Faculty of Philosophy of the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow,
Instituto de Filosofía Edith Stein in Granada,
International Center for the Study of the Christian Orient in Granada,
and Science and Culture Creators Association EPISTEME
invite you to the international conference
RUSSIAN RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY AND POSTSECULARISM
It is the next Krakow conference on Russian philosophy. In 2014 we dealt with the relation between Christianity and culture, previously we focused on the reception of Russian thought in Europe, influence of Jewish culture on Eastern European culture, and Russian symbolism. Each year our conferences bring together many scholars from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Spain, Italy and many other European countries. Book with submitted papers is published before every conference.
Date: June 11–13, 2015 (begins on Thursday morning, closes on Saturday noon).
Place: Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, ul. Bernardyńska 3, 31-069 Krakow, Poland.
Topic: Recently in Europe we have a great debate on the relationship between religion and secular world. It seems that we are witnessing a true post-secular turn. Jurgen Habermas in his famous speech in 2001 urged the secular reason to profit from remains of religion saved in contemporary societies. Many other authors, including Jacques Derrida, Alain Badiou, Slavoj Žižek and Giorgio Agamben quite surprisingly became interested in Christianity. On the other hand, vigorously growing Radical Orthodoxy movement (John Milbank, Catherine Pickstock, Graham Word and others) and such authors as William Cavanaugh or bishop Javier Martinez tried to answer this interest from the Christian point of view. Our purpose is to include the heritage of Russian religious philosophy to this contemporary debate. We believe that Russian philosophers of nineteenth and twentieth centuries, such as Vladimir Soloviev, Pavel Florensky, Sergey Bulgakov, Georges Florovsky or Aleksei Losev, formulated unique views on the relation between religion and science, philosophy and social life, which are missing in contemporary western debate. On the one hand we hope to prove that Russian thought is surprisingly attractive and up to date, and on the other we would like to supplement this crucial European debate. In this way our academic project is nevertheless quite important for contemporary culture in general.
Working languages: English and Russian. The book with conference papers will be published in English.
Application: Please, fill in a form available at http://goo.gl/forms/30uYZzn8Ws by December 1, 2014. Submit personal data: name and surname (in both Russian and Latin version, if applicable), academic degree, institutional affiliation, e-mail address and add one page summary of the proposed paper. By December 15, 2014 we will announce the list of accepted applications.
Publication: One book containing conference papers will be published before the conference. Submitted papers will be reviewed and might not be accepted for publication. Final version of not previously published paper in English no longer than 30 000 marks with spaces should be submitted by February 15, 2015 to krakovskievstrechi@gmail.com. Please carefully edit your paper and strictly follow formal requirements (Author Guide 2015).
Fee: Conference fee is 100 EUR/400 PLN (for participants from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus: 75 EUR/300 PLN) and includes organization, meals (excluding breakfasts) and conference book. The organizers do not provide accomodation, though will help with finding hotels.
Fee must be paid by to the account of Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie, ul. Kanonicza 25, 31-002 Krakow;
PLN: Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie, BANK BPH S.A., PL12 106000760000321000160117, SWIFT/BIC: BPH KPLPK, with the annotation: “Postsekularyzm”.
EUR: Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie, BANK BPH S.A., PL29 1060 0076 0000 3210 0020 3364, BIC or SWIFT: BPHKPLPK, with the annotation: “Postsekularyzm”;
USD: Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie, BANK BPH S.A., PL65 1060 0076 0000 3210 0016 0133, BIC or SWIFT: BPHKPLPK, with the annotation: “Postsekularyzm”.
Фактуры выставляются по требованию (контакт: г-жа Barbara Olejarz, barbara.olejarz@upjp2.edu.pl). Оплату можно также произвести наличными в Кракове перед началом конференции.
Invoices are issued on demand, please contact Mrs Barbara Olejarz, barbara.olejarz@upjp2.edu.pl. The VAT identification number is neccesary. The fee could also be paid in cash before the beginning of the conference in Krakow.
Visas: If necessary organizers will send an invitation required to obtaining a Polish visa. Please, fill in a form available at http://goo.gl/forms/IH6xIES3AU.
Organizers: Scientific Board: s. prof. Teresa Obolevitch (Krakow), prof. Artur Mrówczyński-Van Allen (Granada), Conference Secretary: Paweł Rojek, PhD (Krakow), accommodation issues: Roman Turowski (Krakow).
More information: Current information are published at krakowmeetings.wordpress.com. For any questions, please contact krakovskievstrechi@gmail.com.
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