expertise from two scholars working in the region to assess
the implications for regional stability, great power competition, and the evolving security architecture of the
Gulf.
While the Gaza war may have started as a localized conflict, its repercussions have reverberated across the
region, impacting existing fault lines and creating new strategic challenges. The session will explore how the
conflict has intersected with and amplified regional rivalries, assessing the role of key actors such as Iran,
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey in shaping the trajectory of the conflict. It will also examine the impact
on the normalization process between Israel and Arab states, and will consider whether the war has derailed or
merely delayed the realignment through the Abraham Accords.
The session will pay particular attention to the complex interplay between the Gaza war and the broader regional
security environment, analyzing how the conflict has affected the calculus of deterrence and the risk of
escalation. Given the direct attacks took place in April 2024 between Israel and Iran, it will engage with the
risk of this escalating and will assess the potential for the war to spill over into a wider regional
conflagration and what that means for Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and amongst others. It will aim to consider
scenarios to evaluate the likelihood and consequences of direct military confrontation between Israel and Iran
or its proxies.
Finally, the session will situate the Gaza war within the context of great power competition in the Middle East,
examining how the conflict has both shaped and been shaped by the strategic interests and interventions of the
United States, Russia, and China. It will explore the implications for regional order and stability, assessing
the prospects for a sustainable resolution to the conflict and the broader challenges of promoting peace and
security in a region which remains insecure and contested.
“Nile Samurai: Ragai Wanis and Egypt’s Global 1960s”
(Nicholas Mangialardi, Williams College)
18:25-18:40
Comment (Yui Kanda, TUFS)
18:40-19:30
Discussion
講演概要：
This talk investigates Egypt’s cultural connections with Japan during
the 1960s. It discusses exchanges between these far ends of Asia through
a case study of the late Egyptian artist Ragai Wanis (1938–2023), who
studied and worked in Japan for five years in the mid-sixties. I draw on
a range of sources—Wanis’ published memoirs, his paintings, and
photographs—to uncover a vibrant period of transregional entanglements.
Ultimately, by examining individual stories like that of Wanis, this
talk offers an alternative narrative for the Arab 1960s, shifting focus
away from political dimensions and pan-Arab solidarities to highlight
how Egypt was exploring other way of relating globally during this period.
講演者紹介：
Dr. Nicholas Mangialardi is a scholar of Arabic literature and music
whose research focuses on modern Egypt. He is a Visiting Assistant
Professor of Arabic Studies at Williams College (USA). His publications
have appeared in the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the
Arab Studies Journal, and the Middle East Journal of Culture and
Communication. His recent work explores cultural exchanges between
modern Egypt and Japan through the lens of literature and popular culture.
Dr. Yui Kanda is an Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History at the
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo
University of Foreign Studies. Her expertise lies in the study of
history of Islamic works of art, particularly ceramics, metalwork, and
manuscripts from the late medieval to the early modern period in the
Middle East and South Asia. Her latest publication, “Iranian
Blue-and-White Ceramic Vessels and Tombstones Inscribed with Persian
Verses, C. 1450–1725,” appears in The Routledge Companion to Global
Renaissance Art, edited by Stephen J. Campbell and Stephanie Porras (New
York: Routledge).
共催：
グローバル地中海地域研究AA研拠点, TUFS フィールドサイエンスコモンズ（TUFiSCo）
Dear Members of the JAMES
A seminar will be held on Wednesday night, May 22, at the NIHU Global
Area Studies Program: The Global Mediterranean at ILCAA, TUFS. We look
forward to seeing you at the venue or online.
The Global Mediterranean seminar:
Nile Samurai: Ragai Wanis and Egypt’s Global 1960s
This seminar explores Egypt's cultural connections with Japan in the
1960s. It discusses exchanges between these two ends of Asia through a
case study of the late Egyptian artist Ragai Wanis (1938-2023), who
studied and worked in Japan for five years in the mid-1960s. Drawing on
a range of sources- Wanis's published memoirs, his paintings, and his
photographs-a vibrant period of transregional entanglements will be
revealed. Ultimately, by examining individual stories like Wanis's, the
talk offers an alternative narrative for the Arab 1960s, shifting the
focus away from political dimensions and pan-Arab solidarities to
highlight how Egypt explored different ways of relating to the world
during this period.
Date:
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 5:30-7:30 pm (JST)
Venue:
Seminar Room 301, Institute for Research in Languages and
Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
(TUFS), online
Admission:
Free
Language:
English
Registration required (Please register through the link below by May 21st)
“Nile Samurai: Ragai Wanis and Egypt’s Global 1960s” (Nicholas
Mangialardi, Williams College)
6:25-6:40
Comment (Yui Kanda, TUFS)
6:40-7:30
Discussion
Speakers:
Dr. Nicholas Mangialardi is a scholar of Arabic literature and music
whose research focuses on modern Egypt. He is a Visiting Assistant
Professor of Arabic Studies at Williams College (USA). His publications
have appeared in the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the
Arab Studies Journal, and the Middle East Journal of Culture and
Communication. His recent work explores cultural exchanges between
modern Egypt and Japan through the lens of literature and popular culture.
Dr. Yui Kanda is an Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History at the
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo
University of Foreign Studies. Her expertise lies in the study of
history of Islamic works of art, particularly ceramics, metalwork, and
manuscripts from the late medieval to the early modern period in the
Middle East and South Asia. Her latest publication, “Iranian
Blue-and-White Ceramic Vessels and Tombstones Inscribed with Persian
Verses, C. 1450–1725,” appears in The Routledge Companion to Global
Renaissance Art, edited by Stephen J. Campbell and Stephanie Porras (New
York: Routledge).
Organizers:
NIHU Global Area Studies Program: The Global Mediterranean at ILCAA
(Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa), TUFiSCo
“Fumio Koizumi and the Cultural Politics of Music in Modern Egypt” (Nicholas Mangialardi, Williams
College)
15:00-16:00
Discussion
講演者紹介：
Dr. Nicholas Mangialardi is a scholar of Arabic literature and music
whose research focuses on modern Egypt. He is a Visiting Assistant
Professor of Arabic Studies at Williams College (USA). His publications
have appeared in the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the
Arab Studies Journal, and the Middle East Journal of Culture and
Communication. His recent work explores cultural exchanges between
modern Egypt and Japan through the lens of literature and popular culture.
共催：
グローバル地中海地域研究AA研拠点, TUFS フィールドサイエンスコモンズ（TUFiSCo）
Dear Members of the JAMES
A seminar will be held on Saturday afternoon, May 18, at the NIHU Global
Area Studies Program: The Global Mediterranean at ILCAA, TUFS. We look
forward to seeing you there.
Global Mediterranean Studies Seminar:
Fumio Koizumi and the Cultural Politics of Music in Modern Egypt
In January 1964, the Japanese ethnomusicologist Fumio Koizumi arrived in
Cairo, Egypt. He had been invited by the local government to serve as an
organizer and judge for Egypt’s first International Folk Arts Festival.
But Koizumi also remained for another three months to conduct research
on Egyptian music, traveling up and down the Nile to record folk songs,
children’s games, Coptic hymns, Sufi ceremonies, new orchestral works,
and much more. The extensive project resulted in the six-disc set
entitled Songs along the Nile (Nairu no Uta, 1966). This talk explores
Koizumi’s visit to examine an overlooked era of collaborations between
Egypt and Japan in the 1960s. Drawing on his recordings, travel notes,
and other archival documents, I show how Koizumi became enmeshed in
Egypt’s state-sponsored cultural activities. My analysis frames this
figure within a broader series of mid-century global flows that help us
understand the ways in which Egypt displayed itself to others and
through others.
Date & Time:
Saturday, May 18th, 2024, 2:00-4:00 pm
Venue:
Seminar Room 306, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures
of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)/
Online
Language：
English
Registration (Please register through the link below by May 16)
Dr. Nicholas Mangialardi is a scholar of Arabic literature and music
whose research focuses on modern Egypt. He is a Visiting Assistant
Professor of Arabic Studies at Williams College (USA). His publications
have appeared in the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the
Arab Studies Journal, and the Middle East Journal of Culture and
Communication. His recent work explores cultural exchanges between
modern Egypt and Japan through the lens of literature and popular culture.
Organizers:
NIHU Global Area Studies Program: The Global Mediterranean at ILCAA
(Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa), TUFiSCo
Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS) Seminar
“Decarbonization and Geopolitics in the Middle East”
1． Objective
In recent years, particularly after the adoption of the Paris Agreement at COP21, moves toward
decarbonization have been accelerating worldwide. The recent progress in relevant technology has also been
helping to promote the energy shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The Canon Institute for Global
Studies (CIGS) has been organizing “the Study Group on Decarbonization, the Middle East and Energy
Geopolitics” that intends to deepen the understanding of the current situation of decarbonization and study
how the energy transformation in the Middle East will affect global energy geopolitics. The Study Group
published in November 2023 an interim report entitled “How Decarbonization Will Transform and Impact Energy
Geopolitics in the Middle East and Other Parts of the World?”.
The report attempts to begin the discussion on major issues and key questions arising from the transition
from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The seminar aims to encourage further discussion and
knowledge-sharing, with eminent speakers that include Ambassador of United Arab Emirates (UAE), who will
speak about the result of COP28 last December as well as the current situation of decarbonization policies
of the GCC countries.
2． Time and Date
Friday, 10 May from 15:00 to 16:45 (Japan Standard Time)
3. Venue
Main Conference Room, Second Floor, The Industry Club of Japan
1-4-6 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, [3 minutes’ walk from the North Exit of Tokyo Station
(Marunouchi-side)]
gmed.ilcaa★gmail.com (please change ★ into @ when you send a message)
Abstracts
The Development of ‘History of the Prophets’ in Islamic Universal
History Works
Osamu Otsuka
In this presentation, I focus on the development of the ‘History of
Prophets’ in early Islamic universal history works (human history from
the creation of the world until the time of the author) compiled from
the 9th to the 14th century. Specifically, I present a comprehensive
overview of how the contents of the Old Testament were received and
developed in Islamic universal history works. It is commonly believed
that the Islamic historical view on the history of the creation of the
world and humanity from Adam, the first human created by God, does not
differ from that of Judaism and Christianity (which are, likewise,
Semitic religions). However, it is important to note that Islamic
narratives on this subject are different depending on their authors and
developed over time. While there are several previous studies analyzing
Islamic universal history works such as Ṭabarī’s Ta’rīkh al-Rusul wa
al-Mulūk, Rashīd al-Dīn’s Jāmi‘ al-Tawārīkh, and others, they have
primarily focused on the contemporary history of their authors, rather
than the epic history of humanity from Adam. Through this research, we
will gain a better understanding of the nature of Islamic historiography.
