Cultures Interaction in the Space of Dialogue
The renovation of cultural identity in the present world is based on the dialogue tools of cross-cultural interaction rather than on the appropriation and the transformation of other cultures in proper model. Relevant concepts enable the representation of cultural diversity as the constellation of response methods applied by different nations to global issues.
Main Vectors of Discussion:
October 9 (Saturday), (Hall “Lobby”)
Part №1 Intercultural Dialogue and an Issue of Integral Response to Contemporary Challenges
Moderators:
Prof. Mikhail Piotrovsky (Russia), Prof. Efim Rezvan (Russia), Zalina Medoeva (Russia), Dr Jeffrey Garret (USA)
Speakers:
Prof. Mikhail B. Piotrovsky (Russia) – Director of the State Hermitage Museum
Speech
Zalina G. Medoeva (Russia) – Vice-President of the Public Foundation “Centre of National Glory”, a member of the Civic Chamber of Russian Federation
Dialogue and Global Politics: For a Lateral Cosmopolitanism
Fred Dallmayr (USA) – Proffesor at the University of Notre Dame
History and identity
Valeriy Tishkov (Russia) – Director of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of RAS, named after N. N. Mikluho-Maklay and the center of social anthropology RSHU. Vice-president of the International association of anthropological and ethnological sciences
Culture as Buoyancy and Burden
Friend Theodor (USA) – Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia
Issue and limit of a dialogue of cultures
Abdusalam Gusseynov (Russia) – Director, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Intercultural Dialogue and Dangerous Assumptions (in Russian)
Michele Kahn (USA) – Associate Professor of Studies in Language and Culture International Association of Intercultural Education, University of Houston- Clear Lake
Multicultural Communities in a New Spiritual Horizon
Hugo Novotny (Argentina) - President, World Center of Humanistic studies
Hans-Peter Duerr (Germany) – Director emeritus, Max Planсk Institute, PhD Professor, Munich
Paradigm of the Evolution of Life. Dynamic Sustainability: Creative Diversification Cooperating in a WinWin-Game
Valentina Fedotova (Russia) – Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, head of the Social Philosophy section of the Instutute of Philosophy RAS
Problems and Difficulties of a Dialogue (in Russian)
Alexandr Lukin (Russia) – Director, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies Moscow State Institute of International Relations University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Interaction of Two Great Civilisations: the Evolution of China\'s Image in Russia and Russian-Chinese Relations
Shamir Israel (Israel) – Coordinator, «Think Tank Shamireaders»
Integration of the Post-Byzantine Space
Alexis Crow (Great Britain) – Associated Fellow, International Security Program, Chatham House
Norms, Values, and Cultural Dialogue in Western Security and Defence
Durre Samin Ahmed (Pakistan) - Professor, Chairperson & Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Gender and Culture, Lahore University
Civilization, Islam and Dialogue: Constraints and Contradictions
Mirian (Huram) Odishariya (Georgia) – Chairman of culture and workers association «New Vision», Member of International Publicist Organization, “Golden Feather” prize-winner
International Federation of Journalists’ member