The meeting “Cities, People, and Knowledge Connected by Ijāza” will be jointly organized by B01 Publicly Offered Research “Research on the Human Nexus of the Civilian Elite Through a Digital Analysis of Pre-Modern Arabic Texts” and C01 “Analyses of Connectivities by Digital Humanities Methods” with ILCAA Joint Research Project “The Visualization of the History and Historical Space of the Middle East: Sharing Knowledge in the Digital Age”

We’ll have Dr. Maxim Romanov as a speaker of the workshop this month. Dr. Romanov is the pioneer of digital humanities in Islamic studies. Currently, he is working on the project “The Evolution of Islamic Societies (c.600-1600 CE): Algorithmic Analysis into Social History” (2021-2027) at Hamburg University as Emmy Noether junior research group leader.

The workshop “Visualization and Verification of Ulama Network in Southeast Asia: Ijazah and Silsila as Historical Materials” will be jointly organized by Group C01 “Analyses of Connectivities by Digital Humanities Methods”

The workshop “‘Long-distance nationalism’ and positive/negative impact of the diaspora on trust building” will be jointly organized by Group A03 “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building” and Group B03 “Trust and Peace Building in Conflict Affected Areas.”

The workshop “Experiences of migrants and narratives” will be jointly organized by Group A03 “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building”and Group B01 “The Ideas of the Muslim Community and State Systems” with a presentation of Sayoko Numata, Visiting Research Fellow of Asian Cultures Research Institute, Toyo University.

Civil Dialogue Project “The world connected by animals” was jointly organized by Islamic Trust Studies Project Organizer, ILCAA, and Setagayadaita Jinji Nursery School (Director: Masanori Senoo, Tokyo).

The International Conference “Conflict and Harmony between State and Market” will be jointly organized by group A01 (Mobility and Universality in the Islamic Economy) and group B01 (The Ideas of the Muslim Community and State Systems) of the Islamic Trust Studies Project.

The workshop “Connectivities of refugees in the civil war” will be jointly organized by Group A03“Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building” and Group B03 “Trust and Peace Building in Conflict Affected Areas.”This workshop invites Ms. Marie SATO, Assistant Professor of ASAFAS, Kyoto University as a speaker.

The workshop “Various Aspects of Ottoman Diplomatic Relations” will be jointly organized by Group B01 “The Ideas of the Muslim Community and State Systems” and Group A02 “Changes in the World of Islamic Thought and Knowledge”.

The workshop “Muslim Connectivities found in thought and strategy: cases of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations and Syria” will be jointly organized by Group B02 “Trust Building Through Thought and Strategy” and A03“Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building.”

An information exchange meeting will be held by C01 on Saturday, October 23, 2021.
In this meeting, participants come together to share their own tasks and outcomes, check the progress of each task, and discuss problems and solutions.
(Only open to members of the “Islamic Trust Studies” research groups)

B02 “Trust Building Through Thought and Strategy” will hold a meeting with ILCAA Joint Research Project “Transition and Interaction among Modern Muslim Intellectuals”, etc.

The workshop “The Backgrounds of Muslim Diplomacy in the Early Modern Period” will be jointly organized by Group B01 “The Ideas of the Muslim Community and State Systems” and Group A02 “Changes in the World of Islamic Thought and Knowledge”. (Only open to members of the “Islamic Trust Studies” research groups)

The workshop “Revenge of the Vernacular: Muscovy’s Turkic Engagement with the Persianate World” will be jointly organized by Group B01 “The Ideas of the Muslim Community and State Systems”, Group A02 “Changes in the World of Islamic Thought and Knowledge”, and Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University.

B02 “Trust Building Through Thought and Strategy” will hold a webinar with JIME Center, The Institute Of Energy Economics, etc.