Academics and Peacebuilding in the Nowruz Culture Area

The 5^th Annual Conference and the 1^st in International Conference held by the

Iranian Peace Studies Scientific Association (IPSA) on

Academics and Peacebuilding in the Nowruz Culture Area

 

Report by the Iranian Peace Studies Scientific Association

Source: IRNA.ir

 

The international conference entitled “Academics and Peacebuilding in the Nowruz Culture Area” is scheduled to be held in a partnership between Iran and China. Professors from 13 countries, including Iran, China, Turkey, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Georgia, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, will speak at the event.

The 5^th annual conference of the Iranian Peace Studies Scientific Association (IPSA), entitled “Academics and Peacebuilding in the Nowruz Culture Area”, will be held in partnership with the ECO Cultural Institute on 9 and 10 February 2022, said Dr Mojtaba Maghsoudi, Scientific Chair of the Conference.

The international conference is going to be held thanks to the academic support provided by Allameh Tabataba’i University (Iran), Istanbul Arel University (Turkey), Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies (Uzbekistan), Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan), and the North Ossetian State University (Russia). On the first day of this two-day conference, articles will be presented in Persian, while English presentations will be made on the event’s second day.

According to Dr Maghsoudi, the conference will, for the first time, examine the role of academics, including professors and students, in promoting the culture of peace and friendship in the Nowruz culture area and seeks to draw on vast interdisciplinary topics to pave the way for new discussions on cultural convergence at the region. The conference aims at promoting reconciliation and connection between different communities in the region.

Other institutes and organisations collaborating and participating in convening the conference include the Institute for Social and Cultural Studies; the Iran University Press; the Centre for Eurasian Studies at the University of Tehran; the Humanities Scholars House; the Caucasus Studies Institute; the Iranian Regional Studies Association, and the ECO College of Insurance.

Iranian members of the conference’s Scientific Committee include Dr Mohammad Mansournejad (from the Iranian Peace Studies Scientific Association); Dr Bagher Shamloo (Shahid Beheshti University); Dr Ali Morshedizad (Shahed University); Dr AmirHoushang Mirkoushesh (Islamic Azad University, Shahroud Branch); Dr AbdolAmir Nabavi (Institute of Social and Cultural Studies); Dr Rose Fazli (Research Institute for Culture and Communications at Allameh Tabataba’i University); Dr Mohsen Khalili (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad); Dr Ali Karimi (University of Mazandaran); Dr Ahmad Fateminejad (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad), and Dr Mandana Tishehyar (ECO College of Insurance at Allameh Tabataba’i University).

Moreover, Professor Cuneyt Akalin (Professor of Marmara University, Turkey); Dr Mirwais Balkhi (Former Minister of Education in Afghanistan and Visiting Professor at Georgetown University of Qatar); Professor Akbota Zholdasbekova (Vice-Rector at the Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan); ‌ Dr Faleha Zahra Kazemi (Head of the Persian Language Department), Lahore College for Women University in Pakistan); Dr Sima Baida (Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India); ‌ Dr Nouri Mohammadzadeh (Director of the Centre for Iranian Studies, Dagestan State University, Russia); Dr Rustam Lazmov (Professor at Khazar University, Azerbaijan); Dr Nikolaz Nakhutsrishvili (Professor at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Georgia); Dr Lee Fuquan (Professor at Northwest University, China); and Dr Mohammad Al-Taif (Professor at the University of Kerbala, Iraq) are the non-Iranian members of this International Conference.

The following members were also involved in the executive committee of the conference:

Dr Mehrdad KhorramNasr (Iranian Peace Studies Scientific Association); Ms Mandana Sajjadi (Allameh Tabataba’i University); Mr Rasoul Firouzi (Allameh Tabataba’i University); Ms Atieh Irani (Iranian Peace Studies Scientific Association); Ms Farzaneh Moghaddas (Iranian Peace Studies Scientific Association); Ms Fatemeh Mirbagheri (ECO Cultural Institute), and student-members at the ECOI’s Regional Studies Association, Allameh Tabataba’i University (including the following ladies and gentlemen: Soraya Mansouri Kargar, Razieh Minaei, Latifeh Sakhi, Marzieh Roudgar Saffari, Faezeh Rafiei, Maryam Hasheminejad, Amirmansour Ghasemi, Amin Nourafkan, Ebrahim Rezaei Rad, and Amirmohammad Moghani).

Conference Schedule

 

Conference Link

https://skyroom.online/ch/atu/peace-studies

 

Conference Website

http://ipsan.ir/en/conf2022/