Problematizing the Prophet-King David and His Reception in Medieval
Persianate Culture
Colin Mitchell
This talk is dedicated to exploring the extent to which the early
Safavids of the 15th and early 16th century – Shaikhs Junaid, Haidar,
`Ali, and Isma`il – were inspired and influenced by the Islamic epic
tradition of prophetography (qisas al-anbiya). As the Safavid tariqah
changed from an orthodox orientation in the 14th century, other epic
traditions (e.g. Shah nama, Abu Muslim nama) which celebrated both
pre-Islamic and Sufi-Shi`ite cosmologies became increasingly popular
among the Safavid Turkmen. In particular, this talk is concerned with
addressing the prophet-king exemplar David and his reception history in
medieval Perso-Islamic thought with a focus on his appeal (or lack of)
during this early period of the Safavids.In the historical imagination
of the Safavids, where did certain prophetic figures like David and
Solomon, who were both understood as isra’iliyya kings and prophets, sit
with regard to the ambitions of Haidar and his descendants to usher in a
millenarian era of redemption and retribution while waging war against
Christian communities in nearby regions like Georgia and Circassia?
Moreover, as the Safavid tariqah sought out converts and supporters
among the populations in Anatolia and northern Syria to further their
chiliastic aims, figures like David were positioned in direct
competition with a set of epic personalities (e.g. `Ali, Husain, Abu
Muslim) who arguably better served the Safavid agenda during this
critical juncture. As Shah Isma`il and his successor Shah Tahmasp began
to distance themselves from the unruly Qizilbash, were such exemplars
re-evaluated as the Safavid historical imagination itself began to shift?
The Hamza-nama, the Safavids and the Pre-Islamic Past
Nobuaki Kondo
Recent studies on Persian historiography also concern discourses such as
religious stories and legends in Islamic universal histories and
chronicles. These discourses could reflect the authors’ worldviews and
affect readers’ views on history. However, if one does not need to
discern fiction from facts about these discourses, one should examine
historical fiction, which could also influence readers’ and listeners’
minds.
The Hamza-nama was probably the most read or listened-to romance in
the pre-modern Muslim world. It described the fantasy adventures of
Hamza (d.625), uncle of Prophet Muhammad, who prevailed from Syria to
Java and was translated from Persian into various languages, such as
Turkic, Urdu, Malay, and Javanese. Not only the Mughals, whose
commission to produce the gorgeous manuscripts was well known, but also
the Safavid rulers liked the work so much that they even named the
princes after the characters of the romance. First, this presentation
examines how much the Safavid committed to the Hamza romance.
Secondly, this presentation argues how the romance represents the
pre-Islamic past. Since Hamza’s conversion to Islam by Prophet Muhammad
is located almost at the end of the romance, most of the story is
related to the pre-Islamic past. Sassanian historical figures such as
Anushirvan (Khosrow I, d.579) and Bozorgmehr had significant roles in
the story. Also, the romance often refers to biblical figures, such as
Abraham and Solomon. However, their characters are not the same as those
in the authentic histories or the mirrors for princes.
The presentation will indicate alternative discourses on the
pre-Islamic past in Safavid Iran and other Persianate societies and
point out that the Hamza-nama could popularize such alternative views of
history through popular literature and storytelling.
Roundtable: Persianate Studies in Japan
グローバル地中海地域研究アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所拠点は、イスラーム信頼学B01班と共催で、以下の国際ワークショップ “Roundtable: Persianate Studies in
Japan”を開催いたします。このたび来日されるColin Mitchell氏 (Dalhousie University) がディスカッサントを務めます。
皆様のお越しをお待ちしております。
Date / Time
Wed 17 April 2024 15:00–18:00
Venue
Room 401, Hongo-Satellite, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Islamic Trust Studies B01 and NIHU Global Area Studies
Program:
The Global Mediterranean at ILCAA
Contact
gmed.ilcaa★gmail.com (Secretariat of the Global
Mediterranean Project at ILCAA) Please change ★ to @.
Program
15:00
Introduction Nobuaki Kondo (ILCAA)
15:10
Ryo Mizukami (JSPS/ ILCAA):
Spread of Imamophilia and Various Confessional Boundaries: A Study of Sunni and Shiʿi Fadāʾil Works
in the Premodern Islamic Lands
15:30
Kaori Otsuya (NIHU/ILCAA):
Circulation, Translation, and Reception of Arabic Manuscripts on the History of Mecca and Medina in
the Early Modern Persianate World
15:50
Haruya Shishido (MA, Meiji University):
Power Map of Qizilbāsh during the Reign of Shāh Ismā‘īl II (1576—77)
16:10
Q&A
16:40
Yui Kanda (ILCAA):
Legacy of Shāh ʿAbbās’s Book Endowments: A Preliminary Study of Kufic Qurʾāns with Alleged Twelver
Imām Signatures Endowed to Mashhad
17:00
Norifumi Daito (The Historiographical Institute, the University of Tokyo):
The Dutch East India Company and Local Intermediaries in Post-Safavid Iran
17:20
Naofumi Abe (Ochanomizu University):
The Safavid Shrine after the Safavids: How We Delineate the Agency of a Muslim Shrine in the Age of
Decline?
17:40
Q&A
Discussant:
Colin Mitchell (Dalhousie University)
イスラーム信頼学国際ワークショップ “Chancelleries, Correspondence, and Diplomacy in the Iranian Plateau” のご案内（4月13日）
One of the first judicial reforms implemented in the Ottoman Empire after the Tanzimat was the establishment
of commercial courts. The 1856 Reform Edict (Islahat Fermanı) also envisioned the establishment of mixed
courts for the resolution of disputes arising between Muslims, non-Muslims, and foreigners. Within this
framework, commercial courts were established with the Addendum to the Commercial Code (Zeyl-i Kanunname-i
Ticaret) issued in 1860. Hence, the commercial laws would be implemented by the relevant courts and the
deficiencies of the laws would be corrected by the decisions rendered by the courts. With the 1864
Provincial Law (Vilayet Nizamnamesi), commercial courts were established in the provinces, and in the same
year, a commercial court was also set up in Thessaloniki with a president, an assistant and two permanent
members appointed by the governor. Although the number of members changed over time, the Thessaloniki
commercial court functioned without interruption until 1912, when Greece occupied the city.
Studies on commercial courts are rather scarce. A significant part of the studies is based on provincial
yearbooks and some archival records and documents. The reason for this is the lack of registers of the
commercial courts. This lecture deals with the Thessaloniki commercial court records in the Historical
Archives of Macedonia in Thessaloniki. The purpose of the presentation is to illustrate the structure and
functioning of the Thessaloniki commercial court and the types of cases it heard.
この度、３月26日、“Migration of People and Borders, The Persian Gulf Coast as a Case Study”と題した研究会を下記のとおり開催する運びとなりました。
本研究会にご参加を希望される方は笹川平和財団水谷（
）までご連絡ください。
１_日時
2024年３月26日（火）18:00～19:45（最大20時）*日本時間
２_発表者／テーマ
-後藤 真実氏（秋田大学国際資源学研究科助教）／“Emirati Perspectives on Iranian Culture: A Journey of Rediscovery”
-Lindsey Stephenson 氏（Princeton University, Postdoctoral Research Associate）／“Borders and Belonging:
Everyday Responses to the Regulation of Space in the Early 20th-Century Persian Gulf“
3/19（火）Dr. Nicoletta Fazio 講演 "The Most Banal and Exalted: Love and its Discontents in Niẓāmī’s Laylī va Majnūn
and the Roman de la Rose"
NIHUグローバル地中海地域研究アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所拠点では、科研費基盤C「イスラームの図像文化における世俗性の表現をめぐる実証的研究」（代表：林
則仁）と共催で、2024年3月19日（火）に、ドーハ・イスラーム美術館学芸員のNicoletta Fazio博士を交え、 “The Most Banal and Exalted: Love and its
Discontents in Niẓāmī’s Laylī va Majnūn and the Roman de la Rose” と題した講演会を行います。
Dr. Nicoletta Fazio (ドーハ・イスラーム美術館) 講演 "The Most Banal and Exalted: Love and its Discontents in Niẓāmī’s
Laylī va Majnūn and the Roman de la Rose"
16:25–17:00
質疑応答&議論
要旨：
Based on the title of my forthcoming publication, this lecture aims to be a presentation about one of the
most shared, dare I say universal, experience in human life: heartbreak. Love has been for centuries a theme
much exploited by poets and artists. However, a great deal of words has been spent to celebrate love when it
breaks, and pain emerges. The story of romantic lovesickness, a form of madness induced by love delusion, is
long and dates to millennia. Still, certain topoi and images consolidated around specific times and places,
centuries before the widespread popularity that the Romantic Movement enjoyed in the last decades of the
18th century CE.
My work investigates the enduring success of lovesickness by looking at its historical and intellectual
articulations and diverse cultural interpretations in pre-modern societies. I have picked two distinctive
poetic works that have brought lovesickness to the next level and set the pace for whatever else that
followed: the masnavi (romantic epos) Laylī va Majnūn by the Persian poet Niẓāmī Ganjavī (ca1188-92 CE), and
the allegorical dream poem Roman de la Rose composed, respectively, by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun
(between 1230 and 1275-80 CE). The impact that these poems had on the history of their respective literary
traditions cannot be stressed enough, as they emerged in a period when the discourse of and on love
progressively took space in the literary arena.
Starting from the 12th century CE lyrical production (in Persian and French literary contexts) started
making a sensible and progressive shift towards the erotic at the expenses of the heroic, so feeling over
action, or what has been dubbed as “the heroism of sentiments”. This while merging erotic and spiritual
vocabularies to give new articulations to the sentiment of love and its pangs. Niẓāmī’s Laylī va Majnūn and
the Rose became iconic works of literature for their portrayal of excessive love, desire, obsession,
madness, and yearning as the driving forces of the narrative.
