You are cordially invited to the international workshop“Science, Institutions and Identity in the Middle East and Muslim Societies.”
This Workshop is held under the auspices of Humanosphere: In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa(G-COE), Center for Islamic Area Studiesat Kyoto University(KIAS) and Needs-based
Programme for Area Studies, sponsored by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan (coordinator: Keiko SAKAI)) scheduled as follows.
Date:12-13 Feb., 2011
Venue:Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Fuchu Campus, Main Building
4th floor, Room (401-3)
Access Map: http://www.tufs.ac.jp/info/map-and-contact-e.html
[Language]
English
For further details, please find the program attached below.
If you can join us, please send us an e-mail
inq-kias(at)asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
THE JOINT WORKSHOP February, 12~13, 2011
Science, Institutions and Identity in the Middle East and Muslim Societies
February 12
11:00 Opening Remarks: Prof Sakai (TUFS)
11:10-12:40 Keynote Lecture
Prof. Nabil al-Tikriti (University of Mary Washington)
"The State of Middle East Studies in the American Academy"
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Nabil Al-Tikriti, Associate Professor of History, earned a Ph.D.
(2004) in Ottoman history from the University of Chicago, an MIA
(1990) from Columbia University.
From 1992 to 2003, Dr. Al-Tikriti was a context and liaison officer
for Mdecins Sans Frontires (Doctors Without Borders). He worked in
Jordan, Turkey, Albania, Iran, and Somalia, and his duties included
jointly conducting an exploratory mission determining potential
Mdecins Sans Frontires activity in Iraq; negotiating with community
and clan leaders concerning team security and staff contracts, and
controlling personnel issues for more than 200 local staff in a war
zone.
He also has served as a consultant to the Joint NGO Emergency
Preparedness Initiative in Jordan and a polling station supervisor and
monitor in Bosnia, Kosovo, Ukraine, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan for the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He has written
web reports relevant to Iraqi cultural patrimony, higher education,
and forced migration.
Major works:
“Stuff Happens: A Brief Overview of the 2003 Destruction of Iraqi
Manuscript Collections, Archives, and Libraries”, Library Trends -
Volume 55, Number 3, Winter 2007
“From showcase to basket case: Education in Iraq”, ISIM Review, 2005
“Was there an Iraq before there was an Iraq?”, International Journal
of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, Vol.3, No.2, 2009
“Ottoman Iraq”, Journal of the Historical Studies, Jun 2007
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Lunch
14:10-15:00
INOUE Takatomo (Kyoto University)
“Practical Activities for Islamization of Science: Cases of IIIT and Institute of Islam Hadhari”
15:00-15:50
KAWAMURA Ai (Kyoto University)
“Civil Disputes in Islamic Finance: A Study on Double Legal Constraints
between the Islamic and the Western”
Coffee break
16:10-17:00
Patrick Mason (TUFS)
“Webs of Contention: A network-based analysis of the insurgency in Afghanistan"
17:00-17:50
HAGIHARA Jun (Kyoto University)
“Development of Saudi political institutions and governmental structure”
18:30- Dinner
February 13
10:00-10:50
IMAI Shizuka (Kyoto University)
"Jordanian Iraqi Trade in the 1980s: Reflection on Internal and
External Factors"
10:50-11:40
Muhammad Duhoki (TUFS)
"The Kurdish ethno-nationalism and Identity in Turkey"
11:40-12:30
MASHINO, Ito (Keio University, Graduate School of Letters)
“Nation-Building and the Development of Iraqi Identity under Monarchy”
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:50
KAWABATA Aruma (Kyoto University)
"Islamic Law and Modern Methods of Slaughtering: A study of Halal Meat"
14:50-15:40
Muhammad HAKIMI (Kyoto University)
"Farmers' Life in Malaysia and their Land Use Problems: Can Be an
Islamic Solution?"
Coffee break
16:00-16:50
Ladislav Lesnikovski (TUFS)
"The politics of Muslim identities in the Balkans"
16:50-17:40
Nicolas Ballesteros (TUFS)
"The Roma minority:Analysis of the exclusion in the post-conflict
Kosovo (1999 - 2009)"
17:40-18:00 Closing Remarks (Prof. Yasushi Kosugi, Kyoto University)