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International conference

"Islam in Europe"
19-21.04.2012 Zagreb (Croatia)

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Article on the legal position on Islam in Europe
by Agata S. Nalborczyk and Paweł Borecki

published in
"Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations"

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Article on Polish Tatars

in Russian

by Agata S. Nalborczyk


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Latest news

   International conference
19-21.04.2012 Zagreb (Croatia)


   Islam in Europe

Organiser of the conference:
Islamska zajednica u Hrvatskoj /Islamic Community in Croatia/

Programme of the conference: on the web page of Islamska zajednica.

Among the papers:

  • Dr. Agata S. Nalborczyk, The legal position and organisations of Muslims in Poland
    21.04.2012 (Sat.) 1040-1240

Article
Relations between Islam and the state in Poland: the legal position of Polish Muslims

by Agata S. Nalborczyk
and
Paweł Borecki (Faculty of Law, University of Warsaw)

published in:
"Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations"
22:3, 2011 pp. 343-359.

Article on Polish Tatars in Russian
Польские татары: откуда и куда?

by Agata S. Nalborczyk

published in: "Весь Мир-VES MIR"5 (33), 2011 p. 3.

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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 3 (2011)
edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen
has already been published by BRILL.

   The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk, S. Grodź)
on pages 433-445.




International conference

Dealing with change: Islamic leadership in the Balkans and the Baltic between past and future
16-17.05.2011
Sofia, Bulgaria

Among the papers:

  • dr. Agata S. Nalborczyk, Islamic religious leadership and the Muftiate in Poland - 17.05.2011 (Tue.) 1120-1210





Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 2 (2010)
edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen
has already been published by BRILL.

   The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk, S. Grodź)
on pages 401-411.






Conference on the occasion of 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of European Islam Studies

MUZUŁMANIE W EUROPIE/MUSLIMS IN EUROPE
Bogactwo różnorodności czy źródło konfliktów


17-18.11.2010, University of Warsaw






Conference
Christian-Muslim Dialogue
History and the Present Day, Threats and Challenges

18-19.10.2010
Collegium Maius
Mikołaj Kopernik University, Toruń


Among the papers:

  • dr Agata S. Nalborczyk, A Common Word Between Us nad You - Results of the Unique Muslims' Gesture towards Christians
    18.10.2010 (Mon.) 1230-1250 p.m.



International conference
Muslims and Political Participation in Europe

6-8.10.2010
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Theology


Among the papers:

  • dr Agata S. Nalborczyk, The Political Participation of Polish Muslim Tatars - the Result of or the Reason for Integration? From Wars with Teutonic Knights to the Danish Cartoons Affair
    7.10.2010 (Thu.) 930-1015 a.m.

Prof. Anna PARZYMIES awarded with

the 2009 UNESCO/Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture


Prof. Anna Parzymies was awarded by an international jury for establishing our Department and for leading its research on Arab and Muslim population in Europe as well for the activities of her publishing house - Wydawnictwo Akademickie DIALOG, promoting Arab and Muslim culture.

The Prize has been awarded annually since 2003 and honours individuals, groups or institutions that have made a significant contribution to the development, dissemination and promotion of Arab culture throughout the world. The well-known Iraqi poet and calligrapher Ghani Alani was awarded together with Prof. Parzymies.

The award ceremony took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 9th February 2010.

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Congratulations!

More:

Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 1 (2009)
edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen
has already been published by BRILL.

   The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk, S. Grodź)
on pages 267-275.


Georges Photos from the doctoral exam of Georges Kass, Ph.D.



Polish heirs of Tokhtamysh
- an article about Polish Muslim Tatars
in the Turkish daily in English
"Hürriyet. Daily News" (4.12.2009);
author: Justyna Szewczyk, student of Turkish studies.


"European Voice" on our Department


Our Department was featured in
"EUROPEAN VOICE"
an independent weekly newspaper published by the Economist Group since 1995
in the article "Studying Islam and Europe".

Read the article:
Ian Mandell "Studying Islam and Europe"


An interview with Agata S. Nalborczyk, Ph.D entitled
"Walka o dusze" ("The Fight for Souls")
on Islam, jihad and Muslims in Europe was featured in the 38/2009 issue of "Polska Zbrojna" magazine.


Agata S. Nalborczyk was quoted in an article by M. Pantke entitled
"Czy jesteśmy islamofobami?" ("Are We Islamophobes?")
on Islamophobia and Islam in Europe in Wirtualna Polska on 11 September 2009.



Conference

MUSLIMS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Should Sharia law be part of a national legal system?

18 May 2009, 1000-1500
The Senate Hall of the University of Warsaw (Kazimierzowski Palace)

The speakers include: Prof. Werner Menski (SOAS, London), Prof. Janusz Balicki (UKSW), Agata S. Nalborczyk Ph.D. (UW), Paweł Borecki Ph.D. (UW)

Conference organizers:
Download the programme of the conference (in Polish))

The poster of the conference


Defence of Georges Kass's doctoral thesis

The public defence of the doctoral thesis of Georges Kass, M.A. entitled
Mujun - indecency in the Arab culture of the Abbasid era
will be held on 12 May 2009 at 1530 in St. Schayer Hall (the Faculty of Oriental Studies building).


Supervisor: Prof. Marek M. Dziekan
Reviewers: Prof. Ewa Machut-Mendecka, Prof. Edward Szymański


The Eighth Conference of Polish Arabists

8-9 May 2009

The Chair for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw

Papers will be presented by:

  • Agata S. Nalborczyk Ph.D., Is the Arabic literary language unique? The universality of sociolinguistic laws
    9 May 2009 (Saturday) 1330-1400, St. Schayer Hall, the Faculty of Oriental Studies building
  • Marta Widy-Behiesse Ph.D., The Development of Multicultural Marketing Directed to European Muslims Based on the Example of France
    8 May 2009, godz. 1800-1830, Brudziński Hall, Kazimierzowski Palace


Are there feminist Muslim women?
- a lecture by Agata S. Nalborczyk Ph.D.

The Mediterranean Circle, University of Warsaw

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies "Artes Liberales" University of Warsaw
room no. 10 8 April 2009 (Wed.) 1830

Invitation


Defence of Marta Widy-Behiesse's doctoral thesis

The public defence of the doctoral thesis of Marta Widy-Behiesse, M.A. entitled
The Works of Tariq Ramadan. The Development of Muslim Identity in Europe
will be held on 12 May 2009 at 1600
in St. Schayer Hall (the Faculty of Oriental Studies building).

Supervisor: Prof. Anna Parzymies
Reviewers: Prof. Elżbieta Górska, Prof. Katarzyna Pachniak