Upcoming Events

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（Numbers shown under the Venue correspond to these rooms located in ILCAA.）

Date/Time	Event Title	Details	Venue
Tue 10 Sep 2024 16:30–18:00	ILCAA Joint Research Project “Intellectual encounters in Calcutta prior to and after the foundation of the Asiatic Society: From early modern traditions to colonial épistémè (jrp000304)” The 2nd meeting / NIHU Global Mediterranean Research Project meeting	Kengo HARIMOTO (ILCAA, University of Naples) “Toward Hinduism: What it means to be a Vedavādin” Language: Japanese Admission: Free Pre-registration is required for online participants. For the registration, please see here. (Zoom link will be sent after registering) Jointly sponsored by ILCAA, NIHU Global Area Studies Program: The Global Mediterranean at ILCAA	Room W205, Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Building, Hokkaido University, Online meeting
Mon 16 Sep 2024 13:00–17:00	ILCAA Joint Research Project “The Mediterranean as a Connecting Sea (jrp000281)” The 4th meeting	13:00–13:10 Welcome Address: Tomoaki SHINODA (ILCAA) 13:10–13:50 Wakako KUMAKURA (Keio University), Agriculture: How did humans adapt & improve upon the environmental conditions and dynamics for survival? 13:50–14:30 Felix ARNOLD (German Archaeological Institute), Palace Architecture in East and West 14:30–14:40 Coffee Break 14:40–15:20 Tomoaki SHINODA, A Dominican Redeemer’s travel to the Saʿdid Marrakech 15:20–16:00 Abderrahim BENHADDA (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies), Title undecided 16:00–16:40 Hidemitsu KUROKI (ILCAA), An Unrealized Plan of Maltese Migration to Palestine, 1919 16:40–16:50 Closing remark: Tomoaki SHINODA Language: English Organized by ILCAA	German Archaeological Institute
Mon 16 Sep 2024 15:00–16:00	Talk Event: THE DELTA - Sea of Ganges, Sacred Island [open]	Talk Event by Photographer Hidefumi Koike and Cultural Anthropologist Masahiko Togawa on Photography Exhibition of “THE DELTA - Sea of Ganges, Sacred Island” The photo exhibition “THE DELTA - Sea of Ganges, Sacred Island” will be held from September 12 (Thu) to 23 (Mon). Contact: fakir[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @) Language: Japanese Jointly sponsored by ILCAA Core Project (Anthropology) “Anthropological Inquiry of Sociality: Dynamics of Tolerance/Intolerance in Transcultural Contexts”, TUFS Field Science Commons, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies	OM SYSTEM GALLERY
Sat 21 Sep 2024 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 28th meeting	8:00–9:50 Arnd Helmut HAFNER (ILCAA Joint Researcher,Meiji University): “TEI-encoding practice: Recension Tags 01” 9:50–10:10 Break 10:10–12:00 Yuko WASHIO (ILCAA Joint Researcher,Ritsumeikan University): “TEI-encoding practice: Tags for Administrative Records from the Zoumalou-Wu-Site 01” Language: Japanese Organized by ILCAA	Online meeting
Thu 26 Sep 2024 14:00–15:00	Presentation on the online resource created by IRC projects (1st meeting in 2024) [open]	Daisuke SHINAGAWA (ILCAA, TUFS), Kanji KATO (ROIS-DS Center for Open Data in the Humanities, National Institute of Informatics) The making of the online lexical database of A dictionary of the Swahili language compiled by Mzee Morino T. and Nassor Nakazima H. Chair: Honoré WATANABE (ILCAA, TUFS, Head of IRC) Admission: Free Pre-registration is required. Language: Japanese For registration, please see here. Organized by IRC, ILCAA, TUFS	Online meeting
Thu 26 Sep 2024 15:30–17:00	Global Meditteranean Workshop [open]	Peter Good (JSPS/ILCAA), “Give Wine and Be Joyful: Understanding Persianate Culture through Wine” Abstract: “Over the past year, I have explored the range of expressions of Persianate culture in the Early modern world through the exchange and consumption of Persian wine. Through European archival collections and the expansive global record of material culture, I have been able to build a much clearer picture of the extent of the Persianate presence in the Indian Ocean World. From the outset of European trade and exchange with the Persianate World, the gifting and consumption of wine formed an important shared practice between different individuals and cultures. As I will demonstrate in this paper, while practices of consumption differed, along with tastes and aesthetics, wine-drinking formed a commensurate practice for Euro-Persian engagement. Secondly, the paper will show the important afterlives of the material culture of Persianate wine, from prints on textiles and in miniature painting, to the re-use of bottles as qalyoun bases. In the absence of a strong written record, these objects and images give a strong source-base for the practice of Persianate culture not previously explored by scholars in detail.” Language: English Admission: Free Pre-registration is required. For registration, please see here. Contact: gmed.ilcaa[at]gmail.com (Please change [at] to @) Jointly sponsored by Global Mediterranean at ILCAA, TUFiSCo	301, Online meeting
