<Session 1> The Middle East and the Economy of the British Empire (11:00-12:00)<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u30fbJack Seddon (Queen\u2019s University Belfast, UK)
\nFragmentation by Design: British Discrimination and the Middle East in the Sterling Area<\/p>\n\u30fbDiscussant: Shigeru Akita (Osaka University, Japan)
\n\u30fbDiscussant: Gerold Krozewski (Osaka University, Japan)
\n\u30fbChair: Shohei Sato (Waseda University, Japan)<\/p>\n
*This session is co-hosted by JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
\n\u201cThe 1970s as the Turning point of the Modern World System: The impact of the Oil Crises\u201d.<\/p>\n
<Session 2> Risks and Reactions in the Arab Monarchies (13:30-15:30)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u30fbAdel Abdel Ghafar (Brookings Doha Center, Qatar)
\nTowards a New Social Contract? The Politics of Economic Reform in the GCC
\n\u30fbTakuya Murakami (Middle East Institute of Japan, Japan)
\nAlliance for Monarchies: Security Cooperation between GCC and Jordan
\n\u30fbShigeto Kondo (The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)
\nGCC\u2019s Economic Relationships with Jordan and Morocco: Comparative Perspective
\n\u30fbMarc Valeri (University of Exeter, UK)
\nAuthoritarianism and Strategies of Legitimation in the GCC Monarchies Post-2011: A Political Economy Perspective<\/p>\n
\u30fbDiscussant: Matthew Gray (Waseda University, Japan)
\n\u30fbChair: Nozomi Shiratani (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan)<\/p>\n
<Session 3> Mashhad, A Shiite Mausoleum City – Various Aspects of Its Development during the Safavid and Afsharid Period (16:00-17:30)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u30fbZahra Talaee (Museums and Document Center of Astan-e Qods-e Razavi, Iran)
\nUsing Documentary Evidence to Chart the Urban Development of Ma\u0161had in the \u1e62afav\u012bd Period
\n\u30fbMay Farhat (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon)
\nThe Mashhad Shrine in the Early 17th Century
\n\u30fbRyuichi Sugiyama (Waseda University, Japan)
\nNader Shah\u2019s Urban Development Project in Mashhad during Afsharid Period<\/p>\n
\u30fbDiscussant: Nobuaki Kondo (Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan)
\n\u30fbChair: TBA<\/p>\n
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<Session 4> Internationalizing the Middle East\u2019s National Universities: Opportunity or Challenge? (10:30-11:40)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u30fbAfsaneh Tavassoli (Al-Zahra University, Iran)
\nInternationalization of the Universities in Iran and Its Challenges
\n\u30fbKeiko Sakurai (Waseda University, Japan)
\nGlobal University Rankings and Internationalization of National Universities in the Middle East<\/p>\n
\u30fbDiscussant: Yusuke Nakajima (Osaka Ohtani University, Japan)
\n\u30fbChair: Kiyohiko Hasebe (Waseda University, Japan)<\/p>\n
<Session 5> National Historiography Reconsidered: Challenges for the Modern History of Central Asia (13:30-15:00)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u30fbAminat Chokobaeva (Sydney University, Australia)
\nThe Past in the Present: Commemoration, History and Representation in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
\n\u30fbJipar Duishembieva (Independent Researcher, USA)
\nA Diary of a Priest: Violence, Trauma, and Memory in the Revolt of 1916 in Central Asia
\n\u30fbChika Obiya (Kyoto University, Japan)
\nNational Delimitation of Central Asia in the New National History of Uzbekistan<\/p>\n
\u30fbDiscussant: Hisao Komatsu (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan)
\n\u30fbChair: Tetsu Akiyama (Waseda University, Japan)<\/p>\n
<Session 6> Japan-Middle East Relations: Origins, Dynamics, and Pluralism (15:30-17:30)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u30fbBahadir Pehlivanturk (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey)
\nTurkish-Japanese Relations
\n\u30fbKoji Muto (Japan Cooperation Centre for the Middle East, Japan)
\nDevelopment of Saudi Arabia \u2013 Japan Reciprocal Relations, 1955-2015
\n\u30fbSteven Wright (Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar)
\nLNG Market and Supply: Middle East and Japan
\n\u30fbJun Saito (Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization, Japan)
\nGulf and Japan Non-Energy Sector Economic Relations<\/p>\n
\u30fbDiscussant: Shigeru Sudo (Teikyo Heisei University, Japan)
\n\u30fbDiscussant: Takayuki Yokota (Meiji University, Japan)
\n\u30fbChair: Satoru Nakamura (Kobe University, Japan)<\/p>\n
<Closing Remarks> (17:30-17:45)<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u30fbMatthew Gray (Waseda University, Japan)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\u25cf Organizing Committee<\/b>
\nExecutive Secretary: Keiko Sakurai (Professor, Waseda University)
\nChief Administrator: Tetsu Akiyama (Associate Professor, Waseda University)
\nJunior Administrator: Yoko Yamashita (Ph.d Student at GSICCS, Waseda University)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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