Both poems have survived in numerous manuscript copies, a testimony to their major popularity. Several of
these manuscripts have been illustrated leaving a blueprint in their respective literary and artistic
traditions while showing the importance of vision and visuality in the construction of the discourse of love
and lovesickness. By comparing these two historically disconnected yet thematically related literary
discourses and artistic, pictorial traditions, in my work do not aim at establishing homologies. Rather, I
look at divergent paths that lead to dissonances, to recognise historical emergences and socio-cultural
peculiarities.
Date/Time:
19 March 2024 (Tuesday), 15:30–17:00 JST (doors open at 15:00)
Venue:
In-person (East Hall [Toko] 302 Omiya Campus, Ryukoku University, 125-1 Daiku-cho, Shichijo-dori Omiya
Higashi-iru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8268, Japan) and Online
*Pre-registration is required: (deadline: 17 March 2024, 22:00 JST)
NIHU Global Area Studies Program: The Global Mediterranean at ILCAA; An Empirical Research of the
Representation of ‘Secularity’ in the Iconography of Islamic Art (Grant in Aid for Scientific Research C)
Contact:
(Secretariat of the Global Mediterranean Project at ILCAA)
Program:
Chair: Dr. Yui Kanda
15:30–15:35
Introduction
15:35–16:25
Lecture by Dr. Nicoletta Fazio (Museum of Islamic Art, Doha), The Most Banal and Exalted: Love and its
Discontents in Niẓāmī’s Laylī va Majnūn and the Roman de la Rose
13:30 イントロダクション：近藤信彰（東京外国語大学AA研）
13:45 Orçun Can Okan (Oxford University)
“A Twenty-first-century Turk Studying the Ottoman Empire’s “Arab Provinces” and the Post-Ottoman Arab East:
Endeavors in “Foreign Studies”?”
14:30 藻谷 悠介（大阪大学）
“Connecting with Syrians: Muhammad Ali’s Rule over Syria in the 1830s”
15:15 藤波 伸嘉（津田塾大学）
“A Constitutional Caliphate? An Islamic Monarch in Ottoman Public Law”
16:10 ディスカッション
イスラーム信頼学国際ワークショップ/東文研セミナー “Petitions and “Individuals”: First-Person Narratives and Historical Agency at
Intersections of Diplomatic, Administrative, and Legal History” (3月13日）のご案内
イスラーム信頼学国際ワークショップ/東文研セミナー “Petitions and “Individuals”: First-Person Narratives and Historical Agency at
Intersections of Diplomatic, Administrative, and Legal History”
日時：
2024年3月13日 (水) 15:00~17:00
Orçun Can Okan (University of Oxford)
“Petitions and “Individuals”: First-Person Narratives and Historical Agency at Intersections of Diplomatic,
Administrative, and Legal History”
イスラーム信頼学国際ワークショップ “From the Mashhad Archives: Eighteenth Century Documents on Iran and Afghanistan”
日時：
2024年3月12日 (火) 14:00~17:00
プログラム：
14:00~14:10 イントロダクション：近藤信彰（東京外国語大学AA研）
14:10~15:10 杉山 隆一(京都橘大学)
“Organization and Administration of the Emam Reza Mausoleum during the Afsharid Period”
15:10 Andras Barati (Institute of Iranian Studies, Vienna)
“Illuminating Eighteenth-Century Persian Historical Documents: Royal Decrees of Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī
(1747–1772) at the Āstān-i Quds-i Rażawī”
16:30~17:00 ディスカッション
Middle East Research Seminar on “Toward Understanding Water and Land Use in the Oasis of Western Desert,
Egypt”
【プログラムProgram】
15:00 – 15:10
Introduction “Expansion of Water and Land Use in the New Valley (Western Desert), Egypt” Erina
Iwasaki (Sophia University)
15:10 - 15:40
Prof.Dr. Ahmed Abdelhafez “Facing the Elements: Navigating Agricultural Challenges in the New Valley
(Western Desert) Through Soil and Water Salinity Management”
15:40 - 16:10
Prof. Dr. Abdelaziz Tantawy / Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdelhafez “Aquifer Systems and Groundwater Quality in
the New Valley (Western Desert of Egypt)”
16:10 – 16:30
Prof.Dr. Abdelaziz Tantawy “Water Utilization in Balat Village (Dakhla Oasis): A Historical and
Contemporary Overview”
16:30 – 17:00
Discussions
【言語 Language】
English (通訳なし)
【主催 Organization】
上智大学アジア文化研究所 Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies at Sophia University
https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/is/iac/
1947年、札幌市生まれ。北海道大学大学院博士課程を中退、東京大学で学術博士を取得。
現在、東京大学名誉教授、中東調査会常任理事、ムハンマド五世大学客員卓越教授、武蔵野大学客員教授。また、富士通FSC特別顧問、横綱審議委員会委員長なども務める。
専攻は国際関係史・比較政治史。カイロ大学客員助教授、ハーバード大学客員研究員、トルコ歴史協会研究員、三菱商事顧問なども歴任。紫綬褒章、司馬遼太郎賞、毎日出版文化賞（二回）、吉野作造賞、サントリー学芸賞、在京アラブ外交団永年貢献表彰などを受ける。
主要著書に、『オスマン帝国とエジプト』（東京大学出版会）、『中東国際関係史研究』（岩波書店）、（細谷雄一共編）『日本近現代史講義――成功と失敗の歴史に学ぶ』（中公新書, 英訳、Modern Japan's Place
in World History; From Meiji to Reiwa , co-ed. Singapore; Springer)、『将軍の世紀』上下（文藝春秋）など。
イスラーム信頼学 国際ワークショップ “Farman, State, and Society in Early Modern Context” のご案内（3月9日）
イスラーム信頼学 国際ワークショップ “Farman, State, and Society in Early Modern Context”
日時：
2024年3月9日 (土) 14:00~17:00
プログラム：
14:00~14:10 イントロダクション：近藤信彰（東京外国語大学AA研）
14:10~15:10 阿部尚史 (お茶の水女子大学)
“The Safavid Shrine in Society: The Shrine’s Negotiation with Ruling Powers and Local People in the 18th and
19th Centuries”
15:20~16:20 Andras Barati (Institute of Iranian Studies, Vienna)
“Chessboard Ṭughrās on Safavid and Mughal Royal Decrees: A Study in Comparative Diplomatics”
16:30~17:00 ディスカッション
3/7（木）New Perspectives on Timurid, Safavid, and Mughal Art and Culture”
グローバル地中海地域研究アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所拠点では、東京大学東洋文化研究所班研究「イスラーム美術の諸相」と共催で、2024年3月7日（木）に、ドーハ・イスラーム美術館のNicoletta
Fazio博士、及びミュンスター大学のPhilip Bockholt博士を交え、“グローバル地中海ワークショップ/東文研セミナー: New Perspectives on Timurid, Safavid, and
Mughal Art and Culture” と題した国際ワークショップを行います。
グローバル地中海ワークショップ/東文研セミナー: New Perspectives on Timurid, Safavid, and Mughal Art and Culture
Global Mediterranean Workshop/Tobunken Seminar: New Perspectives on Timurid, Safavid, and Mughal Art and
Culture
【日時】
2024年3月7日（木）
13:30（開場13:00）〜17:00
【開催方法】
対面・オンライン併用（公開）
【場所】
東京大学東洋文化研究所3F大会議室/Main Conference Room, 3rd floor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of
Tokyo（〒113-0033 東京都文京区本郷7-3-1）/オンライン会議室
グローバル地中海地域研究アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所拠点/The Global Mediterranean Project at the Research Institute for Languages and
Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
【共催】
東京大学東洋文化研究所班研究「イスラーム美術の諸相」/“Various Aspects of Islamic Art” Working Group at the Institute for Advanced
Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
【プログラム】
Chair: Dr. Yui Kanda
13:30–13:40: Introduction
13:40–14:25: Dr. Nicoletta Fazio (Museum of Islamic Art, Doha)：The Movement of the Line: Early Timurid
Painting in the Collection of MIA, Doha
14:25–15:00: Dr. Yui Kanda (ILCAA)：Doha Candlestick: Pilgrimage and Endowment to the Mausoleum of Imām Mūsa
al-Kāẓim, Kazimayn (c. 1600)
15:00–15:15: Coffee Break
15:15–15:50: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Philip Bockholt (University of Münster/ILCAA)：Cultural Patronage and
Intellectual Legacy of Safavid Iran: Shah ʿAbbās’ Book Endowments to Ardabil (c. 1600)
15:50–16:25: Prof. Tomoko Masuya (Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo)：An Overview
of Illustrated Persian Manuscripts Moved Between Cities in the Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries
16:25–16:55: Q&A, Discussion
16:55–17:00: Closing Remarks
【発表要旨】
Nicoletta Fazio (Museum of Islamic Art, Doha)
The Movement of the Line: Early Timurid Painting in the Collection of MIA, Doha
About 60% of the collection in the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), Doha is constituted by objects from
the Persianate World, mostly Iran and, to a lesser extent, Central Asia. Among the many diverse
artworks forming this part of the collection, paintings and bound manuscripts figure prominently,
some being true treasures of Persian painting, especially from the Safavid era. Yet, one small but
quite interesting corpus of paintings and illustrated manuscripts dates to the late Jalayirid and
early Timurid period, a crucial moment for the history of Persian painting. This group of artworks
are still rather understudied, and it has been only recently, thanks to the work done for the MIA
2022 Relaunch, that proper research has begun.
Because of its heterogeneous nature, from large naturalistic paintings of birds to qalam-siyāhi
sketches, to bound illustrated manuscripts and lose folios of epic and romantic poetry, the early
Timurid material preserved at MIA allows us to follow the major steps that led to the establishment
of what modern scholars have called the Classical Persian Painting. This paper aims to present such
artworks and place them in their historical and artistic context to better understand their genesis
and stimulate further research and discussion.
Yui Kanda (ILCAA)
Doha Candlestick: Pilgrimage and Endowment to the Mausoleum of Imām Mūsa al-Kāẓim, Kazimayn (c.
