International Conference Organized by Iași Center of The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington D.C. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași Gheorghe Zane Institute of the Romanian Academy-Iași Branch OPENING SESSION October 27, 2017, 9.00 Iași, Codrescu Street, No. 2
PROGRAM International Conference Organized by Council for Research in Values and Philosophy Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași Gheorghe Zane Institute of the Romanian Academy-Iași Branch
Friday, October 27, 2017 ---------------------------------------------- Registration 8.45-9.00 Welcome Addresses 9.00-9.30 Teodor Dima, Member of the Romanian Academy, Director of the "Gheorghe Zane" Institute of Economic and Social Research of Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania Contiu Tiberiu Șoitu, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social- Political Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania Vincent Shen, Vice-president of the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada Wilhelm Dancă, Member of the Romanian Academy/University of Bucharest, Romania/ Regional Coordinator of the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy: Person first. For the Dignity of the Human Being. Session I 9.30-11.30 John Ozolins, Australian Catholic University Identity, Diversity and the Modern World Thomas Menamparampil, Jovai, India Becoming Human and Humane. Developing a Global Vision to Address Local Needs and Anxieties Osman Bilen, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey Beauty Torn by Thorn s Prick: Rumi s Philosophy of Human Love Vincent Shen, University of Toronto, Canada Becoming Human in a globalizing context of interculturality Ernest Beyaraza, Catholic University of East Africa, Kenya How Intercultural Encounters (Re)Shape the Contemporary World: The African Experience Coffee Break
Session II 11.45-13.45 Asha Mukherjee, Visva-Bharati University, India - Swedish-India Intercultural Encounter: Inge Jensen on Weaving Project at Visva-Bharati Ioana Baskerville, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, Romania The good stranger in Romanian folk culture and in present time Dan Gabriel Sîmbotin, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, Romania The Epistemic Foundations of Communicating with the Other Carmen Cozma, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania Human Being as a Moral Culture Consumer Seema Bose, University of Delhi, India Humanism Revisited Lunch Session III 15.00-17.00 Ana Bazac, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania Science and technology as intercultural encounter Suleiman Ahmed Mohamed, Beny Suef University, Egypt / University of Pavia, Italy - Intercultural Encounter in the Coptic Theology. Soteriological theology versus heresy. Florina Hariga, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania - Meeting a Stranger, Becoming a Friend: An Anthropological View of the Cultural Process of Friendship. Anton Adamuț, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania On the Domestic Space for Greeks Dan Chițoiu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania Faces and Surfaces: A Phenomenology of Today s Intercultural Encounters. Coffee Break
Session IV 17.00-19.00 Oana Cogeanu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania (Re)shaping Travel Encounters Tony Svetelj, Hellenic College, USA - Philosophy of Interculturality Rediscovery of Human Alexandru Tofan, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania André Scrima and the Ecumenical Encounter. A Spiritual Interpretation. Camelia Grădinaru, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania Nostalgic Impromptus: Online Immigrant Stories and Cultural Differences Iulian Gabriel Hrușcă, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania Romanization and Romanity in Dacia. Some controversial encounters.
Saturday, October 28, 2017 ----------------------------------------------------- Session V 9.00-11.00 Monica Meruțiu, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania Religion and Migration in the 21st Century. The Vatican and the diplomacy of conscience Cezara Humă, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania Intercultural Analysis beyond Nostalgia: Phantasies of the Origin in Novalisʼ Heinrich von Ofterdingen Melentina Toma, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania Role of Logic in Developing Action Rationality Ana Hriscu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania Fashion: a dialog for intercultural encounters and shared values awareness Corina Giurgea, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania Understanding New Challenges of A Smart World through, Smart Applications, Smart Communication in a World Without Mind Eugenia Zaițev, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania Intercultural Philosophy: (Non) History versus Globalization Marius Ciuraru, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania Monotheistic Hospitality as a Space of Spiritual Dialogue and Cultural Values Coffee Break [John Ozolins, Australian Catholic University Erasmus Lecture: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Their Beliefs and Values] Round Table - 12.15-13.30