FUKIKO IKEHATA

Last Updated :2025/06/04

Affiliations, Positions
Hiroshima University, Associate Professor
E-mail
fikehatahiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
She specializes in Middle Eastern Area Studies. Her research focuses on the relationship between religion and international politics, particularly how Islamic values have influenced the formation of international norms. She has held her current position since 2025.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2025/04, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor
  • 2022/04, 2025/03, Ritsumeikan University, The Kinugasa Research Organization
  • 2021/09, 2022/03, Kansai University
  • 2021/04, 2022/03, Doshisha University
  • 2020/09, 2022/03, Ritsumeikan University
  • 2019/04, 2022/03, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 2019/04, 2022/03
  • 2020/09, 2021/03, Osaka University of Economics and Law
  • 2016/04, 2019/03, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Educational Backgrounds

  • Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, 2014/04, 2019/03
  • Kyoto University, 2010/04, 2014/03

Academic Degrees

  • Kyoto University
  • Kyoto University

Research Keywords

  • middle east
  • OIC
  • jordan
  • islam

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • MESA (The Middle East Studies Association), 2024
  • IPSA (International Political Science Association), 2023
  • British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, 2017
  • THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, 2017
  • Association for Islamic Studies in Japan, 2016
  • JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, 2015

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, An Interdisciplinary Survey on War and Peace
  2. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Communication IＢ
  3. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Communication IIＢ
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Religious and Political Society
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Seminar in Religious and Political Society

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Ijmaʻ in Islamic Law and Islamic Thought: Tradition, Contemporary Relevance, and Prospects, Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, 14, 5-29, 202103
  2. Sunni-Shiite Rapprochement and Interfaith Dialogues in the Contemporary Islamic World: A study on International initiatives for Consensus-building by Jordan and the OIC, 201903
  3. Does the Islamic World have a Platform to Express its International Public Opinion? : Case Studies on Jordan and the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation), 12, 118-135, 201903
  4. Interfaith Dialogue in Jordan: Bridging the Gap between Christianity and Islam, The Mediterranean Review, 10(2), 63-82, 201712
  5. Aspiring to be a Leader of Moderation : A Study on Jordan's Islamic Policy (Special Feature : Toward New Studies on Islamic Moderate Trends), 10, 42-53, 201703
  6. The Sectarian Conflicts in the Modern Middle East and the Religious-Rapprochement Strategy of Jordan: A Study on the Amman Message, Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies, 33(1), 39-69, 2017
  7. Sectarian Conflicts in the Modern Middle East and Religious Strategy of Jordan: A Study on Sunni-Shiite Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialogue, 201603
  8. Sectarian Conflicts and Religious Ideologies in the Modern Middle East : Sunni Revival Policy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 9, 274-284, 201603

