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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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Call for Applications: Associate Professor and Assistant Professor in Anthropology (Deadline: Thursday, May 21, 2026)

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Call for Applications: Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern and African Studies (Area Studies or Modern and Contemporary History) (Deadline: Thursday, May 21, 2026)

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Monthly Photos Apr 2026 : The Toy Train of Darjeeling

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Message from Retiring ILCAA Staff:IIZUKA, Masato

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Events

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2026/04/06(Mon) 15:00-17:30 Venue:Online/Hongo Satellite Campus, 3rd Floor Seminar Room

Seminar “Politicization and Identification of the Female Fertility in Turkey”

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2026/04/11(Sat) 15:00-17:00 Venue:Online/Haneda Memorial Hall, Kyoto University

International workshop "Between Medina and South Asia: Mobility, Society, and Knowledge"

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2026/04/14(Tue) 16:00-17:30 Venue:Online/3rd floor, Hongo Satellite, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Book Launch: Mobile Manuscripts – Arabic Learning across the Early Modern Western Indian Ocean

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2026/04/18(Sat) 15:30-17:30 Venue:Online/304 : Multimedia Conference Room, ILCAA

International workshop "Mobility, Knowledge, and Practice in the Mughal Period"

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2026/04/18(Sat) 14:00-16:30 Venue:Hongo Satellite Campus, 3rd Floor Seminar Room

Workshop: Writing and Reading Biographies of the Modern Muslim World

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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

Pickup Publications

2026.01.31

Kachin Folktale no.151~193Keita Kurabe, Kachin Orature Project、Shawanang

2025.12.05

Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra in Tangut Translation Volume 2Kirill Solonin, Shintaro Arakawa

2025.11.01

Navader al-VaqayeʿAhmad Danesh Bukharaʾi (auth.), Mohammad Karim Eshragh, Touraj Atabaki (eds.)

2025.07.10

Toda DictionaryPeri Bhaskararao (author); Masato Kobayashi (ed.)

2025.06.30

Pupulu In Daek Klapa: Two Folktales from BolokYanti, Dominikus Tauk, Asako Shiohara (eds.)

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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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