On 2-3 February, 2023, the RAS Institute of Philosophy and the Ibn Sina Islamic Culture Research Foundation will hold the conference entitled “Islamic Studies: Fact, Method, Interpretation”, which will coincide with the publication of the first issue of “Ishrak”, an Islamic Philosophy yearbook.
The purpose of the conference is to discuss the image of modern Islamic studies, its tools and major trends. Oriental studies have come a long way — from the works of European missionaries to the treatises of contemporary structuralists and phenomenologists. The diversity of scholars’ approaches to the subject of their professional interests corresponds to the richness of the available material. However, nowadays Oriental studies — in particular, academic Islamic studies — still require a discussion on the optics and results of the latest research. The Ishrak Islamic Philosophy Yearbook has been a platform for such discussions for twelve years. The same-name edition launched by the Institute of Philosophy in 2022 is supposed to maintain the tradition of the yearbook established by its late editor, our colleague Janis Eshots.
The organizers of the conference invite the friends of Ishrak, Orientalists and Islamic scholars of a wide range of disciplines who would like to talk about the contemporary image of their disciplines, including the methods, goals and objectives of their studies. The conference participants will discuss the past and present state of philosophical Islamic studies, its theoretical foundations and their practical applications. The discussion proceedings prepared by the participants will be featured in the next issues of the Ishrak Islamic Philosophy yearbook.
The conference programme will include two sections, a methodological and an applied one.
The sessions will be held on 2-3 February 2023 in the hall of the Academic Council of the RAS Institute of Philosophy (12 Goncharnaya str., bld. 1, Moscow, 109240).
The working languages of the conference are Russian and Farsi (translation will be provided).
The participants can attend the conference online or in person.
The materials submitted by the participants in accordance with the editorial board requirements will be published in the next issues of Ishrak Islamic Philosophy yearbook.
Those who would like to have their materials published in the Ishrak yearbook are requested to submit them before March 1, 2023, as required by the editorial board.
Organizing Committee:
K.Yu. Burmistrov
T.G. Korneyeva
A.A. Lukashev
F.O. Nofal
Yu.E. Fedorova
Address of the Organising Committee: 109240, Moscow, Goncharnaya str. 12, bld. 1, auditorium 508.
E-mail: islamphil@mail.ru
Conference programme
Day 1 (February 2, 2023)
Section 1: Method
Welcoming remarks:
– Academician A.A. Huseynov (Acting Director, RAS Institute of Philosophy);
– Academician A.V. Smirnova (Acting First Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Philosophy, Head of the Department of Philosophy of the Islamic World, RAS Institute of Philosophy);
– H. Khadavimogaddam (President, Ibn Sina Foundation).
Presentations:
1. A.V. Smirnov (RAS Institute of Philosophy). Philosophy and Oriental studies.
2. Sayyid Ahmad Ghaffari (Iranian Institute of Philosophy). The methodology of modern Islamic studies.
3. Muhammad Javad Ismaili (Iranian Institute of Philosophy). The traditional study of Philosophy in the contemporary Iran.
4. Ahmad Husain Sharifi (Qom University). Applied ethics: whatness and background.
5. Bahadir Musametov (Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan). The challenges of sudying the methodology of academic research in the medieval Muslim world.
6. R.V. Pshu (Peoples Friendship University of Russia). The history of the early Sufism studies: names, methods, and prospects.
7. I.R. Nasyrov (RAS Institute of Philosophy). The importance of interdisciplinary interaction.
Lunch break
Round Table “Philosophical tradition in history and modernity: Prospects of Russian-Iranian philosophical dialogue”.
Moderators: V. V. Sidorin (RAS Institute of Philosophy) and Musa Abdollahi (Allameh Tabatabai University)
Speakers: K.V. Vorozhikhina, A.I. Vakulinskaya, V.V. Sidorin (RAS Institute of Philosophy);
Syed Anwaari, Mahdi Behniafar, Mohsen Habibi (Allame Tabatabai University);
Abbas Jong (independent researcher).
Day 2 (3 February 2023).
Section 2: Fact, Interpretation
Presentations:
1. V.V. Zolotukhin (Higher School of Economics National Research University). Islam as a subject of religious studies.
2. A. Dirbaz (Iranian Institute of Philosophy). “Feminist Theology” and the nature of women’s influence on family and society.
3. V. A. Drozdov (St. Petersburg State University). The problem of the authorship of medieval ersian works.
4. T.G. Korneeva and Y.E. Fedorova (RAS Institute of Philosophy). The principle of tawhid in Nasir Khusraw’s and Farid ad-Din Attar’s works: Interpretation strategies.
5. I.R. Saitbattalov (Ufa University of Science and Technology, Bashkir State University). The interpretation of Sufism in the Turkic literature of the Volga-Urals Region: motives or basis?
6. A.A. Lukashev and F.O. Nofal (Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences). The metaphysics of action in Arabic and Persian philosophical traditions.
7. Shirin Mohamad Alusef (Peoples Friendship University of Russia). The religious justification of creation of the state by Ibn Al-Azrak.
Lunch break
Presentation of novelties in the “Philosophical Thought of the Islamic World” series and the “Ishrak” Islamic Philosophy Yearbook
