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Date/TimeEvent TitleDetailsVenue
Sun 19 Jan 2025
13:00–17:10		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “The Mediterranean as a Connecting Sea (jrp000281)” The 5th meeting
  • 13:00–13:10 Welcome Address: Tomoaki SHINODA (ILCAA Joint Researcher)
  • 13:10–13:50 Naoko AIISO (Keio University)
  • Official Captains in the Ottoman Navy at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century
  • 13:50–14:30 Haruka SUEMORI (Hokkaido University)
  • Formation of the Ottoman Maritime Regime in the Seventeenth Century Mediterranean: Analysis of ‘Ahd-nâmes granted to Venice
  • 14:30–15:20 Tomoaki SHINODA
  • The Most Unfortunate People in the World: The Converts in Sixteenth-Century Morocco
  • 15:20–15:40 Coffee Break
  • 15:40–16:20 Felix ARNOLD (ILCAA Joint Researcher, German Archaeological Institute)
  • How far do Ideas Travel? Defining Regional Architectural Schools across the Mediterranean
  • 16:20–17:00 Naoko FUKAMI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, JSPS Cairo Research Station)
  • The Mediterranean Sea from the viewpoint of the Islamic Architectural History; Focusing on Techniques Part II
  • 17:00–17:10 Closing remark: Tomoaki SHINODA
  • Language: English
Organized by
ILCAA
 303
Wed 22 Jan 2025
13:00–13:40		 Fieldnet workshop, the forth meeting
  • 13:00-13:30 Shirabe OGATA (ILCAA) “It’s my turn to fieldwork her fieldwork”
  • 13:30-13:40 Q&A
  • Language: Japanese
Organized by
Field Science Center (FSC), ILCAA
 503, Online meeting
Thu 23 Jan 2025
14:00–16:30		 The ILCAA All Institutional Project “Elucidating Polarization and Coexisting in Transcultural Situations: Building a Platform for “Sharing” and “Dialogue” of Humanities Knowledge Created with People from Asia and Africa”
[open]
  • Nobuaki KONDO “Introduction”
  • Honoré WATANABE “Organizing linguistic data”
  • Emi GOTO “Connecting People Who Raise Their Voices: Movements to End Sexual Violence in Egypt, Afghanistan, and Japan in the 2010s”
  • Ikuya TOKORO “An Anthropological Study of Human-Things Relationships: Multi-sited Ethnography on Pearl Cultivation (tentative title)”
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • For online participants, please visit the link here.
Organized by
ILCAA
 304, Online meeting
Sat 25 Jan 2025
13:00–18:30		 Fieldnet Lounge 2024 “Ibn ʿArabī’s Thought Reverberating in the Islamic World”
[open]
  • 13:00–13:05 Opening Remarks (ILCAA)
  • 13:05–13:15 Introduction: The Past and Present of Ibn ʿArabī Thought Studies
  • Takanori SUENO (JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
  • Session 1: New Turn on the Studies of Ibn ʿArabī’s Thought
  • 13:15–13:35
  • Ibn ʿArabī’s circular vision of the cosmos
  • Michinari FUJIWARA (The University of Tokyo)
  • 13:40–14:00
  • Ghada Said (The University of Tokyo)
  • Locating the “I” within Ibn ʿArabī ‘s Structure of the Human Psyche
  • 14:05–14:25
  • Dynamics of Letters and Names in Ibn ʿArabī’s Thought
  • Makoto SAWAI (Tenri University)
  • 14:25–14:45 Discussion
  • 14:45–15:00 Coffee Break
  • Session 2: The Regional Development of Ibn ʿArabī’s Thought
  • 15:00–15:20
  • The Ideological Influence of Ibn ʿArabī’ in the Mughal Period: Notes on Muḥibb Allāh Ilāhābādī’s Commentaries on Fuṣūṣ al-hikam and al-Futūḥāt al-makkīya
  • Yohei MORIGUCHI (Kyoto University)
  • 15:25–15:45
  • Pantheistic Ideas among the Akbarian Sufis in South Asia
  • Ryusei HOMMA (Kyoto University)
  • 15:45–16:00 Discussion
  • 16:00–16:10 Coffee Break
  • 16:10–16:30
  • The Encounter of Knowledge and Love: The Development of Ibn ʿArabī’s Thought in Irāqī
  • Kie INOUE (Meiji University)
  • 16:35–16:55
  • Quotation, Interpretation and Manipulation: Intellectual Relationship between Ibn ʿArabī and Ibrahīm Niyās
  • Takanori SUENO (JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
  • 16:55–17:10 Discussion
  • 17:10–17:20 Coffee Break
  • 17:20–18:05 General Comment
  • 17:20–17:35 Comment 1: Yasushi TONAGA (Kyoto University)
  • 17:35–17:50 Comment 2: Satoshi OGURA (ILCAA)
  • 17:50–18:05 Comment 3: Shigeru KAMADA (The University of Tokyo)
  • 18:05–18:25 General Discussion
  • 18:25–18:30 Closing Remarks
  • Makoto SAWAI (Tenri University)
  • For details, please see here.
