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Mon 13 Nov 2023
– Fri 8 Dec 2023		 Mini Exhibition “Dance, Music and Theater in Bali: Performing arts in village life as seen in photographs and performing objects”
[open]
  • In Bali, Indonesia, performing arts are performed at various religious ceremonies and community events. This project introduces the performing arts as they exist in village life by exhibiting photographs taken during fieldwork and performing objects (masks, shadow puppets, etc.) collected by Yukako Yoshida (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies), who specializes in the anthropology of the performing arts.
Jointly sponsored by
TUFS Field Science Commons, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Library
 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Library2F
Sun 19 Nov 2023
14:30–17:30
Sun 10 Dec 2023
14:30–17:30		 Workshop “Doing fieldwork on everyday life 1, life 2”
[open]
  • ■Workshop “Doing fieldwork on everyday life 1”
  • Sun 19 Nov
  • ■Workshop “Doing fieldwork on everyday life 2”
  • Sun 10 Dec
  • [Overview]
  • Anthropology has long considered the fieldwork, thinking through experiences in different cultures and places as essential. In this workshop, while rooted in such fieldwork methodologies, participants will conduct fieldwork on their own everyday lives through exercises. The aim is to gain new perspectives on everyday life and the world. On the first session, November 19th, after an introduction to anthropology and fieldwork, we will engage in several exercises to estrange familiar sensations and bodies in everyday life. Between the first and second session, participants will work on creating works on specific themes as extracurricular exercises. On the second session, December 10th, we will present and discuss our respective works and insights. Participants who have not previously experienced anthropology, fieldwork, or art are welcome to join.
  • ※This event is an experimental project aimed at the creation of new field science methods. The content of the event will be utilized in the research of the organizers, and individual works are planned to be publicly showcased as collective art on a website
  • Language: Japanese
  • Eligibility: Those interested in fieldwork, anthropology, and art (undergraduate students and above). Participants must be able to attend in-person on both days.
  • Capacity: 12 participants (first-come, first-served in case of a high number of applications).
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here.
  • Contact: tufisco-office[at]tufs.ac.jp (TUFiSCo Office, please replace [at] with @)
    • Jointly sponsored by
    TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo) , ILCAA Core Project (Anthropology) “Anthropological Inquiry of Sociality: Dynamics of Tolerance/Intolerance in Transcultural Contexts”, Topic-Setting Program“Overcoming Social Division and Achieving Diversity through Embodiment”
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Sat 2 Dec 2023
, Sat 23 Dec 2023
10:00–12:00		Islamic Trust Studies Workshop “RDF hands-on seminar for data-driven research Part. 1”
[open]
  • A series of hands-on seminars for skill acquisition of RDF and digitization by the method will be held jointly by Publicly Offered Research “Visual Analyses of Nominal Connectivity among 14th to 16th Century Arab Urban Elites,” C01, and Area Organizer's “ITS' Kitchen” of the Islamic Trust Studies Project.
  • Details:
  • Day 1: “Introduction to RDF”
  • Saturday, December 2, 2023 10:00–12:00
  • Lecturer : Jun OGAWA (Center for Open Data in the Humanities)
  • Day 2: “Describing the connectivity in the fifteenth century biographical works adopting the Semantic Web”
  • Saturday, December 23, 2023 10:00–12:00
  • Presentation: Erina OTA (ILCAA)
  • Comment: Jun OGAWA
  • Language: Japanese
  • Conditions: Open to the public, Admission Free, Online
  • For registration, please see here.
