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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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Wadi al-Qumayra with water

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Assistant Professor Naoki UETA was awarded the Outstanding Presentation Award at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan.

Events

Symposium of the 3rd Division of the Council for Research Institutes and Centers of Japanese National Universities 2025 How to live in diversity? Realities of areas observed from multiple angles

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Introducing New Staff Vol.86 : Minori TAI

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Events

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2025/11/15(Sat) 18:30-20:30 Venue:Sanjo Conference Hall, The University of Tokyo / Online meeting

Public Lecture “What Israel’s impunity tells us about the world” by Dr. Yakov Rabkin

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium
  • Educational Traning

Date:2025/11/10(Mon) 13:00-15:00 Venue:301 : Seminar Room, ILCAA

Workshop “Researching (Post) Conflict-Affected Settings in the Middle East”

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2025/11/08(Sat) 15:00-17:00 Venue:Seminar Room 3, Hongo Satellite, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies / Online meeting

Seminar “After the Revolutions: Charting Women’s Activism in the Arab World”

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  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2025/11/04(Tue) 12:00-12:40 Venue:304 : Multimedia Conference Room, ILCAA / Online meeting

Introducing Useful Free Software (Part 1): Try the File Search Tool “Listary”

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2025/11/01(Sat) 10:00-18:00 Venue:303 : Large Conference Room, ILCAA

International Conference on Mongolian Dialects and Oral Variations

  • Public Lectures
  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2025/10/26(Sun) 14:00-17:00 Venue:Waseda University Toyama Campus, Building 38, AV Room 1

Film Symposium: The Reformist – A Female Imam

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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

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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