STRP 2011 - Islam and Contemporary Issues: Intellectuality and Spirituality

[S. Mohsen Mousawi]

The Short-Term Research Program (STRP), sponsored by Al-Mustafa
International University (MIU)—Tehran Branch, is an annual 4-week
research-intensive experience that allows students, scholars,
researchers, and thinkers from the world over to come together and
address the general subject of Islam and Contemporary Issues by
focusing on a different aspect of it every year.

STRP 2011 will cover the topic of Intellectuality and Spirituality
from the perspective of:

· Philosophy (the traditional Islamic schools of Peripatetic,
Illuminationist, and Transcendent philosophy);

· Mysticism (the Sufis, ‘urafa, as well as the mystics of other
religions);

· The West (modernity and the secular-liberal edifice).

Participants will participate in interactive seminars conducted by
experts in the field and will go on to conduct their own original
research in a subtopic of their choosing and under the supervision of
a senior scholar. The goal will be to not only further advance the
level of knowledge in the field, but also to provide tangible and
practical solutions to the challenges posed by modernity to Islam in
particular and religion in general. The result of the Program will be
the awarding of an official certificate of accomplishment and the
publication of the collected research articles of the participants—
with awards being presented to the best three papers.



Dates:


Option 1: July 3rd through July 31st, 2011 (Sha’ban, 1432)

Option 2: December 16th 2011 through January 11th 2012
(20th Muharram – 17th Safar, 1433)

Place:


Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran (MIU—Tehran Branch).

Eligibility:


Graduate level students of Islamic Studies or researchers and scholars
with published articles.

Cost:


All costs (food, accommodation, etc.), with the exception of
international air travel, to be borne by MIU.

Admission:


Interested individuals should send the filled application form (see
link below), their CV, as well as a proposal for their research paper
to the email address below, making certain to indicate their choice of
optional dates. Applicants will be informed immediately upon
acceptance and a visa will be sent to the nearest Embassy of the
Islamic Republic of Iran.

URL: http://tehran.miu.ac.ir/

Contact:

Shuja Ali Mirza at email: st...@miu.ac.ir.
Tel: +982512938860 Mob: +989122520423
STRP2011 application: http://tehran.miu.ac.ir/uploads/101_365_STRP2011application.doc