The Avicenna Institute of Middle Eastern Studies

National Network
Hungary
Address

PILISCSABA
2087 Fo ut 2/a
Hungary

Telephone
36 20 224 1595
Telephone (other)
36 26 375 329/413
Fax
36 26 375 329/413
E-Mail
tuske@btk.ppke.hu
E-Mail (2)
Avicenna.kkki@t-online.hu
Mobile Phone
36 20 224 1595
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2002
Fields of Activity
  1. Heritage
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Religion
  4. Research
General 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 Napoli
Mission 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.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. Laszlo Tuske
Head of the organisation
Prof. Miklos Maroth M. of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences