This presentation sheds light on the understudied significance of Islam and global politics in defining what counted as an acceptable “religious organization [shūkyō dantai宗教団体]” in the wartime period Japanese religion law. The Religious Organizations Law of 1939 was the first Japanese law which defined acceptable forms of “religious organizations” to be controlled while given privileges, […]

The University of Tokyo Center for Middle East Studies (UTCMES) will hold a series of gallery talks on the Komaba Museum exhibition “History and Culture of Senegal and Islam.” Anyone can participate in this project for free. Everyone is welcome to join us. Day and Time  Saturday, June 29, 2024 12:00-13:30 Saturday, July 6, 2024 […]

The University of Tokyo Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (UTCMES) will co-host a public lecture with JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 23K17096. This symposium is free of charge and open to public participants. We sincerely look forward to your participation. Date and Time  3:00 PM-5:00 PM, 9 June 2024 Time Table 3:00　Lecture ”From a Divided to […]

The 40th Annual Conference of the the Japan Assocaiation for Middle East Studies will be held on Saturday, May 11th and Sunday, May 12th, 2024. A public lecture and general meeting will be held on the first day of the conference, and individual research presentations and planning sessions will be held on the second day. […]

(Japanese) ラシード・ハーリディー著『パレスチナ戦争：入植者植民地主義と抵抗の百年史』（法政大学出版局）出版記念

Kurdish vernacular Literature in the Persianate Cosmopolitan: A Case Study in Early Modern Islamic Cultural History Abstract: In recent years, the notion of a ‘Persianate cosmopolitan,’ characterized by the literate and literary use of Modern Persian, has gained traction in cultural histories of the early modern world. The notion was inspired, of course, by Sheldon […]

Persian Miniature Schools: Based on the Matenadaran illustrated Persian manuscripts Speaker  Yvette Tajarian （Mesrop Mashtots Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts） Date and Time  19th February 2024（Mon）16:30～17:30 Venue  Collaboration Room 3, Bldg. 18, the University of Tokyo, Komaba （3-8-1, Komaba, Meguro-ward, Tokyo） Application for participation Please be sure to apply for participation in advance from the […]

Lecture summary: We will invite Ms. Marianne Aringberg Laanatza, a researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden, to give a lecture titled “The Ibadi Berber Communities in the Maghreb: Challenges and Progress.” Speaker  Marianne Aringberg Laanatza （Senior Lecturer and Researcher on Middle East and North Africa Associated to Lund, Stockholm and Uppsala University Executive advisor at […]

On Monday, October 9th, UTCMES Project Assistant Professor Fuga Kimura will give an explanation of the current state of pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in 2023, including an overview of the doctrine and the Saudi government’s pilgrimage policy, at the Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University（IAAMES).   Date and time: October 9, […]

Historiographical research on hadith studies and hadith scholars: on the discrepancies between ‘local’ values and empirical research Abstract: This lecture examines the historical process of the formation and development of hadith scholarship and the use and penetration of hadith authority through socio-historical studies on the hadith scholars who called themselves ‘hadith scholars’ between the 10th […]