Following a competition research, conducted under the guidance of the leading scientists, the Faculty of Asian and African Studies application “Research Laboratory for Analysis and Modeling of Social Processes: Political Islam/Islamism: Theory and Practice in Comparative and Historical Perspective” under the leadership of Alexander D. Knysh, Professor of the University of Michigan has received support. The first Seminar has already been held on October 18th in the regime of a videoconference. In the course of this on-line session the principal investigator and participants of the project discussed a plan of the future cooperation.