1600)
This study introduces a hitherto less-known brass candlestick at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha,
Qatar (inv. no. MW.152.1999) inscribed with an endowment inscription that indicates that it was
donated to the mausoleum of Imam Musa al-Kazim in Kazimayn, Iraq. The candlestick is analysed in
depth because its inscriptions – not only the endowment one but also the poetical ones – have the
potential to shed some light on the cultural and religious settings in which poetically inscribed
brass candlesticks were produced and meant to be used. The study focuses on the surface decorations
and the poetical inscriptions on the candlestick and those on some related pieces which were gifted
to Shiʿi shrines in Kazimayn, Samarra, and Mashhad. It also examines contemporary primary sources
such as biographical anthologies of Persian poetry and dynastic chronicles. Based on these
investigations, it is suggested that the Doha candlestick was endowed most likely by a pilgrim from
Iran to the mausoleum of Imam Musa al-Kazim in Kazimayn around 1600 or later, the period in which
the town was mostly under the control of the Ottomans; it is also argued that the object in question
was produced in Iran, circa 1600, most probably in Kashan, the long-established centre of the
Twelver Shiʿite population and the city where poets had a close relationship with craftsmen.
Philip Bockholt (University of Münster/ILCAA)
Cultural Patronage and Intellectual Legacy of Safavid Iran: Shah ʿAbbās’ Book Endowments to Ardabil
(c. 1600)
The paper investigates the book collections endowed by Shah ʿAbbās (r. 1588–1629) to shrines in
Safavid Iran around 1600. Previous analyses, notably by Robert McChesney, have examined narrative
accounts and documentary sources like endowment deeds. However, significant gaps persist regarding
the specifics of book endowments to key shrines in Ardabil, Mashhad, Qum, and Ray. This study
utilises methodologies from Arabic and Islamic studies to scrutinise book inventories, catalogue
entries, and manuscript notes. These contain invaluable information regarding manuscripts once
contributed to the shrine of Shaykh Ṣafī al-Dīn in Ardabil, now archived in Tehran, Saint
Petersburg, and Istanbul. The primary objective is to enrich discussions concerning both the
quantity and substantive content of these donated manuscripts. Furthermore, this investigation seeks
to elucidate the provenance of these books, probing whether they originated from a royal library,
the Shah’s personal collection, or were previously owned by Safavid dignitaries before becoming part
of the Ardabil shrine library. Through an examination of the thematic breadth represented in the
former royal library via these endowments, this study aims to unveil key aspects of Safavid material
culture and the prevailing intellectual milieu within the Safavid court circa 1600. Additionally,
the inquiry extends to examining book endowments directed to shrine libraries as a potential tool
employed to legitimise Safavid authority within Iran.
Tomoko Masuya (Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo)
An Overview of Illustrated Persian Manuscripts Moved Between Cities in the Fourteenth to Sixteenth
Centuries
In my recent study of a particular copy of Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh preserved at the Raza Library in
Rampur, India (F. 1820), I found that this illustrated Ilkhanid manuscript moved first from Tabriz
to Shiraz before the early fifteenth century, then to Herat around 1415, and finally to India by the
end of the sixteenth century. Other Ilkhanid copies of this title by Rashīd al-Dīn also traveled
significant distances; some even found their way to Istanbul from Tabriz via Herat.
Why were these illustrated Persian manuscripts moved? The reason was that manuscripts containing
quality paintings were considered to be treasures by pre-modern Persianate rulers. Royal
bibliophiles wishing to improve their library holdings would obtain illustrated manuscripts in the
form of booty, confiscations, gifts, or purchases, and thus the manuscripts often changed hands.
Sometimes they accompanied their owners to a new post in a new city.
I will give an overview of how illustrated Persian manuscripts moved from city to city during the
fourteenth to sixteenth centuries and suggest the circumstances and the people responsible for these
movements. This will shed light on how highly valued and universally revered these manuscripts were
in the pre-modern Persianate world.
国際ワークショップ "Narratives, Knowledge Transmission, and Discourses on the Caliphate in Medieval Islam" のご案内
15:30–15:35 Opening Remarks（Moderator: Yui Kanda［ILCAA］）
15:35–16:20 Lecture by Nicoletta Fazio（Museum of Islamic Art, Doha) "A Tale of Two Cities: Displaying the
Qur’ān between Berlin and Doha"
16:20–17:00 Q&A and Discussion
【発表要旨】
This is a tale of two countries, two cities, two museums, two collections, and one curator: this is my story
and how I have navigated so far the many challenges around and behind the displaying the Qur’ān in public
cultural institutions that function as secular entities and yet bear the much misleading label of “Museum of
Islamic Art”. This lecture has its roots in the discussions and preparatory work for the exhibition Worte
lesen – Worte fühlen, held at the Museum für Islamische Kunst in 2016, and the refurbishment of the
permanent galleries at the Museum of Islamic Art, which includes a gallery fully dedicated to the Qur’ān and
reopened to the public in 2022.
The question of sacredness and its presentation in modern-day museums has run through the field of museology
for a good two decades and has become more and more cogent as museums have started redefining their missions
and place within society. However, it has only been in very recent years that museums presenting artefacts
produced by Islamic cultures have joined such discussion. While studies have analysed and dissected
exhibition strategies, institutional politics, curatorial practices, and architectural planning as public
space through a transnational perspective, less attention has been given to the actual objects involved in
major museum displays and, in particular, to a category of artefacts that, by their very nature, are
invested with deep holiness: Qur’ān manuscripts.
Repositories of both historical information and vectors for affective memories, Qur’āns can be tricky
objects to showcase. Displays rarely give justice to its ontological complexity and historical significance,
which are indeed key elements to publicly present considering today’s ramping climate of cultural
misconceptions and social prejudices. In my own curatorial practice, I have tried to step away from a
beautification of the object, a flattening process inherent to the becoming part of an art collection.
Instead, I have often focused on the materiality of each exhibit in conversation with the rest of the
display. The presentation illustrates some of the issues encountered and the solutions proposed while
working within two different contexts and spaces, to meet expectations of very diverse audiences, each with
their agency. This would, I hope, open the floor space to an engaging discussion to a more than ever urgent
theme.
2月
国際ワークショップ "Exploring Connectivity around Medieval Islamic Political Thought and Beyond" のご案内
“Jesus and the Law: Confirming the Torah in the New Testament, the Talmud and the Qur’an”
Abstract:
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfil”
– thus Jesus instructs his audience according to the unique passage in Matthew 5:17. This presentation seeks
to establish the original meaning of Matthew and then traces the passage’s rivetingly diverse history of
interpretation in late antique Christianity and Judaism up to its reformulation Q 3 Sūrat Āl ʿImrān 48-50,
in the Qur’an.
Professor Holger Zellentin, University of Tübingen, Germany, is an award-winning scholar of Late Antiquity,
with a focus on Talmudic and Qur’anic studies. He combines literary, legal and historical approaches in
order to understand shared and diverging patterns within Jewish, Christian and early Islamic cultural
traditions. He has received funding from the European Research Council, the British Academy, and the Arts
and Humanities Research Council (UK), and has been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize (2014) as well as an
ERC Consolidator Grant (2020-2025). He currently serves as the chair of the board of the International
Qur’anic Studies Association, and has previously served on the steering committee of the British Association
for Jewish Studies. His publications include Rabbinic Parodies of Jewish and Christian Literature (Tübingen,
2010) and Law Beyond Israel: From the Bible to the Qur’an (Oxford, 2022).
第3回イスラーム信頼学 国際会議 “Exploring the Tacit Knowledge of Trust Building and Connectivity amidst Predicaments” (Mar.
1-3)
平素より大変お世話になっております。
科研費学術変革領域研究（A）「イスラーム的コネクティビティにみる信頼構築」（イスラーム信頼学）では、2024年3月1~3日、東京大学駒場キャンパスにおきまして、第3回イスラーム信頼学 国際会議 “Exploring the
Tacit Knowledge of Trust Building and Connectivity amidst Predicaments” を開催いたします。
15:30-16:20
Keynote Speech
Ussama Makdisi (University of California, Berkeley)
“Connections and coexistence in an Age of Genocide”
Discussant: Hiroyuki Suzuki (The University of Tokyo)
16:30-17:00
Q&A
17:30-18:00
Lecture and demonstration: “Jiutamai”
“Peace-building and Connectivity through Classical Japanese Dance: Jiutamai Dance Performance Tied with
Palestinian Embroidery”
Talk and dance performance: Yukino Hanasaki (Tomoko Murase) (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Music performance: Nao Ohara
18:00-20:00
Welcoming banquet at the restaurant “Lever son verre Komaba”
Day 2: Saturday 2 March 2024, 10:00–19:30
10:00–12:00
Session 1: “With whom do you connect? Intermediaries in (forced-) migratory and settlement processes”
Discussant: Hideaki Sekino (Meiji University)
Khatchig Mouradian (The Library of Congress/Columbia University)
“‘Defend them as you would defend yourselves and your children’: Connectivity, Mutual Aid, and Resistance in
Ottoman Syria”
Tetsuya Sahara (Meiji University)
“Grass-roots Solidarity versus State Control: Refugees and Bordering Regions in Turkey and Greece”
Susumu Nejima (Toyo University)
“Masjid Otsuka: Trust Building with Japanese People through Volunteer Activities”
12:00–13:30
Lunch Break
13:30–15:00
Short presentation & Poster session
Short Presentation
Noor J. E. Abushammalah (Kyushu University)
“Diasporas at a Crossroad: Silence or Activism?”
Han Hsien Liew (Arizona State University)
“Redeeming the Political Sphere: Ibn al-Jawzi’s Reassessment of Ruler-Scholar Relations”
Sayoko Numata (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
“’Overall, we are international.’: Rethinking Narratives by East Asian-born Tatar Migrants and their
Connectivity”
Peter Good (University of Kent)
“The Indian Ocean Trade in Persian Wine: New Perspectives on Cultural Exchange”
Kaori Otsuya (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
“Circulation of Arabic Manuscripts on the History of Mecca and Medina in South Asia from the fifteenth to the
eighteenth century”
Poster Session
Yuta Arai (Kyoto University)
“How to Translate Different Cultures? Ibn Khaldūn and al-Maqrīzī on Western History”
Sachiko Nakano (Yamaguchi University)
“Trust Building and Connectivity between Muslim Refugees and the Japanese in Interpersonal Relationships:
Perspectives from the Japanese as guarantor for a refugee”
Alaa ElSharqawy (Cairo University)
“Postwar (pre-oil shock) Japanese perception of Islam and modernity (Egypt as an example)”
Yuta Hayashi (University of Tokyo)
“Connectivity in Islamic Law: Exploring the Principles of Utilizing Public Goods through the Lens of Medieval
Mālikī Jurisprudence”
Naoko Aiiso (Keio University)
“The experienced mariners as the goveners of Rhodes in the end of 16th century Ottoman Empire”
Haruka Usuki (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
“Connectivity among relatives and families through money transfers: The case of Jordan”
Emiko Sunaga (University of Tokyo)
“Perceptions of Islam in 20th century Japan from the Digital Archive of the National Diet Library”
Hitomu Kotani (Kyoto University)
“How did mosques respond to the recent major earthquakes in Japan?”
