National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Post-Doc, Center for Research Development
Thesis Title: Karate as a Vehicle to Modernity? Islam, Art, and Body Culture in Contemporary Egypt
About
Hatsuki Aishima is a social anthropologist specializing in Islam and public culture in the Middle East. She received MA from Kyoto University (Area Studies, 2002) and DPhil from St Antony’s College, Oxford (Oriental Studies, 2010). Before joining Minpaku in July 2011, she has worked for the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies (ZMO) and taught at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Free University, Germany.
Her doctoral thesis, ‘Abd al-Halim Mahmud (1910-78) and His Audiences: Mass Media and the Transformation of Islamic Learning in Contemporary Egypt, explored the roles of mass media and modern education in shaping the public knowledge, scholarly culture, and the literary tradition of Islam.
She is currently working on an urban ethnography of Egyptian karate practitioners.
Contact Information
| Address: | National Museum of Ethnology
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