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IRCICA AWARDSIRCICA’s awards aim to acknowledge outstanding efforts andcontributions by individuals and institutions from aroundthe world to advancements in fields of studies correspondingto those of IRCICA. In its capacity as the centre for scholarlyresearch and cultural cooperation of the 57-memberOrganisation of the Islamic Conference, the Centre underscoresthe primary importance of patronage on one hand, and thesearch for excellence on the other, as the two interactive guidingforces necessary for development in all fields, including culture,learning, international cooperation and the preservation ofcultural heritage. In its first stage initiated in 1990 under thename of IRCICA Award for Excellence in Research, continuouslyin application, the program consists of presenting plaquesof appreciation to select scholars and researchers havingcontributed to Islamic studies in significant ways. The programwas enlarged on the occasion of IRCICA’s twentieth anniversarycommemorated in 2000, with the institution of another awardcategory, under the name of IRCICA Award for Patronage in thePreservation of Cultural Heritage and Promotion of Scholarship.Since then the latter it is being presented simultaneously withthe IRCICA Award for Excellence in Research.1990The first award, the IRCICA Award for Excellence in Research,was presented during the tenth anniversary commemorationceremony on 10 October 1990, to the following scholars:* Prof. Annemarie Schimmel (Germany): history of Islamicculture, mysticism and literature;* Prof. Stanford Shaw (USA and Turkey): history of the MiddleEast, based on the Ottoman archives;* Prof. Oktay Aslanapa (Turkey): Islamic arts and architecture;* Prof. Roshdi Rashed (Egypt, France): history of science;* Prof. Izzet Hasan (Morocco): Arabic literature;* Prof. Muhammed Hamidullah (India, Paris): Islamic studies;* Hakeem Mohammed Said (Pakistan), President of HamdardFoundation and “Madinat Al-Hikmat”, Karachi, Pakistan.1997The second group of the awardees for the IRCICA Awards forExcellence in Research received their awards at a ceremony heldin Istanbul on 3 November 1997:* Prof. Leila Sabbagh (Syria): social and cultural history of theArab world;* Prof. Géza Fehérvari (Hungary): Islamic art and archeology;* Prof. Kemal H. Karpat (Turkey): social and cultural history ofthe Turkic world in the age of modernisation;* Prof. M. Taib Osman (Malaysia): Malay Studies;* Prof. Abdurrahman Badawi (Egypt): Islamic philosophy.2000IRCICA Awards for Excellence in ResearchThe third group of awards, which were distributed on the occasionof the Twentieth Anniversary of the Centre commemorated in2000, were presented to the following scholars:* Prof. Dr. Syed Naquib Al-Attas (Malaysia), Chairman of theInternational Institute of Islamic Thought, Malaysia;* Prof. Iraj Afshar (Iran): library science and manuscripts;* Prof. William Graham (USA): history of religions ;* Prof. Yusuf Ibish (Lebanon): history and political studies.IRCICA Award for Patronage in the Preservation of CulturalHeritage and Promotion of ScholarshipOn the occasion of IRCICA’s twentieth anniversary, the IRCICAAward for Patronage in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage andPromotion of Scholarship was presented to the following fourpersonalities:* H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohamed Al Qassimi, Ruler ofSharjah and member of the Supreme Council of the United ArabEmirates: for patronage of research on history and exchangesbetween civilisations and preservation of cultural heritage;* H.E. Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani (Saud Arabia), Founder andChairman of Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, London,for patronage of restoration and conservation programs;* H.H. Sheikha Hussa Al-Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Directorof Dar al-Athar al-Islamiya (National Museum), Kuwait, forpatronage of the conservation heritage;* Hakeem Abdul Hameed, Founder and Chairman of HamdardUniversity and Hamdard Foundation, India, as a posthumoustribute to his exemplary contributions to research and teachingon Islamic culture and civilisation.The ceremony for the presentation of the third group of theIRCICA Award for Excellence in Research and the first group ofthe IRCICA Award for Patronage in the Preservation of CulturalHeritage and Promotion of Scholarship was held on 25 October2000.2003The IRCICA Awards for Excellence in Research was presentedfor the fourth time at a ceremony held on 22 October 