On Wednesday, June 11, Alexander Knysh, head of the Laboratory of Analysis and Modeling of Social Processes conducted a methodological workshop at the Faculty of Asian and African Studies. Entitled «Islam and How to Approach It: A Profusion of Methodologies», the  presentation and subsequent discussion were conducted  in English. The workshop was attended by teachers and students of the Faculty of Asian and African Studies, the Institute of Philosophy and the Faculty of International Relations. Here you can find a Powerpoint version of Professor Knysh’s presentation.

We would also like to remind you that beginning in October 2013, the researchers associated with the Laboratory of Analysis and Modeling of Social Processes have been organizing and conducting workshops on digital humanities, data-mining and analysis of large bodies of textual data. The next workshop, to be organized jointly with the Mathematics Department, is scheduled to take place in late June, 2014.