Monday, November 26:

16:00-16:05 Welcome address by Hidemitsu Kuroki (JaCMES)

16:05-16:50 Aiko Nishikida
(Research Fellow, ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
"Palestinians in Diaspora: Their Identity and Nationalism in Jordan"

17:50-17:35 Akiko Sugase
(Research Fellow, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
"The Third Face of Janus: Narratives and Images on the Rev. George Hakim among the Arabs in Galilee"

17:35-17:50 Coffee Break

17:50-18:35 Satoshi Udo
(Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Tokyo)
"Translating Theatre: Rabih Mroué in Tokyo"

18:35-19:20 Kenichiro Takao
(Ph.D. Candidate, Doshisha University)
"Ahmad Kuftaru, A Great 'Ulama' in Modern Syria: About Its Construction of Intellectual Authority"

20:00-22:00 Reception Party (Top 21, Crowne Plaza Beirut)

Tuesday, November 27:

10:30-11:15 Akiko Yoshioka
(Researcher, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)
"Iraq and the Neighboring Arab Countries after the War"

11:15-12:00 Yoko Uno
(Research Associate, Tsudajuku University)
"Parliamentary Opposition and Diplomacy on the Eve of Republic of Turkey: The Second Group's Attitude to the Lausanne Treaty (1923)"

12:00-12:15 Coffee Break

12:15-13:00 Yoko Sekiguchi
(Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Tokyo)
"A Case Study on the Introduction and Attempt of 'Sosyal Demokrasi' in Turkey: Republican People's Party (RPP), 1965-1972"

13:00-13:05 Closing Remarks by Hidemitsu Kuroki

Commentators:

Pierre Abi-Saab (al-Akhbar)
Massoud Daher (Lebanese University)
Timur Göksel (American University of Beirut)
Sari Hanafi (American University of Beirut)
Toufic Houri (Imam Ouzai College of Islamic Studies)
Hilal Khashan (American University of Beirut)

Observers:

Akimitsu Ikeda (Lebanese University)
Sylvain Perdigon (Institut Français du Proch-Orient)
Mitsuko Sano (University of Saint Joseph)
Mahmoud Soueid (Institute for Palestine Studies)
Seiko Sugita (American University of Beirut)