  • Deadlime：Wednesday, November 29 (After the deadline, please contact to the organizer)
  • Zoom Link will be sent on Friday, November 30
Jointly sponsored by
Grant-in Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) “Visual Analyses of Nominal Connectivity among 14th to 16th Century Arab Urban Elites” (Principal Investigator: Erina Ota-Tsukada (ILCAA) Project number: 23H03928), Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) “Connectivity Analyses by Digital Humanities Method” (Principal Investigator: Wakako Kumakura (Keio University) Project number: 20H05830), Grant-in Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)“Connectivity and Trust Building in Islamic Civilization” (Area Organizer: Hidemitsu KUROKI (ILCAA/SRC Hokkaido University) Project number: 20H05823)
 Online meeting
Sat 9 Dec 2023
13:30–17:30		Cultural / Social Anthropology Research Seminar 2023
[open]
  • [Main(A) room (room 303)]
  • Chair: Yukako YOSHIDA (ILCAA)
  • Opening Remarks: Ikuya TOKORO (ILCAA)
  • Presentation 1: Yumi BABA (Tohoku University) “Ainu Bear Festival and 《Harmonious Coexistence》：An analysis through Oral Folklore Narratives”
  • Comment 1: Hiroshi KONDO (Kanagawa University), Masakazu TANAKA (Professional Institute of International Fashion)
  • Presentation 2: Zheng DU (Ryukoku University) “A Study on the Aspects of Sexuality in the Early Edo Period: Yukaku with 'Shikidō Okagami' as a Key” (tentative)
  • Comment 2: Yoko KUMADA (Professional Institute of International Fashion), Masakazu TANAKA (Professional Institute of International Fashion)
  • Presentation 3: Yu TAMURA (Niigata University) “In-Between Love and Indifference: Rethinking the Relationship between Matriliny and Divorce from Lomwe, Mozambique”
  • Comment 3: Yuko SUGIYAMA (Hirosaki University), Erika TAKAHASHI (Chiba University)
  • Critique A: Ryoko NISHII (ILCAA)
  • Critique B: Masahiko TOGAWA (ILCAA)
  • From the Editorial board of Cultural Anthropology: Shinya KONAKA (University of Shizuoka)
  • Closing Remarks: Sachiko TANUMA (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
  • [B Room (room 304)]
  • Chair: Aya KAWAI (ILCAA)
  • Presentation 1: Shijun ZHANG (Peking University) *Online Participation
  • “The Birth of the Astronomical Price: An Anthropological Account of Value and Price in the Beijing Art Auction”
  • Comment 1: Sayaka OGAWA (Ritsumeikan University), Osamu NAKAGAWA (National Museum of Ethnology)
  • Presentation 2: Takumi FUKAYA (Kyoto University) “Reconsideration of Terroir through the Anthropology of the Senses: Exploring Wine Production and Taste in Tuscany, Italy”
  • Comment 2: Taeko UDAGAWA (National Museum of Ethnology), Shingo HAMADA (Osaka Shoin Women’s University)
  • Language: Japanese, English
  • Admission: Free
  • No pre-registration is needed.
  • If you have any questions about the seminar: infoseminar[at]gmail.com (Please change [at] to @)
Jointly sponsored by
Core Project “Anthropological Inquiry of Sociality: Dynamics of Tolerance/Intolerance in Transcultural Contexts”, The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
 303，304
Sat 9 Dec 2023
10:00–17:30		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “Archiving Fieldwork Materials of the Ainu Language: an Interdiciplinary Research (2) (jrp000266)” The 6th meeting
  • 10:00–10:10 Osami OKUDA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Sapporo Gakuin University) Opening Remarks
  • 10:10–11:00 Ryo SAKAGUCHI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Makubetsu Board of Education) (tentative title:) “Geographical differences between dialects within Sakhalin: from the materials of Suzuko Tamura”
  • 11:10–12:00 Miki KOBAYASHI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, National Ainu Museum) (tentative title:) “For the documentation of Ainu Language materials in ILCAA: materials of the Saru dialect (7)”
  • 12:00–13:00 Lunch Break
  • 13:00–13:50 Yoshimi YOSHIKAWA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Hokkaido Museum) “For the publication of the Saru dialect materials from the fieldnotes of Ainu in ILCAA: Rethinking methods of publication”
  • 14:00–14:50 Osami OKUDA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Sapporo Gakuin University), Yohsie ABE (ILCAA Joint Researcher) (tentative title:) “Present situation of the archiving and publication of descriptive research of the Saru Dialect of Ainu and Research of the Saru Dialect of Ainu”
  • 15:00–15:50 Kyoko Kojima (ILCAA Joint Researcher) “Contributions of the dictionary of the Saru dialect of Ainu: from the viewpoint of Ainu place names”
  • 16:00–Osami Okuda (moderator) General discussion / progress, achievement and prospects of the archiving project and the joint research of Suzuko Tamura materials
  • Language: Japanese
Organized by
ILCAA 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)
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Sun 10 Dec 2023
14:40–17:30		Symposium “The Islamic State System and International Law” at the History of Islamic Civilization Panel, Annual meeting of the Historical Society of Kyushu
[open]
  • The Symposium "The Islamic State System and International Law" will be organized by B01“The Ideas of the Muslim Community and State Systems” (Principal Investigator: Nobuaki Kondo) at the History of Islamic Civilization Panel, Annual meeting of the Historical Society of Kyushu.
