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National Network
Hungary
Address
PILISCSABA 2087 Fo ut 2/a HungaryCountry
HungaryCity
PILISCSABAStreet address 2
2087 Fo ut 2/aMobile Phone
36 20 224 1595Telephone
36 20 224 1595E-Mail (2)
Avicenna.kkki@t-online.huYear of Establishment
2002Contact Person1
Dr. Laszlo TuskeOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
HeritageGeneral Information
The Avicenna Institute is a non-profit research centre with the objectives of promoting scholarship in the field of Middle Eastern studies. The budget being strongly reliable on the variation of state’s and private funding is very limited. In this framework, several senior and junior researchers, and fellows are assuming and pursuing our aims. Among our projects are organizing public and international scientific workshops and conferences, publishing scientific monographs, conferences’ proceedings, granting scholarship for junior researches. We have solid connections with Hungarian and international research centres, such as Pazmany Peter Catholic University, University of Saint Joseph, Beirut and Instituto Universitario Orientale di NapoliMission and Objectives
The Institute was founded to fulfil threefold objectives: to conduct research for thorough understanding of Arabic, Persian and Turkish cultures, to advise decision-makers, media-actors and businessmen interested in Middle-East issues, to disseminate knowledge on current topics in on-going public debates to avoid misunderstandings in intercultural dialogue.Main Projects / Activities
The institute works on several projects: - study the factors of continuity and discontinuity in Islamic legacy in the perspective of understanding the current development in the Islamic world, mainly in philosophy, theology, political sciences and literature, classical and modern, - organizing public and international scientific workshops and conferences to disseminate knowledge, - publishing scientific monographs, conferences’ proceedings, - granting scholarship for junior researches in PhD or post-doctoral dissertations.