Reflections on Iranian Sexuality
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 […]
Musical Heritage of the Syriac Orthodox Church: Its History and Present Situation
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 […]
Religions and States in the Caucasus: Between Christianity and Islam
(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 […]
Exploring Vulnerability and Agency through Women’s Networks in Saudi Arabia
With Professor Wafa Al-Tuwaijri, a specialist on gender issues in Saudi Arabia, we will consider the significance of Saudi women’s weekend gatherings that help build and maintain their networks, and explore the mechanism of Saudi women’s agency and vulnerability. Date 20th January, 2015 Time 13:00pm-15:00pm Venue Collaboration Room 3, 4th Floor, Building 18, Komaba Campus, […]
The Assyrian Genocide of 1914-18 (Seyfo): Letters from Assyrian Eyewitnesses
Special Lecture Speaker Prof. Dr. Dr. Martin Tamcke (Faculty of Theology, The University of Göttingen, Germany) Date 16:30-18:00 (Saturday, 6th December 2014) Venue Collaboration Room 2, Fourth Floor of the Build. 18, Komaba Campus, the University of Tokyo Language English The Lecture is open to public Download Resume PDF
How to Study the Phenomenon of Legal Systems and ‘Law’ in Non-Western Countries? The case of the Islamic Law of Malaysia
IHS Seminar Speaker Naoko Kuwahara (Associate Professor, Faculty of Urban Management, Fukuyama City University) Date and Time Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 13:00-15:00 Venue Collaboration Room 3, 4th floor, Building 18, Komaba Campus https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam02_01_17_j.html Organizer The University of Tokyo Leading Graduate Program for Doctoral Education “Multicultural Conviviality and Integrated Human Studies Program (IHS) “Multicultural Conviviality […]
The Royal Ideology of the Medieval Georgian Bagratids: Exceptionalism and the Limits of Byzantinization on the Edge of the Iranian World
Special Lecture Starting in the tenth and eleventh centuries, the Georgian Bagratids portrayed themselves as a sharp break from what had come before: their unprecedented achievements demanded exceptional commemoration and a unique history. While Bagratid Georgia attained unprecedented political heights as it looked to Byzantium as never before, the royal family nevertheless stood on the […]