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December 05, 2007
Call For Papers for the International Conference: CULTURAL TRADITIONS IN EGYPT AND MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES. PAST. PRESENT. FUTURE.
Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences and Egyptian-Russian University are organizing in Cairo on October 26-31, 2008 the International Conference: "CULTURAL TRADITIONS IN EGYPT AND MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES. PAST. PRESENT. FUTURE."
The aim of the Conference is to bring together the researchers doing the respective problematics in the whole variety of its contexts, within the framework of different academic schools and traditions from the positions of a wide range of Orient studies disciplines: archaeology, coptology, history of Orient, social anthropology, traditional culture, political science, sociology, philosophy, psychology, etc.
The objective of the Conference is to discuss the following issues:
- archaeology and ancient history;
- from simple societies to the world-system: pathways and forms of political and cultural integration;
- civilizational and evolutionary models of historical development;
- historical and ethno-cultural variability in Islamic countries;
- socio-political and cultural-mental factors of social transformations;
- cultural and socio-biological foundations of dominance in human societies;
- ideology and legitimation of power in different civilizational contexts of Islamic countries;
- cultural models in different civilizations;- violence and non-violence in the history of political institutions;
- tradition and ethics in Islamic countries,
- power, society, and culture in the era of globalization;
Suggestions for discussion of any other aspects of the general problematics of the Conference reflected in its title, are also welcomed.
The working languages of the Conference are Russian and English. Papers on French or German might also be presented.
The Organizing Committee is welcomed of any panel proposals
(within 500 words in any of the Conference working languages) which has to be received by May 15, 2008. The information to be submitted alongside with the proposal, includes the panel convenor’s full name, title, institutional affiliation, full mail and e-mail addresses, and fax, as well names, institutional affiliations, and e-mail addresses.
The Organizing Committee will inform the applicants about the results of their panel proposals’ consideration by April 15, 2008. None of the proposals may be accepted or rejected on the basis of its submitter’s previous academic credentials, ethnic or national origin, sex, or otherwise, but only on the basis of the proposal’s relevance to and importance for, the Conference’s general problematics. In the case the proposal is accepted, the Organizing Committee will send you the list of documents necessary to support your and your panel participants’ visa application process at the Russian Consulate
or Embassy in the respective countries.
The Organizing Committee can assist in accommodation booking at the hotel or the roоm in the guest house of Egyptian-Russian University.
The price for one person - including accommodation in the University guest house, food and excursions during 5 days of the Conference is 300 dol.USA:
All the correspondence should be sent for the Conference Secretaries,
Dr. Nina NASIROVA preferably by e-mail: reception@pgsivran.ru, or by ordinary mail:
Dr. Nina NASIROVA, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 12 Rojdestvenka,
Moscow, 107033, Russia.
The telephone number is: + 7 495 624 22 14
Posted by fisherhe at December 5, 2007 03:11 PM