Research Activities

Following the academic agreement concluded last year by our institute, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Fudan University and East Asian Program at Princeton University, the East Asian Studies Department of Princeton University generously sent us more than forty books published recently by the staffs of the department. Three huge volumes on the history of Science in China by Professor Benjamin Elman, chair of the department, are among them. We will conserve these precious books in our library and put them to public use as soon as possible.  

The conference titled “Iran, Art and Society” was held with Dr. David Galloway, the former chief curator of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, founded in 1977, on the 5th of November, 2011. Art in Iran is often categorized as “Middle Eastern” or “Islamic”. However, by considering art in Iran in relation to the worldwide art scene by focusing on the role of museum, the conference aimed at deepening the discussion of how to write the world history more effectively. Firstly, Dr. Galloway introduced the cultural background. Secondly, Terada Yuki interviewed Dr. Galloway and asked about the relation between the art in Iran and the worldwide art scene.      

date: December 17, 2010 Venue: University of Tokyo title：roduksi Padi dan Impor Beras Indonesia Selama 40 Tahun: Sebuah Catatan

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia concluded an Agreement on Academic exchange with Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale. Ever since its establishment in 18th century, Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale has played a major role as a hub for Asian Studies not alone in Italy but in Europe. Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale is actively developing its education and research activities of Asian regions in the fields of humanities and social sciences. We would like to promote this academic exchange with Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale through the human exchange of researchers by mutual visits, joint symposia, and exchange of academic information and materials. Neapolitan ville,

The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia was founded in 1941 as a research institute attached to The University of Tokyo (Tokyo Imperial University at that time) with the objective of carrying out “comprehensive studies regarding Oriental culture.” Last year, in 2011, it commemorated the 70th anniversary of its founding. The main areas that are the subject of studies at our institute range from Egypt to the Korean Peninsula (Japan is included indeed). In each region within this vast scope, we are conducting diligent studies in fields as different as politics, economy, religion, history, archaeology, literature, art and so on. Both archival research (both written and non-written materials) and on-site

Date ： Thursday, 1 March 2012, 16:00-18:00 Venue ： Large Meeting Room (Dai-kaigisitu), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo Speaker ： Michael Feener (National University of Singapore) Title ： “Changing Configurations of Alid Piety in Indonesian Islam” The presentation will be based on some new work that will be published later this year in a forthcoming book that I have edited with Chiara Formichi entitled, Shi`ism and Beyond: `Alid Piety in Muslim Southeast Asia (London Institute of Ismaili Studies Series/ I.B. Tauris). Moderator　： Haneda Masashi (Director & Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia) This seminar is open for public. 【Report】 A Tobunken seminar “Changing Configuration

Title：Mongols in 14th Century Italian Painting: New Evidences Speaker：Michele Bernardini (Istituto Universitario Orientale, Napoli) Date：Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 16:00-18:00 Venue：Large Meeting Room (Dai-kaigisitu), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo Report： The institute invited Professor Michele Bernardini of University of Naples, Orientale, famous scholars in the field of Iranian studies, in the framework of the academic exchange programme recently concluded by the two institutions. At the seminar on 22 February 2012, Professor Bernardini introduced a number of Mongol-like figures appeared on various paintings in medieval Italy and discussed their artistic features. He also explained reasons of the birth of this particular genre of paintings. It was a