The Second International Conference

“THE WORLD OF ISLAM: HISTORY, SOCIETY, CULTURE”

October, 28 – October, 30, 2010, Moscow

CALL FOR PAPERS

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 and Peter the Great Museum
of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg)
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 the Post-Soviet Space –
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
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
(http://www.mardjani.ru/en/investigations/mir-islama/2010.html).
Please, check the conference web-page.

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