Basic Synthetic Research for the Construction of Islam & Gender Studies

【Basic Information】
Research Fund Designation: Grants-in-aid for Research/Basic Research (A)Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS)
Project Leader: Eiji Nagasawa, The University of Tokyo
Research Period: 2016 - 2019 (4 years)

　The Middle East and other geographic areas where Muslims live today are facing various challenges, such as revolutions, civil wars and the issues related to forced migrations. To understand the current situation, a ‘gender perspective’ is indispensable, especially in conducting deeper, discursive analysis. In particular, conducting academic research on culture, politics, and development in relation to the matter of gender justice in Islam is inevitable.

　This research project aims at building the platform for a new intellectual practice which we call 'Islam & Gender Studies', by integrating individual research on gender in the region that has to date been carried out separately, and promoting a gender perspective in different research fields regarding Islam. Specifically, the project will tackle the following three issues: 1) social dynamics in regards to Islam and gender justice, 2) re-examination of politics with gendered perspectives, 3) gender ‘discourse and practice’ in the field of ‘development’ in a broader sense. As well as enhancing cutting-edge individual research on the subject, the project will set up arenas for comprehensive discussion on gender justice and Islam.

【Principal Investigator】
Eiji NAGASAWA(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

【Members】
Kaoru MURAKAMI（The Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) ）
Noriko MATSUNAGA（Waseda University）
Emi GOTO（The University of Tokyo）
Junko TORIYAMA（Ritsumeikan University）
Toyoko MORITA（Kagoshima University）
Hidemitsu KUROKI（Tokyo University of Foreign Studies）
Erina IWASAKI（Sophia University）
Mina HATTORI（Nagoya University）
Mari OKA（Kyoto University）
Akira USUKI（Japan Women's University）
Tomoko YAMAGISHI（Meiji University）
Hiroko MINESAKI（Aichi University of Education）
Keiko TAKAKI（J. F. Oberlin University）
Yasuko KOBAYASHI（Nanzan University）
Kazuaki TAKEMURA（Takachiho University）

Click here for details: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16H01899/