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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.

  • Conducting collaborative research projects
  • Processing, editing, and disseminating data on the languages and cultures of Asia and Africa
  • Training junior scholars through joint research, workshops, and seminars

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Applications are now being accepted for TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo) Specially Appointed Researchers.

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2026-2027 Joint-use and joint research projects (joint research by foreign guests) are being solicited.

Events

3rd Symposium on "Overcoming Social Division and achieving Diversity through Embodiment"

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Introducing New Staff Vol.87 : Mostafa KHALILI

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2025.11.13Essays

Introducing New Staff Vol.87 : Mostafa KHALILI

2025.11.04Essays

Monthly Photos Nov 2025 : Chicha de jora, fermented drink of sprouted corn

2025.10.24News

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2025.10.22News

2026-2027 Joint-use and joint research projects (joint research by foreign guests) are being solicited.

2025.10.16News

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Events

  • TUFiSCo
  • Exhibition

Date:2025/11/20(Thu) ~ 11/24(Mon) 10:00-18:00
2025/11/25(Tue) ~ 12/07(Sun) 12:00-18:00 Venue:101 : Exhibition Room, ILCAA

Tales after Forced Eviction: Home, Resilience, Return, and Reconstruction@TUFS

  • TUFiSCo
  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2025/12/03(Wed) 15:00-17:00 Venue:405 : Commons Lab., ILCAA

Commons Café "Study in the Field: Fieldwork and Arts"

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2025/12/05(Fri) 14:00-15:30 Venue:Online／301 : Seminar Room, ILCAA

The Role of Ferdowsi and the Shahnameh in Shaping Iran’s National Identity in the Age of Digital Civil Society

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2025/12/06(Sat) 14:00-17:00 Venue:India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi, India.

Book Launch Event: Buddhist Exchanges Between India and Japan (Routledge, April 2025)

  • Joint Research Projects

Date:2025/12/06(Sat) 15:00-19:00 Venue:Online／UTokyo, Komaba bldg. 18, 4F, Lecture Room 2

“The Evolving Conflict in Palestine/Israel (2): Hundredʼs Years Paradigm and Multilayered Reality”, the 3rd meeting AY2025

  • Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium

Date:2025/12/07(Sun) 14:00-18:00 Venue:303 : Large Conference Room, ILCAA

3rd Symposium on "Overcoming Social Division and achieving Diversity through Embodiment"

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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

2025.10.17

The 2nd Symposium on “Overcoming social division and achieving diversity through embodiment.” Ikuya Tokoro (ed.)

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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