Sat 28 Sep 2024 10:30–15:30	ILCAA Joint Research Project “Heritage languages and identities in a time of divisions and mobility (jrp000295)” The 1st meeting / The 35th Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages	10:30–11:10 All participants Business meeting within the Joint Research Project members (closed) 11:10–13:00 Break (12:50 Doors open) 13:00–13:10 Mayumi ADACHI (ILCAA) Introduction 13:10–14:00 Roi Sawm SUMLUT (Temple University, Japan Campus), Seunghun J. LEE (International Christian University) “Attitudes Towards Kachin Language as a Heritage Language Among Kachin People in Japan” 14:00–14:10 Break 14:10–15:00 Rika YAMASHITA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kanto Gakuin University) “Recent demographic change in the Pakistani community in Japan: What can linguists do?” 15:00–15:30 All participants Discussion Language: Japanese, English Admission: Free Pre-registration is required. Registration deadline is at noon 25th Sep. (Application may be closed early) For registration, please see here. (in Japanese) Zoom meeting invitation will be sent in the afternoon on 26 September (Thu). If you don’t receive it on 26 September, please contact Mayumi Adachi (adachi[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp) by 27 Sptember (Fri.) (Please change [at] to @). 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) Cooperated by Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages	303, Online meeting
Sun 29 Sep 2024 13:00–18:00	ILCAA Joint Research Project “Ethnography on Youth ‘hustles’ in Eastern Africa: their imagination and practice (jrp000300)” The 2nd meeting	1) Project Communication 2) Presentations and Discussions about ‘hustle’ as a concept · Takuya HAGIWARA (Toyo Univ./ Joint Researcher) · Isao MURAHASHI (Univ of Shizuoka / Joint Researcher) · Kithinji Laban Kinyua (Sophia Univ. /Joint Researcher) · Soichiro SHIRAISHI (Hirosaki Univ/ Joint Researcher) · Enos Kitambo (Gulu Univ./ Joint Researcher) Language: English Organized by ILCAA	302，Online meeting
Wed 2 Oct 2024 15:00–16:45	DDDLing Forum: Documentation and Description of Language Contact [open]	Umberto Ansaldo (Honorary Professor, The University of Hong Kong; Adjunct Professor, University of Western Australia) “Methods for the study of mixed cultures” This talk discusses challenges that arise when documenting communities whose language originates from a prolonged situation of language contact. These include the repertoire of languages available in the community, the nature of variation in language use, as well as issues of prestige that can affect the way in which language is perceived. Understanding these matters is important for researchers to identify how to approach descriptive tasks as well as how to interpret existing theories of mixed languages and their origins. Language: English Admission: Free The event will be a hybrid of face-to-face and online via Zoom. For online participation, please visit the link here. Contact: yamakoshi[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @) 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)	304, Online meeting
Fri 4 Oct 2024 17:00–19:00	Islamic Trust Studies A03 Book Review Workshop “The Connectivity of Migrants and Refugees (Connectivity and Trust Buildings in Islamic Civilization, Vol. 4)” [open]	Islamic Trust Studies A03 Book Review Workshop “The Connectivity of Migrants and Refugees(Connectivity and Trust Buildings in Islamic Civilization, Vol. 4)” will be held by A03 “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building”(Principal Investigator: Hidemitsu Kuroki). Presentation: Nobutaka SUZUKI (Professor, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsukuba University) Moderator: Hidemitsu KUROKI (Professor, ILCAA) Book information Contact: sunagaemiko[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @) Language: Japanese Admission: Free Pre-registration is required. For registration, please see here. Organized by Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building” (Principal Investigator: Hidemitsu KUROKI (ILCAA) Project Number: 20H05826)	Online meeting
