West Asian Archaeology Seminar: (Completed)
"Archaeological survey and rescue project at the Hasankeyf site"
A lecture by the president of Batman University, Turkey on archaeological remains from the Islamic period in South Eastern Anatolia.
Date: Tuesday 26 March
Time: 14:00 – 16:00
Place: Tsukuba University, Laboratory of Advanced Research A, Room A110
* *The lecture is given in Turkish with Japanese translation.
Symposium: The analysis of organic material in painted cultural heritage (Completed)
The invited speaker, Joy Mazurek is a researcher at the Getty Conservation Institute in the USA. She has worked on the analysis of organic material in painted cultural heritage in Egypt, the Dunhuang Mogao Cave Grottoes, China and elsewhere using biochemical methods such as antigen-antibody reaction and GC/MS.
(This symposium on the research and analysis of organic material is co hosted by the Research Centre for West Asian Civilization and the National Museum for Western Art with the cooperation of the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties.)
Date: Monday 7 January 2013
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
Place: National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Basement meeting room
(Located inside Ueno Park, Taito-ku Tokyo. The closest JR station is Uguisudani)
Program
13:00- Opening remarks Yoko Taniguchi (University of Tsukuba)
Introduction: organic analysis in polychromed cultural heritage
13:15- Joy Mazurek (Getty Conservation Institute, USA)
The Identification of Binding Media in Paint using ELISA
(This presentation is in English. There will be simultaneous translation into Japanese)
14:10- Miho Takashima (National Museum of Western Art)
Painting techniques and materials of Jacob Camille Pissarro's 'The Harvest'
14:40- Break
15:00- Yoshiko Shimazu (National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo)
Organic analysis of 19th C Northern European oil paintings
15:30- Takashi Nakazawa (Nara Women’s University)
Identification of binding media using MALDI-MS
16:00 – 17:00 Discussion/Question and Answer Session
Seminar 8: Friday December 19 2012, 5:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m. (Completed)
Tsukuba University Social Sciences Building A, Room B112
Yosuke Miyairi (University of Tokyo)
"Dating of material from the Late Quaternary period"
Everyone is welcom
Seminar 7: Friday October 19 2012, 3:15 p.m - 6:00 p.m. (Completed)
Tsukuba University Social Sciences Building A, Room A110
Akira Tsuneki (University of Tsukuba)
“Latest news from the Arsenjan Project in Iran”
Sari Jammo (University of Aleppo)
“ The destruction of cultural property and the current situation in Syria”
All welcome
Lectures on the Archaeology and Cultural Heritage of Iran and Beyond （Completed）
Date: June 1st, 2012 (Friday) 15:00-17:00
Place: A107, Laboratory of Advanced Research A, University of Tsukuba
Programme
15：00-15:10: Opening address
Mohammadreza Bazrgar (Director, Research Center of the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization)
15:10–15:25: Recent Iranian Archaeology
Seyedmahmoud Mireskandari (Director of Archaeological Department, Research Center of the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization)
15:25–15:40: University of Tsukuba and Archaeological Investigations in Iran
Akira Tsuneki (Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Univ. of Tsukuba)
15:40–15:55: Conserving Cultural Heritage in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Yoko Taniguchi (Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Univ. of Tsukuba)
15:55-16:10: Coffee break
16:10-16:25: Lithic Archaeology in Arsanjan area
Maiko Nakamura (Graduate School of Humanities and Social Science, Univ. of Tsukuba)
16:25-16:40: Geology of Arsanjan
Ken-ichiro Hisada (Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Univ. of Tsukuba)
16:40–17:00: Question time and discussion
Workshop on Iranian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage （NEW）
Date: June 4th, 2012 (Monday) 15:00-17:00
Place: Room 121, Bunkyo School Building, Tokyo Campus, University of Tsukuba
Programme
15:00-15:10: Opening address
Dr. Mohammadreza Bazrgar (Director, Research Center of the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization)
15:10-15:30: Recent cultural administration of Iran
Mr. Behzadali Sabetsarvestani (Deputy, Research Center of the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization)
15:30-15:50: Recent archaeological researches in Iran
Dr. Seyedmahmoud Mireskandari (Director of Archaeological Department, Research Center of the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization)
15:50-16:05: coffee break
16:05-16:25: Arsanjan project
Dr. Akira Tsuneki (University of Tsukuba)
16:25-16:45: Lithic Artifacts of Arsanjan and their significance
Dr. Katsuhiko Ohnuma (Kokushikan University)
16:45-17:00: Discussion
Research Centre for West Asian Civilization Special Seminar (Completed)
Ms Monireh Poshtkoohi, a geologist from the Islamic Republic of Iran will be the invited speaker at a special seminar hosted by the Research Centre for West Asian Civilization.
Date: Monday 2nd April 2012
Time: 16:30 – 17:30
Place: University of Tsukuba, Natural Sciences Building B Room 215 (West of Matsumi Kamiike)
Speaker: Ms. Monireh Poshtkoohi (Researcher, Geological Survey of Iran)
Topic: The geology of Iran and recent developments in geochemical research in Iran
* The presentation will be in English.
*
Pre-registration is not necessary. All welcome.
