List of A03 Migrants & Refugees Articles

• 2023.12.29

  Finished Workshop on Contemporary Arab Thought with Fadi Bardawil “How Can the Arab Left Contribute to the Liberation of the Peoples in the Middle East?” (Jan. 14)

  Fadi Bardawil (Duke University), a researcher of contemporary Arab thought, will talk on his book Revolution and Disenchantment: Arab Marxism and the Binds of Emancipation (2020). We will discuss the intellectual legacy that the Arab Left inherited since the 1960s as well as the role they played or can play, especially in the post-Arab Spring protests and current Palestine issue.

• 2023.12.18

  Finished Workshop “Genocide in Palestine” (Jan 15)

  Workshop “Genocide in Palestine” will be organized by A03.

• 23.12.01

  Finished Summary Symposium “The history and the present day of Palestine: discussing settlers’ colonialism and 100 years of resistance”(Dec. 21)

  Symposium “The history and the present day of Palestine: discussing settlers’ colonialism and 100 years of resistance” will be jointly organized by Islamic Trust Studies Project B03 “Trust and Peace Building in Conflict Affected Areas” and A03 “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building” with College of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University.

• 2023.11.27

  Finished The 3rd Islamic Trust Studies International Conference “Exploring the Tacit Knowledge of Trust Building and Connectivity amidst Predicaments” (Mar. 1-3)

  The Third International Conference of Islamic Trust Studies “Exploring the Tacit Knowledge of Trust Building and Connectivity amidst Predicaments” will be held from March 1 to 3, 2023, at the Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo.

• 2023.11.21

  Finished The second Islamic Trust Studies Emergency Seminar “Global meaning of the Palestine-Israel Catastrophe (Nakba) in 2023: Gaza, Holocaust, and Apartheid” (Nov. 29)

  The second Islamic Trust Studies Emergency Seminar will be held by A03 “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building” and B03 “Trust and Peace Building in Conflict Affected Areas” in response to the de facto genocide in Palestine.

• 2023.10.10

  Finished Lecture “Russia-Saudi Arabia: A Transactional Relationship Amid Constraining Realities” (Nov. 9)

  The lecture “Russia-Saudi Arabia: A Transactional Relationship Amid Constraining Realities” will be jointly held by A03 “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building” group, ILCAA Core Project “Field Archiving of Memory: Dynamics of Cooperation within the Islamic Society” and Platform for Explorations in Survival Strategies at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University.

• 2023.10.08

  Finished Islamic Trust Studies Emergency Seminar “Discussing the escalation of tensions between Palestine and Israel” (Oct. 12)

  Islamic Trust Studies Emergency Seminar “Discussing the escalation of tensions between Palestine and Israel” will be jointly held by A03 “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building”and B03 “Trust and Peace Building in Conflict Affected Areas.” on the escalation of tensions in Palestine.

• 2023.10.03

  Finished Islamic Trust Studies Workshop “Connectivities of Islam analyzed by the result of attitude surveys on Syrian, Turkey, and Lebanese people” (Oct. 21)

  Islamic Trust Studies Workshop “Connectivities of Islam analyzed by the result of attitude surveys on Syrian, Turkey, and Lebanese people” is jointly held by B02 “Trust Building Through Thought and Strategy” and A03 “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building”.

• 2023.04.07

  Finished ワークショップ「難民・移民のバルカン・ルート、押し戻しとその背景」（Apr. 15）

  Islamic Trust Studies Workshop “The Balkan route of Refugees and Immigrants: the pushbacks and its background” will be jointly organized B03 “Trust and Peace Building in Conflict Affected Areas” and “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building.”

• 2023.01.19

  Finished Film screening of “Nakba al-Manahij” with a public talk (Feb. 5&11)

  The documentary film“Nakba al-Manahij” produced by Al Jazeera will be released with Japanese subtitles as the first screening with foreign subtitles. To celebrate the release,“Islamic Trust Studies” will hold film screening of the documentary and a public talk in Tokyo and Kyoto inviting Ms. Reine Mitri, the film director and Mr. Mohamad El Arbid, the producer.

• 2023.01.12

  Finished 【実施報告】勉強会「武力紛争が避難者および支援者、研究者のメンタルヘルスに与える影響への理解と対応」（Jan. 10）

  A03「移民・難民とコミュニティ形成」班は、目白大学保健医療学部教授の重村淳氏をお招きし、武力紛争下の難民・避難民保護における当事者および支援者、研究者のメンタルヘルスに関する勉強会を開催いたしました。

• 2023.01.10

  Finished ワークショップ “Recent trends in Andalusi literature studies and its impact on Arabic literature” (Jan. 16)

  A03班はNIHUグローバル地中海地域研究・アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所拠点と共催で、ベイルート・アメリカン大学のEnass Khansa先生をお招きし、”Recent trends in Andalusi literature studies and its impact on Arabic literature” を開催いたします。

• 2023.01.06

  Finished Summary Workshop “The Gacaca courts that judged the crime of genocide in Rwanda: dialogue for reparations and building relationships between victims and perpetrators who live in the neighborhood” (Jan. 31)

  The workshop “The Gacaca courts that judged the crime of genocide in Rwanda: the dialogue for reparations and building relationships between victims and perpetrators who live in the neighborhood” will be jointly organized by B03 “Trust and Peace Building in Conflict Affected Areas” and A03 “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building.”

• 2022.11.22

  Finished (Updated on Dec. 2) The Iraqi Japanese Workshop（Dec. 4-9）

  “The Iraqi Japanese Workshop” will be held in Baghdad on December 4-9, 2022. (updated on Dec. 2)

• 2022.11.17

  Finished Lecture “Multicultural coexistence in Niihama: inheriting the legacy of connectivity from Akira Hamanaka”（Dec. 18）

  The Lecture as a Civil Dialogue Project will be jointly held by Niihama International Center and Islamic Trust Studies A03 “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building” to commemorate the late Akira Hamanaka, who performed considerable service to the creation of Muslim community in Japan based in Niihama, Ehime.