Sat 5 Oct 2024 13:00–17:30	ILCAA Joint Research Project “Phonetic typology from cross-linguistic perspectives (phase 2) (jrp000294)” The 2nd meeting	13:00–14:00 Naoki Ueta (ILCAA) “The phonetic realization of liquids in Mongolian” 14:00–15:00 Priyankoo Sarmah (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati) “Voiced and voiceless laterals in Mizo” 15:00–15:30 Break 15:30–16:30 Ai Mizoguchi (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Maebashi Institute of Technology) “Ultrasound Evidence for the Assimilation Behavior of the Japanese Moraic Nasal /N/ in Native Speakers of Japanese, English, and Chinese” 16:30–17:30 Cédric Patin (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Université de Lille) “The rhotic(s) of Shingazidja” 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
Sat 5 Oct 2024 – Mon 21 Oct 2024 8:00–20:00	GAZA FACES, NOT JUST NUMBERS! [open]	“GAZA FACES, NOT JUST NUMBERS!” is an international project that archives the faces and names of victims of the ongoing invasion of Gaza. We will hold the first poster exhibition of “Gaza Faces,” the Japanese version. English translations will also be available. The faces and names of Palestinian victims are rarely covered in the mainstream media. Instead, they are often reduced to mere numbers in a death toll. In this exhibition, we emphasize that they are not just numbers, but individual human beings. They were athletes, students, doctors, farmers, and more. They were someone to someone. There was more to them than just the violence and occupation they were subjected to. There was more to them than just the aid they required. The exhibition will also feature poems by Palestinian poets from the May 2024 issue of “Gendai Shi Techo” and the publication and website “Passages Through Genocide.” Please come and visit us! Language: Japanese, English Jointly sponsored by TUFS FOR PALESTINE (main organizer), TUFS Field Science Commons, TUFS Takanori Oishi Seminar, TUFS Makiko Sakai Seminar, Volunteers from TUFS Arabic Major Cooperated by Supported by African Studies Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Shkran, Gaza des Visages	Research and Lecture Building 1F Galleria
Sat 5 Oct 2024 – Sun 6 Oct 2024	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 2nd Meeting	10/5 (Sat) 13:00–17:00 13:00　Atsushi OCHIAI (ILCAA Joint researcher, Ritsumeikan University): On Exchange of Grapheme of Kanji 15:00　All participants: Discussion on the terms for the studies on scripts (1) 10/6 (Sun) 10:00–15:00 10:00　Shintaro ARAKAWA (ILCAA, TUFS): On the “unchangable” parts of Tangut script 13:00　All participants: Discussion on the terms for the studies on scripts (2) 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)	306, Online meeting
Fri 11 Oct 2024 16:00–19:00	ILCAA Joint Research Project “Everyday Forms of Ethnicity and Religiosity in Kurdistan: Comparative Inquiries into Social Organization of Cultural Difference and Crossborder Interaction in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey (jrp000305)” The 2nd Meeting [open]	16:00 Presentation (Yasuyuki Matsunaga and Sohrab Ahmadian, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) “The Transformation of Religiosity in Twentieth-Century Ouramanat: A Boundary Dynamics Approach” 16:40 Comment (Andreas Wimmer, Columbia University) 17:00 Presentation (Mostafa Khalili, Kyoto University) “Contentious Boundary-work in Kurdistan: The Tri-Border Region of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey” 17:40 Comment (Andreas Wimmer, Columbia University) 18:00 General Discussion 19:00 Closing Language: English Admission: Free To participate, please contact matsunaga[at]tufs.ac.jp. (Please change [at] to @) Jointly sponsored by ILCAA, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)“Sense of Nation and Knowledge Production among the migrant communities from the Middle East” (Principal Investigator: Keiko SAKAI (Chiba University) Project number: 24H00136)	301
