همایش های علمی بین المللی رایزنی علمی جمهوری اسلامی ایران در لندن

News: Change of the conference venue from London to Iran

Introduction

Today it is widely accepted that the unrivaled achievements of human beings in the realm of science and technology and the ever-increasing prosperity of various aspects of civil life owe a great deal to the systematic research-oriented production of knowledge in different areas of Humanities. However, many scholars argue that the existence of the bulk of ills, anarchies, disenchantments and inefficiencies in human societies is a result of inadequate attention to the very essence of Humanities that would simultaneously acknowledge the spiritual as well as secular aspects of human nature. The gradual elimination of spirituality from the body of Humanities has minimally reduced its infinite potential to the limited boundaries of secular rationalism and scienticism. The most immediate outcome of such a worldview is that human beings miss out on the many golden life-enhancing opportunities. This neglect towards mankind’s transcendental nature and astonishingly endless capacity in marrying the sacred and the profane has further intensified modern man’s desire and dynamism to embrace the kind of rationality and scientific inquiry that are based on spirituality and faith in the Divine.

In order to address these traits and further advance theory in the broad arena of Humanities, this 1st Biennial International Conference invites scholars from a wide variety of disciplines to share their ideas and exchange thoughts in a friendly and scholarly atmosphere. Researchers are invited to participate with either a paper or poster presentation. To be included in the review process, both of these require submission of an extended abstract. Due to the inter-disciplinary nature of the conference, and in order to improve the exchange of ideas among the participants, we strongly advise that authors avoid or minimise the use of their hefty disciplinary jargon and instead communicate via a more expressive, understandable and bridging language.

Objectives

• Reinforce the role of faith-based Humanities in elevating human life in all matters
• Highlight the importance of symbiotic and dialectical relationship between Humanities and other sciences
• Enhance theory development in the realm of Humanities
• Encourage interdisciplinary research in Humanities
• Probe the optimisation and localisation of Humanities for social, cultural, economic, and political developments in non-Western societies in general and the Muslim world and Iran in particular

Conference Themes

Humanities, Challenges, and Ideals

• The role of Humanities in creating and strengthening rationality, justice, and spirituality
• Participate in digital revolution and generation of knowledge
• Tolerance and free thinking and theory development in local contexts
• Foundations of epistemology
• The role of Humanities in the realisation of the Ideal man and the balanced society

Humanities and the New Islamic Civilisation

• The role of Humanities in the making of civilisation
• Characteristics of the civilisation making university
• The role of Humanities in development and reconstruction
• Development patterns and efficacy of Humanities

Humanities and Iran’s 20-Year Development Perspective

• Local patterns of development and efficiency for achieving the objectives of the Perspective
• Ways of realising economic development and social justice prioritised in the Perspective
• Comparative studies of Iran’s Perspective with those of other countries

Invited Disciplines

• Law and political sciences
• Women’s studies
• Economics and Business and Management studies
• Linguistics and Literary Studies
• Geography
• Media and Communications
• Philosophy and Mysticism
• History and Archaeology
• Sociology
• Psychology and Education
• Cultural Studies
• Arts and Architecture
• Etc.

Organisation

The conference is organised by the Scientific Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the UK and the Republic of Ireland
and sponsored by:

• Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of the Isalmic Republic of Iran
• The Representative of the Supreme Leader in Student Affairs in Europe and America
• The Iranian Institute for Research in Humanities and Cultural Studies
• The Iranian Institute for Research in Cultural and Social Studies
• Imam Sadegh University
• Allameh Tabatabaie University

Conference Organising Committee

• Prof. Alireza Salehi, Chair
• Dr. Aliakbar Jafari, General Secretary
• Dr. Sadegh Salehi, Scientific Secretary
• Mr. Mohammadreza Nilforooshan & Yazdan Madani, Executive secretaries
• Mr. Moeez Khademhoseini, Editorial Secretary outside Iran

Address of the conference hall

Iran - Faculty of Foreign Languages,
University of Tehran,
North Kargar Avenue
Tehran- Iran