Cancelled! Speaker: Dr. Noor al-Qasimi(Honorary Research Fellow, University of Exeter) “Queering Middle East Studies “ Date Monday, 25th April 2016 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 […]
Ecology of Non-Dominant Groups in the Middle East Speakers: Karen HAMADA (PhD. Candidate, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo) “Armenian Christology in the Christian-Muslim Dialogue of the 14th-15th Centuries” Ryoko ISAKA (PhD. Candidate, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo) “Russian Orthodox Clergy in 19th-Century North Caucasus: Their […]
Speakers I : Premodern Period Yohei Kondo (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) Tatsuya Kikuchi (the University of Tokyo) Hidemi Takahashi (the University of Tokyo) II : Modern Period Namie Tsujigami (the University of Tokyo) Hidemitsu Kuroki (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) Date Saturday, 30th January 2016 13:30-17:00 Venue Auditorium, Administration Office Building (3F), Komaba Campus, […]
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 […]
Prof. Hideaki Sugita, Director of our Centre, won the 2015 Sheikh Zayed Book Award for his book entitled “Arabian-naito to Nihonjin” (The Arabian Night and Japanese). For more details, see the following website: http://www.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/info/news/topics/20150724161857.html
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 […]