Sun 13 Oct 2024 10:30–12:45 , 14:30–16:45	Let's travel around the world together! 2024 Chikyu Tankentai × Anthropology Cafe “Let's hunt in African forests!” [open]	Deep in the forests of Africa, there live a people called Baka who hunt animals and share them with others, sing polyphony songs, dance, and communicate with spirits. Those who want to experience the Baka forest, come and join us! [AM session] 10:30–12:45 Doors open at 10:00. Please get here 15 min. before the event. For 1st grade elementary school students and above (including adults). [PM session] 14:30–16:45 Doors open at 14:00. Please get here 15 min. before the event. For anyone over 18 years old. Capacity: 15 persons per session Language: Japanese Admission: Free Pre-registration is required. For registration, please see here. Contact: chiba_shukuko[at]tufs.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @.) Jointly sponsored by TUFiSCo, MANALABO, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (Principal Investigator: Noriko IIZUKA (Kyoto University) Project number: 24K04451), Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (Principal Investigator: Koji SONODA (Niigata University) Project number: 22K13263), Topic-Setting Program “Overcoming Social Division and Achieving Diversity through Embodiment” (Principal Investigator: Ikuya TOKORO (ILCAA)), ILCAA Core Project (Anthropology) “Anthropological Inquiry of Sociality: Dynamics of Tolerance/Intolerance in Transcultural Contexts” Supported by CSEAS Kyoto University, JCAS, African Studies Center-TUFS	306
Mon 2 Dec 2024 – Sun 15 Dec 2024 14:00–15:00	Tour around KANJI: Kanji and East Asian scripts [open]	This exhibition introduces various materials written in East Asian scripts and the books that contributed to the deciphering of the ancient scripts, preserved in the Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Free admission Event 1: Gallery Talk, December 14, 12:00–13:00 Event 2: “Let’s make accessory engraved with “Chinese bronze inscription”!”, December 6, 12:00–13:00, December 15, 15:00–16:00 200 yen for material only Not use thinner and blades. Children under elementary school age can participate with their parents. If there are many participants on the day, we distribute numbered tickets and divide the time. 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)”	101
Fri 6 Dec 2024 12:00–13:00	Special event for exhibition: Let’s make accessory engraved with “Chinese bronze inscription”! [open]	Event 2: “Let’s make accessory engraved with “Chinese bronze inscription”!” 200 yen for material only Not use thinner and blades. Children under elementary school age can participate with their parents. If there are many participants on the day, we distribute numbered tickets and divide the time. 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)”	101
Sun 8 Dec 2024 10:30–16:45	Let’s travel around the world together! 2024 Chikyu Tankentai × Anthropology Cafe “Let’s transform with Balinese masks!” [open]	Bali is an island where masks appear for ritual, theater, play, and many other occasions. Put on a mask, transform yourself into a villager, an animal or a demon, and create an improvised theatrical topeng together! No previous theater experience is necessary. Those who want to explore the Balinese world, come on and join us! For details, please see here. [AM session] 10:30–12:45 (Doors open at 10:00. Please get here 15 min. before the event.) For 1st grade elementary school students and above (including adults). [PM session] 14:30–16:45 (Doors open at 14:00. Please get here 15 min. before the event.) For anyone over 18 years old. Capacity: 15 persons per session Language: Japanese Admission: Free Pre-registration is required. [AM session], [PM session] The registration will be closed once the limit is reached. Contact: tomoko.murase[at]tufs.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @.) Organizers and Actors Yukako YOSHIDA (TUFS), Hidetomo NAGASAWA (actor), Mana YUMII (actor) Koji SONODA (Niigata University/ Duputy representative of MANALABO), Yushi YANOHARA (Kyoto University/ MANALABO), Noriko IIZUKA (Kyoto University/ Representative of MANALABO) Jointly sponsored by TUFiSCo, MANALABO, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (Principal Investigator: Noriko IIZUKA (Kyoto University) Project number: 24K04451), Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (Principal Investigator: Koji SONODA (Niigata University) Project number: 22K13263), Topic-Setting Program “Overcoming Social Division and Achieving Diversity through Embodiment” (Principal Investigator: Ikuya TOKORO (ILCAA)), ILCAA Core Project (Anthropology) “Anthropological Inquiry of Sociality: Dynamics of Tolerance/Intolerance in Transcultural Contexts” Supported by CSEAS Kyoto University, JCAS, African Studies Center-TUFS	306

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