Natsuko Saji (University of Tokyo), Satoru Nakamura (University of Tokyo)
“Cataloging images of historical materials taken by individual researchers: A case study of Ottoman documents of
Bosnia”
Erina Ota-Tsukada (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies), Jun Ogawa (University of Tokyo)
“Visualizing Connectivity of 15th Century Islamic Intellectuals by Using RDF”
15:15-17:15
Session 2: “Ending impasses? Connectivity amidst conflicts”
Discussant: Shinichi Takeuchi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Nurcan Özgür Baklacıoğlu (University of Istanbul)
“Komşi Kapicik: space, connectivity and trustbuilding in divided societies”
Taberez Ahmad Neyazi (National University of Singapore)
“From Local to Digital: Transforming Resistance and Solidarity in India’s Muslim Struggle Against Hate”
Jun Kumakura (Hosei University)
“How China Created the Ethnic Minority Cadres in Xinjiang”
17:30-19:30
“Information exchange banquet” at The University of Tokyo CO-OP Cafeteria
Day 3: Sunday 3 March 2024, 09:30–12:30
09:30-12:30
Session 3: “Returning to normal? (Mis-)trust building in post-conflict societies”
Discussant: Keiko Sakai (Chiba University)
Matuan Moctar (MARADECA, Inc.), Abdullah Tirmizy (Mindanao State University)
“Loss and Rebuilding of Trust and Connectivity: The Case of the Marawi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in
Mindanao, Philippines”
Ken Miichi (Waseda University)
“Unraveling Dynamics of Post-Conflict Terrorism: A Case Study in Indonesia”
Dima de Clerck (Université Paris 1/American University of Beirut)
“Post-Civil War Reconciliations and Challenges in Lebanon”
Yukie Osa (Rikkyo University)
“Bosnian Diaspora’ s political activism and international lobby activities and its influence over homeland
peacebuilding”
Closing Remarks
Hidemitsu Kuroki (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies/Hokkaido University)
Date and Venue
March 1 (Fri) to 3 (Sun), 2024
The University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus, Building no. 12
3-8-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Access: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/access.html
Co-organizer:
Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)
“Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building” (Principal Investigator: Hidemitsu KUROKI (ILCAA/SRC),20H05826)
“Trust and Peace Building in Conflict Affected Areas” (Principal Investigator: Masako ISHII (Rikkyo University),
20H05829)
Supported by:
The University of Tokyo Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (UTCMES)
研究セミナー「オリエンタリズムと一神教：ルナンによるユダヤ教とイスラーム教」では、近著The Idea of Semitic Monotheism: The Rise and Fall of a Scholarly
Myth(Oxford
2021)でも扱われた所謂「セム的一神教」の概念の歴史的・イデオロギー的背景を巡って、特に19世紀のフランスの思想家・宗教史家エルネスト・ルナンのユダヤ教理解とイスラーム教理解に焦点が当てられます。これと関連して、本セミナーではさらに、イスラエルにおける宗教学の歴史やアブラハム宗教研究の現況についてもお話しを伺う予定です。
“Orientalism and Monotheism: Renan on Judaism and Islam”
Throughout the nineteenth century, the birth of what one may call philologia orientalisand the discovery of
the linguistic similarities between Sanskrit and European languages radically transformed the perception of
the East, much weakening the idea of a family relationship between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The case
of Ernest Renan (1823-1892) is here emblematic. By far, Renan is the central figure among French historians
of religions, and belongs to the most remarkable European scholars. The presentation will survey Renan’s
conception of Judaism and Islam, through his invention of the category of “Semitic religions.” We shall
reflect on its consequences on the study of monotheism among historians of religions, as well as on the
development of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in the last decades of the century. Further reflections will
bear on the challenges of the comparative study of the Abrahamic religions in Israel today.
“Varieties of Dualism in Late Antiquity”
During the first centuries of the Christian era, and until the last stages of late antiquity, with the birth
and early development of Islam, dualist religious movements were thriving. Dualism, which had been the core
of Zoroastrian theology for centuries, had had a powerful impact throughout the Near East, which remained
for a long time under Persian rule. Thus, dualist trends were already present in Judaism. The coming of
Christianity also brought to the emergence and development of various Gnostic trends, and of Marcion’s
dualistic heresy. In the third century, Manichaeism appeared, as a radically dualist world religion.
The purpose of my lecture is twofold. Side by side with an overview of those various dualist religious
movements, I shall seek to identify the implications of such dualism, in the hope to understand more
precisely the dynamics between monotheism and dualism.
Guy G. Stroumsais Martin Buber Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem and Professor Emeritus of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions, and Emeritus Fellow of Lady
Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. He is a Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and
holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich. He received the Humboldt Research Award, the
Leopold-Lucas Prize, and the Rothschild Prize. He is a Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite.
Author of eighteen books and one hundred and fifty articles, editor or co-editor of twenty-one books. Among
his recent publications: The Idea of Semitic Monotheism: The Rise and Fall of a Scholarly Myth(Oxford,
2021); The Crucible of Religion in Late Antiquity(Tübingen, 2021); Religion as Intellectual Challenge in the
Long Twentieth Century (Tübingen, 2021); Religions d’Abraham: histoires croisées(Geneva, 2017), The
Scriptural Universe of Ancient Christianity(Cambridge, Mass, 2016), The Making of the Abrahamic Religions in
Late Antiquity(Oxford, 2015), A New Science: the Discovery of Religion in the Age of Reason(Cambridge,
Mass., 2010), and The End of Sacrifice: Religious Transformations of Late Antiquity (Chicago, 2009;
paperback 2012; Original French edition, 2005; also Italian, German and Hebrew translations).
He has been a Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks (Washington), The Princeton Center for Hellenic Studies (Princeton),
the Istituto di Studi Avanzati (Bologna), the Annenberg Institute (Philadelphia), The Frenkel Center (Ann
Arbor), the Wissenschaftskolleg (Berlin).
He has held Visiting Professorships at the École Biblique et Archéologique Française and at the
Theologisches Studienjahr (Jerusalem), the École Pratique des Hautes Études, the École des Hautes Études en
Sciences Sociales and the Collège de France (Paris), the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa), the University of
Geneva, the Complutense University (Madrid), the Central European University (then Budapest), Pennsylvania
University (Philadelphia), the University of Chicago, the University of Montreal.
He has given titled and keynote lectures at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, London (School of
Oriental and African Studies), Jena, Bayreuth, Harvard, Leuven, Krakow, Münster, Humboldt (Berlin), at the
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (Paris).
東文研セミナー (2/16)「オスマン帝国デヴシルメ制度における少年期の比較検討」のお知らせ
東京大学東洋文化研究所では、今年1月より当研究所の訪問研究員をされているトルコのアクデニズ大学のギュライ・ユルマズ先生を講師として、下記の要領で東文研セミナー「オスマン帝国デヴシルメ制度における少年期の比較検討」"Forged
in Battle: A Comparative Examination of Boyhood Transformation in the Devşirme System" を開催することになりました。
This presentation begins on the devşirme system as a recruitment method, focusing on the selection
strategies employed for boys and how they evolved from the fourteenth to the early seventeenth century. The
second aspect of the investigation delves into the training process for boys transitioning into warriors.
This inquiry encompasses traditional weapons training, assimilation into communal life within the barracks,
and the reshaping of self-perception through concepts of prowess, brotherhood, and martyrdom. The
presentation analyzes the intricate interplay between religious beliefs, martial training, and the
construction of masculine identities. It focuses on iconic warrior groups including the janissaries,
Japanese samurais, Knights Hospitalliers of Rhodes, and Mamluk warriors, drawing parallels in their
experiences as professional soldiers from the medieval era to early modern era.
We are pleased to announce that the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia will be hosting a Tobunken seminar
with professor Gülay Yılmaz from Akdeniz University, Turkey, who has been a visiting researcher of this
institute since January of this year.
Professor Yılmaz specializes in the study of the Ottoman janissary corps, with a focus on its recruitment system
called devşirme. In this seminar, she will discuss the selection method and training process of boys under the
devşirme system from a comparative perspective.
The seminar will be held both in person and online. To register for this event, please fill in the form.
Date and time:
February 16, 2024 (Fri), 4:30pm~6:15pm
Venue:
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, 2nd Meeting Room (302)/Zoom
Speaker:
Gülay Yılmaz (Akdeniz University)
Title:
Forged in Battle: A Comparative Examination of Boyhood Transformation in the Devşirme System
In recent years, the notion of a ‘Persianate cosmopolitan,’ characterized by the literate and literary use
of Modern Persian, has gained traction in cultural histories of the early modern world. The notion was
inspired, of course, by Sheldon Pollock’s justly famous comparative study of the Latin and Sanskrit
cosmopolitan orders and the development of vernacular languages out of them.
The study of the Persianate cosmopolitan, however, has mostly focused on Central and South Asia; further
West, the Ottoman empire, though arguably part of the Persianate world, knew a much more complex linguistic
constellation, which complicates the ‘cosmopolitan narrative’ both empirically and theoretically. The
empire’s Islamic elites had not one but three cosmopolitan languages (Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish);
and non-Muslim population groups had cosmopolitan languages of their own, like, most importantly, Koine
Greek, Old Church Slavonic and the Jewish ‘Sacred Language.’
In this presentation, I will trace the early modern rise of a vernacular Kurdish literature against this
complex cosmopolitan background. Descriptively, I will focus on two Kurdish-language poems: Ehmedê
Xanî’s Mem û Zîn, the Kurdish national epic, inspired by Nizami’s Layli o Majnun, and Feqiyê Teyran’s Shêx
Sen’an, modeled after Attar’s Mantiq ut-tayr. Theoretically, I will reanalyze the vernacularization of
Kurdish in terms of resistance against what Pierre Bourdieu has called ‘literary domination.’ This concept,
although developed for modern (and Western European) societies, may be further developed for, and fruitfully
applied to, premodern and non-European settings. As such, a notion of ‘premodern literary domination’ has
considerable explanatory value in the study of cosmopolitan linguistic and literary orders more generally.
Three decades into the twenty-first century, the Middle East is as instable and violent as at any post-
World War II stage. The region has witnessed the growth of new rivalries and fault lines between locally
dominant powers like Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, and between superpowers like United States, Russia, and
– increasingly – China. In this presentation, I will explore the rapidly changing role and status of Kurdish
actors in this constellation.
The rise to power of Erdogan and the AKP in Turkey in 2002 and the 2003 American-led war in Iraq gave
unprecedented opportunities for furthering Kurdish aspirations. For a while, it even looked like different
Kurdish groups in different countries were becoming major actors if not ‘kingmakers.’ In Iraq, the Kurds
provided not only the driving force but the very model for the consociational arrangement that marked the
country’s post-Baathist constitutional order. In Turkey, the pro-Kurdish HDP made unprecedented gains not
only in local elections but for the first time also in the national parliament. And from 2012, the civil war
in Syria created the opportunity for a radical experiment in anarchist politics led by PKK-inspired Kurds in
the Jazira region, nowadays better known as Rojava. Yet, in 2023, Kurdish prospects in all these regions
look bleak.
I will briefly analyze the developments of the past decades and the major causes for Kurdish setbacks, like
the post-2015 undoing of Kurdish electoral gains in Turkey and the political and territorial reversals
following the much-publicized but ultimately backfiring 2017 referendum for Kurdish independence in the
Kurdistan Region of Iraq. One major cause for intra-Kurdish dynamics, it will emerge, has been the rivalry
between the two most powerful Kurdish parties, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), led by Abdullah Öcalan
and originating in Turkey, and the Iraq-based Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Massoud Barzani.
Despite major historical, strategic and ideological differences, it will appear that both parties share a
Leninist if not Bonapartist heritage at the level of ideology and organization. Arguably, this Leninism is
one of the enduring features of the wider region as well.
Everybody is familiar with the importance of Muhamad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhâb and the Wahhâbî movement for the
development of Islam in the modern world. Far less well known are the Kurdish-born Mawlana Khalid
al-Shahrazori and the Khalidiyya branch of Naqshbandi Sufism he created and spread. Thus, Mawlana and his
movement are completely absent in standard works on ‘modern Islam,’ like John Voll’s 1994 Islam: Continuity
and Change in the Modern World and, more recently, Ahmed Dallal’s 2018 Islam Without Europe: Traditions of
Reform in 19th-Century Islamic Thought. Yet, reformist Khalidi-Naqshbandi Sufism was arguably a major factor
in 19th- and 20th-century developments in the Ottoman empire and its successor states. Moreover, we gain a
better understanding of Mawlana Khalid by exploring not only his enduring legacy in the post-Ottoman world,
but by also paying attention to his specifically Kurdish backgrounds.
In this presentation, I will briefly trace the character and importance of Khalidi-Naqhsbandi Sufism in the
19th-century Ottoman empire and beyond, and explore to what extent it was driven by a specifically
anti-Wahhâbî animus. In conclusion, I will briefly discuss whether and how these movements may be seen as
marking distinctly ‘modern’ forms of religiosity.
お問い合わせ先：
yamaguci[at]sophia.ac.jp
International Workshop: Textual Transmission in the Islamic Manuscript Age: On the Variance, Reception and Usage
of Aḥsan al-Kibār and Qābūsnāma
Dr. Ryo Mizukami（JSPS/ILCAA）: "A 14th-Century Faḍāʾil Work Rediscovered by the Safavids: An Analysis
of Aḥsan al-Kibār and Its Oldest Manuscripts"
15:20–16:00
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Philip Bockholt（University of Münster/ILCAA）: "The Qābūsnāma as a Transregional
Mirror for Princes between the Caspian Sea, Anatolia and Syria"
16:00–16:10
Coffee break
16:10–17:00
Discussion
【発表要旨】
Dr. Ryo Mizukami（JSPS/ILCAA）: "A 14th-Century Faḍāʾil Work Rediscovered by the Safavids: An Analysis of
Aḥsan al-Kibār and Its Oldest Manuscripts"
In mid-14th century Iran, the Shiʿi scholar Muḥammad b. Abī Zayd Warāmīnī (fl. 1342–3) compiled a voluminous
unpublished Persian faḍāʾil work on the Twelve Imams entitled Aḥsan al-Kibār fī Maʿrifat al-Aʾimma al-Aṭhār.
Although few Shiʿi authors mentioned or quoted this work in the 14–15th centuries, it is known that the
second Safavid ruler Shāh Ṭahmāsp I (r. 1524–76) requested the Shiʿi scholar Zawwārī (fl. 1554–5) to compile
a revised edition of Aḥsan al-Kibār, entitled Lawāmiʿ al-Anwār. Despite its importance in the intellectual
history of Shiʿi Islam and as an exemplar of Ṭahmāsp’s policies of Shiʿitization, these two works have
received little attention.
As a first step in detailing the transformation of this faḍāʾil work 200 years after its completion, this
study will firstly examine the social background and characteristics of the Aḥsan al-Kibār. It will show
that Warāmīnī, its author, visited the Ilkhanid ruler Öljaitü (r. 1304–16) and promoted the veneration
of ʿAlī at his court, before settling down in Fīrūzān close to Iṣfahān, where he completed the work; while
praising the Twelve Imams, he filled the work with criticism of Sunni beliefs, referring to Sunnis as
“nawāṣib” (anti-ʿAlids). The second part of this study will analyze the relationship between its two oldest
manuscripts. The Dorn catalog records that the St. Petersburg manuscript was copied in 1433, indicating that
it is the only surviving manuscript copied before the Safavid period. However, this manuscript should be
considered as having been copied in the early 16th century for Ṭahmāsp by the same hand that copied the
Tehran manuscript in 1541.
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Philip Bockholt（University of Münster/ILCAA）: "The Qābūsnāma as a Transregional Mirror for
Princes between the Caspian Sea, Anatolia and Syria"
The Qābūsnāma is a well-known mirror for princes that goes back to ʿUnṣur al-Maʿālī Kay Kāvūs (or Kāʾūs) b.
Iskandar b. Qābūs b. Vushmgīr, who ruled over the Ziyarid principality on the southeast coast of the Caspian
Sea in the mid-11th century. Written for his son Gīlānshāh and dealing with matters of statesmanship,
commercial transactions or family and friendly obligations, it became one of the first works of
the Andarznāme, Pandnāme or Naṣīḥatnāme genre in Persian. In the 14th and 15th centuries, it was translated
into Old Anatolian Turkish several times. With special attention to the reception of the work at the courts
and among readers in the Eastern Mediterranean, the article examines the different forms the Qābūsnāma took
and which actors were involved in the translation processes on its journey from the Ziyarid Empire to
Anatolia during the Beylik period as well as to Mamluk Syria.
「暴力からの回復としての市場―最末期のオスマン帝国におけるアルメニア人とオリエント絨毯―／The Market as a Means of Post-Violence Recovery: Armenians and
Oriental Carpet in the Late Ottoman Empire」
「日本近世の非人集団とその社会的位置づけ―大坂の事例から―／Licensed Beggar Organizations and their Position in the Early Modern Japanese
Social Order: A Case Study of Osaka's Beggar Fraternity」
◎申し込み
事前に下記のメールへ申し込みください。トルガ・ジョラ氏の和訳論文をお送りします。
※本セミナーは、英語と日本語を併用し、通訳を介します／This workshop will be conducted in Japanese and English.
2024年1月31日(水) 14:00～17:00 (31 January 2024, Wednesday)
場所 (Venue)：
京都大学文学研究科附属羽田記念館 (Haneda Memorial Hall, Kyoto University)
（ならびにOnline (Zoom)を通した開催となります。）
14：00～14：10
開会挨拶 守川知子（東京大学）
講演１ 14：10～15：20
Michael Talbot (Greenwich University, UK)
“Ottoman fetvas on Maritime Sovereignty and Law in the Eighteenth Century”
Dr. Michael Talbot’s research explores Ottoman history in a global context through Ottoman relations with
other states and societies, including through formal and informal diplomacy and encounters at sea. He has
published on Ottoman-British relations, Ottoman Algiers, Ottomans and Southeast Asia, and Ottoman concepts
and practices of maritime sovereignty. In 2017 he published Ottoman-British Relations 1661-1807: Commerce
and Diplomatic Practice in Eighteenth Century Istanbul.
講演２ 15：40～16：50
Kristine Kostikyan (Matenadaran, Armenia)
“Some Peculiarities in the Activities of the Armenian Merchants in the Seventeenth-Eighteenth Centuries
Considered on the Basis of Persian Documents”
Dr. Kristine Kostikyan specializes in Persian source studies: documents, manuscripts and historiographies.
Her research on Persian sources refers to different issues of history of Armenian people, Iran and
Armenian-Iranian relations. Her first research was on the 19th century Persian historiography on history of
Karabagh (Mirza Yusif Nersesov, Tarikh-e Safi) in the 18th century till its annexation to the Russian
Empire, which she published in 2000. She has published four volumes the Persian decrees and sharī‘a
documents of the Matenadaran and the ‘Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts of the Matenadaran’ in English.
* Supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A) “Early Modern World and ‘Religious Identities’:
Mobility, Local Communities and State Policies”
＊なお、1月27-28日には、International Workshop "Tolerance and Intolerance in the Early Modern World"を開催します。
こちらにつきましては、1月17日までに、下記のGoogle Formよりお申し込みください。 https://forms.gle/TWn1VUjVsetoqu2L6
どうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます。
ワークショップChristians and Jews in the Late Ottoman Empire のお知らせ
This lecture will focus on the histories of two Istanbul-based urban development companies, namely Arevelyan
Tntesakan Miutiwn/ Cemiyet-i Tasarrufiyye-i Şarkiyye (Oriental Savings Company), a company established by
the upper-class Armenian entrepreneurs in 1886 and the Incirli Estate Construction Joint-Stock Company by
the former parliamentarian, Stephan Spartalian in 1917. The main purpose of these companies was similar to
many of their counterparts in the metropolitan centers around the world at the time; they aimed to create
urban rant by transforming suburban areas, particularly vakıf lands outside the walls of Istanbul, into
residential lands and sell them to middle and upper-middle class entrepreneurs. By examining the documents
both from the Ottoman Archives and the Armenian press, the lecture will first examine the process through
which the companies appropriated these lands and the ways in which they opened up the vakıf lands for
construction. Second, the lecture will discuss the profiles of the founders and the shareholders of the
companies. The profiles of the shareholders which include Istabulites of all ethno-religious communities and
from different social groups will show the diversity of people who invested in these companies to have a
share in urban rant. Last but not least, the lecture will analyze various levels of relations between the
Armenian entrepreneurs and the state authorities, and discuss to what extent the tense relations between the
Armenian community and the authorities affected the activities of these companies. Thus, the presentation
will highlight that the transformation of suburban land into residential lands was essential for the
expansion of the city outside walls of the intramural Istanbul, hence the construction companies played a
central role in the urban history of the late Ottoman capital.
※このセミナーは、JSPS科研費20KK0266の支援を受けて開催されます。
連絡先：
秋葉淳（東洋文化研究所 j-akiba[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp）
International Workshop "Tolerance and Intolerance in the Early Modern World"（27-28 Jan. 2024）のご案内
2024年1月27・28日開催予定の国際ワークショップ"Tolerance and Intolerance in the Early Modern World"のご案内を申し上げます。
ワークショップの概要とプログラムについて、以下に転記させていただきますので、そちらをご参照ください。
ご関心の皆様におかれましては、事前登録が必要ですので、以下のプログラムの下部にあるGoogle Formより登録いただきますようによろしくお願い申し上げます。
登録締切は2024年1月17日となっております。
多くの皆様のご参加をお待ちしております。
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the International Workshop “Tolerance and Intolerance in the Early Modern World” to be
held at the University of Tokyo on 27 and 28 January 2024. The workshop will explore the state-religion
interaction, and the religious identity of individuals, communities and states across Eurasia in the early
modern period.
If you would like to attend, please register using the Google Form below.
Date & Time
27 January 2024 (Saturday) 10:00-18:00 (*18:30-20:30 Reception)
28 January 2024 (Sunday) 10:00-16:00
Venue:
Conference Room, Hōbun 2 Bldg., Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo
Program:
Day 1 10:00-18:00
Tomoko MORIKAWA (The University of Tokyo)
Opening and Keynote Addresses: Tolerance, Intolerance and Religious Identities in the Early Modern World
Session 1 Chaired by Tomoko Morikawa (The University of Tokyo)
Anne BROGINI (Université Côte d’Azur)
Between Controlling and Encouraging Religious Mobility: The Order of Malta and the Non-Catholic Individuals
in Early Modern Times (16th-17th Centuries)
Genji YASUHIRA (Kyoto University)
Schoolmistresses of a Multiconfessional City: Catholic Women as Agents of Coexistence in Post-Reformation
Utrecht
Session 2 Chaired by Kana TOMIZAWA (University of Shizuoka)
Masanori SAKANO (Sophia University)
Religious Identity under the Regime of the Edict of Nantes: The Case of Seventeenth-century Saumur
Michael TALBOT (Greenwich University)
“What might Happen at the Hands of an Enraged Populace?”: Justifying Intolerance in Ottoman Algiers
Chisa MIZOBUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Aurangzeb and Elephants: Emergence of Intolerance in Mughal India
Session 3 Chaired by Masashi HIROSUE (Rikkyo University)
Kristine KOSTIKYAN (The Matenadaran)
Challenges Faced by the Armenian Christians under Shiite Islamic rule in the Early Modern Period: Aspects of
Religion and Identity
Shohei OKUBO (The University of Tokyo)
Resilience and Colonial Governance: Reconstructing a Multiethnic Coexisting in Batavia after the 1740
Chinese Massacre
Mami HAMAMOTO (Osaka Metropolitan University)
Religious Tolerance and Islam in the First Half of Nineteenth-century Russia
Day 2 10:00-16:00
Session 4 Chaired by Mihoko OKA (The University of Tokyo)
HAN Qiaoyu (The University of Tokyo)
From the Monk of the West to the Scholar of the West: Changing Religious Identity of the Jesuit Mission in
China
LYU Yaqiong (The University of Tokyo)
Constructing and Transforming Kirishitan Religious Identity: An Analysis of Discourses Surrounding the
Kirishitan God
Session 5 General Discussion
Chaired by Ryuto SHIMADA (The University of Tokyo)
* Reception will be held from 18:30 on Day 1 (27 January).
Registration will be required from the following link of Google Form by 17 JANUARY (10 days before the
symposium). https://forms.gle/TWn1VUjVsetoqu2L6
We look forward to welcoming you.
Contact: tomomo[@]l.u-tokyo.ac.jp
* This international workshop is supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A) 22H00014 “Early Modern
World and ‘Religious Identities’: Mobility, Local Communities and State Policies”
The JSPS Kakenhi research project “ ‘Sunnis’ and ‘Shiʿis’: Historical Inquiries into Confessional Identities and
Mutual Perceptions” (23H00674) and the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo are
organizing a graduate workshop on aspects of mystical thoughts in medieval Islam with Dr. Lloyd Ridgeon
(University of Glasgow) serving as the main commentator. This is an in-person event, and no previous
registration is required for participation.
Tobunken Seminar
Graduate Workshop “Al-Shaykh al-Akbar and Ustād-i Bashar: Aspects of Mystical Thoughts in Medieval Islam”
Program:
16:45–16:50
Opening Remarks
Kazuo Morimoto (Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo)
16:50–17:50
“Ibn ʿArabī’s Theory of Substance and the Primordial Cloud”
Michinari Fujiwara (Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo)
17:55–18:55
“Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī’s Ethics and ʿIrfān”
Naoki Nishiyama (Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo)
18:55–19:05
General Comments
Lloyd Ridgeon (Department of Theology, University of Glasgow)
Venue:
The University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, 3F Conference Room No. 2
(東京大学東洋文化研究所第二会議室).
*In-person only
Abstract of the first presentation:
It is relatively known that the Primordial Cloud (ʿamāʾ), where God was before creation, is the cosmological
substrate in which all existents appear for Ibn ʿArabī. This Cloud is called the only substance (jawhar) in
his cosmogony. Previous studies, however, have not paid much attention to the reason why this is the only
substance, or tried to explain it following a commentary of the so-called Ibn ʿArabī circle. This
presentation aims to clarify how Ibn ʿArabī himself demonstrates that there is no substance other than
Cloud, based on both al-Futūḥāt al-Makkīyah and Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam. These two books have been rarely
cross-referred so far because they are regarded to have different characters. However, the study implies
that al-Futūḥāt and Fuṣūṣ are consistent to some degree and can be referred to mutually in some cases.
Abstract of the second presentation:
Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 1274), renowned for inheriting Ibn Sīnā’s (d. 1037) philosophical legacy, shifted
from Ismaili to Twelver Imami amidst the Mongol conquest. During his Ismaili era, he wrote Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī,
inspired by Ibn Miskawayh’s (d. 1030) philosophical ethics outlined in Tahdhīb al-akhlāq, while in his later
years, he penned Awṣāf al-ashrāf, delving into ʿirfān, or mysticism. Although both discuss the ideal human
spirit, their arguments seemingly diverge noticeably. This presentation aims to comprehensively analyze
al-Ṭūsī’s works, highlighting that, despite his religious conversion, both of his ethical works share the
same theoretical framework. Additionally, it underscores that ʿirfān consistently plays a central role in
his ethical ideologies across these periods.
Contact Person:
Naoki Nishiyama (nishiyama[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
This event is co-hosted by the JSPS Kakenhi Project “ ‘Sunnis’ and ‘Shiʿis’: Historical Inquiries into
Confessional Identities and Mutual Perceptions” (23H00674) and Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia,
University of Tokyo, and supported by Kazuhiro Arai Laboratory, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio
University and the Japan Office, Association for the Study of Persianate Societies."
なお、Graduate
Seminarは英語で開催し、一人あたりの発表時間は40分、質疑は20分という線で考えています。セミナーは「東文研セミナー」の一環として公開にて開催しますので、業績に数えていただけます。開催形式は対面のみを考えており、開催主体は、科研費研究プロジェクト「「スンナ派」と「シーア派」：自己意識と相互認識のイスラーム史研究にむけて」（代表：森本一夫）、東京大学東洋文化研究所、慶應義塾大学商学部新井和広研究室共催、The
Japan Office, Association for the Study of Persianate Societies後援とする予定です。残念ですが、主催者側からの旅費の支弁などはできません。
科学研究費補助金基盤研究（B）「グローバル時代におけるハラール基準の標準化と多様性の動態」（代表：大形里美、九州国際大学、課題番号：22H03846）では、Dr. Syafiq Hasyim氏とDr. Johan
Fischer氏を招聘し、2024年1月21日（日）に第3回国際ワークショップ “Changes in Halal Standards and Islamic Jurisprudence: Diversity of
Halal Standards and Practices”を開催いたします。ご関心のある方のご参加をお待ち申し上げます。
なお、お申し込みの際にはポスターのQRコードをスキャンし、google formに必要事項をご記入ください。お申し込みされた方にzoomのリンク先をお知らせいたします。
Dear all,
Our research project will hold the 3rd international workshop “Standardization of Halal Standards and Dynamics of
Diversity in the Global Era”.
The purpose of our international workshop is to discuss the current situation on halal services and halal
certification systems in Muslim minority countries, the changes in halal standards in Muslim minority countries,
and the affections of halal standards of Muslim majority countries over the halal services in Muslim minority
countries.
Program Schedule of The 3rd International Workshop
Date:
January 21th (Sunday), 2024
Time:
15:00-18:00 JST (13:00-16:00 WIB)
Venue:
C21 Large Conference Room, Institute of Developing Economies (for project members only).
