Public Lectures

This page gives you the detail of CISMOR lectures. We report on the past public lectures to return the results of our research to society.

As for closed meetings or workshops, click here for more information. At the international workshop, a specific theme is discussed and studied in-depth with invited researchers from all over the world. Through these workshops, we hope to form a global network of researchers for the interdisciplinary study of monotheistic religions.

Date Title Speaker
2017/12/02
The 6th International Conference on Values in Religions Naglaa Rafat Salem (Cairo University)
Gamal Abd elsamia Elshazly (Cairo University)
Mohamed Ahmed Saleh ( Cairo University)
Mohamed Hawary (Ain Shames University)
Mohamed Fawzy Dief (Menoufia University)
Etsuko Katsumata (Doshisha University)
Sik-ping Choi (Bible Seminary of Hong Kong)
Abdulla Galadari (Khalifa University/ Al-Maktoum College)
Caren el-Chawa (Independent Researcher)
Masaki Nagata (Independent Researcher)
Norimasa Fujimoto (Doshisha Univeristy)
Chikako Ikehata (Doshisha University)
S. Jonathon O'Donnell (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Masahiro Shida (Post-Doctral Fellow, Japan Society for the promotion of Science)
Hiroshi Tone (Doshihsa University)
Rehab Abuhajiar (Dosihsha University)
2017/11/16
【For Students and Academics】Modern Extremist Groups and the Division of the World: A Critique from an Islamic Perspective Dr. Masaki Nagata
2017/11/01
Who had been sacrificed? -The three monotheistic religions about Akedah Dr. Sik-ping Choi , Associate Professor, Bible Seminary of Hong Kong
2017/10/27
【For Students and Academics】Overcoming the Doctrinal Gap: Parallelism in Contemporary Buddhist-Muslim Perceptions Kieko Obuse (Visiting Scholar, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies)
2017/08/05
World Peace and Common Visions ※Resume H.E. Dr. Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa (The Muslim World League)
2017/07/18
【For Students and Academics】Halal and Halam/The Present State of Halal Business Junya Shinohe ( Professor of School of Theology / Director of CISMOR , Doshisha University)
Taiji Abe ( Research Fellow of CISMOR, Doshisha University)
2017/07/15
Iran-US Relations and the Gulf Politics Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
(Department of Politics and International Studies, Director of Iranian Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK)
2017/06/16
FAKHR AL-DIN AL-RAZI’S ROLE IN THE ISLAMIC INTELLECTUAL TRADITION Tariq Jaffer (Associate Professor of Religion, Amherst College)
2017/06/14
Approaching Wonder in Islam Tariq Jaffer (Associate Professor of Religion, Amherst College)


2017/05/25
【For Students and Academics】Conservative Christians in Donald Trump’s America Gavin James Campbell (Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University )
2017/05/20
Images of Jerusalem: Ancient Perspectives and Eternal Problems Dr. Daivd Satran (Chair Department of Comparative Religion,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
2017/04/25
【For Students and Academics】Toyohiko Kagawa’s Concept of Religion: With a Focus on the Relationship between Religion & Science Stig Lindberg (Assistant Professor, Center for Applied Philosophy & Ethics, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University)
2017/03/27
The Differential Diffusion in the Middle East of ‘Small Technologies’ from Europe and the USA Professor Uri, M. Kupferschmidt
2017/03/03
Catholicism in French Society Philippe Portier (EPHE, Paris )
2017/02/25
Exploring the Depths of Islam Shigeru Kamada ( Emeritus professor of Tokyo University/ former-President of The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan)
2017/02/15
THE EMERGENCE AND SOCIAL MOBILITY OF WOMEN IN IRAN -Present circumstances and government measures – Her Excellency Madam Shahindokht Molaverdi, Vice President for Women and Family Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
2017/02/02
The Role and Function of the Synagogue in the Late Period of the Second Temple Period: An Impact of the Discovery of a Synagogue at Tel Rekhesh in the Galilee Dr. Mordeichai Aviam (Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archaeology)
2017/01/27
Reconstructing State Security and National Integration in the Middle East 【Keynote Speaker】
Dr. Guita Hourani(Director of Center for Migration Studies, Notre Dame University, Lebanon )