19May2012

Rhodes Forum

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About Rhodes Forum

Every autumn since 2003 the ancient Greek island of Rhodes hosts a session of the World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilization" called the Rhodes Forum that brings together public figures and statesmen, academics, religious figures and representatives of the arts, mass media and business spheres from all over the world. The sessions of the WPF "Dialogue of Civilizations" proved the urgency and efficacy of the Forum by brining the focus of world public opinion to the problems of intercultural dialogue and the need to work out instruments to make interaction among cultures and civilizations possible. The results achieved by the Forum give a hope for further harmonization of international relations and strengthening of stability in the world.

International Community

The participants of the Forum’s programs or Rhodes Forum claim that the dialogue of cultures and civilizations is quite possible. According to Vladimir Yakunin, the World Public Forum was constantly working in an international atmosphere of events that seemingly proved quite the opposite. But meeting at the Forum’s events the representatives of different civilizations have reaffirmed each time that beyond political sphere a dialogue on the level of civil society is not only desirable and necessary, but it is also practically possible. "Now the logic of Forum’s development has led us to the need of making this dialogue more substantial; in a way that would generate the functioning structures of a dialogue. Dialogue of Civilizations is called upon to develop a new culture of international partnership, co-operation and interaction, it has to foster new values and bring in new goals to the international community" — said Vladimir Yakunin.

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World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations"

The World Public Forum (WPF) “Dialogue of Civilizations” is a deliberative-consultative body that unites into a single network various international and national nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), representatives of public and state institutions, civil society organizations and faith-based groups, academics, representatives of cultural, spiritual, business, and media spheres from different countries, members of diverse civilizations and cultural traditions, and individuals who share the principles of openness mutual respect which form the basis of the contemporary dialogue of civilizations.

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Marietta Stepanyants (Russia), Director, Centre for Oriental Philosophy Studies, Institute of Philosophy, RAS

Prof. Marietta Stepanyants was born in Moscow. She graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Faculty of Oriental Studies in 1959. Since 1959 has been working at the Institute of Philosophy, USSR Academy of sciences (now Russian Academy of Sciences) where she received her degrees: Candidate of sciences in 1963 and Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1974.
M. Stepanyants has been the Director of the Center of the Oriental Philosophies’ Studies at the Institute of Philosophy since 1980. She got her Professorship in 1983 at the Diplomatic Academy, USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were she was teaching in 1980 - 1994. She is the Founder and the Head of the Chair of Eastern Philosophy and Political Thought at the State University of Humanities, Moscow (since 1996). Since 2008 she is the Chairholder of UNESCO chair “Philosophy in the dialogue of Cultures”.
M.Stepanyants’ writings were published in about 30 countries. She initiated the establishment of two Academic series of which she is the editor-in-chief: “History of Eastern Philosophies” and “Comparative Philosophy”.
For outstanding academic achievements Prof. M. Stepanyants got awards: “Honored Scholar of the Russian Federation” issued by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation (2002); “Plehanov’s Award” of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2006). She is a recipient of the “Award of the President of the Russian Federation for directing a leading school in humanities” (2006-2007, 2008-2009 years). In 2010 she was awarded with the Silver Medal “For Outstanding Contribution in the Development of Philosophy”.
Prof. M.Stepanyants directed many international conferences including “East & West Philosophers’ Conferences” in Honolulu (1995, 2000). Since 2003 she has been a member of the Executive Committee, World Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP). In 2008 she was elected as the 1st Vice-president of FISP for the next 5 years.

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