World of Islam, 2010 - Call for papers announced

The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) and the Mardjani Foundation for Research and Cultural Programs in cooperation with the Institute of Asian and African Studies of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg) and the State Musum of Oriental Art (Moscow) are organizing the Second International Conference “THE WORLD OF ISLAM: HISTORY, SOCIETY, CULTURE”.

As the First Conference of these series, held in Moscow by the Mardjani Foundation and the Russian State University for the Humanities in December 2007, the Second Conference purposes to bring together specialists in Islamic studies and scholars, whose research interests are related to this field.

The Second Conference is held under the RUDN program of scholarly readings in honour of Prof. Arthur Sagadeev (the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia).

 

Here we announce the list of accepted panels and round tables:

Panels

Philosophy of the Muslim World - conveners: Prof. Nur S. Kirabaev (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow),  kirabaev@gmail.com; Prof. Maytham M. al-Janabi (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow), m-aljanabi@mail.ru

Islam in Soviet and Post-Imperial Russian Space: Documents, People, Interpretations - conveners: Prof. Dmitri Yu. Arapov, (Moscow State University) and Dr. Vladimir O. Bobrovnikov (Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow and the Mardjani Foundation, Russia) – vladimir_bobrovn@mail.ru

Mysticism in the Muslim world: theory and practice - convener: Dr. Pavel V. Basharin, (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow and the Mardjani Foundation) – pbasharin@yandex.ru

Islamic Economic Model and its development practices in Russia – convener: Dr. Renat I. Bekkin (the Mardjani Foundation and Institute for African Studies Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) – chetky@mardjani.ru

Anthropological (Ethnographic) approach to Muslim societies: theory and practice – conveners: Dr. Irina A. Selezneva (the Russian Institute for Cultural Research, Siberian branch, Omsk) and Dr. Alexander G. Seleznev (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian branch, Omsk) – ir_selez@mail.ru

Muslims and the Eastern Christianity – convener: Prof. Tarek Mansour Muhammad (Ain Shams University, Egypt and Taif University, Saudi Arabia), -  ntaseg@hotmail.com, tarekmansoureg@yahoo.com)

Political language and politics of language in Muslim societies of the Middle East and South Asia – conveners: Elena L. Gladkova (Moscow State Institute of International Relationship of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - egladkova57@gmail.com

Islam in current political life of Muslim countries - conveners: Prof. Elena S. Melkumyan (The Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow and Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), Yulia A. Evstratova  (The Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow) - b-jules@mail.ru

Islam in the Golden Horde and Djuchid Ulus States: Sources and Interpretation – convener: Dr. Ilya V. Zaytsev (Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow and the Mardjani Foundation) - zaytsev@ivran.ru

Cult of Saints and Sacred Objects in myth-and-ritual tradition of Islam – convener: Prof. Rahmat R. Rahimov (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkammer), St. Petersburg), Dr. Nikolai  S. Terletski (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkammer), St. Petersburg) - terletsky@inbox.ru, terletsky@kunstkamera.ru

Ethnical and Confessional Situation in the Middle East in the Modern times – conveners: Prof. Mikhail S. Meyer (The Institute of Asian And African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) - office@iaas.msu.ru; (attention Prof. M.S. Meyer), Prof. Svetlana A. Kirillina (The Institute of Asian And African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) - sakir@iaas.msu.ru

Historical Developments in the Pre-Modern Muslim World: Sources, Conceptions, Interpretations - conveners: Prof. Andrei V. Korotaev (The Russian State University for Humanities, Moscow), e-mail: akorotayev@mail.ru; Prof. Patricia Crone (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), e-mail: pcrone@ias.edu 

Round tables:

Actual problems of the Arabic philology and methodological approach to teaching Arabic as a foreign language  – conveners: Prof. Alexandra G. Belova (Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), e-mail languages@bk.ru; Dr. Galina O. Lukyanova (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow), e-mail: go_lukyanova.rudn@mail.ru  

Islamic Internet network – convener: Ainur A. Sibgatullin (Moscow, Russia), ainour@mail.ru 

Pax Islamica Journal of Islamic Studies - How to Study Islam Today? – conveners: Dr. Igor L. Alexeev, Prof. Aidar Yu. Habutdinov (Mardjani Foundation, Russia) – ialxyv@gmail.com, aihabutdinov@mail.ru

The “Futuwwa” in Islamic mysticism – convener:  Prof .Dr .Abderrahim Alami (The Abdelmalik es-Saadi University, Tetouan, Morocco)

 

The descriptions of the panels will be available soon at the Mardjani Foundation website (www.mardjani.ru).

Applications’ deadlines:

The Organizing Committee starts accepting paper proposals. The working languages are Russian, English and Arabic.

Paper proposals should be sent before July, 15 2010 not to the Organizing Committee, but directly to the panel conveners who are to inform participants whether they are accepted by August, 1 2010. This application consists of an abstract (up to 300 words in one of the working languages), name(s) of a presenter, academic degree and institutional affiliation, e-mail,

Abstracts will be published at the webpage of the conference and will be distributed in a printed form among the participants during the Conference.

A volume of Conference proceedings is planned to be published in the beginning of 2011.The authors whose proposals will be accepted should submit the full papers to panel moderator by the time of the Conference.  

A limited number of stipends are available for participants to help cover travel costs and other expenses associated with attending the conference. To apply for a stipend, please, contact the Organizing Committee. At the same time participants are strongly encouraged to seek for alternative sources of founding.

On any questions, please, do not hesitate to contact the Organizing Committee at: conference@mardjani.ru, mirislama2010@gmail.com