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Cairo Conference on Japanese Studies
Jointly held by Faculty of Arts of Cairo University and
International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)
Cairo University, November 5-6, 2006
Official Language:
(1)English
(2)Japanese with summary in English
PROGRAM
5th of November
9:30-10:00 Registration
Opening Ceremony
Moderator: Timothy D. Kern (Nichibunken)
10:00-10:10 Ahmed Abdallah Zayed, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University
10:10-10:20 Motoko Katakura, Director-General, International Research Center for
Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)
10:20-10:30 All Abd al-Rahman, President (Cairo University)
10:30-10:50 Break
Session 1: Japan and the Arab world: Comparative Studies in Civilizations
(Language: English) Moderator: Mohammed Hamdy Ibrahim (Cairo University)
10:50-11:20 Presentation 1. Heita Kawakatsu (Nichibunken), "Japanese Civilization:
Japan's Linkages with the Modern World System, 16th - 20th Centuries"
11:20-11:50 Presentation 2. Mohammed El-Sayed Selim (Kuweit University), "The
Cultural Dimensions of Arab-Japanese Relations with Special Reference to the Japan-
Muslim World Dialogue among Civilizations"
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11:50-12:00 Break
12:00-12:30 Presentation 3. Kei Ushimura (Nichibunken), "Discourses on and against
Civilization in Pre-war Japan"
12:30-13:00 Presentation 4. Hassan Hanafi (Cairo University), "Comparative Value
Systems and the Arab-Japanese Dialogue"
13:00-13:10 Comments
Mansour Abu El-Azm (Al-Ahram Newspaper)
Satoshi Ikeuch (Nichibunken)
13:10-13:30 Discussion
13:30-14:30 Lunch at "Dar al-Diyafa"
Session 2: Comparative Studies in Modernizations between Japan and the Arab
World
(Language: English) Moderator: Hasanen Rabi'
14:30-15:00 Presentation 1. Hidehiro Sonoda (Nichibunken), "Modernity through
Westernization : The Japan's Case in Comparative Perspective"
15:00-15:30 Presentation 2. Ala All Zein al-Abidin (Cairo University), "Morality and
Secularization in Modern Japan: on "Bushido Spirits"
15:30-16:00 Presentation 3. Yomna El-Kholy (Cairo University, Nichibunken Visiting
Scholar), "The Beginning of Philosophy of Science in Japan: Comparative Approach"
16:00-16:10 Comments
Ahmed Abdallah Zayed (Cairo University)
Khalil Darwish (Cairo University)
Kei Ushimura (Nichibunken)
16:10 -16: 40 Discussion
16:40-17:00 Break
Session 3: New Trends in Japanese Studies: Dissemination of Japanese Popular
Culture and Representation of Japan in Arab media Moderator: Heita Kawakatsu (Nichibunken) 17:00-17:30 Presentation 1. Shoichi Inoue (Nichibunken), "Anime and Manga in the
World" 17:30-18:00 Presentation 2. Shoji Yamada (Nichibunken), "Advertisement as a
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Program
Resource for Japanese Studies"
18:00-18:30 Presentation 3. Chavalin Svetanant (Chulalongkorn University;
Nichibunken Visiting Scholar), "Japanese Women in the Texts of Advertizement"
18:30-19:00 Presentation 4. Shuji Hosaka (Kinki University), "Influence of Japanese
Anime in Arab Media"
19:00-19:10 Comments
Ibrahim El-Desouki (Al-Ahram Newspaper)
Ahmed Mohamed Fathi Mostafa (Cairo University)
19:10-19:30 Discussion
6th of November
Session 4: Studies in Linguistics and Literature
(Language: Japanese and English)
Moderator: Timothy D. Kern (Nichibunken)
9:30-10:00 Presentation 1. Ayu Majima (Japan Society for Promotion of Science,
Nichibunken), "Paradoxical Discourse on Body and `Beauty' among Male Intellectuals
in Early 20th Century Japan"
10:00-10:30 Presentation 2. Ahmed Mohamed Fathi Mostafa (Cairo University), "The `Post War Phenomena' and the `Defeated Nation Syndrome' in Japanese Literature:
Has It Really Come to an End?"
10:30-11:00 Presentation 3. Maher El-Sherbini (Cairo University), "Transitive and
Intransitive Verbs in Modem Japanese Language"
11:00-11:30 Presentation 4, Adel Amin Saleh (Cairo University), "Model of language
Reform in Japan: Its Significance to Egyptian Language Condition"
11:30-12:00 Presentaion 5. Karam Khalil (Cairo University), "Suicide in Modern
Japanese Literature"
12:00-12:15 Comments
Hidehiro Sonoda (Nichibunken)
Shoji Yamada (Nichibunken)
12:15-13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch at "Dar al-Diyafa"
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Session 5: Japanese Religiosity in Comparative Perspectives
(Language: Japanese and English) Moderator: Ahmed Hassan Ibrahim (Cairo University)
14:00-14:30 Presentation 1. Muhammad Aft (Cairo University), "Observations on the
Introduction of Catholicism to Egypt and Japan: A Comparative Approach"
14:30-15:00 Presentation 2. Timothy D. Kern (Nichibunken), "Syncretism or
Alternativization? Some Thoughts on the Reception of Christianity and Religious
Trends in Modern Japan"
15:00-15:30 Presentation 3. Satoshi Ikeuchi (Nichibunken), "Sufism and Islamic
Philosophy in the Work of Izutsu Toshihiko: A Japanese Way of Understanding Islam"
15:30-15:50 Break
Moderator: Hidehiro Sonoda (Nichibunken)
15:50-16:20 Presentation 4. Akira Imatani (Nichibunken), "The Five Temples (Gozan)
and the Ruling Authority during the Muromachi Period: A Comparison with the Court
of the Mamalik Sultan of Cairo"
16:50-17:20 Presentation 5. Yasunori Kojima (International Christian University), "Islamic Thought and Neo -Confucianism: Mapping Intellectual History: Chu His ,
Wang Yang-ming, and the Sorai Schools as seen in the Mirror of Islamic Thought"
17:20-17:30 Comments
Shoichi Inoue (Nichibunken)
Isam Hamza (Cairo University)
17:30-18:20 Discussion
18:20- 18:30 Concluding Remarks
Karam Khalil (Cairo University)
Hidehiro Sonoda (Nichibunken)
Dinner hosted by Nichibunken
(At Mariott Hotel)
Speech: Ahmed Abdallah Zayed, Dean, Faculty of Arts (Cairo University)
Concluding Address: Motoko Katakura, Direcor-General (Nichibunken)
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