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東文研セミナー "The Long-term Geopolitics of the Pre-modern Middle East" (Michael A. Cook 教授, Princeton University) のご案内

東京大学東洋文化研究所では、イスラーム研究の世界的権威の一人であり、人類史についての著作までものしてしまうその視野の広さでつとに知られる、Michael A.Cook教授(プリンストン大学)をお招きし、以下の要領で講演会(東文研セミナー)を催します。クック教授ならではのスケールの大きなお話を伺える貴重な機会となることは必至です。幅広い層の皆さまのご参加を心からお待ちしています。

The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo is proud to announce the lecture by Professor Michael A. Cook (Princeton University) on "The Long-term Geopolitics of the Pre-modern Middle East," scheduled on May 22. The lecture will be of utmost interest not only to those with special interest in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies but also to those who would like to reconsider the narrative of the Global History from the vantage point of the Middle East. This event is open to public and no previous registration is required.


日時/Date: 2013年5月22日(水)17:30-19:00 May 22, 2013 (Wed), 17:30-19:00

場所/Venue: 東京大学東洋文化研究所3階大会議室 3rd floor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (Tobunken), University of Tokyo

発表者/Speaker: Michael A. Cook (Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University; http://www.princeton.edu/nes/people/display_person.xml?netid=mcook&display=All)

論題/Title: The Long-term Geopolitics of the Pre-modern Middle East

要旨/Abstract:
The Middle East had a remarkably stable configuration in the centuries before the rise of Islam (two empires, the Byzantine and the Persian) and again, but in a significantly different form, in the Ottoman period (one major empire and a reduced Persia). Between these two periods of sustained stability there intervenes a long period of relative instability dduring which no one pattern prevails. Should we attribute all this to the random impact of luck and the human factor? Or are there deeper structural factors that can help us to explain why things remained stable or changed as they did? The obvious thing to look at is the distribution of two crucial resources: military manpower and taxable economic activity.

連絡先/Contact Person: 森本一夫 Kazuo Morimoto (morikazu[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp)

担当:森本


* どなたの参加も歓迎いたします。参加の事前連絡は必要ありません。 The seminar is open to public; no registration is required.

** 同じ5月22日の朝から午後の早い時間にかけて、[Tobunken Symposium] New Approaches to Islamic History, Theory and Practice: Graduate Workshop with Professor Michael A. Cookが開かれます。
また、5月27日(予定)には、クック教授による別の講演会が九州大学で開かれます。論題は"Did the Middle East Miss Out on Early Modern Antiquarianism?"です。
さらに、クック教授は、6月2日には、京都大学で開催される国際ワークショップでメイン・コメンテータを務められます。 これらの案内はそれぞれの主催者によって順次個別に流されることになると思いますが、皆さま奮ってご参加下さい。
今回のクック教授の来日は、日本学術振興会外国人研究者招へい事業(短期)の支援を受けて実現しました。

[Tobunken Symposium] New Approaches to Islamic History, Theory and Practice: Graduate Workshop with Professor Michael A. Cook is scheduled earlier on the same day, i.e., May 22. Prof. Cook will also give a lecture at Kyushu University on "Did the Middle East Miss Out on Early Modern Antiquarianism?" on May 27 (tentative date). Finally, he will attend an international workshop at Kyoto University on June 2 as the main commentator. Announcements of these other events will be sent out shortly by their respective organizers. Professor Cook's visit to Japan was made possible by the generous support by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Invitation Fellowship Program for Research in Japan [Short Term]).



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