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Invitation
to an
International Conference
Islam
as Unity in Plurality
Moscow, Russia
April 24-25, 2014
in
cooperation with
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Faculty of Humanitarian
and Social Studies
Department of History of Philosophy &
Centre of Humanitarian Education in Comparative Studies
The conference will seek to discuss the
problems of Islamic Studies from different points of view. The
broad disciplinary extent of the conference makes possible
participation by specialists in the different areas of the
humanities. In particular the conference will search for ways of
understanding the fundamental grounds of Islamic culture,
discuss the root scientific issues and spiritual foundations of
the values, virtues and metaphysics of Islamic cultures, and
seek to build relations between scholars.
Of special interest will be discussion of
contemporary problems of Islamic studies. In this light papers
are invited for the following four sessions:
1. Islam as
a tradition.
2. Islam as
a cultural system.
3. Problems
in understanding Muslim cultures.
4. Islam as
a political factor in modern life.
As first
information on this conference please note the following:
• Date: Thursday,
24 April – Friday, 25 April 2014.
• Venue: Campus
of the Russian Peoples’ Friendship University, Moscow, Russia
• A
one page abstract should
be submitted by 9 April, 2014 to Assistant Professor Ruzana
Pskhur.pskhu@mail.ru and cua-rvp@cua.edu.
Presentation of accepted papers will be 20 minutes in length
followed by 30 minute discussion. Full papers for which there is
no upper page limit will be due by July 1 for publication.
• Number
of participants will
be around 40.
• Logistics: All
travel expenses and accommodation
will be covered by participants (or their institutions);
lunch/dinner will
be covered by PFU; visa support will be provided by PFU.
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