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • No pre-registration is needed.
  • Contact: sueno.takanori.23[at]gmail.com (Please change [at] to @)
Jointly sponsored by
ILCAA, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows “A Study of Modern and Contemporary Islamic Thought in West Africa: Analysis of Qu’ranic Exegesis” (Principal Investigator: Takanori SUENO (The University of Tokyo) Project Number: 22KJ1192)
 Hongo Satellite 4F Seminar Room
Wed 29 Jan 2025
15:00–16:00		 Commons Café: The Present State of Academic Book Publishing and Prototyping
[open]
  • We will be considering the significance and future of academic books for researchers and society with Kan Tomohiro, who works as an editor of academic books and also conducts research as a fieldworker, while working on books in cultural anthropology and other fields. After an introduction to the work of editing academic books, we will hold a discussion on “the prototype of expensive academic books” in the second half, and together with the participants, we will clarify the current issues and the future.
  • Presenters: Kan Tomohiro (Editor, Shumpusha Publishing and Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University)
  • Moderator: Shu Fujita (TUFS Field Science Commons)
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here.
  • Please contact: tufisco-office[at]tufs.ac.jp (TUFiSCo) (please change [at] to @)
Jointly sponsored by
ILCAA, TUFS Field Science Commons
 405, Online meeting
Mon 3 Feb 2025
13:30–15:00		 ILCAA Joint Research Group “Dynamism of Cultural Contact in South Asia”
[open]
  • Nobuhiro OTA (ILCAA) “A history of a South Indian kingdom in the vernacular, written during the period of colonisation: The introduction and preliminary analysis of Rajendra Nama”
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here.
Organized by
ILCAA Joint Research Group “Dynamism of Cultural Contact in South Asia”
 Online meeting
Tue 4 Feb 2025
– Thu 6 Feb 2025		 Follow-up meeeting of Intensive language course (Mundari)
  • 4 Feb
  • 9:00–12:00 Mundari Grammar
  • 13:30–16:30 Mundari Reading and Translation
  • 5 Feb
  • 9:00–12:00 Mundari Reading and Translation
  • 13:30–16:30 Mundari Reading and Translation
  • 6 Feb
  • 9:00–12:00 Mundari Writing
  • Language: Japanese
Organized by
ILCAA
 306
Fri 7 Feb 2025
13:30–18:15		 Fieldnet Lounge 2024 “The Middle East and Islam in Takarazuka: Japanese Orientalism in the Takarazuka Revue”
[open]
  • This symposium will gather researchers from diverse fields, many of whom focus on the Middle East and Islam, to utilize knowledge gained through fieldwork and document analysis. The aim is to examine various aspects of how the Middle East and Islam are represented in Japan’s popular theater, the Takarazuka Revue, and to explore its impact on society from the perspective of Japanese Orientalism. This examination will highlight how the Takarazuka Revue, while influenced by Western Orientalist perspectives, also sought to reflect Japan’s own viewpoint as an Oriental nation in its portrayals of the Middle East. By presenting an example of Japanese Orientalism, this symposium aims to contribute to the critical discourse on Orientalism in the study of Japanese cultural representation. Additionally, it will provide an opportunity for networking among scholars, allowing young researchers to share their expertise on the shared theme of the representation of the Middle East and Islam in the Takarazuka Revue.
