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東文研セミナー “Sounding Shi'ism: Devotional Practice and Community Formation at the Crossroads of Turkey, the Caucasus, and Iran”が開催されました。
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On 17th April the Institute of Oriental Cultures hosted a seminar, “Sounding Shi’ism” bv Dr Stefan Williamson Fe (University of Cambridge, UK).. Dr Williamson Fe discussed his forthcoming monograph on sound and devotion to the family of the Prophet.
Dr Stefan Williamson Fa is a social-cultural anthropologist whose research focuses on Islam through auditory and culinary cultures. He completed his PhD at University College London in 2019. His first major project explored the role of sound in Shiʿi Islam among Azeri-Turkish speakers in Turkey, the Caucasus, and Iran; this research forms the basis of his forthcoming monograph Sonic Relations: Devotion and Community in Turkey's Eastern Borderlands (Indiana University Press, 2026). As a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, his current work centers on Muslim foodways in the UK, with a focus on food provisioning and food-aid initiatives and their intersections with Islamic ethics and traditions of care.
The event delineated the significance of sound in relation to contemporary ritual among Turkey’s Shi’ites. The seminar was presented orally and there were five participants.
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Speaker: Dr Stefan Williamson Fa
Date & Time: Friday 17th April at 3.00 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room２(302), 3rd floor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (Tobunken), University of Tokyo
登録種別：研究活動記録
登録日時：MonApr2714:40:142026
登録者 ：Ridgeon・神林
掲載期間：20260427 - 20260726
当日期間：20260417 - 20260417
