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“Oriental Studies in Russia 2024: Assessments by the Professional Community”. Report by Prof. Vasily KuznetsovWe are glad to announce the publication of the report “Oriental Studies in Russia 2024: Assessments by the Professional Community” by Deputy Director of IOS RAS, Head of CAIS, Prof. Vasily Kuznetsov. |
CAIS Researchers Took Part in the Expert Seminar “Russia and Turkey: Comparing the Strategies of Extra-Regional Actors towards the Gulf Countries”On December 13, 2024, The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation held the expert seminar “Russia and Turkey: Comparing the Strategies of Extra-Regional Actors towards the Gulf Countries”, in which CAIS researchers took part. |
Opening of the 19th Conference of Arabists “I.M. Smilyanskaya Readings”On December 2, 2024, an online discussion “Oriental Studies in Central Eurasia: Eight Paths of Development” opened the 19th Conference of Arabists “I.M. Smilyanskaya Readings” |
IOS RAS Researchers at the International Academic and Practical Conference “BRICS+ Diplomacy: A Turn towards the New World Order” (School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University)On May 17, 2024, the School of World Politics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University held the International Academic and Practical Conference “BRICS+ Diplomacy: A Turn towards the New World Order”. Two researchers from the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS took part in it – Head of the Center of Indian Studies Prof. Tatyana Shaumyan and senior research fellow of the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies Dr. Ruslan Mamedov. |
CAIS Researchers took part in the 1st International Middle East Scientific Conference of the Presidential AcademyOn May 14, 2024, CAIS researchers Drs Grigory Lukyanov and Ruslan Mamedov took part in the 1st International Middle East Scientific Conference of the Presidential Academy that was held on May 14-16 in the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. |
6th International Academic and Practical Conference of Young Scholars “Understanding the East”On April 25 and 26, 2024, the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the State Academic University for the Humanities and the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS held the 6th International Academic and Practical Conference of Young Scholars “Understanding the East”. |
Presentation of the Russian Edition of Ibn Sina’s “The Book of Healing: Theology”On April 17, 2024, the Oriental Cultural Center of the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS hosted the public presentation of the Russian edition of Ibn Sina’s “The Book of Healing: Theology”, a classical masterpiece of medieval Islamic thought. The translation and commentary was made by CAIS chief research fellow Prof. Tawfiq Ibrahim. |
First Russian-Arabic Student Film FestivalOn April 5, 2024, the First Russian-Arabic Student Film Festival was held at the Middle Eastern Club of the State Academic University for the Humanities. |
Vasily Kuznetsov became a Doctor of Sciences (Doctor habilitatus) in Political SciencesOn February 15, 2024, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Head of CAIS Prof. Vasily Kuznetsov successfully defended his DSc (Political Sciences) thesis “Problems of Political Development of the Arab World, 2010-2020s” at MGIMO University. |
The 13th Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club “Time for Decisive Action: A Comprehensive Settlement for the Sake of Stability in the Region”On February 13–14, 2024, the Valdai Discussion Club, with the support of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, hosted its thirteenth annual Middle East Conference, titled “Time for Decisive Action: A Comprehensive Settlement for the Sake of Stability in the Region”. About 50 experts and politicians from 16 countries took part in the Conference. |
