From November 30, 2020, to December 25, 2020, at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the XV Annual Conference of Arabists was held. Within the framework of the conference, 118 speakers from six countries are scheduled to speak.
During the plenary session, the Director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute for Oriental Studies of the RAS, RIAC member Vasily Kuznetsov addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. During his speech, he spoke about a contribution to Arab studies, assessed the main directions and trends in the development of science. Besides, V. Kuznetsov presented collective and individual monographs written by the staff of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS and published in 2020.
From November 30, 2020, to December 25, 2020, at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the XV Annual Conference of Arabists was held. Within the framework of the conference, 118 speakers from six countries are scheduled to speak.
During the plenary session, the Director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute for Oriental Studies of the RAS, RIAC member Vasily Kuznetsov addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. During his speech, he spoke about a contribution to Arab studies, assessed the main directions and trends in the development of science. Besides, V. Kuznetsov presented collective and individual monographs written by the staff of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS and published in 2020.
The conference was attended by RIAC Vice-President Aleksandr Aksenenok. He took part in the round table "Bigger Middle East: Lines of Interplay and Lines of Confrontation (2020 with Projection into 2021)", in which fundamental geopolitical changes in the region in 2020 were discussed. Besides, the participants discussed the prospects for the political development of the Middle East countries in 2021.
Referent at the RIAC Ivan Bocharov participated in the work of the economic section, and he made a report on the role of the army in the Egyptian economy.