St. Petersburg School of Religion and Philosophy, RF
State University of New York, Old Westbury, USA
in association with
St. Petersburg Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Committee for Science and Higher Education,
Committee for International Relations of the city Government, House of Nationalities, St. Petersburg
Association of Scholars and Scientists (St. Petersburg, RF), Department of Humanities and Information
Technology, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Moscow, RF), St. Petersburg Branch of Sociological Institute
RAS, The Mission of Tajikistan to the United Nations, The Mission of Uzbekistan to the United Nations,
Institute for the Study of Civil Society (Tashkent, Uzbekistan), International University (Bishkek, Kyrgyz
Republic), Fordham University, Organizational Leadership Program (Lincoln Center, NYC), Foundation for
Interreligious Diplomacy (Utah, NYC), Center for the Dialogue among Civilizations (Vienna, Austria), Central
Institute for Socialism (People’s Republic of China), International Society for Iranian Culture (New York),
Directorate General of Islamic Education, Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia)
Invite you to participate in the international scholar conference
Challenges of Globalization East and West:
Philosophical Aspects of Globalization of Higher Education, Economy, Law, Religion and Culture
19 July – 20 July 2010, Saint-Petersburg
PROGRAM
Monday, 19 July 2010
St.Petersburg Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb., 5
9.30 – 10.00
10.00 – 10.15
Registration
Conference Opening –
Dr. Natalia Pecherskaya, Rector, School of Religion & Philosophy (SRPh),
Prof. Parviz Morwedge, Director, Global Scholarly Publications (GSP)
Greetings to participants from St. Petersburg Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Commission of Education, Culture and Science of Legislative Assembly St. Petersburg; the St.
Petersburg Association of Scientists and Scholars; Committee for Science and Higher Education
Administration St. Petersburg; Committee for Foreign Relations Administration St. Petersburg
10.15 – 10.45
Plenary Paper: Prof. Parviz Morewedege
Organized Research and Challenge of Globalization
10.45 – 11.30
Plenary session #1
Economics and Challenge of Globalization
1. Viacheslav Shironin, PhD (Economic advisor, Bank of Russia).
“Contradictions and coexistence: how can different logics of behavior live together?”
2. Boris Kashnikov (Professor, Department of Practical Philosophy, Moscow Higher
School of Economics, Russia).
“The Private Military Company as an Agent of Liquid Modernity of the Flat World.”
Respondent:
Charles Randall Paul, PhD (President, Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy, New York
and Utah, USA; Partner, Arizona Housing Inc., USA).
“The Specifics of Real-Estate Crisis in US Capitalistic Model.”
Coffee break
11.45 – 12.45
Plenary session #2
Philosophical Reflections on Challenges of Globalization
3. Julian Korab-Karpowicz (Professor, Philosophy Department, University of Prague, Czech
Republic).
“Global Solidarity Values for the 21st Century: Learning from Poland’s Solidarity.”
4. Martha Beck (Professor, Philosophy Department, Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas, USA).
“Applying Aristotle's Model of Human Wisdom to the Globalization of Culture in a Post-modern
Era.”
5. Nigmatullo Saifullaev (Professor, Head of the Chair Philosophy Russian Tajik Slavonic
University, Tajikistan).
“The Role of Science in Conflict Resolution: Methodological Perspectives.”
13.00 – 14.00
14.15 - 15.15
Lunch
Plenary session #3
Religious studies and challenge of globalization
6. Natalia Pecherskaya, PhD (Rector, St. Petersburg School of Religion and Philosophy, Saint
Petersburg, Russia).
“Reflections on Some Challenges of the Revival of Christian Studies and Religious Studies in the
Universities of the Russian Federation.”
7. Edward Martin, PhD (Religious Studies Coordinator, Global Scholarly Publications, New
York, USA).
“Recent Specific Christian Efforts for Furtherance of Global Peace – a Report and a Reflection.”
