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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