Date / Time	Sun 13 Jul 2025 14:30–17:00
Venue	Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo, Building No. 18, 4th Floor, Collaboration Room 1
	Pre-registration required For registration, please see here. Registration deadline: Sat 12 Jul, 24:00
Admission	Free
Language	English
Organizers	Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, The Concept of “Coexistence” in Modern and Contemporary Arab Thought and Literature and Its Practical Application (22K12988), Principal Investigator: Hiroki Okazaki; Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), The Emergence of Anti-Imperialist & Anti-War Ideas and the Role of International Networks: Focusing on the Significance of “Middle Eastern Experiences” (23K00863), Principal Investigator: Yoshiko Kurita; Global Mediterranean at ILCAA
Contact	okazaki_hiroki[at]asia-u.ac.jp　　(Please change [at] to @.)

Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (1838/39–1897) is known as a political thinker who had a profound influence on the Islamic world in the 19th century. He has long been understood as a proponent of anti-imperialism and pan-Islamism, but in recent years, researchers focus on his views on ecology or other issues. In this workshop, we will welcome Dr. Karam Abbas from the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, and together with Japanese researchers, present the latest research findings and engage in a discussion on the contemporary significance of Afghani’s intellectual legacy.

Speakers:

Karam Abbas (Cairo University) “Al-Afghani’s Ecology ideas”
Yoshiko Kurita (Chiba University) “Jamal al-Din al-Afghani: His Ideas on War and Racism”
Hiroki Okazaki (Asia University) “Importance of Two Figures: Al-Afghani and Abduh”

Moderator: Yoshiaki Mihara (the University of Tokyo)