The Activities with “Program to Support Formation of Strategic Research Basis in Private Universities”

Project 1: Past Activities

Date Theme Lecturer
2012/12/15 Questions about Monotheism in Ancient Israel: Between Texts and Archaeology
  • Mark S. Smith (Professor of New York University )
  • Elizabeth Bloch-Smith (Associate Professor at Union Theological Seminary)
2012/11/24 What is the Islamic Republic of Iran?
  • Kinich Komano ( Former Ambassador of Japan to Iran)
2012/10/07 Session C: 　Hebrew Literature and Jewish Studies in Japan
  • Chizuko Takao (Rikkyo University)
  • Mitsuharu Akao (Oxford University)
  • Kazue Hosoda (Chuo University)
2012/10/07 Session E: 　 On Translation from Japanese to Hebrew
  • Doron B. Cohen (Doshisha University)
  • Michal (Miki) Daliot-Bul (University of Haifa)
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2012/10/06 Session B: 　Hebrew Literature: The Writer and the Scholar
  • Abraham B. Yehoshua (Novelist, Essayist, Play-writer)
  • Nitza Ben-Dov (Professor, Hebrew and Comparative Literature, University of Haifa)
  • Yasuko Murata (Professor Emeritus , Toho University)
2012/02/18 Conflicts and Enrichment Through Interreligious Encounters: Remembering the Past and Envisioning the Future of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
  • Dr. Yuki Shiozaki Assistant Professor of the School of Theology, Doshisha University
  • Yohei Matsuyama Doctral Student of the Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  • Kazunori Hamamoto Doctral Student of the Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University
  • Kotaro Hiraoka Doctral Student of the Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University
  • Aiko Kanda Doctral Student of the Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University
2012/01/21 Japanese Religion and Monotheism: Focusing on the Concept of Religion and the Universality
  • Jun'ichi Isomae, Associate Professor of International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  • Katsuhiro Kohara, Professor of School of Theology, Director of CISMOR, Doshisha University
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2011/11/26 Islam and Science
  • Mojtaba Zarvani, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Theology, University of Tehran
  • Salah Osman, Professor/Chairman of the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Minufiya University
2011/10/30 Presentation 1: “『使徒教父文書』に見るユダヤ教からの教会分離：プロレゴメナ”／ Presentation 2: “福音書のユダヤ人―歴史か物語か”
  • Presentation 1:　Atsuhiro Asano, Professor, The Graduate School of Theology Kwansei Gakuin University
  • Presentation 1:　Atsuhiro Asano, Professor, The Graduate School of Theology Kwansei Gakuin University
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2011/10/30 Jesus in the Talmud
  • Prof. Peter Schäfer, Judaic Studies and Religion, Princeton University, USA
2011/10/29 Mary and the Jews-The Virgin Mary in the Christian-Jewish Debate
  • Prof. Ora Limor, History and Judaic Studies, Open University, Israel
2011/10/22 Muslim Women in the Contemporary World
  • H.H. Princess Prof. Dr. Sarah A. Bin Jalawi Al Saud (Chairperson of Prince Abdulmohsin Bin Jalawi Center for Research & Islamic Studies) Prof. Dr. Mesfer Ali Mohammed Al-Qahtani (Associate Professor of Jurisprudence, Islamic & Arabic Studies, KFUPM)
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2011/09/24 Religion in China: Focusing on the Monotheistic Religions
  • Xu Xin, Professor of Nanjing University/ Director of Center for Jewish Studies
  • Wang Zai-Xing, Lecturer of Xiangfan University/ CISMOR Visiting Researcher
  • Min Jun-Qing, Vice Secretary-General of China Hui Studies Association
2011/09/24 Religion in China: Focusing on the Monotheistic Religions
  • Xu Xin, Professor of Nanjing University/ Director of Center for Jewish Studies
  • Wang Zai-Xing, Lecturer of Xiangfan University/ CISMOR Visiting Researcher
  • Min Jun-Qing, Vice Secretary-General of China Hui Studies Association
2011/08/27 Christianity in Contemporary China: How do Christians live in the Atheist Society?
