Dr. Naoki YamamotoDr. Naoki Yamamoto is Assistant Professor at the International Islamic, Science and Technology University Türkiye and Director of the Institute of Muslim Societies and East Asian Civilizations (IMSEAC) in Japan. He previously was at the Graduate School of Turkic Studies at Marmara University and at the Alliance of Civilizations Institute at Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul.
He specializes in Ottoman Tasawwuf, Japanese classical culture, and comparative intellectual history, with a particular focus on Islamicate readings of East Asian traditions. He is the founder of Japanese Islamicate Art, a cross-disciplinary project encompassing scholarship, calligraphy, narrative fiction, and cultural commentary. His publications include a Japanese translation of Sulamī’s Kitāb al-Futuwwa, Introduction to Tasawwuf: The Way of Training (Shueisha, 2023), and an English translation of Liu Zhi’s Wugong Shiyi (The Exposition of the Five Pillars of Islam), which is forthcoming from Fons Vitae. Through teaching, writing, and artistic practice, his work seeks to explore how ethical traditions travel, settle, and take root without losing depth or integrity. |