CONF.- Methodological Concerns in Teaching and Research on Islam, Bishkek, May 14

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CONF.- Methodological Concerns in Teaching & Research on Islam, Bishkek, May 14

Posted by: Eren Murat Tasar <etasar@fas.harvard.edu>

Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, named after Boris Yeltsin
UNESCO Chair in the Study of World Culture and Religion
Kievskaya Street, 44.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
13:00-17:30

This conference will bring together scholars from a wide variety of
disciplines involved in developing innovative methodologies and
conceptual frameworks related to the study and teaching of Islamic
theology, history, identity, and the political situations confronting
Muslims in the present day. The event will have an inter-disciplinary
focus, and special attention will be paid to Islam in Central Asia.

Participants:

Asylbek Aliev, Osh State University
Baris Isci, Washington University in St. Louis
Timur Kozukulov, Osh State University
Kadyr Malikov, Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
Asan Saipov, Kyrgyz Islamic University
Vladimir Shkolniya, Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
Eren Tasar, Harvard University
and others to be announced

Please note that the conference will take place in Russian, with no
English language translation provided. For more information, contact
kafunesco@krsu.edu.kg.

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