This international workshop brings together scholars of history, anthropology, political science, and area studies to examine Kurdish worlds across time and space. Through historical and contemporary perspectives, it explores boundaries, belonging, and the making of Kurdish society from the early modern period to the present, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and international collaboration.
| 2026/02/06 | ||
| 09:50 - 10:00 | Welcome Address | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | 【Panel 1】 Japanese–Kurdish Cultural and Political Engagements | Chair:Keiko Sakai （Chiba University） |
| 10:00 - 10:40 | Japan’s Diplomacy toward the Kurdistan Region of Iraq | Akiko Yoshioka （JIME Center, IEEJ） |
| 10:40 - 11:20 | An Archive Without Borders: Facilitating Access to Kurdish Materials in Japan | Miki Nose （IDE-JETRO） |
| 11:20 - 12:00 | The “Zero Plan” and Migration Governance in Japan: A Case Study of Kurdish Asylum Seekers | Sohrab Ahmadian （TUFS） |
| 12:00 - 13:20 | Lunch break | |
| 13:20 - 14:40 | 【Panel 2】 Politics and Territory in Early Modern Kurdistan | Chair:Jin Noda （ILCAA, TUFS） |
| 13:20 - 14:00 | The Evolution of the Concept of Kurdistan in the Early Modern Period: Preliminary Considerations | Akihiko Yamaguchi （Sophia University） |
| 14:00 - 14:40 | A Tentative Reconstruction of the Early Modern History of the Emirs of Chamishgazak | Sacha Alsancakli （ILCAA, TUFS） |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Coffee break | |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | 【Panel 3】 Repression and Revolts through The Nineteenth-Century Historical Turn | Chair:Sacha Alsancakli （ILCAA, TUFS） |
| 15:00 - 15:40 | Between Demonization and Description: Analyzing Abede-i İblis as an Early Twentieth-Century Ottoman Account of the Yezidis | Keiko Iwamoto （Kyoto University） |
| 15:40 - 16:20 | Reforms and Social Transformation in the Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Empire: The Case of the Bedir Khan Bey’s Uprising | Yuri Yasugi （Sophia University） |
| 16:20 - 17:00 | The Political and Military Practices of two Kurdish Tribes in the Qajar-Ottoman Borderlands: The Cases of the Shekak and Begzadeh (1880s–1920s) | Charles Ganier （Université Paris Cité / CESSMA） |
| 2026/02/07 | ||
| 13:00 - 15:00 | 【Panel 4】 Modern Kurdish Historiography, Authority, and Political Dynamics | Chair: Masato Iizuka （ILCAA, TUFS） |
| 13:00 - 13:40 | The Kurdish Intellectual Movement and the Emergence of Modern Kurdish National Historiography in the Early Twentieth Century | Marouf Cabi （London School of Economics and Political Science） |
| 13:40 - 14:20 | Sādāt-e Nehrī and the Intergenerational Reconfiguration of Authority in the Kurdish Tri-Borderlands: From Religious Legitimacy to Political Leadership and Neutral Mediation | Mostafa Khalili （ILCAA, TUFS） |
| 14:20 - 15:00 | The Transformation of Pro-Kurdish Parties’ “Türkiyelileşme” Strategy: From Democratic Autonomy to Democratic Integration | Kazuki Hoshima （Waseda University） |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Coffee break | |
| 15:20 - 16:40 | 【Panel 5】 Evolving Islamic Currents in Contemporary Kurdistan | Chair:Emi Goto （ILCAA, TUFS） |
| 15:20 - 16:00 | What to Make of the Relationship between the Sufi Orders and Modern Islamist Currents in Southern and Eastern Kurdistan? | Yasuyuki Matsunaga （TUFS） |
| 16:00 - 16:40 | The Transformations of Kurdish Madrasas in Turkey since the 2000s: Historical, Political, and Social Backgrounds | Tatsuya Abe （Sophia University） |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Coffee break | |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Final Reflections and Discussion; Epistemic Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Engagements with the Kurds and Kurdistan | |
For the event program, please refer to the attached file.