  • 13:30–13:35 Opening Remarks
  • 13:35–13:45 Statement of Purpose
  • Konomi MURAYAMA (Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science / the University of Tokyo)
  • 13:45–14:10
  • Ayaka KURODA (Kyoto University)
  • “North Africa Depicted in the Takarazuka Revue”
  • 14:10–14:35
  • Marina HAMANAKA (Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)
  • “Representations of the Orient in the Takarazuka Revue”
  • 14:35–15:00
  • Konomi MURAYAMA (Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science / the University of Tokyo)
  • “Persia in the Takarazuka Revue”
  • 15:00–15:15 Commentary
  • Ayaka YOKOYAMA (Graduate School, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
  • 15:15–15:30 Q&A Session
  • 15:30–15:40 Break
  • 15:40–16:05
  • Emiko KATSUKI (Waseda University)
  • “The Middle Eastern World and Stage Makeup in Takarazuka Revue”
  • 16:05–16:30
  • Naglaa HAFEZ (Banha University)
  • “The Reception of the Middle Eastern Literature in the Takarazuka Theatre in the Pre-war to the Post-war Period from a Gender and Orientalism Perspective”
  • 16:30–16:45 Q&A Session
  • 16:45–16:55 Break
  • 16:55–17:10 Commentary
  • Ayaka YOKOYAMA (Graduate School, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
  • 17:10–17:30 General Discussion
  • 17:30–17:40 Closing Remarks
  • Konomi MURAYAMA
  • 17:40–18:15
  • Information Exchange Session
  • For details, please see here.
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here. Registration deadline is 4th Feb.
  • Contact: mkonomi[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @)
Organized by
ILCAA
 303
Sat 8 Feb 2025
13:00–17:00		 Fieldnet Lounge 2024 “Intersecting Lives: Muslim Migrant Practices and Social Dynamics in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan”
[open]
  • 13:00–13:05 Opening Remarks by Fieldnet
  • 13:05–13:10 Introduction of the Workshop’s Objectives: Rina Komiya (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
  • 13:10–13:30 Hirofumi Okai (Kyoto Sangyo University): “Muslim communities in Japan: Focusing on activities and roles of mosques in Japan”
  • 13:30–13:50 Tanzina Hossain (Tokyo Metropolitan University): “Living as a Muslim in Japan: Experiences of Professionals and Students”
  • 13:50–14:00 Break
  • 14:00–14:40 Yi Soo Jeong (Sogang University, Korea): “Lives of Muslim Migrants and Their Acculturation in Korea”
  • 14:40–15:00 Masashi Nara (National Museum of Ethnology): “Entwined Ethnicity and Religiosity: Dynamics of Muslim Communities in Taiwan”
  • 15:00–15:10 Break
  • 15:10–15:40 Guest Lecture 1: Rurika Hasegawa (NPO Human Welfare Association): “As a Rohingya Japanese”
  • 15:40–16:10 Guest Lecture 2: Sai Heijun (Representative of Koryoji International Cemetery): “A Burial Cemetery Transcending Religion, Denomination, Ethnicity, and Nationality”
  • 16:10–16:20 Break
  • 16:20–16:50 Panel Discussion: “Social Perceptions of Muslim Migrants, Islamophobia, and Resilience”
  • Facilitator: Rina Komiya (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
  • Panelists: Hirofumi Okai (Kyoto Sangyo University), Tanzina Hossain (Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School), Yi Soo Jeong (Sogang University), Masashi Nara (National Museum of Ethnology), Rurika Hasegawa (NPO Human Welfare Association), Heijun Sai (Representative of Koryoji International Cemetery)
  • 16:50–17:00 Closing Remarks and Group Photo
  • For details, please see here.
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here. Registration deadline is 31st Jan.
