A Socio-historical Study of the Arab Spring -Focusing Primarily on the Egyptian Revolution of January 25, 2011-

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24320138
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Asian history
• Research Institution: Waseda University (2014-2015); The University of Tokyo (2012-2013)
• Principal Investigator: Tetsuya Ohtoshi 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (10261687)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IKEDA MISAKO 名古屋商科大学, コミュニケーション学部, 教授 (80321024) ; YAMAGISHI TOMOKO 明治大学, 政経学部, 教授 (50272480) ; IWASAKI ERINA 上智大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (20436744) ; SAITO TSUYOSHI 神戸大学, 大学院国際文化学研究科, 准教授 (90508912) ; UEMURA SAYAKA 東京国際大学, 商学部, 講師 (30551668) ; NAITO JUNKO 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 准教授 (50567295)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: エジプト１月２５日革命 / アラブの春 / 中東 / アラブ / イスラーム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our research group explored at length the conditions, characteristics, backdrop, and historical significance of the Arab Spring, with emphasis on the Egyptian Revolution of January 25, 2011. To implement multifaceted comparative analyses on this subject, we referred to past Egyptian revolutions, as well as to historical incidents that happened in other regions of the world, such as the Middle East outside Egypt, South America, and France, by employing an interdisciplinary approach, which utilized the disciplines of History, Anthropology, and Sociology. We also strengthened scholarly ties with researchers in the Middle East and organized a series of research meetings, which were attended mostly by young Japanese scholars. These meetings enabled us to create a new, wider academic research network, and also to prepare the collective publication of a book on this subject.

Free Research Field

中東社会史