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Seminars/Symposia: FY2008

August, 2008

G-COE international workshop on Islam and the Middle East: Dynamics of Social and Political Transformation
You are cordially invited to the international workshop on Islam and the Middle East: Dynamics of Social and Political Transformation. This Workshop is held under the auspices of Humanosphere: In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa(G-COE), Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University(KIAS) and Comparative Studies on Transnational Socio-Political Movements in Contemporary Asia and Africa (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A), JSPS: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) and scheduled as follows.
  1. Date:2 August, 2008, 9:00-20:00/2 August, 2008, 9:00-20:00
  2. Place:Meeting Room(AA447), Research Bldg. No.2, 4th Floor, Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University
    http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/campus/yoshida_all.htm (Main Campus)
    http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/campus/main.htm (Research Bldg. No.2 in the north area)
  3. Language: English
  4. Keynote Speaker: Raymond HINNEBUSCH (University of St. Andrews)
    Guest Speaker: MIYAGI Yukiko (University of Durham)
    General Commentators: Raymond HINNEBUSCH, MIYAGI Yukiko and SAKAI Keiko(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
  5. Organizers:KOSUGI Yasushi(Kyoto University) and SAKAI Keiko
  6. Program:
  7. August 2 (Sat.)
  8. 9:00-9:10 Opening
  9. 9:10-12:10 Session 1
  10. Chair: SUECHIKA Kota (Ritsumeikan University)
    Speaker 1: MARUYAMA Daisuke (Kyoto University)
    "Sufism and Tariqa in Sudan: Historical Analysis''
    Speaker 2: KINOSHITA Hiroko (Kyoto University)
    "Studying Islam and Living Life in Middle East: The Case of Modern
    Indonesia''
    Speaker 3: Fahlesa MUNABARI (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
    "Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia: The Quest for the Caliphate and Shariah''
  11. 12:10-13:10 Lunch
  12. 13:10-15:10 Session 2
    Chair: SUECHIKA Kota
    Speaker 1: KOKAKI Aya(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
    "An Islamic Intellectual's Views on Laiklik in Contemporary Turkey''
    Speaker 2: FUJII Chiaki(Kyoto University)
    "Modern Aspects of the Exorcism by Prophetic Medicine; The Case of East African Coast''
  13. 15:10-15:30 Coffee break
  14. 15:30-18:30 Session 3
    Chair: SUECHIKA Kota
    Speaker 1: YASUDA Shin(Kyoto University)
    "Formation of Ziyara to the Shi'ite Mausoleums in Syria: `Karbala Paradigm' and the Re-interpretation of `Tragedy of Karbala' from 1970s to 1980s''
    Speaker 2: KATSUHATA Fuyumi(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
    "Muhammad `Abduh and John William Draper''
    Speaker 3: Mehboob UL-HASSAN(Kyoto University)
    "Some Shortcomings in the Contemporary Practices of Islamic Banks of Pakistan''
    18:30-20:00 Guest Speech
    MIYAGI Yukiko
    "Japan's Middle East Security Policy: International Relations Theory and Japanese Foreign Policy-Making''
  15. August 3(Sun.)
    9:00-10:30 Keynote Speech
    Raymond HINNEBUSCH
    "Conceptual Approaches to Understanding the International Relations of the Middle East''
    10:30-12:30 Session 4
    Chair: KOSUGI Yasushi
    Speaker 1: HIRAMATSU Aiko (Kyoto University)
    "Democracy and Islam in Contemporary Kuwait: Political Participation ofWomen'
  16. 'Speaker 2: HORINUKI Koji (Kyoto Univeristy)
    "How did the Micro-States Develop in the Arid Area?: Comparative Study on the Small Gulf Emirates''
    12:30-13:30 Lunch
    13:30-16:30 Session 5
    Chair: KOSUGI Yasushi
    Speaker 1: YAMAO Dai(Kyoto University)
    "Struggle for Power in Democratization Process in the post-War Iraq: Contending Relation between ex-Exile Parties in Power and Later-formed Parties''
    Speaker 2: Housam DARWISHEH (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
    "Egyptian Opposition Activism in Comparative Perspective''
    Speaker 3: Al-Farttoosi INTISSAR(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
    "An Overview on Forced Displacing in Iraq''
    16:30-16:45 Coffee break
    16:45-19:45 Session 6
    Chair: KOSUGI Yasushi
    Speaker 1: KURODA Kenji (Kyoto University)
    "Rethinking of Post-revolutionary Iran: Interference of Shi'ite Academia in the Iranian Politics''
    Speaker 2: HIRANO Junichi (Kyoto University)
    "Arabism or Islamism?* `Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi and his Concept of Islamic Congress''
    Speaker 3: Shirine ELJURDI (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
    "The Role and Challenges of Druze Women in Lebanon''
    19:45-20:00 Closing
  17. Contact:Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS), inq-kias@asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp