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 […]
(Komaba Museum Exhibition) “History and Culture of Islam in Senegal” (from May 1st, 2024) The University of Tokyo Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (UTCMES) is holding the exhibition of “History and Culture of Islam in Senegal”. The exhibition is free of charge, and open to the public. Period of the event 10th June 2022 […]
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. […]
The University of Tokyo Center for Middle Eastern Studies (UTCMES) will co-host a symposium on “Current Situation and Challenges in the Study of the History of the Mongol Empire” on Saturday, June 22, at Waseda University, organized by the Society for the History of Inland Asia. This symposium is free of charge and open to […]
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 […]
In December 2023, Hosei University Press published a Japanese translation of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Prof. Rashid Khalidi. Hiroyuki Suzuki (UTCMES), Kensuke Yamamoto (University of Shizuoka), and Miyuki Kinjo (Ritsumeikan University) translated the book, and UTCMES provided a grant for the publication.
