1. 13 October 2009 SPECRS seminar in the MGNI project realm took place. Professor L. Perlovsky (Harvard, MIT) presented his presentation "Why Adam was exiled from Paradise (from the Perspective of Cognitive Sciences)."
2. 28 July - 2 August 2009 comprised of the 1-st International Consultation in the MGNI project area of "Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Science, Religion, and Culture: Preparation Community Leaders for 21st Century", which took place at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research (CIECR) in Collegeville, MN, USA .Sponsored by the Metanexus Institute of Science and Religion, USA http://www.metanexus.net/
3. 21-23 May 2009 in the "House of Scientists" of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) a conference "Languages of Science" presentation by A.G. Chernyakov in the realm of the festivals "Days of Science", sponsored by Dimiri Zimin Foundation.
4. 21-24 April 2009 plenary paper presentation at IAPCHE Europe 2009 Conference "Bridging the Gap", in the Netherlands, http://www.iapche.org/conferenceproceedings.htm referenced Christianity in higher education. This speech was presented by the Rector of SRPh N.A. Pecherskaya.
5. Public presentation "The Social Conception of the Russian Orthodox Church" presented by N.A. Pecherskaya 3 December 2008 at St. John's University (MN,USA).
6. Public presentation "Science, Ideology, Religion: Does Immunity exist for Ideology in the Science or in Religion Consciousness?" Lecture by N.A. Pecherskaya on 31 October 2008, the University of Minnesota (USA).
7. Public presentation at a session of the administrative board of the Institute of Science and Religion "Metanexus" (USA), presentation by N.A. Pecherskaya 3 October 2008.
8. Series of city seminars for teachers and graduate students "Physics of the New Time: Galilei and School Philosophy of the Jesuits", leader: V.L. Ivanov. October - December 2008.
9. Series of city seminars for teachers and graduate students "Unity and Multiplicity". Text for the seminar A. Badyu "Existence and Events", leaders: A.G. Chernyakov and A.V. Magun. February - May 2008, October - December 2008.
10. City research-and-science seminar for students and graduate students of higher education SPb "Orthodoxy in the Contemporary World", leader G.E. Benevich. February - May 2008.
11. The work extension public seminar SPb Educational Center "Religion and Science" (SPECRS).
12. 21 April 2008 in the House of Scientists Russian Academy of Sciences comprising of a conference "Mathematics and Philosophy" in the realm of the festival "Days of Science". A.G. Chernokov presented this speech "Mathematics and Ontology. Alain Badiou as a Reflection of Platonism".
13. SPECRS International Workshop Spiritual Investment and Scientific Research within the framework of the SRPh International Conference "Charity in Russia: Conceptual, Practical and Spiritual Aspects", 16-18 June, 2006, St. Petersburg.
14. Prof. Alexei Chernyakov' presentation of "Mathematics as a Formal Ontology: the Hermeneutical Dimension of Natural Sciences and Eastern Patristics" at the Metanexus/LSI Annual Conference, June 2006 in Philadelphia (USA).
15. Prof. Dr. Grigory Benevitch', SPECRS member, talk on "The Present State of Science and Religion Relations from an Orthodox Perspective" at the Conference on Science and Religion at the ST.Petersburg State University, Department of Philosophy, April 2006 (prepared within the framework of SPECRS/GPSS project).
16. International conference
"RUSSIA AND THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL
TRADITION"14-18 September,
2005,
St.Petersburg, organized by Orbiculus
Phaenomenologicus of the St. Petersburg School of Religion and
Philosophy (SRPh) and the Center for Advanced Research in
Phenomenology, Inc. headquartered at Florida Atlantic
University (CARP).
17. Research
Project: "The Religious Basis of Contemporary Problems
in the Natural
Sciences and Humanities", 2005-2006, supported by Global
Perspectives on Science and Spirituality (GPSS)
18. International
Scholarly Conference SCIENCE, IDEOLOGY and
RELIGION March 30th – April 2nd
2005
St. Petersburg, Russia, with the support from
the John Templeton Foundation
19. Research Program:
"SPECRS Workshops for Academic and Civic
Groups", 2003-2006, with the support from the
METANEXUS/LSI Institute of Religion and Science
20.
