Past Research Activities

In collaboration with the School of Theology

First Young Scholars’ Research Group Workshop

Date: 2018/04/14 9:00-16:00
Place: Room G31, Shingaku-kan, Imadegawa Campus, Doshisha Unversity
Speaker:
  • Yuji Endo (Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University)
  • Etsuko Tsutsum (Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University)
  • Michio Akao (Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University)
  • Takuya Kobayashi (Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University)
  • Megumi Ishiida (Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University)
  • Shirah M. Cohen (The Institute for the Liberal Arts, Doshisha University)
  • Yu Amano (Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University)
  • Miyaki Arai (Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University)
  • Kayo Yasunaka (Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University)
  • Tetsu Kitamura (Post Doctral Fellow of CISMOR, Doshisha University/ CISMOR Research Fellow )
  • Kotaro Hiraoka (Assistant Professor of Scholl of Theology, Doshisha University/ CISMOR Reserach Fellow)
  • Anri Ishiguro (Assistant Professor of Scholl of Theology, Doshisha University/ CISMOR Reserach Fellow)
  • Hajime Yamamoto (JSPS Postdoctral Fellow/ CISMOR Research Fellow)
  • Taiji Abe (Post Doctral Fellow of CISMOR, Doshisha University/ CISMOR Research Fellow )
Commentator:
  • Ada Tagga-Cohen (Professor, School of Theology, Doshisha University/ Director of CISMOR)
Summary:
Date: April 14, 2018 (Sat.)
Place: SHINGAKU-KAN room G31
Time: 9:00 - 16:00
Coordinator: Prof. Ada Taggar-Cohen (Faculty of Theology, Doshisha University)

The workshop includes presentations of advanced PhD students and students who are just starting their PhD studies. Topics range from Hebrew Bible to Studies on Judaism in Modern Era.

SESSION A
9:00-9:05 – Opening Words
9:05-9:35 Yuji Endo, “זכר in the Hebrew Bible”
9:35-10:05 Etsuko Tsutsumi, “The waw-consecutive Usage in the Book of Jonah Prose”
10:05-10:35 Michio Akao, “ ‘All Israel’(כל ישראל) in the Books of Chronicles”

Coffee break

SESSION B
10:45-11:15 Takuya Kobayashi, “Hasidic Stories in Modern Jewish Research”
11:15-11:45 Megumi Ishiida, “The Early Ages of Messianic Jewish Movement”
11:45-12:15 Shirah M. Cohen, “Literature in National Context:
The Case of Mori Ōgai and Hayyim Nahman Bialik”
12:15-12:45 Yu Amano, “Jewish Intellectuals in Iraq”

Lunch Break

SESSION C
13:30-14:00 Miyaki Arai, “The Function of the Pit בור as a Burial Place in
the Hebrew Bible”
14:00-14:30 Kayo Yasunaka, “The Manumission of Slaves in Jeremiah 34:8-17:
The Use of Two Words חָפְשִׁי and דְּרוֹר”

14:30-14:45 Break
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SESSION D
Short Research Description (Post-Doc Researchers of the Faculty of Theology and CISMOR)

14:45-15:00 Dr. Tetsu Kitamura, “The lack of ‘Zion’ in the Book of Ezekiel”
15:00-15:15 Dr. Kotaro Hiraoka, “From Abarvanel to Buber”
15:15-15:30 Dr. Anri Ishiguro, “Cultural Zionism in America; American Judaism and Women”
15:30-15:45 Dr. Hajime Yamamoto, “Religious Role of Kings in the Ancient Near East focusing
on the Hittite Royal Ideology”
15:45-16:00 Dr. Taiji Abe, “Industrial Aspect of Monotheistic Religions, and Religious Business”
Prof. Ada Taggar-Cohen - Concluding Remarks

Guests scholars:
Prof. Akira Echigoya, Prof. Etsuko Katsumata, Dr. Doron B. Cohen
(Faculty of Theology, Doshisha University)
Dr. Miki Bul-Daliot (Faculty of Asian Studies, Haifa University, Israel)