Conference: Faculty of Asian and African Studies Saint Petersburg State University



 THE XXVII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HISTORIOGRAPHY AND SOURCE STUDIES OF ASIA AND AFRICA

The Faculty of Asian and African Studies of the Saint Petersburg State University is organizing the XXVII International Conference on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa «Local Heritage and Global Perspective»

 THE XXVII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

ON HISTORIOGRAPHY AND SOURCE STUDIES OF ASIA AND AFRICA,

«LOCAL HERITAGE AND GLOBAL PERPEKTIVE»

  SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, 24-26 APRIL, 2013 

 

Conference panels:

     Historiography of Arab Countries.

    Historiography of Iran and Afghanistan.

    Historiography of Turkey.

    Historiography of the Caucasus.

    Historiography of Central Asia.

    Historiography of India and Southeast Asia.

    Historiography of China.

    Historiography of Japan and Korea.

    Historiography of Mongolia, Tibet and Buddhism.

    African Studies – “In memoriam of D.A.Olderogge”.

    Historiography of the Ancient Orient.

    Languages of Asia and Africa.

    Literatures of Asia and Africa.

    Historiography of Islam in Russia.

    “Where the East is heading?” Round table discussion: “Oriental Revolutions” and possible developments in the modern Orient.

    Workshop of Young Scholars in Asian and African Studies.

Working languages of the Conference: Russian and English.

 Time limit for papers: 15 minutes.

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 31 January 2013. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words and should be e-mailed to the Organizing Committee as an attachment in MS Word 1997-2003 format. The book of Abstracts will be published prior to the Conference and distributed at the time of registration.

Conference fee: 80 Euro.

We regret to inform that the Organising Committee is unable to cover the costs of your tickets and accommodation; however, the Organizing Committee can help in arranging accommodation in St. Petersburg.

Those who wish to participate in the Conference should fill in an on-line application form, which can be found here: http://conference.ci.spbu.ru/?eng. Applicants will be informed on the outcome of their applications in a month from the date of their applications, but not later than two months before the conference.

You are kindly advised to check Faculty website (http://en.orient.spbu.ru/science/conference/conference_180.html) for further information including the Conference Programme.

Should you have any query please contact the Organizing Committee of the conference at conf2013@orient.spbu.ru, tel./fax: (+7812) 328-77-32.

source: en.orient.spbu.ru



 
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Loss of Memory in Pahlavi Prisons

In total, [I was in prison] about 6 years in two arrests. For the first time after several years, a soldier arranged my escape. I do not know why! Maybe he was one of the influential elements of Islamic groups. They took me to the hospital for the treatment of my hand, which was broken due to the callousness of an officer.

Hajj Pilgrimage

I went on a Hajj pilgrimage in the early 1340s (1960s). At that time, few people from the army, gendarmerie and police went on a pilgrimage to the holy Mashhad and holy shrines in Iraq. It happened very rarely. After all, there were faithful people in the Iranian army who were committed to obeying the Islamic halal and haram rules in any situation, and they used to pray.

A section of the memories of a freed Iranian prisoner; Mohsen Bakhshi

Programs of New Year Holidays
Without blooming, without flowers, without greenery and without a table for Haft-sin , another spring has been arrived. Spring came to the camp without bringing freshness and the first days of New Year began in this camp. We were unaware of the plans that old friends had in this camp when Eid (New Year) came.

Attack on Halabcheh narrated

With wet saliva, we are having the lunch which that loving Isfahani man gave us from the back of his van when he said goodbye in the city entrance. Adaspolo [lentils with rice] with yoghurt! We were just started having it when the plane dives, we go down and shelter behind the runnel, and a few moments later, when the plane raises up, we also raise our heads, and while eating, we see the high sides ...