The international academic conference "Sheikh Zainulla Rasulev and Sufi culture of the Peoples of  Eurasia" will be held on May 16, 2023 in Ufa, at the Ufa University of Science and Technology with support of the Ibn Sina Islamic Culture Research Foundation.

The conference devoted to the 190th anniversary of the outstanding Bashkir religious and public figure Zainulla Rasulev (1833-1917) will raise a wide range of questions related to the history of Islam in Russia and Sufi religious traditions among the peoples of Eurasia. Russian and foreign experts in Islamic studies, orientalists, historians, philologists, philosophers, religious scholars as well as university students are invited to take part in the conference.

Deadline for application and article submission: May 3, 2023.

Conference languages: Russian, English.

Discussion topics:

1. Spiritual heritage of Sheikh Zainulla Rasulev in modern Bashkir Sufi traditions,

2. Bashkiria as a historical centre of the traditional Russian Islam,

3. Sufism in Russia during Soviet and post-Soviet times,

4. Сross-border connections of the Bashkir Sufis,

5. The phenomenon of Sufi literature: new research approaches and paradigms,

6. Traditional Spirituality of the Naqshbandiyya Tariqat: Texts, Practices, Personalities,

7. Prospects of Sufism in Russia: Young Researchers' Perspectives.

The conference can be attended in person, remotely (via a videocall) and by correspondence.

Following the conference results, a collection of papers in Russian and English will be published to be included in the Russian Science Citation Index with a doi.

More information about the conference and application process is available on the website of Ufa University of Science and Technology.