MURAYAMA, Konomi

Research Associate

Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa,
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
3-11-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi,
Tokyo, 183-8534, Japan

Email: mkonomi[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp

Personal Homepage: https://researchmap.jp/konomi.murayama

Research interests: Religious studies, Persian literature, Modern Iranian thought, Sufism

Analyzing the Iranian Spiritual World from the Perspectives of Religious Studies and Literary Studies

I am interested in exploring the spiritual world of Iranians living in Iranian society. To analyze this, I approach the topic from both religious studies and literary studies perspectives. My research focuses on the thoughts of Iranian religious intellectuals, whose ideas reflect a synthesis of Islamic teachings, Western philosophy, Persian literature, Sufism, and pre-Islamic Iranian culture. By analyzing their thoughts, I aim to reveal how people in Iranian society engage with their religion and cultural heritage.

Recently, I have also been researching Rumi’s Mathnavi, which Iranian religious intellectuals often refer to as “the Quran written in Persian,” from a comparative religion perspective. My interests also extend to areas such as Iranian cinema and the representation of the Middle Eastern world in Japan.

As of lately, I have been working on the following three research themes:

The intellectual history of discourses by Shia religious intellectuals on women
The interpretation of the Quran through classical Persian poetry by contemporary Iranian religious intellectuals
A comparative study of Buddhism and Sufism in Rumi’s Mathnavi

In addition to these, I am currently studying digital humanities, focusing on methods for constructing databases for literary works.

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