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Human Rights in Islamic Countries: Local Reforms and the Impact of International Connectivity, Fukiko Ikehata, Islamic Trust Studies International Symposium “Overcoming the Divide: Connectivity and Trust Building for Middle East Peace”, 2025/02/23
  2. Identity-Based International Politics: The Case of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's Foreign Aid Diplomacy, The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) 58th Annual Meeting, 2024/11/12
  3. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation as a Platform for Member States to Showcase and Negotiate "Official Islam": Analyzing Consensus and Rivalry, Fukiko Ikehata, The BRISMES (The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies) Annual Conference 2024, 2024/07/03
  4. Discussion on Halal Life Norms by Shariah Scholars in the Global Knowledge Network: A Case of the Modern Practices of the International Agreement-Making in the Islamic World, Fukiko Ikehata, 2023/11/29, Putrajaya
  5. Faith-Based Local Networks in Contemporary Jordan: The Resilience of Social Ties, 2023/10/14, Kyoto
  6. Legitimacy, Official Islam and International Norm: Population Control Policy of Iran, Fukiko Ikehata, 27th World Congress of Political Science, 2023/07/18, Buenos Aires
  7. The Making of “Official Islam” in the Middle Eastern Countries: Reflections on the Religio-political Roles of Governments and International Ulama Network, BRISMES (The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies) Annual Conference 2023, 2023/07/04, Exeter
  8. What is “Official Islam” in the OIC Member States? Analyses of the Institutional, Political, and Legal Implications, the 20th Asia Pacific Conference, 2022/12/03
  9. International Norms created by the Ulama Network, 2022/10/21
  10. Dilemma of Muslim Solidarity and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: The Case of the OIC, IKEHATA Fukiko, International Symposium: Syrian Refugees in Their Calamities, Survival, and Future Lives: A Japan Roundtable, 2022/06/12, Without Invitation, English
  11. Rapidly Changing Modern Society and Islam: The Development of Legal Interpretation through Collective Ijtihad, 2022/05/15
  12. Collective Ijtihad and Consensus Making: Evaluating the Roles and Significance of International Islamic Legal Academics, 19th Asia Pacific Conference, 2021/12/04
  13. The Islamic Face of A Pro-western Arab Monarchy, Jordan: An Analysis of the Works of Its Royal Hashemite Family, IKEHATA Fukiko, BRISMES (The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies) Annual Conference 2021, 2021/07/05
  14. Consensus Making in the Modern Islamic World: Discourses of Agreement in International Conferences, IKEHATA Fukiko, 18th Asia Pacific Conference, 2020/11/14, English
  15. Collective Islamic Legal Decisions on Contemporary Medical Issues: Emerging Common Norms in the Islamic World, The 11th International Symposium on Islam, Civilization and Science, 2019/10/14
  16. Collective Islamic Legal Reasoning for Contemporary Economic Issues: A Case of Common Norm Creation in the Islamic World, the 13th Kyoto-Durham International Workshop in Islamic Economics and Finance: New Horizons in Islamic Economics and Finance, 2019/09/24
  17. Islamic International Norm Creation as a Function of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, International Workshop on New Waves of Political, Economic and Social Movements in Middle East and Asia, 2018/07/24
  18. Islamic Cooperation between Transregional Aspirations and Political Realities: Reflections on the OIC in a Half Century, The 8th International Symposium on Islam, Civilization and Science, 2017/08/08
  19. Competition of Religious Rapprochement Policy in the Modern Islamic World: Conflict between Ummah and the Nation States, BRISMES (The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies) Annual Conference 2017, 2017/07/05
  20. Jordan's Dialogue among World Religions: As the Birth Place of Christianity and the Guardian of the Third Islamic Holy City, 2017/03/10
  21. Religious Conflicts and Rapprochement in the Modern Middle East: Studies on Jordan and the OIC, 2016/11/07
  22. From Conferences to Substantial Cooperation: A Study on Historical Development of the OIC, The 7th International Symposium on Islam, Civilization and Science, 2016/10/24
  23. Jordan as the Guardian of Islamic and Christian Heritages, 2016/08/03
  24. A Sunni Dynasty in the Modern Times: Jordan and its Religious Rapprochement Policy, The 6th International Symposium on Islam, Civilization and Science, 2015/09/29
  25. Religious Conflicts in the Modern Middle East: Understanding Jordan in a Sunni-Shiite Ternary Rivalry, The 9th Kyoto-Durham International Workshop in Islamic Economics and Finance: New Horizons in Islamic Economics, 2015/08/04
  26. Islamic Diplomacy in the Time of Confrontations: The Case of Jordan, 2015/02/09
  27. Sunni-Shiite Divide and Intra-Sunni Relations in the Arab East: A View from Amman, Jordan, 2014/11/08
  28. Amman Message from Jordan: Sunni-Shiite Conflicts and Path to Reconciliation in the Middle East, 2014/06/21
  29. Resurgence or New Making of Sectarianism?: Sunni-Shiite Ideological Conflict in the Contemporary Middle East, The 5th International Symposium on Islam, Civilization, and Science: Islam as a Basis for Civilizational Thought and Development, 2014/06/01

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. 2025/04, 2028/03
  2. Inamori Research Grants 2025, International Politics of Consensus Making and Competition on Islamic Value: Case of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, 2025/04, 2027/03
  3. 2024/04, 2026/03
  4. 2023/04, 2025/03
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  5. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), 危機下の東アラブ諸国における社会的レジリエンスの実証研究：ヨルダンの事例から, 2022/10, 2025/03
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  6. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 中東の国家間対立と「公的イスラーム」の役割：国家の正統性と法学者ネットワーク, 2022/04, 2025/03
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  7. 2022/04, 2024/03
  8. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, 現代イスラーム世界の分断と統合：グローバル法学による合意形成と宗派対立の克服, 2019/04, 2022/03
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  9. 2020/04, 2021/03
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  10. 2020/04, 2021/03
  11. 2019/04, 2020/03
  12. 2017/10, 2019/03
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  13. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, 現代中東における宗教対立とその抑止政策：イスラーム連帯が持つ平和創出機能の研究, 2016/04, 2019/03
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