Conference New Stage in the Development
of General Semiotics: Contribution of Techno- and
Biosemiotics, April 17-19, 2003. sponsored by the
Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research
21. Series of Seminars at the
St. Petersburg Educational Center "Religion and Science"
(SPECRS), 2002-2003. sponsored by CTNS Science
&Religion Course Program.
22. Round Table Meeting on
Science and Theology, 7-9 April 2001, St.Petersburg,
sponsored by the Russian Foundation for Fundamental
Research.
23. International Conference
on Science and Faith. The Problem of Human being in Science
and Theology, 30 November - 2 December 2000, sponsored by
the Templeton Foundation.
24. International Conference
Dostoevsky and the Problem of Dialogue in Modern European
Thought, 10th - 12th January 2000. This conference was
dedicated to the 2000th year of Christianity. Organizers: The
St. Petersburg School of Religion and Philosophy; Leeds
University, Department of Slavonic Studies.
25. Regional IAPCHE
Conference on Higher Education in 21st Century Russian
Culture: Christian Perspective, 24-26th May 1999,
St.Petersburg-Repino, sponsored by International
Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education
(IAPCHE).
26. Round Table Meeting
Studies of Byzantine and Ancient Russian Art (in the frame of
the conference on Church Archeology), 1-3rd November 1998,
St.Petersburg, sponsored by Russian Fund for the
Humanities, Open Society Foundation, St.Petersburg Theological
Academy and Seminary, SRPh.
27. Lectorium on Bible
Readings by leading scholars and priests, 31th October
1998 - 15th May 1999, St.Petersburg, sponsored by SRPh,
Chair of Bible History.
28. International Summer
Academy In a New Spirit for a New Creation. Christian
Spirituality and Responsibility for the World, 12th August
-10th September 1998, Volkenroda, Germany, sponsored by
Volkenroda Joung People Centre, Germany, Russian Fund for
the Humanities, and SRPh.
29. International Conference
Translation Conceptions of German Classical Philosophy of the
XXth Century: Husserl and Heidegger, 3-llth June,
St.Petersburg-Moscow, sponsored by International
Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists
from the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
(INTAS), Belgium, and Goethe Cultural Center, Germany.
30. Second Conference on
Theology after Auschwitz and Its Correlation with the Theology
after the GULag: Consequences and Conclusions, 26-28
January 1998, St.Petersburg, sponsored by Stiftung
West-Oestliche Begegnungen, Germany, Europe Committee of the
Netherlands Protestant Churches, American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee.
31. Symposium The Theme of
Atonement in Theology and Philosophy, 16-18 April 1997,
St.Petersburg, sponsored by the Society of Christian
Philosophers, USA-England.
32. Series of Educational
Seminars on Art and Mystical Experience by Prof. Philippe
Sers, 7-18 April 1997 sponsored by Academy of Fine
Arts, Paris, France.
33. Colloquium 50 Years of
Studying Russia Icons: Results and Consequences, 6-7 March
1997, St.Petersburg together with State Russian Museum and
Moscow State Art Research Institute..
34. Art exhibition on Art
after Auschwitz: Meditations, 29 January-17 February 1996
sponsored by Praesenz Galerie, Kommunitaet Gnadenthal and
Hasenkamp (Germany).
35. First Conference on
Theology after Auschwitz and the GULag and the Relation to
Jews and Judaism in the Orthodox Church of Communist
Russia, 26-29 January 1997, St.Petersburg, sponsored by
the International Council of Christians and Jevs, Praesenz
Galerie, Kommunitaet Gnadenthal (Germany), Europe Committee of
the Netherlands Protestant Churches, Church Mission Society of
the Anglican Church, American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee.
36. Rectors Seminar
University Resource Management, 27-29 November 1996,
St.Petersburg, together with the St.Petersburg Association of
Non-State institutions and the Free University of
Amsterdam.
37. Seminar Problems of
University Management, 4-10 August 1996, St.Petersburg,
together with the Free University of Amsterdam, the
Netherlands.
38. Second Educational
Seminar Bible Themes in the School Curriculum, 22-25 March
1996, St.Petersburg (in the frame of research project
"Religious Problematics in the Work of School Teacher in the
Former Soviet Union"), sponsored by Stiftung West-Oestliche
Begegnungen,Germany.