  • Contact: komiya-rina[at]ed.tmu.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @)
Organized by
ILCAA
 303
Sat 8 Feb 2025
14:00–17:00		 Field Linguistics Workshop: Grammatical Studies Workshops 27
[open]
  • 13:50 Doors Open
  • 14:00–14:15 Makoto FURUMOTO (ILCAA Junior Fellow)
  • Introduction
  • 14:15–14:55 Aoi MATSUOKA (JSPS/Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
  • “Between Synonymy and Suppletion: Focusing on 'Incomplete Suppletion' in the Yanagawa Dialect of Fukuoka Japanese”
  • 14:55–15:35 Shuya MATSUOKA (Osaka University/JSPS)
  • “Grammatical Description of Demonstrative concerning Arabic and Hausa”
  • 15:35–16:15 Mathieu BEAUDOIN (JSPS/ILCAA)
  • “The Tangut heuristics of labels and types in language description”
  • 16:15–16:30 Break
  • 16:30–17:00 All participants
  • Discussion
  • Coordinators: Makoto FURUMOTO
  • Ⅾiscussants: Rihito SHIRATA (Hiroshima University)
  • Language: Japanese, English
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here.
  • For details, please see here.
Organized by
Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa (DDDLing)”
 303, Online meeting
Sat 8 Feb 2025
– Sun 9 Feb 2025		 NIHU Global Area Studies Program: The Global Mediterranean and Indian Ocean World Studies Joint International Workshop
[open]
  • Global Perspectives on Persian Art: Reception, Representation, and Identity
  • Building on recent scholarship that explores the shaping of the notion of “Persian art” by the activities of artists, scholars, collectors, and dealers, this workshop aims to expand the understanding of Persian art through a trans-regional lens, focusing on Asia. An international extension of the workshop, “The Representation of Epistemological Self and Other in Modern Asia,” held in February 2024, this event seeks to examine how Persian art was perceived and represented through publications, museum exhibitions, and architecture within the global context of the 19th and 20th centuries. Through a series of case studies, the workshop will explore the reception of Persian art in Japan, India, and Iran, highlighting the influence of cross-cultural exchanges and global networks on its meanings and representations.
  • The first day of the workshop will shed light on the reception of Persian art in Japan and India, with papers that address historiography, collection history, and architecture. The discussion topics will include the role of historiography in shaping discourses on Japan-Iran relations, the history of Japanese encounters with Persian art, and the use of Persian elements in Indo-Saracenic architecture and its impact on the redefinition of Indian identity. The focus on the second day will shift to the context of modern Iran, with the objective of challenging monolithic art historical narratives. The papers will address the definition of national culture in Iranian museums as well as the role of modernist architects from Iran’s religious minorities in the circulation of the International Style. Ultimately, the workshop aims to deepen our understanding of the complexities surrounding Persian art, examining its interpretation, transformation, and redefinition within both national and international frameworks.
  • Program:
  • 8 Feb
  • Chair: Yui Kanda (ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
  • 14:00–14:05 Welcoming Address
  • Minoru Mio (NIHU Global Area Studies Program representative, National Museum of Ethnology)
  • 14:05–14:10 Introduction
  • Zahra Moharramipour (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
  • 14:10–15:00 Zahra Moharramipour (International Research Center for Japanese Studies):
  • Tracing Sasanian Art Historiography: The Intersection of Japanese and Persian Art Histories in the Early 20th Century
  • 15:00–15:10 Coffee Break
  • 15:10–16:00 Yumiko Kamada (Keio University):
  • Reception of Persian Art Objects in Japan
  • 16:00–16:10 Coffee Break
  • 16:10–17:00 Aki Toyoyama (Kindai University):
  • Reimagining the Persianate and Exotic in Indo-Saracenic Palaces of Hyderabad and Mysore
  • Commentator: Kenji Kuroda (National Museum of Ethnology)
  • 9 Feb
  • Chair: Yuriko Yamanaka (National Museum of Ethnology)
  • 10:10–11:00 Yuki Terada (Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo):
  • Museums in Iran and Identity Formation – Continuities, Changes, and Challenges
  • 11:00-11:10 Coffee Break
  • 11:10–12:00 Talinn Grigor (UC Davis): Circulating Irano-Armenian Architects and the International Style in and out of Modern Iran
  • 12:00–12:10 Coffee Break
  • 12:10–13:00 Comments and Discussion
  • Commentator: Zahra Moharramipour (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
  • 13:00–14:30 Lunch Break
  • 14:30–15:30 Museum Tour
  • 15:30–17:00 Discussion
  • Language: English
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here.
