Fayoum University, Egypt
Faculty of Dar Al Uloom
Department of Islamic Philosophy 2nd International Conference
On
Philosophy of Change: Eye on Cultural Structure
March 1-3, 2012

Preface:
The Faculty of Dar Al Uloom invites interested academicians to participate in the Department of Islamic Philosophy 2nd International Conference to be held on March 1-3, 2012. The conference is held under the auspices of President of Fayoum University; Vice-President for Graduate Studies and Research, Dean of Faculty of Dar Al Uloom and Conference Chair Professor Farid Awad Hedar, Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and Conference Vice Chair Professor Abdel Moniem Abu Zayd, and Chair of Department of Islamic Philosophy Professor Ahmed Arafat Al-Kady. It will cover a great deal of topics pertaining to cultural change.

Themes:
-First Theme:
-Necessity for change and its importance
-Need for change
-Importance of change and its governing rules
-Objectives of change and its approaches
-Change and community culture
-Approaches of messengers and prophets in change
-change rules as prescribed in the Holy Koran

Second Theme:
-Change and the future
-Cultural Shift: conditions and plans
-Divine laws
-Islamic example in change in the past and the present.

Third Theme
-Change as a cultural project
-Towards an Islamic approach in governance and politics
-Towards an Islamic approach in education and sociology
-Towards an Islamic approach in human development
-Towards an Islamic approach in preaching and information and media

Registration Fees
The Conference fee covers conference facilities, conference proceedings, as well as lunches.
*LE 600 (for Egyptians) to participate with a paper on of the conference topics, covering conference facilities, conference proceedings, as well as lunches.

*$ 350 (for non-Egyptians) to participate with a paper on of the conference topics, covering conference facilities, conference proceedings, as well as lunches.

*LE 300 (for Egyptians) to attend as an observer

*$ 250 for (non-Egyptians) to attend as an observer.

*Abstracts and papers are to be sent to the attention of the Conference Moderator at the address of the Department of Islamic Philosophy, Faculty of Dar Al Uloom, Fayoum University) or by e-mail to:

aaa07@fayoum.edu.eg