Symposium, Lectures, Workshops in 2011
Seminar 4: Friday October 14 2011 (Completed)
Tsukuba University Social Sciences Building A, Room A110
Hidetoshi Tsumoto （Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo）
"Current research and trends in the archaeology of the Hittite Empire"
Atsunori Hasegawa (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science）
"
Research on Hittite period sites from the eastern shores of the Meditteranean"
Seminar 5: Friday January 20 2012, 4:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m. (Completed)
Tsukuba University Social Sciences Building A, Room A110
Kimikazu Sasa
(Research Facility Centre for Science and Technology)
"Possible new accelerator mass spectrometry studies at the University of Tsukuba"
Teruyuki Maruoka
(Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences)
"The use of isotopic ratios to analyse Palaeoenvironmental change"
Seminar 6: Friday February 17 2012, 4:30 p.m - 6:30 p.m. (Completed)
Tsukuba University Social Sciences Building A, Room A110
Jun Ikeda (Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
"Digital innovation in West Asian language research"
Masakatsu Nagai (Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
"Digital Humanities in Practice: Paleographic research on ancient Egyptian hieratic writing"
All welcome
International Symposium
"Burial Customs in Prehistoric West Asia" (Completed)
Date: Friday 16 December 2011, 13:00-16:50
Place: University of Tsukuba, Research Building A111
Program:
13：00-13：30 Akira TSUNEKI (University of Tsukuba)
Neolithic Burials at Tell Ain el-Kerkh. 13：30-14：00 Yu ITAHASHI (University of Tokyo)
Multi Isotopic Evidence for Dietary and Immigrant Signatures of Mortuary Bones at Tell Ain el-Kerkh.
14：00-14：30 Yılmaz Selim ERDAL (Hacetepe University, Turkey)
Life and Death in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Population of Kortik Tepe.
14：30-15：00 Coffee break
15：00-15：30 Yutaka MIYAKE (University of Tsukuba)
Neolithic Burials at Hasakeyf höyük and Salat Camii Yanı.
15：30-16：00 Halil TEKIN (Hacetepe University, Turkey)
Late Neolithic Burials from the excavations at Hakemi Use and Karavelyan.
16：00-16：30 Yılmaz Selim ERDAL (Hacetepe University, Turkey)
Bioarchaeological interpretation of the Late Neolithic Population at Hakemi Use
Town & Gown Dialogues: An Introduction to Ancient Civilization in West Asia (Completed)
Tsukuba Community Support Center will host a public meeting where researchers from the Center for West Asian Civilizations will give lectures on a variety of topics related to ancient West Asia. After the lecture there will be an opportunity for members of the public to meet with researchers.
Date and Time: Sunday 26 June 2011, 13:00 – 15:30
Place: Tsukuba Science Information Center (inside Tsukuba Center building)
Theme: Read and learn about West Asia... This is a hundred times more fun!
Participation Fee: ¥500 (includes materials).
Program
12:30 Doors open
13:00 – 15:00 (7 presentations of 15 minutes each)
Akira Tsuneki: Why the interest in Ancient Civilizations of West Asia?
Toru Nakamura: Not just desert! The vegetation of West Asia
Yutaka Miyake: West Asia as the origin of dairies – How did they keep livestock
Daisuke Shibata: The mythology of ancient Mesopotamia: Religion and natural disasters.
Masanori Kurosawa: What we can understand from stone: The blue stone (lapis lazuli) story
Jun Ikeda: The world of cuneiform writing: Let’s compare them with Japanese characters
Osamu Maeda: Lawrence of Arabia’s view of West Asian Civilization
15:00 – 16:00 Round table discussion ‘My experience of West Asia’
Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of the presenters. Let’s enjoy the opportunity to learn more about West Asia!
16:15 – 17:30 ‘West Asia café’
Everyone will have the chance to taste some West Asian tea and coffee and sweets as well as bread with honey or olive oil. There will also an opportunity to meet and talk with the researchers.
Symposium, Lectures, Workshop in 2010
Regular Seminar Series
Title and presenter details of the regular research seminar series held by the Research Center for West Asian Civilizations are given below. (All welcome.)
Seminar 1: Friday 19 November 2010
（Completed）
Tsukuba University Research Building A, Room A107
Yutaka Miyake (Associate Professor, Dept of History & Anthropology)
"The origin of agriculture and sedentism: A view of Neolithic West Asia from southeast Anatolia"
Morito Iizuka （Graduate Student, Doctoral Program in History & Anthropology）
"Changes in stamp seal motifs in Chalcolithic West Asia"
Seminar 2: Friday 21 January 2011 （Completed）
Tsukuba University Social Sciences Building A, Room A110
Kenichiro Hisada （Professor of Earth Evolution Science）
"
West Asian plate tectonics"
Yuji Yagi （Asociate Professor of Earth Evolution Science）
"West Asia and seismic activity"
Seminar 3: Friday February 18 2011 （Completed）
Tsukuba University Research Building A, Room A107
Daisuke Shibata （Assistant Professor of History & Anthropology）
"Cuneiform clay tablets: Discoveries from Tell Taban"
Akiko Nishimura （Terracotta Conservation Experts）
"
Cultural heritage and conservation issues in tablet conservation from Tell Taban"
