本セミナーでは、1960年代半ばに5年間日本に滞在したエジプト出身の芸術家、ラガーイー・ワニース（1938～2023年）の個人史を通して、中東と日本を含むグローバルな文化的還流を検討します。ワニースの回想録や絵画、写真など、さまざまな資料から明らかになるのは、人々が地域を越え、活気に満ちた関わり合いをもち、互いにつながった時代の諸相です。さらに、個人の物語や文化生産の過程を検証するという作業が、中東理解に新たな質感を加えうるということも示されます。

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講演概要：

This talk investigates Egypt’s cultural connections with Japan during the 1960s. It discusses exchanges between these far ends of Asia through a case study of the late Egyptian artist Ragai Wanis (1938–2023), who studied and worked in Japan for five years in the mid-sixties. I draw on a range of sources—Wanis’ published memoirs, his paintings, and photographs—to uncover a vibrant period of transregional entanglements. Ultimately, by examining individual stories like that of Wanis, this talk offers an alternative narrative for the Arab 1960s, shifting focus away from political dimensions and pan-Arab solidarities to highlight how Egypt was exploring other way of relating globally during this period.

講演者紹介：

Dr. Nicholas Mangialardi is a scholar of Arabic literature and music whose research focuses on modern Egypt. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies at Williams College (USA). His publications have appeared in the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the Arab Studies Journal, and the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication. His recent work explores cultural exchanges between modern Egypt and Japan through the lens of literature and popular culture.

Dr. Yui KANDA is an Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Her expertise lies in the study of history of Islamic works of art, particularly ceramics, metalwork, and manuscripts from the late medieval to the early modern period in the Middle East and South Asia. Her latest publication, “Iranian Blue-and-White Ceramic Vessels and Tombstones Inscribed with Persian Verses, C. 1450–1725,” appears in The Routledge Companion to Global Renaissance Art, edited by Stephen J. Campbell and Stephanie Porras (New York: Routledge).