Jointly sponsored by
NIHU Global Mediterranean at ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; NIHU Global Mediterranean at the National Museum of Ethnology; NIHU Indian Ocean World Studies at the National Museum of Ethnology; “Various Aspects of Islamic Art” Working Group at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
 Seminar room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
Sun 9 Feb 2025
12:50–18:00		 Readers of the Qur’an: Beyond Boundaries
[open]
  • This workshop focuses on how and by whom the Qur’an, the Islamic book of revelation, has been read. In the past, the primary readers of the Qur’an were the ulama, or Muslim male intellectuals, who were professionally trained in Arabic and Islamic studies. Since the twentieth century, however, improvements in literacy rates, the advent of new media, and the proliferation of translations have significantly expanded the readership of the Qur'an, irrespective of intellectual background, gender, or religious affiliation. This workshop will facilitate a discussion between scholars who have conducted research on the reception and translation of the Qur'an. The objective is to consider and discuss recent variations and changes in the readers and the ways of reading of the Qur’an, as well as its future trajectory. Additionally, the workshop will serve as a platform for sharing the participants’ experiences and insights related to their engagement with the Qur’an.
  • 12:50 Recitation of the Qur’an by Imam Hasanxon Yahyo Abdulmajid
  • 13:00 Introduction (Dr. Emi Goto, ILCAA, TUFS)
  • Part 1: Global Experiences
  • 13:10 “Doing the Qur’an Justice in English”
  • Prof. Shawkat Toorawa
  • 13:40 ’The Qur’an Education in Central Asia: Past and Today”
  • Imam Hasanxon Yahyo Abdulmajid
  • 14:20 ’The Qur’an and Constructive Theology”
  • Dr. Celene Ibrahim
  • 14:50 “Qur’an Behind the Veil: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Pakistani Women”
  • Dr. Emiko Sunaga (ILCAA, TUFS)
  • 15:20 Break
  • Part 2: Japanese Experiences
  • 15:40 “Trends of the Qur’an in Japanese: Predecessors and My Task”
  • Dr. Makoto Mizutani
  • 16:10 “Paradigm Shift: From Japanese Norms to Quranic Worldview”
  • Dr. Hani Abdelhadi
  • 16:40 “The Qur’an as a ‘Classic’: Some Approaches for Non-Muslim Readers”
  • Dr. Emi Goto
  • 17:10 Break
  • Part 3: Discussion
  • 17:20 Comment＆Moderator: Prof. Jin Noda (ILCAA, TUFS)
  • 17:50 Closing Remarks: Prof. Masato Iizuka (ILCAA, TUFS)
  • Language: English
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here. Registration deadline is 7th Feb.
  • Contact: emi-gto[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @)
Organized by
ILCAA
 303
Wed 12 Feb 2025
– Fri 14 Feb 2025		 Follow-up meeeting of Intensive language course (Khakas)
  • 12 Feb
  • 10:00–11:00 Grammar review
  • 11:10–12:10 Grammar review
  • 13:10–14:20 Grammar review
  • 14:30–15:30 Reading texts
  • 15:40–16:40 Student’s presentation or Reading texts
  • 13 Feb
  • 10:00–11:00 Grammar review
  • 11:10–12:10 Grammar review
  • 13:10–14:20 Reading texts
  • 14 Feb
  • 10:00–11:00 Grammar review
  • 11:10–12:10 Reading texts
  • 13:10–14:20 Reading texts
  • Language: Japanese
Organized by
ILCAA
 301
Fri 14 Feb 2025
14:00–18:00		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “Multi-disciplinary Study on the Interactions between Islamism and Socio-cultural Factors in Southeast Asia: From Micro and Macro Perspectives (jrp000288)” The 6th meeting
  • Program:
  • 14:00–16:00 Momo SHIOYA（The University of Shimane）“Practical Instruction on Foreign Culture: Focusing on Islam.”
  • 16:10–18:00 “Multilayered Structure of the Syrian Civil War and its Location in the Islamic World.”
