Numbering Code	G-AAA03 53217 LJ31	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	1st & 2nd year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Tue.2
Instructor name	TONAGA YASUSHI (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies Professor) NAKANISHI TATSUYA (Institute for Research in Humanities Associate Professor) SUZUKI MANAMI (Part-time Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	Sufism is expanding in almost all the area of Islamic World. This lecture discusses its various phases from the three approaches, i.e. Metaphysics, historical studies and anthropology. We will discuss the cases of not only Middle East but also East Asia and others.
Course Goals	The objective of this lecture is to get the vast knowledge on Sufism in Asian and African area. At the same time, students will learn how to analyse the target with the different disciplines.
Schedule and Contents	1. Orientation (by all the the teaching staffs) 2-5. Lectures on Sufism from the viewpoint of metaphysics: What is Sufism?, Spiritual path and psychology, human theory and cosmology, Sufism in history, Living Sufism 6-9. Lectures on Sufism from the viewpoint of historical science: Sufism and secular monarchs, Popularization of Sufism, Sufism and ‘conversion’, Sufism and ethnicity 10-13. Lectures on Sufism from the viewpoint of musicology: Position of ‘music’ in Islam, Sufi orders (ṭarīqah) and ‘musical’ practice, Mevlevi Order and music in Society of Ottoman Empire/Turkey, Bektaşi Order and music in Turkey and Balkan 14. Lecture on Interdisciplinary approach and comparison among the areas 15. Presentations of the participants
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Students will be evaluated on the basis of attendance and class participation (50%) and semester-end report (50%).
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	When you find a point which you don't fully understand, you are requested to review the topic using the reference books etc.