The North -Eastern Federal University named after M.K.Ammosov (Yakutsk, Russia) is organizing a two-day (22-23 March, 2012) International scientific conference «Cultural heritage of Northern Eurasia: problems and development prospects», which will take place in Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The event   with a view of actualization and preservation of a cultural heritage of the North-east of Russia will be a part of the International scientific actions «L.N. Gumilyov's Heritage and destinies of the peoples of Eurasia: history, present, prospects» dedicated to the 100 anniversary of Lev N. Gumilyov.

Key themes and problems for discussion

1. Parity problems of ethnogenesis of and culture genesis in Lev N. Gumilyov 's Theory.
2. Unity and variety of a cultural heritage of the people of Eurasia;
3. The Eurasian doctrine as synthesis of the humanity and natural sciences, history and geography;
4. Culture-sophistic and history-sophistic ideas in L.N. Gumilyov «Eurasianism»;
5. Geo-sophistic  theoretical base of L.N. Gumilyov «Eurasianism»;
6. Psychological and culturological researches of genetics of culture and personal genesis;
7. Problems of cultural heritage of a circumpolar civilization in a context of processes of globalization;
8. Cultural heritage preservation as a problem of national ideology;
9. Local traditions and folklore in national culture of the Eurasian North;

10.  Cultural-historical unity of Eurasia, ancient communications and their reflection in monuments of archeology and petroglyphic art;

11.  Landscape symbols: function of designing of symbolical figurativeness in culture of ancient Northern Eurasia;

12.  History of development of culture and idea of harmonization of  coexistence of the person with environment in the ancient time and the present;

13.  North and sustainable development of Life system on the Earth: polar-global geo-biospheres- ecological and social communications.

Participants of the International scientific actions « L.N. Gumilyov's Heritage and destinies of the peoples of Eurasia: history, present, prospects» dedicated to the 100 anniversary of Lev N.Gumilev:

-          The Scientific and Educational Society for Cultural studies,

-          L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University,

-          Herzen State Pedagogical university,

-          Saint-Petersburg State University,

-          Russian Institute for cultural researches,

-          Russian Christian humanitarian Academy,

-          D.S. Likhachev Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage,

-          Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences «History of world culture»,

-          Kazan state university of culture and arts,

-          Academy of geopolitical problems.

Call for papers: deadline 29 February 2012

For further information please contact:

Russian culturology society branch in Yakutsk,

The North -eastern Federal University named after M.K.Ammosov,

Yakutsk, Russia

kulturnas@yandex.ru, lenasida@mail.ru

8-924-662-96-09