To promote a better understanding of the religion, culture, society, politics and economy in the Middle East and North African region, the researchers of multiple disciplines such as anthropology, Islamic legal studies, international politics, socio-economics and bioethics, etc. meet together to share and discuss a wide range of issues arising from their work. The research group is mindful of examining those issues especially from a gender point of view. This project intends to conduct not only dynamic, pragmatic research, but also within a present global context.

     GOTO, Emi
     Assistant Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo

     HOSOYA, Sachiko
     Research Fellow, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University

     MURAKAMI, Kaoru
     Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization

     OKAWA, Mayuko
     Assistant Professor, Department of Human Behavior and Environment Sciences,
     Waseda University

     ONO, Hitomi
     Part-time Lecturer, Gakushuin Women's College

     TAKAKI, Keiko
     Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Graduate School of International Studies,
     J.F. Oberlin University

     TORIYAMA, Junko
     Junior Fellow, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa,
     Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

     TSUJIGAMI, Namie
     Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo

     UNO, Yoko
     Researcher, Institute of International and Cultural Studies, Tsuda College

     WAKAMATSU, Daiki
     Lecturer, Hittite University, The Republic of Turkey

     YAMAGISHI, Tomoko
     Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Meiji University

The research group meets four times a year. Those papers presented at the meeting will be shared on this site at the end of the academic year.

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