  • Language: Japanese
Organized by
KKLO
 306
Sat 15 Feb 2025
14:00–15:30		 Workshop: Pictorial culture in Aztec and its surroundings
[open]
  • 14:00– Shintaro Arakawa (ILCAA) Introduction
  • 14:10– Mitsuya Sasaki (Institute of Science Tokyo) “Pictorial culture in Aztec and its surroundings”
  • 15:10–15:30 Discussion
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here.
Jointly sponsored by
ILCAA Joint Research Project “Construction of Method of Studies on Asian Scripts (3)”, Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing)
 Online meeting
Sun 16 Feb 2025
10:00–15:00		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “Construction of Method of Studies on Asian Scripts (3): Construction of the glossary of terms in the studies of script (jrp000283)” The 6th meeting
  • 10:00 All participants Discussion on the terms for the studies on scripts (1)
  • 13:00 All participants Discussion on the terms for the studies on scripts (2)
  • Language: Japanese
Organized by
Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa”(DDDLing)
 Online meeting
Tue 18 Feb 2025
10:00–18:30		 Learn fieldwork through video editing
[open]
  • Shu FUJITA (TUFS Field Science Commons) Learn fieldwork through video editing
  • Guest lecturer: Daisaku HASHIZUME (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Sustainable System Sciences, Osaka Metropolitan University)
  • Fieldwork consists of experiencing things in the field, considering about what you feel and think there, and expressing them in written or visual form. In this workshop, you will learn about the process of thinking about and expressing field experiences by editing the video footage that Daisaku HASHIZUME took during his anthropological fieldwork in Solomon Islands. By editing the footage based on the fieldwork, you will be able to “think like” you are thinking from the fieldwork. Even if you have never edited a video or done fieldwork before, please come and join us.
  • Chair: Shu FUJITA
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • Language: Japanese
  • For registration, please see here.
  • Contact: fujitashu[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @)
Organized by
TUFS Field Science Commons
 405
Fri 21 Feb 2025
13:30–18:00		 2nd Symposium on “Overcoming Social Division and achieving Diversity through Embodiment”
[open]
  • After the presentations by one of the members of this research project, this symposium will screen the documentary film “Only I Can Hear” which focuses on CODA (Children Of Deaf Adults), children who grew up with hearing-impaired parents. The film, directed by Itaru Matsui, who has been creating films with the theme of “the untold stories of people living on the margins of society,” has been selected for HotDocs, the largest documentary film festival in North America, in 2021, and is currently being screened around the world.
  • In addition to the screening of the film, this symposium will include a talk session with the director himself, the project’s contributors, and participants to discuss various social divisions, including those between “able-bodied” and “disabled” people, and the possibility of bridging them. Through discussions with participants from diverse perspectives, including researchers in philosophy and cultural anthropology, visual artists, and people with disabilities, we will attempt to think together about various types of divisions and discrimination, and to seek clues toward their dissolution.
  • 13:30–13:40 Ikuya TOKORO (ILCAA) “Introduction”
  • 13:40–14:10 Shojiro KOTEGAWA (Kokugakuin Univ.) “Lecture”
  • 14:10–14:20 Break
  • 14:20–15:40 Screening of “Only I Can Hear”
  • 15:40–15:50 Commentary by Director Itaru MATSUI
  • 15:50–16:00 Break
  • 16:00–16:20 Kazuyo MORITA (NPO P’spot14) “Comments 1”
  • Ran MURATSU (ILCAA) “Comments 2”
  • 16:20–17:20 Talk session
  • 17:20–17:50 Discussion
  • 17:50–18:00 Closing
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here.
