The Fourth International Congress on "Islamic Civilisation in the Volga-Ural Region"

The Fourth International Congress on "Islamic Civilisation in the
Volga-Ural Region"

Ufa, Bashkortostan, 21-22 October 2010.

Call for Papers

The Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) and
the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Ufa) are
jointly organising the fourth international congress on the theme
"Islamic Civilisation in the Volga-Ural Region" to be held in Ufa,
capital city of Bashkortostan, on 21-22 October 2010.


The symposium will be held under the high patronage of His Exellency
M. G. Rakhimov, President of the Republic of Bashkortostan. It will be
the second international event to be co-organised by IRCICA and
Bashkortostan State University, Faculty of History. The congress aims
to keep alive and futher expand the forum of scholary exchange among
specialists and researchers of the subject that was established
through previous congresses held in Kazan  (Tatarstan, 2000, 2005) and
Ufa (Bashkortostan, 2008).


The congress will cover the history of Islamic civilization in the
Volga-Ural Region under its diverse aspects: Developments in the
fields of science, philosophy, technology, arts, language, literature
and other fields of intellectual activity; interactions with others
cultures within and around the region; The legacy of Islamic
civilization, in terms of both material culture (architectural
heritage, written heritage and other tangible assets) and intangible
and spiritual culture (oral, ritual and other intangible aspects of
culture), as well the stages and trends observable in process of
cultural development. The congress is expected to throw light on the
role and place of Islamic civilization in the region and its past and
prospective contributions to cultural dialogue among the peoples of
the region. At the same time, it will be an occasion to appraise the
state of research and the problems and prospects of studies on the
theme of Islamic civilization in the Volga-Ural region. The languages
of the symposium are the Bashkir language, Russian and English.

Abstracts of proposed papers (around 200 words) and CV should be sent
by 30 May 2010 to IRCICA or the Bashkortostan State University,
Faculty of History at the following addresses:


IRCICA, Yildiz Sarayi, Barbaros Bulvari,

80700, Besiktas, Istanbul / Turkey

e-mail: intcongress@ircica.org
fax: 90 212 258 43 65

Telephone: 90 212 259 17 42