On November 17 and 19, 2014, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a scientific conference "Nations and Nationalism in the Muslim World (on the example of Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, ethnic Kurdistan, neighboring countries and regions)". The traditional 9th conference was organized by the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies of the Institute of International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In the 15 years since 1999, when the first conference on the problems of the Islamic region south of Russia's borders was held, the Center (until 2010 - the Department) has prepared and published eight collections of articles devoted to politics, international relations, economics, culture and history of the vast area that is now the focus of scientific and expert attention. communities. The topic of the next conference, in the opinion of its organizers, should have aroused increased interest. The problem of Islam and nationalism is traditionally one of the most discussed in science, and it has been given additional urgency by recent trends associated with the emergence of militant organizations and movements in the Middle East that call into question the very existence of states in the region within the established borders. At the same time, there is an increased internationalization of Islamist projects, actions "over the borders" of such armed groups as the Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, etc. The relevance of the issue is probably largely explained by the large number of applications for participation received from employees of the Institute of Information Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, other scientific and higher educational institutions in Moscow, as well as St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Lipetsk, Perm, and Pyatigorsk. Several applications were received from specialists from Kazakhstan, Iran and a number of other countries. The program of the two-day conference included 67 reports, two ... Читать далее