Speakers Kazuaki Takemura “Marriage in Modern Egypt” Ichiro Ozawa “Modern Iran and Arms Transfer” Date Wednesday, 20th January 2016 16:00-18:30 Venue Collaboration Room no. 3 Building no. 18, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo Language Japanese Contact The University of Tokyo Centre for Middle Eastern Studies +81 3 5465 7724 The lectures will be […]
Speaker Matthew Gray (Associate Professor, Australian National University) “Approaches to the Politics and Political Economy of the Arab Gulf State” Date Monday, 7th December 2015 13:00-14:45 Venue Room no. 105 Building no. 1, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo Language English Contact The University of Tokyo Centre for Middle Eastern Studies +81 3 5465 7724 […]
From Evagrius to Barhebraeus Speaker Dr. Jennifer Griggs (University of London School of Oriental and African Studies) “The Eastern Christian Tradition of Mysticism: From Evagrius to Barhebraeus” Date Wednesday, 18th November 2015 17:00-18:30 Venue Collaboration Room no. 2 Building no. 18, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo Language English Contact The University of Tokyo Centre […]
Speaker Luciano Zaccara (Qatar University) “Women and Politics in the Gulf” Date Monday, 2nd November 2015 13:00-14:45 Venue Room no. 105 Building no. 1, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo Language English Contact The University of Tokyo Centre for Middle Eastern Studies +81 3 5465 7724 The lectures will be in English, free, and […]
The Current Situation of Christians in the Middle East Speakers Shabo Talay (Freie Universität Berlin): “Current Political and Social Upheavals in Iraq and in Syria and the fate of the Christians” Naures Atto (University of Cambridge): “Hostages in the Homeland, Orphans in the Diaspora: the Dilemma of Syriac Christians” Date Monday, 14th September 2015 16:30-18:30 […]
Can we understand the current tense situation in Yemen as a sectarian conflict? It is necessary to understand the historical background of the past half century to deepen our knowledge on the current situation in Yemen. We will also discuss the impact of “tribal” societies on the future order and the Saudi airstrikes. There will […]
special lecture Speaker: Prof. Pardis Mahdavi (Pomona College) Re Date Wednesday, 22nd April 2015 14:55-16:40 Venue Room no. 112 Building no. 8, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo Language English Contact The University of Tokyo Centre for Middle Eastern Studies +81 3 5465 7724 The lectures will be in English, free, and open to […]
Special Lecture The Syriac Orthodox Church is one of the Eastern churches, and many of its congregations have lived in the region covering south-eastern Turkey, north-eastern Syria and north-eastern Iraq. The main part of its musical heritage is the tradition of Syriac sacred hymns whose foundation was laid by St. Ephrem (4th century) and other […]
(1) Lado Mirianashvili (Udabno Science Foundation) ”Davit-Gareji Monastery Complex and Its Place in Georgian History, 11-13th Centuries” (2) Temo Jojua (Ilia State University) “The Georgian Chalcedonian Monasteries in Today’s Northern Armenia (11-14th c.)” Date Saturday, 31st January 2015 16:00 – 18:00 Venue Collaboration Room 1, 4th Floor of Building no. 18, Komaba Campus, The University of […]