  • 14:40 Nobuaki KONDO (ILCAA) Introduction
  • 14:45 Yutaka HORII (Doshisha University) The Early Modern Ottoman Ahdnames and the State System
  • 15:20 Nobuaki KONDO (ILCAA) The Islamic State System in the Safavid Eyes
  • 15:55 Yutaro OKI (Kyushu University) Sources of Law in the Arabic Works Related to International Law in the Late Nineteenth Century
  • 16:30 Break
  • 16:35 Omi HATASHIN (Osaka Jogakuin University) Comments from the Perspective of International law and comparative history of legal institutions
  • 17:10 General Discussion (–17:30)
  • Moderator: Madoka MORITA (ILCAA)
  • Language: Japanese
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • Please access the registration form and pay 1,500 yen for participation through the online Pass Market by 23:00, December 5.
Jointly sponsored by
The Historical Society of Kyushu; Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) “The Ideas of the Muslim Community and State Systems” (Principal Investigator: Nobuaki KONDO (ILCAA) Project number: 20H05827)
 Room E-A-105, East Zone, Ito Cumpus, Kyushu University
Sat 16 Dec 2023
8:00–12:00		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “The new boundary-crossing approach on Ancient Chinese Slip and Tablet Documents (5): Utilizing digital humanities for a comprehensive diplomatics of unearthed wooden documents (jrp000291)” The 12th meeting
  • 8:00–09:50 Kyoko MEGURO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyoto University): “Reading:Wooden Tablets from the 9th Layer of the Liyeqinjian11 (first part)”
  • 9:50–10:10 Break
  • 10:10–12:00 Kyoko MEGURO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyoto University): “Reading:Wooden Tablets from the 9th Layer of the Liyeqinjian11(second part)”
Organized by
ILCAA
 Online meeting
Sun 17 Dec 2023
14:00–17:00		Islamic Trust Studies International Workshop “The Safavids and the East Indian Companies”
[open]
  • The International Workshop “The Safavids, the Post-Safavids and the East Indian Companies” will be jointly organized by Islamic Trust Studies Gruoup B01“The Ideas of the Muslim Community and State Systems(Principal Investigator: KONDO Nobuaki)”, Group A02 “Changes in the World of Islamic Thought and Knowledge”, and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), “Toward a Global History of Inter-State Relations: A Comparative Study on Governmental Controls on Commercial Exchanges and Traffics in Eurasia, 1400-1900” (Principal Investigator: MATSUKATA Fuyuko).
  • 14:00 Introduction by Nobuaki Kondo (ILCAA)
  • 14:10 Peter Good (JSPS Fellow/ILCAA)
  • “Stability by Contract?: The East India Company in Persia 1600-1747”
  • The English East India Company’s presence in Persia represents one of the longest non-colonial or imperial relationships of a European state with an Indian Ocean Empire. The Company’s ability to maintain its position as both a trading and diplomatic presence in the Safavid Empire was due to mutually recognised benefits. These included joint military campaigns against the Portuguese (1622), Gulf Piracy, or Arab and Afghan rebels along the littoral of the Persian Gulf. This paper will explore the different and changing methods used and deployed by both parties in order to maintain this valuable cooperation. The Company and the Safavid State enshrined their relationship in an evolving written document, the Farman. However, the Farman alone was rarely sufficient to fully answer all eventualities faced by either party, renegotiations were therefore required to better reflect changing circumstances. This paper will explore how the Anglo-Persian relationship was maintained outside of the formal confines of the written Farman. By exploring these bilateral exchanges, it is possible to better understand how the Company’s business was interwoven with the local and state policies of the Safavid Empire and its successors. Understanding the balance of power and management of the Anglo-Persian relations has an important impact upon the way we understand the agency of non-European states and peoples in their commercial and diplomatic exchanges. This helps us to understand the multi-valent nature of these interactions, rather than relying solely on Eurocentric views.
  • 15:10 Norifumi Daito (Historiographical Institute, the University of Tokyo)
  • “Pursue of Agreement: The Dutch East India Company”
  • After the brutal overthrow of the Safavid dynasty in 1722, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) faced a serious setback in Iran. In face of incessant war their once-thriving trade in Bandar Abbas fell substantially. After desperate efforts in the rising markets of Basra, Bushire and Kharg Island, the VOC finally withdrew from the Persian Gulf in 1766. Historians think the Dutch failures signified Iran’s imperial and economic crisis, but the underlined overall catastrophe raises the question: how could the VOC nevertheless last so long?
  • This paper argues that the crucial driving force behind the “longevity” of the VOC was a maintained vitality of local intermediaries, particularly Hindu and Armenian merchants. While endorsing the ailing Company trade as brokers or interpreters, they also served as important fixers between the VOC and rising regional powers. Here I elaborate on that understanding through an investigation of trade agreements the Company made with ruling elites in the Gulf and neighboring countries after the Safavids. By culling evidence from changing socioeconomic conditions that formed them, the paper shows a remarkable mobility of the local intermediaries that helped the VOC to struggle with the political vicissitudes in the post-Safavid period.
  • 16:20 Discussions
  • Discussant: Shinsaku Kato (ILCAA)
  • Language: English
  • Admission: Free ＊Open to public
  • For online participation, please visit the link here.
Jointly sponsored by
Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) “The Ideas of the Muslim Community and State Systems” (Principal Investigator: Nobuaki KONDO (ILCAA) Project number: 20H05827), Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)“Changes in the World of Islamic Thought and Knowledge” (Principal Investigator: Jin NODA (ILCAA, TUFS) Project Number: 20H05825), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “Toward a Global History of Inter-State Relations: A Comparative Study on Governmental Controls on Commercial Exchanges and Traffics in Eurasia, 1400-1900” (Principal Investigator: MATSUKATA Fuyuko (Historiographical Institute, the University of Tokyo) Project number: 21H04355)
 304, Online meeting
Thu 21 Dec 2023
16:00–18:00		 AA Ken Forum/Global Mediterranean Workshop
[open]
  • 1. On the year of Mirza haydar's death
  • Ogura Satoshi (ILCAA)
  • 2. Documentary heritage of the Kazakh Khanate: on the conditions of the diplomatic documents sent to the Qing Dynasty
  • Duisenali Abdilashim (ILCAA/L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University)
  • 3. Distribution of the Tale of Amir Hamza into the Kazakh Steppe: On the Dawut Otarbai manuscript
  • Duisenali Abdilashim (ILCAA/L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University)
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • Pre-registration is required.
  • For registration, please see here. Registration deadline is 20th Dec.
  • Contact: nodajin[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp (ILCAA) (please change [at] to @)
Jointly sponsored by
ILCAA Core Project “Field Archiving of Memory: Dynamics of Cooperation within the Islamic Society”, ILCAA, Global Mediterranean at ILCAA
 304, Online meeting
Thu 21 Dec 2023
– Wed 24 Jan 2024
10:00–12:00		Islamic Trust Studies Civil Dialog “The Simurgh's egg: workshops & exhibition”
[open]
  • As part of our Civil Dialog activities, the Organizer of the Islamic Trust Studies Project will hold workshops and exhibition on the Persian national epic. During these sessions, we will collaborate with kindergarteners to create artworks, which will be displayed in the gallery of Tully's Coffee Shimokitazawa.
  • Our Civil Dialog activities are designed to share our research outcomes with society through interactive events that go beyond one-way knowledge dissemination. A Civil Dialog event will be held with a nursery school in Setagaya and ILCAA for the third consecutive year. In cooperation with Tully's Coffee Shimokitazawa and Directions Co Ltd., the event will feature workshops where nursery school children will create works inspired by “Shahnameh,” the Persian national epic, contemplating Iran's natural world and legends. These works will be exhibited in the gallery of Tully's Coffee Shimokitazawa.
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free ＊Open to the public
  • For details, please see here.
Jointly sponsored by
Grant-in Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)“Connectivity and Trust Building in Islamic Civilization” (Area Organizer: Hidemitsu KUROKI (ILCAA) Project number: 20H05823), ILCAA, Jinji Nursery School
Supported by
Tully's Coffee Shimokitazawa, Directions Co Ltd.
 Tully's Coffee Shimokitazawa
Sat 23 Dec 2023
13:30–18:30		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “The Origin of "Sharing": Aspects of Coexistence in Humans and Nonhuman Primates (jrp000287)” The 2nd meeting
  • 1. Koji KITAMURA (Professor Emeritus at Okayama University) “Contrasting understandings of interactions including gift in the societies where the reciprocity of gift is normative or not.”
  • 2. Kaori KAWAI (ILCAA) “What is 'sharing' and are hostile interactions over livestock among East African pastoralists 'sharing'?”
  • Language: Japanese
Organized by
ILCAA
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Sat 23 Dec 2023
10:00–17:00		 ILCAA Joint Research Project “Research based on Dr. Shigeru Tsuchida’s data on Formosan languages (jrp000284)” The 2nd meeting
  • 10:00–12:00 Review of Tsuchida Materials
  • 13:00–13:45 Izumi OCHIAI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine) ““Person” in Atayalic languages”
  • 13:50–14:50 Kazuhiro IMANISHI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, S.I. Co.Ltd.) “Relative clauses in Amis”
  • 15:00–15:50 Asako SHIOHARA (ILCAA) “Motifs of Formosan folktales”
  • 15:50–16:15 Asako SHIOHARA (ILCAA) “Report on the Donation of Professor Shigeru Tsuchida's Linguistic Materials to Taiwan”
  • 16:15–17:00 Discussion
  • Language: Japanese
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), TUFS Field Science Commons
 301, Online meeting

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