Jointly sponsored by
the Core Research Project in Anthropology "Anthropological Inquiry into Sociality: Mechanisms of Tolerance/Intolerance in Transcultural Contexts.Topic-Setting Program to Advance Cutting-Edge Humanities and Social Sciences Research “Overcoming Social Divisions and achieving Diversity through Embodiment”
 303
Thu 27 Feb 2025
9:00–18:00		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “Clarification of the Actual Situation of Agro-pastoral Complex Frontier in the Trans- Himalayan Region: From the approach of vocabulary study－ (jrp000297)” The 2nd meeting
  • 9:00 Masahiro HIRATA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine) “Opening address”
  • Session 1: Survey report for FY2024
  • 9:10–10:10 Masahiro HIRATA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine) “Fermentation culture of agro-pastoral complex in Sikkim on the southern slope of the Trans- Himalayan Region: a report on the field survey in FY2024”
  • 10:10–10:40 Shiho Ebihara (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyoto University) “Field report on the vocabulary of pastoral culture in West Sikkim”
  • 10:40–11:00 Coffee break
  • 11:00–11:30 Yuri KOMATSUBARA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Meiji University) “Report on the Research of Historical Artifacts in Darjeeling, India: A Modern History of an Agro-pastoral Complex Frontier”
  • 11:30–13:00 Lunch
  • 13:00–15:00 Mizuho KUMAGAI (Kyoto University) “Comparative analysis of the Balti, a Tibetan ethnic group in Pakistan, and the Wakhi, a Persian-speaking nomadic pastoralist”
  • Session on sheep managing practices in the trans-Himalayan region
  • 15:15–17:00 GUNTHARGYA (Amdo-Tibetan agro-pastoralist, Interpreter: Yusuke BESSHO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Komazawa University)) “Current situation of sheep flock management in a ago-pastoral village in southern Amdo”
  • 17:00–18:00 LUOZANGYIXI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine) “Current situation of sheep flock management by the Amdo Tibetan pastoralist in dngul rwa zhol ma Township, Machu County, South Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province”
  • Language: Japanese, Tibetan
Jointly sponsored by
Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa”(DDDLing), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) “Tibetan Cultural Lexis Database Project” (Principal Investigator: Izumi HOSHI (ILCAA) Project Number: 20H04480)
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Fri 28 Feb 2025
15:00–18:00		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “Phonetic typology from cross-linguistic perspectives (phase 2) (jrp000294)” The 3rd meeting
  • 15:00–15:55
  • “The acoustics of fortis and lenis sonorants in Teotitlán Zapotec: A preliminary investigation”
  • Hiroto Uchihara (ILCAA Joint Researcher, TUFS), Maho Morimoto (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Chuo University) , and Ambrocio Gutiérrez Lorenzo (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • 16:00–16:55
  • “The laryngeal contrasts of Vietnamese Pa Then laterals and other onsets: Based on acoustic and EGG data”
  • Sho Yamaoka (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Tsukuba University) and Thu Quynh Nguyen (Thai Nguyen University of Education)
  • 17:00–17:55
  • “Analyzing Japanese /r/ using ultrasound”
  • Maho Morimoto (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Chuo University) and Takayuki Nagamine (University College London)
  • Language: English
Organized by
Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa (DDDLing)
 304, Online meeting
Tue 4 Mar 2025
13:00–18:00		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “The Anthropological Study of Hope in the Asia-Pacific Region： Future Prospects through New Bodily Practices (jrp000299)” The 3rd meeting
  • 13:00–13:10 Hiroki FUKAGAWA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kobe University) Introduction
  • 13:10–14:10 Masakazu TANAKA (Professional Institute of International Fashion)
  • “How Hopeful are Autoethnographical Texts? Inspired by Elaine Scarry and Michel Foucault’s Ideas of Confession.”
  • 14:10–15:10 All participants Q&A
  • 15:30–16:30 Takeshi MATSUSHIMA (Hirosima University) “Walter Benjamin and “Natural” Farming”
  • 16:30–17:30 All participants Q&A
  • 17:30–18:00 Discussion / Planning for the next meeting
  • Language: Japanese
Jointly sponsored by
ILCAA, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) “Anthropology of Hope in the Asia-Pacific Region: Future Prospects through New Bodily Practices” (Principal Investigator: Hiroki Fukagawa (Kobe University) Project number: 24K00183)
 Hongo Satellite 3F Seminar Room
Wed 5 Mar 2025
15:30–17:00		 Global Mediterranean Workshop“Persianate Culture in Southeast Asia”
[open]
  • Majid Daneshgar (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University)
  • “Malay Persianate Poetic Anthologies and the Rise of an Inclusive Archipelago”
  • Abstract:
  • Malay Persianate Poetic Anthologies and the Rise of an Inclusive Archipelago
  • Majid Daneshgar
  • The role played by Persian materials in Malay-Indonesian history and literature has been the subject of scholarly debates since the late 19th century. However, whether Malays were interested in or able to produce purely Persian works in the heart of Southeast Asia remained unanswered. Through this lecture, Daneshgar demonstrates that Malays not only read and recited Persian poetic lines but also produced several poetic anthologies in the Persian language for more than four hundred years. This research will also highlight how Persianism used to be welcomed in scholarly and public Malay spheres.
