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The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA) is a joint research center attached to the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. It conducts research activities in Asia and Africa under the following three missions.

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Applications are now being accepted for TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo) Specially Appointed Researchers.

Monthly Photos

Dec 2025 : Deciphering the Construction Date of a Mosque Hidden in Its Mosaic Tiles

Events

Commons Cafe "Embroidery Making under Occupation and Women's Independence in Palestine"

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Introducing New Staff Vol.87 : Mostafa KHALILI

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Events

  • TUFiSCo
  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2025/12/17(Wed) 15:00-17:30 Venue:405 : Commons Lab., ILCAA

Commons Cafe "Embroidery Making under Occupation and Women's Independence in Palestine"

  • TUFiSCo
  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2025/12/19(Fri) 15:00-17:00 Venue:TUFS Learning Commons, 4F, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Library

Let's Try Editing Wikipedia Articles about South Asia

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2026/01/10(Sat) 14:00-17:00
2026/01/11(Sun) 10:00-17:00
Venue:Science Tokyo

Stuttering Design Lecture&Workshop with Conor Foran

  • TUFiSCo
  • Public Lectures
  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2026/01/11(Sun) ~ 01/12(Mon) 13:00-16:30 Venue:TUFS Hongo Satellite 3F Seminar Room

Calligraphy and Tazhib—Persian Art Experience Workshop—

  • J-Peaks
  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2026/01/11(Sun) 14:00-16:00 Venue:Online/Hoyu Hair Color Museum

2025 Academic Year, 2nd Session: Tattoo Culture Research Seminar

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Core Projects

言語学
Describing and documenting language dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a deeper understanding of the languages and cultures of people living in Asia and Africa
人類学
Anthropological Explorations into Sociality: Transcultural Situations and Mechanisms of Tolerance/Intolerance
歴史学・地域研究
Field Archiving of "Memory": Understanding the Dynamics of Symbiotic Societies Connected by Islam

Pickup Publications

2025.07.10

Toda DictionaryPeri Bhaskararao (author); Masato Kobayashi (ed.)

2025.06.30

Pupulu In Daek Klapa: Two Folktales from BolokYanti, Dominikus Tauk, Asako Shiohara (eds.)

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Research Projects

ILCAA Joint Research Projects, conducted by the staff members of the Institute and external researchers, constitute the core of research activities at ILCAA as an international research center.

Joint Research Group is a new framework launched in 2019 to foster incipient research projects based on new creative ideas.

In order to conduct research on the languages and cultures of Asia and Africa, the staff of ILCAA apply for various external funds, such as Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) and other research grants by private organizations.

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