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SUMMARY:The Confluence of Philosophies Along the Silk Road - Dr. Mostafa V
 aziri\, University of Innsbruck\, Austria
DTSTART:20231006T130000Z
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CONTACT:Said Reza Huseini
DESCRIPTION:This presentation addresses centuries of vibrant interactions 
 and intermingling of the dominant philosophies along the corridors of the 
 Silk Roads. It attempts to trace the ideas and allegories of Zhuangzi\, Na
 garjuna\, the Chandogya Upanishad\, and Heraclitus\, ideas which met\, swi
 rled and mixed in the important trade centres along the Silk Roads. The Ru
 baiyat of Omar Khayyam\, coming out of the cosmopolitan city of Nishapur\,
  is one such example of a powerful syncretic integration of Daoism\, Buddh
 ism\, Vedanta\, as well as Hellenic and Khurasani elements\, with such phi
 losophies existing and feeding into each other along this iconic geographi
 cal and temporal corridor.\n\nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Vaziri is a lecturer 
 at the University of Innsbruck\, Austria. He teaches intercultural philoso
 phy. His research focuses on Indian and Central Asian philosophies\, inclu
 ding Vedanta\, Sufi\, Zen\, and Buddhist thought\, and the exploration of 
 Silk Roads intellectual heritage as presented in his most recent book\, Th
 e Confluence of Wisdom Along the Silk Road (2022).
LOCATION:Audit Room\, King’s College (and online) 
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