8. Charles Randall Paul, PhD (President, Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy, New York
and Utah, USA).
“Diplomacy Between Cultures: Sustaining Peaceful Tension Over Irresolvable Differences.”
Coffee break
15.30 – 16.15
Plenary session #3 (continuation)
Religious studies and challenge of globalization
9. Edmund Weber (Professor, Comparative Religious Studies, Goethe-University, Frankfurt
am Main, Germany).
“‘Religion’ and ‘Faith’ as Basic Functions of the Evolutionary Problem of Human Existence: Some
Considerations regarding a General Theory of Religion.”
10. Hwa Yol Jung (Professor, Department, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, USA).
“The Dao of Ecopiety: De-alienation of Humanity from Nature – Sustainability vs. Growth.”
Respondent:
Andrei Ignatiev (Professor, Center of Research of Religions, State University for Humanities,
Moscow, Russia).
16.30 – 17.30
Plenary session #4
Globalization, and Challenge of Identity
11. Rosmarie Morewedge (Professor, German and Russian Department, State University of
New York, Binghamton, NY, USA).
“Championing Internationalism and Global Citizenship at the University: The Foreign Language and
Literature Department.”
12. Parvonakhon Jamshedov (Academician APS RF, Chair of English and Linguistic Typology,
Russian Tajik Slavonic University, Tajikistan).
“Native Languages Encounter the Challenge of Globalization.”
13. Vladimir Vetukov ( Ph.D. in History and Oriental Studies, Saint Petersburg School of
Religion and Philosophy, Russia)
“Vietnam – National Identity and Challenges of Cultural Globalization”
Coffee break
17.45 – 18.30
Plenary session #4 (continuation)
Globalization, and Challenge of Identity
14. Malgorzata Kowalska (Professor, Philosophy, University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland).
“The problem of national, European, and global identity in the context of the recent Polish-Russian
cultural-social and political relationship.”
15. Miron Amusia (Professor, A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, The Racah
Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem Israel).
“Limits to Globalization: a View From the Storming Area.”
Dinner together
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
St. Petersburg House of Nationalities, Mohovaya st. 15.
The program of this day includes a plenary papers and two special Round Tables with distinguished
participants from three branches of The Academy of Chinese Culture (hereafter `ACC’), city of Beijing, and
Gansu and Fujian Provinces of People’s Republic of China (PRC).
10.00 – 11.00
I. Round Table Discussion
“New Perspectives on Political Economy in PRC and Challenge of Globalization”
Panel Coordinators: Parviz Morewedge (Professor, GSP; State University of New York, Old Westbury),
and Li Jianwei (Principle Staff, Academy of Chinese Culture, Beijing, PRC)
Discussants:
1. Wang Jianjun ( Associate Professor, ACC, Beijing, PRC)
2. Wei Xiaodong (Professor, ACC, Beijing, PRC)
Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30
II. Round Table Discussion
“Higher Education in PRC and Challenges of Globalization”
Panel Coordinators: Parviz Morewedge (Director, GSP; State University of New York, Old Westbury),
and Li Jianwei (Principle Staff, ACC, Beijing, PRC)
Discussants:
1. Huang Yiyu (Vice President, ACC, Beijing, PRC)
2. Qi Zhencang (Vice President, ACC, Gansu, PRC)
3. Chen Fei (Vice President of ACC, Fujian, PRC)
12.45 – 13.45
Final Synthesis.
David Martin, PhD (Independent Scholar-Poet, Virginia, USA).
“Globalization as De-Alienation: A poetical Response. The Universe.”
14.00 – 17.00
19.30
00.45 – 02.00
Visit to the Smolny, the City Administration and Government Building,
Lunch
Conference social event
Night trip by boat down the River Niva and canals (optional).
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
9:00
Cultural program (see a separate list)
Thursday, 22 July 2010
6:00
Early departure from the hotel to the airport