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IJAS holds workshop on Hong Kong in Asian Studies

Tobunken Seminar: Negotiating Asian Modernity: Educational Reform, Hyderabad, and Japan, 1868–1926

Tobuken Seminar “Re-examining Ottoman migrations in light of Hikiagesha researches”
JF-GJS Fellow Talk Series “What Does Transitional Justice Mean in Southeast Asia?”
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- 2025-10-19
Dear Colleagues, The Kakenhi Grant-in-Aid “‘Sunnis’ and ‘Shiʿis’: Historical Inquiries into Confessional Identities and Mutual Perceptions” and the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA), University of Tokyo, together with the Japan Office of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS), are pleased to co-host a lecture by Dr Shamim Homayun (IASA, from November 2025) entitled “Legends of ‘Ali b. Abi Talib and Sacred Geographies in Central Asia.” The lecture is open to the public. Please note that advance registration is required. The co-organizers look forward to your participation. Lecture Title:Legends of ‘Ali b. Abi Talib and Sacred Geographies in Central Asia Speaker:Dr Shamim Homayun (JSPS Postdoctoral […]
- 2025-10-22
Seminar Announcement The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia will co-host the following seminar with the Security Studies Unit, Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo. We welcome you to join us! Event Details Title: “Beyond Hedging? Southeast Asian Responses to Indo-Pacific Realignments under Trump 2.0” Speaker: Cheng-Chwee Kuik, Professor, Institute of Malaysia and International Studies (IKMAS), National University of Malaysia/ Japan Foundation JFSEAP Visiting Fellow, Kyoto University Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM JST Venue: Main Conference Room, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, UTokyo; Zoom (Hybrid) Language: English only Discussants: Discussant 1: Tomohiko Satake, Associate Professor, School of International Politics, […]
- 2025-10-24
Dear Colleagues, The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA), University of Tokyo, together with the Kakenhi Grant-in-Aid “Sunnis” and “Shiʿis”: Historical Inquiries into Confessional Identities and Mutual Perceptions” and the Japan Office of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS), is pleased to co-host a lecture by Professor David Lelyveld (William Paterson University, retired) entitled “A Reflection on Muslim Identities in South Asia.” The lecture is open to the public. Please note that advance registration is required for online participation. The co-organizers look forward to your participation. Lecture Title:A Reflection on Muslim Identities in South Asia Speaker:Professor David Lelyveld (William Paterson University, retired) Chair:Professor Kazuo Morimoto (IASA […]
- 2025-11-27
The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo, and the Japan Office of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies are pleased to co-host Tobunken Symposium: “Actors/Performers, Audience, and Narrative Strategies in Naqqāli: New Approaches,” an online workshop on naqqāli that gathers together three papers by young naqqāli scholars across the globe. This workshop explores the vast, almost uncharted terrain of naqqāli, Persian professional storytelling in terms of performance, audience, and narrative. It also offers a Shāhnāma-khvāni performance by Mohammadali Mirzaee Jadideslam who is a naqqāl.Pre-registration is required for the participation. Date and Time: Thursday, November 27, 2025, 15:00 (JST) Venue: Online via Zoom Language: English Pre-registration: […]
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Living With the Vinaya: An Ethnography of Monasticism in Myanmar

Asia Rising:A Handbook of History and International Relations in East, South and Southeast Asia

The Semantics of Development in Asia : Exploring ‘Untranslatable’ Ideas Through Japan