  • Language: English
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required (deadline 16:00 (JST), March 3)
  • For registration, please see here.
  • Zoom information will be sent by 23:59 (JST), March 3.
  • Contact: gmed.ilcaa[at]gmail.com (Please change [at] to @)
Organized by
The Global Mediterranean at ILCAA
 301, Online meeting
Sat 8 Mar 2025
13:30–18:30		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “The Origin of "Sharing": Aspects of Coexistence in Humans and Nonhuman Primates (jrp000287)” The 7th meeting
  • 1. Masaki SHIMADA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Teikyo University of Science) “What humans/animals share through play”
  • 2. Mari NISHIKAWA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of Human Environments) “Alarm calls as sharing information” (Tentative)
  • Language: Japanese
Jointly sponsored by
ILCAA, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “The Origin and Evolution of Sociality: Developing new theories of human evolution based on collaboration between anthropology and primatology” (Principal Investigator: Kaori KAWAI(ILCAA) Project Number: 19H05591)
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Fri 14 Mar 2025
13:30–17:30		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “Ethnography on Youth ‘hustles’ in Eastern Africa: their imagination and practice (jrp000300)” The 5th meeting
  • Presentations about the ‘hustle’ as a concept from each field.
  • Chair: Wakana SHIINO (ILCAA)
  • 1) Keiya HANABUCHI (Hokkaido Medical Univ/ Joint researcher)
  • 2) Takuma OTANI (Ritsumeikan Univ/ Joint researcher)
  • 3) Enos Kitambo (Gulu Univ/ Joint researcher)
  • 4) Yukiko KONDO (Ehime Univ/ Joint researcher)
  • Language: English
Organized by
ILCAA
 405，Online meeting
Fri 14 Mar 2025
14:30–18:30
- Sat 15 Mar 2025
10:00–13:00		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “Research on African Food Cultures: Approaching Their Changing Realities (jrp000289)” The 6th meeting
  • 14 Mar
  • 14:00–16:15 Hisashi MATSUMOTO (Yokohama National University) and Yukihiro KAWAGUCHI (Tohoku University)
  • Research Presentation “Tasting Japan in Nigeria: Movement of People and Food”
  • 16:30–18:30 Isao MURAHASHI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Shizuoka Prefectural University)
  • Research Presentation “Dietary Changes of the Lopit People in South Sudan: A Comparison of Villages and Refugee Camps”
  • 15 Mar
  • 10:00–12:00 Hana SHIMOYAMA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
  • Research Presentation “Dietary Characteristics in the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia: A Study on the Consumption Change and Continuity of a Root Crop Enset” and the Comment on the Research Presentation by Toshikazu TANAKA (The Graduate School of Project Design)
  • 12:15–13:00 Takeshi FUJIMOTO (ILCAA Joint Researcher,University of Toyama)
  • Research Liaison “Report for 2024 Fiscal Year and Plan for 2025 Fiscal Year”
  • Language: Japanese
Jointly sponsored by
ILCAA, Japan African Food Culture Study Group
 University of Shizuoka, Online meeting
Sat 19 Apr 2025
13:30–17:30		 Haram Document Seminar with Prof. Dr. Konrad Hirschler
[open]
  • Haram Document Seminar with Prof. Dr. Konrad Hirschler
  • Language: English
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here. Registration deadline is at noon 3th Mar.
  • Contact: gmed.ilcaa[at]gmail.com (Please change [at] to @)
Jointly sponsored by
Global Mediterranean at ILCAA, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Principal Investigator: Masatomo KAWAMOTO (Nara University) Project number: 21H00580)
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