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: […]

We cordially invite you to GAS Symposium on November 28 (Fri), 2025. This event is held in a hybrid format. Please register using the form below.  Date and time: November 28 (Fri), 2025, 11:00-13:00 (JST)  Venue: Main Conference Room (3F), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, UTokyo; Online (Zoom)  Title: Asian Civil Society in an Era of Governance Transformation: Innovation, Democracy, and Regional Cooperation  Registration: https://forms.gle/rda4jDgDUbRnm83W9  Language: English  Program:  11:00-11:05 Opening Remarks Dr. Yeon-I Kwon, JF-GJS Fellow at Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo 11:05-11:45 Keynote Presentation "Institutional Innovations and Social Challenges in Japan: Civil Society in Comparative Perspective" Prof. Yutaka Tsujinaka, Toyo Gakuen University 11:45 -12:00 Resource Presentation 1 "Civil Society and Uncivil Society in Thailand: Impact on Democratization" […]