  • Xue Enfeng, Director of the Kansai Activity Center, Nippon Christian Academy
2011/07/30 Delving into the Transforming Middle East
  • Katsuhiro KOHARA, Professor of School of Theology, Doshisha University/ Director of CISMOR
  • Masanori NAITO, Professor of Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University/ Deputy Director of CISMOR
  • oji MURATA, Professor of Faculty of Law, Doshisha University/ Deputy Director of CISMOR
2011/06/11 Changing Egypt and Religion
  • Wahbeh al-Zuhili, Professor, Damascus University, Syria Mohamed Hawary, Professor, Ain Shams Univeristy, Egypt
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2011/05/28 An Overview of Innovations in Jewish Liturgy in the Recent Period as Reflecting Contemporary Jewish Concerns
  • Rabbi Prof. Jonathan Magonet, Emeritus Professor, Leo Baeck College
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2011/03/12 Islamic World and Globalization−Beyond the Nation State the Rise of New Caliphate
  • Hamit Bozarslan, Professor, l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
  • Ismail Yusanto, Chairman, The Hamfara School of Islamic Economics Recep Senturk, Director, The Alliance of Civilizations Institute in İstanbul
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2011/02/26 The Early Relations with the Middle East: Japan and the British Mandate Palestine
  • Kunio Ishida, Guest Professor, Nanzan University
2011/01/23 Presentation 1: A Genealogical Counterpoint of the Contemporary Jewish Ethics Presentation 2: Judaism and Islam as a Constitution- An Approach from the Greek Idea of Politeia
  • Presentation 1: Masato Goda, Professor, Meiji University
  • Presentation 2: Hiroshi Ichikawa, Professor, The University of Tokyo
2011/01/23 The Story about Abraham and Sarah in Egypt (Genesis 12) as Retold in Ancient Jewish Literature
  • Avigdor Shinan, Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2011/01/22 Jewish Settlement: Theological and Secular Justifications
  • Ilan Troen, Professor, Brandeis University
2010/10/23 Tolerance in New England Puritanism: Its Medieval Context and Modern Misunderstanding
  • Anri Morimoto, Professor, International Christian University
2010/08/07 Memory and Reconciliation: Jewish Attitudes towards conflicts and suffering
  • Hillel Levine, Professor/Historian, Boston University
2010/07/03 Contemporary Islam and the Question of Modernity
  • Farzin Vahdat, Research Associate, Vassar College
2010/06/05 Reason (‘aql) and Tradition (naql) in Islam: the Sunni and Shiites
  • Shigeru Kamata, Professor, The University of Tokyo
2010/05/15 From the Perspective of the Studies of the Bible and Law
  • Speaker 1: Kazuo Tsuda, Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University
  • Speaker 2: Kotaro Hiraoka, Graduate School of Theology, Doshisha University
2010/05/15 From the Perspective of Philosophy and Jewish Studies: M. Buber’s Thought in his Interpretation of the Bible
  • Speaker 1: Toshihiro Horikawa, Adjunct Lecturer, Kyoto University
  • Speaker 2: Fumio Ono, Assistant Professor, Kyoto University
2010/03/13 The Coptic Circumstances under the Arab Islam Conquest of Egypt in the Seventh Century – A Reflection on Co-existence of Today-
  • Moritada Murayama, Pastor, United Church of Christ in Japan
2009/12/19 Al-Andalus and Sefarad: on Libraries and scholars in Islamic Spain
  • Sarah Stroumsa, Rector/Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2009/07/11 I. Berlin and L. Strauss: Political Minority and Jewish Secularism
  • Shinichiro Hama (Professor, Faculty of Law, Doshisha University)
  • Hisao Takagi (Associate Professor, The Center for Liberal Arts, Meiji Gakuin University)
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2009/07/02 On Dialogue between Islam and Judaism: “Others” and “Ours” in Re-thinking
  • Yakov Rabkin (Professor, University of Montreal)
  • Hashim Kamali (Chairman & CEO / Professor, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia)
2009/06/13 The Jesus Movement within Judaism – from Inherence to Separation
  • Ritsu Ishikawa (Professor, School of Theology, Doshisha University)
2009/05/23 The human Rights and Freedom of Speech in Islam
  • Kenji Tomita (Professor, School of Theology, Doshisha University)
  • Ko Nakata (Professor, School of Theology, Doshisha University)
2009/02/18 The Purpose and Tasks of “Conceptual Research in Increasingly Global Monotheistic Religions”
  • Ko Nakata (Professor, School of Theology, Doshisha University)
  • Takehito Miyake (Professor, School of Theology, Doshisha University)
  • Isaiah Teshima (Professor, School of Theology, Doshisha University)