ILCAA Joint Research Project

Islamization of Southeast Asia in the Early Modern Period: South Asian Influences and Religious Traditions Prior to the Arrival of Islam (jrp000311)

Keywords

• Islamization
• Indianization
• Persian Literature
• Early Modern State

Areas

• West Asia
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia

Website

https://jvdo.aa-ken.jp/

About the Project

Project term: April, 2025–March, 2028

This project focuses on the Islamization of maritime Southeast Asia between the 14th and 18th centuries, particularly the influence of South Asia and the continuity and transformation of local religious traditions prior to the arrival of Islam. It analyzes various sources in Southeast Asian languages (Acehnese, Malay, Javanese, Chamic, etc.) as well as Arabic and Persian. Specifically, it carries out analyses on history books (babad, hikayat, etc.), treatises on governance, heroic epics, mystical poetry and treatises, divination and calendar(primbon), categorized by social positions such as royal authorities and court poets, religious scholars and Sufis, and popular religious practitioners. The project also examines the distinguishing features of Islamization in Southeast Asia through comparison with the Islamization of South and West Asia discussed in each respective field.

Members

Coordinator

• Yumi SUGAHARA

ILCAA Staff

• Asako SHIOHARA (Co-Coordinator)
• Nobuaki KONDO
• Satoshi OGURA
• Kaori OTSUYA

Joint Researchers

• Toru AOYAMA
• Sumio FUKAMI
• Tom Hoogervorst
• Saki MAETA
• Koji MIYAZAKI
• Willem van der Molen
• Ayako NINOMIYA
• Toshihiko SHINE
• Hiroko SHIOZAKI (KUSHIMOTO)
• Yasushi TONAGA
• Yuriko YAMANAKA
• Miho YAMAZAKI (TERAI)
• Yasuko YOSHIMOTO

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