Online Webinar (for participants).
Registration:
Pre-register is required before January 18th. Please scan the QR-code on the poster. If you are not able to
scan the QR-code, check the following link (https://forms.gle/YomF72yRwxWMFrTo9). The link for zoom webinar
will be sent before the event.
Opening by MC: Yuji MIZUNO and Members Introduction
15:05 - 15:10
Purpose of This Project: Satomi OHGATA
15:10 - 15:55
Dr. Syafiq HASYIM (The Indonesian International Islamic University, Indonesia) “Changes in Halal
Standards in Indonesia and their Relationship to Islamic Jurisprudence”
15:55 - 16:10
Q and A
16:10 - 16:55
Dr. Johan FISCHER (Roskilde University, Denmark)
“Halal Standards and Their Stories in Europe”
16:55 - 17:10
Q and A
17:10 - 17:20
Break
17:20 - 17:55
General Discussion
17:55 - 18:00
Closing
Language:
English
For More Details:
Organizer:
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)：“Standardization of Halal Standards and the Dynamics of
Diversity in the Global Era”(Project Leader: Satomi OHGATA (Kyushu International University), 22H03846)
Co-organizer:
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B): “A Study of Tourism Experience and Religious Capital Flow in
Islamic Tourism” (Project Leader: Shin YASUDA (Takasaki City University of Economics), 21H03719)
Dear colleagues,
The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo (Tobunken) will host a lecture by Dr. Lloyd
Ridgeon (University of Glasgow) on “Denominational Dynamics within Futuwwat Literature of the Medieval Period in
Anatolia and Iran” on January 20 (Sat). Those who are interested in participating in the event are cordially
invited to register in advance by January 17 (details below).
Lecture Title:
“Denominational Dynamics within Futuwwat Literature of the Medieval Period in Anatolia and Iran”
Speaker:
Dr. Lloyd Ridgeon (Reader in Islamic Studies, the Department of Theology, University of Glasgow;
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/lloydridgeon/)
Date and Time:
January 20 (Sat), 2024, at 16:30-18:15
Venue:
The University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, 3F Conference Room No. 2
(東京大学東洋分館研究所3階、第二会議室), and online via Zoom.
Lecture Abstract:
By the medieval period, the futuwwat associations had developed in a form of “second-class” Sufism. The
authors of the majority of futuwwat treatises of the period were composed by adherents of a Sunni madhhab,
yet it is of note that their works betray no overt hostility to the Shiʿa tradition – in fact what is most
noticeable is the promotion of a form of ʿAlidisation. This may be explained by similarities in Sufi-Shiʿi
dogma, and the presence of influential Shiʿi individuals round political leaders. This presentation examines
eight individuals/futuwwat-nāmas to help elucidate whether or not there exited a tension at the heart of
society between these two denominations in Islam.
*The announcement of a graduate seminar led by Dr. Ridgeon at the University of Tokyo on January 23 (Mon) will be
released shortly. (Dr. Ridgeon will also give a lecture in Kyoto on January 16, hosted by Kyoto University).
This event is co-sponsored by the JSPS Kakenhi Project “"Sunnis" and "Shi'is": Historical Inquiries into
Confessional Identities and Mutual Perceptions” (23H00674), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University
of Tokyo, and Kazuhiro Arai Laboratory, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, and supported by
Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University, and the Japan Office, Association for the Study of
Persianate Societies.
東文研セミナー(1/20) "Military Elites in the Early Modern Islamicate World and Beyond”のお知らせ
ワークショップ "Military Elites in the Early Modern Islamicate World and Beyond” 開催（1/20）のお知らせです。
Sari Hanafi (Professor, American University of Beirut; President, International Sociological Association;
Advisor, Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies）
講演タイトル：
“From spacio-cide to geno-cide: About the war on Gaza”
Fadi Bardawil (Duke University), a researcher of contemporary Arab
thought, will talk on his book Revolution and Disenchantment: Arab
Marxism and the Binds of Emancipation (2020). We will discuss the
intellectual legacy that the Arab Left inherited since the 1960s as well
as the role they played or can play, especially in the post-Arab Spring
protests and current Palestine issue. We look forward to your
participation.
Fadi A. Bardawil is Associate Professor of Contemporary Arab Cultures in
the department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University.
He analyzes the archive of critical Arabic thought, which has been
produced in multiple languages (predominantly Arabic, French, English),
in different geographical sites, and in conversation with multiple
intellectual traditions his research moves beyond methodological
nationalism and monolingualism. His book Revolution and Disenchantment:
Arab Marxism and the Binds of Emancipation focuses on how the 1960s Arab
New Left addressed the question of mediation between theory and practice.
From Asakusa to Bursa: The Mystery of the Tortoise Charmer
（「浅草からブルサへ：”亀使い”の謎」）
内容：
Osman Hamdi Bey (1842–1910) is probably one of the best-known figures of the late-Ottoman artistic and
cultural scene. Educated in Paris (1860–8), Ottoman commissioner at the Vienna world exhibition (1873),
director of the Imperial Museum (1881–1910), he was also a prolific painter whose Orientalist style has
often been a cause for debate during the past decades. The lecture will focus on one of his works, The Man
with Tortoises (1906), also known as The Tortoise Charmer, whose representation of a dervish and tortoises
has been the object of numerous interrogations and interpretations. The presenter has contributed to the
question by bringing proof that the source of inspiration for this surprising scene was an engraving
published by the Swiss diplomat Aimé Humbert, representing a ‘tortoise charmer’ he had observed in Asakusa.
However, the mystery remains as to what may have been the Hamdi’s incentive in ‘translating’ this scene, but
also as to the nature of the original Japanese print that inspired Humbert. The lecture will revisit the
entangled history of the two works and hopefully invite specialists of Japanese iconography to shed light on
the possible origins of this bizarre and fascinating scene.
CISMOR Seminar “Madhhab-i ʿishq (The School of Love): Rūmī and the (Non)-Representation of Shiʿism in 13th
Century Anatolia”のご案内
CISMOR Seminar
Dear colleagues,
Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions (CISMOR), Doshisha University will host a lecture
by Dr. Lloyd Ridgeon (University of Glasgow) on “Madhhab-i ʿishq (The School of Love): Rūmī and the
(Non)-Representation of Shiʿism in 13th Century Anatolia” on January 12 (Fri). Those who are interested in
participating in the event are cordially invited to register in advance by January 9 (details below).
Lecture Title:
“Madhhab-i ʿishq (The School of Love): Rūmī and the (Non)-Representation of Shiʿism in 13th Century
Anatolia”
Speaker:
Dr. Lloyd Ridgeon (Reader in Islamic Studies, the Department of Theology, University of Glasgow;
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/lloydridgeon/)
Date and Time:
January 12 (Fri), 2024, at 16:00-17:45.
Venue:
Doshisha University, Imadegawa Campus, Neisei-Kan, 3F, Room No. 35 (同志社大学今出川校地 寧静（ねいせい）館 3階 ３５番教室), and
online via Zoom.
Lecture Abstract:
During the 13th century Sufism became increasingly popular in the Islamic heartlands, to the extent that it
became a “normative” and perhaps the most common expression of Islam. One of the most celebrated exponents
of Sufism is Rūmī (d. 1273) and his “School of Love” helps to explain for the relative absence of
denominational conflict between Sunnis and Shiʿas at this time. By examining the context of Sufism in the
12th and 13th centuries, and investigating Rūmī’s poetic works (such as his voluminous Dīwān and the
Mathnawī), and in particular, where he references specific individuals, events or groups of people held
sacred by the Shiʿas, it is possible to ascertain the significance that major Sunni-Sufis attributed to the
Shiʿi communities and their beliefs.
How to Participate:
Please fill in the form at https://forms.gle/mX8mzJofcP1a2DDx6, by Jan 9, at 24:00 JST. For those who will
participate online, Zoom URL will be provided by Jan 10 (Fri).
Contact Person:
Naoki Nishiyama (nishiyama[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
*The announcement of another lecture by Dr. Ridgeon in Tokyo on January 20 (Sat), and a graduate seminar led by
Dr. Ridgeon at the University of Tokyo on January 23 (Mon) will be released shortly. (Dr. Ridgeon will also give
a lecture in Kyoto on January 16, hosted by Kyoto University).
This event is co-hosted by CISMOR, Doshisha University; the JSPS Kakenhi Project “"Sunnis" and "Shiʿis":
Historical Inquiries into Confessional Identities and Mutual Perceptions” (23H00674); and Kazuhiro Arai
Laboratory, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, and supported by Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi
Studies, Kyoto University and the Japan Office, Association for the Study of Persianate Societies.
The important role and contribution of Istanbul University, Faculty of Law in law reform in Republic
of Türkiye and the short history of the Faculty of Law
11:00-11:30
特別講演 長谷部圭彦（東京大学東洋文化研究所特任研究員）
Common Experience of Japan and Türkiye: Foreign Relations, Law and Education
第1セッション
Renewable Energy in Legal Perspective
13:30-14:00
ハリル・チェチェン（カイセリ・ヌーフ・ナジ・ヤズガン大学法学部准教授）
The Impacts of the European Union Renewable Energy Law and Policies in Global Climate Change
Mitigation
14:00-14:30
河野真理子（早稲田大学法学学術院教授）
Offshore Wind Energy in International Law
14:30-15:00
質疑応答
指定討論者 マイケル・マクシミアク（早稲田大学法学研究科一年制修士課程）
第2セッション
Investments in Renewable Energy Industry
15:10-15:40
アリー・パスル（イスタンブル大学法学部教授）
Evaluation of the Investment Methods in Renewable Energy Sector in Turkey
15:40-16:10
遠山秀（早稲田リーガルコモンズ法律事務所弁護士）
Financing Renewable Energy Projects in Japan - an Overview
16:10-16:40
質疑応答
指定討論者 シャーリー・ジン（早稲田大学法学研究科一年制修士課程）
第3セッション
International Arbitration concerning Investment Disputes in Renewable Energy Projects
17:00-17:30
エリフ・オウズ・シェネセン（イスタンブル大学大学院法学研究科博士課程）
International Arbitration in Renewable Energy Investments
17:30-18:00
サイモン・ボタ（早稲田大学法学研究科一年制修士課程）
International Arbitration regarding Disputes over Renewable Energy Investments