2003. Theawardees were:The IRCICA Awards for Excellence in Research* Prof. Emeritus Dr. Ahmad Hasan Dani (Pakistan), HonoraryDirector of Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-AzamUniversity, Islamabad: archeology of Asian cultures;* Prof. Andreas Tietze (Austria): for his major works oncomparative grammar and lexical studies on the Turkiclanguages;* Ambassador Dr. Mahmoud Zouber (Mali), Advisor forReligious Affairs at the Presidency of the Republic of Mali since2000: study and classification of the manuscript riches of Maliand its region, mainly at Ahmed Baba Centre for Documentationand Research in Timbuktu;* Prof. Emeritus Dr. André Raymond (France): social historyand urban history;* Prof. Anas Baqi Khalidov (Tatarstan), posthumously, for hisstudies on Islamic manuscripts and medieval Arab culture inRussia and Eastern Europe.The second group of awardees of the IRCICA Award forPatronage in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage andPromotion of Research* Qadi Ismail bin Ali Al-Aqwa (Yemen), a promoter of cultureand learning in Yemen and the Muslim world;* Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur);* El Legado Andalusi Museum (Granada, Spain);* Sadberk Hanım Museum (Istanbul);* Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Sabancı University (Istanbul).4 Newsletter JANUARY-APRIL 2007, NO: 72
Visit of H.E. Mintimer Shaimiev, President ofthe Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) to IRCICA2 February 2007Cooperation between the Republic of Tatarstan (RussianFederation), its governmental and academic institutions onone hand, and IRCICA on the other, has progressed steadilyfor more than a decade now; various cultural activitieswere undertaken jointly. The President of Tatarstan H.E.Mintimer Shaimiev extended His close patronage, supportand encouragement to these activities, in an outstandingexample of state patronage of international cooperationin the fields of culture and scholarship. This cooperationhelped to reinforce acquaintances between the OIC membercountries and Tatarstan and contributed in strengthening therelations between the Organisation of the Islamic Conferenceand the Republic of Tatarstan. These activities aim, amongothers, at: exploring and reviving the historical bonds andcultural affinities between the Tatar nation and the nationsof Volga-Ural region at large on one hand, and the membercountries of the OIC on the other; and, promoting the studyof the theme of Islamic Civilisation in Volga-Ural Region as afield of academic study. The visit of H.E. President Shaimievto IRCICA was an excellent occasion to recapitulate andappraise the achievements made in this context.An international ceremony was held at IRCICA’s conferencehall Çit Qasr, Yıldız Palace, on the occasion of PresidentShaimiev’s visit. The delegations from various Islamiccountries, the Russian Federation, and Turkey who wereparticipating at the meeting of the “Strategic Vision forCooperation between Russia and the Islamic World” and themeeting on “Islamophobia” convened under the chairmanshipof the Secretary General of OIC, as well as the representativesof various governmental and non-governmental institutions,were present at the ceremony.During the ceremony, a Memorandum of Cooperationbetween the Ministry of Culture of Tatarstan and IRCICAwas signed, by the Minister of Culture of Tatarstan H.E. Mrs.Zilya Valeeva and Dr. Halit Eren, under the patronage of H.E.President Mintimer Shaimiev, President of the Republic ofTatarstan, and H.E. Prof. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, SecretaryGeneral of the OIC.In his welcoming speech, the Director General of IRCICADr. Halit Eren said that President Shaimiev’s visit was indeedanother expression of the interest and attention the Presidenthad always extended to the activities of the Centre. TheDirector General pointed to the intersection of the themesof the four meetings that were held that day in Istanbul andinvolving the OIC member countries, namely, the ceremonyof the presentation of the IRCICA Award to H.E. the PrimeMinister of Turkey, the Russia-Islamic World meeting,the meeting on “Islamophobia” and the ceremony on theoccasion of President Shaimiev’s visit, which intersected inthe following area: cooperation towards creating a correctand a better understanding of cultures of the world abouteach other by providing objective information based onresearch findings. He said that cooperation between theRussian Federation and the Islamic countries assumesspecial significance. “In particular, the Volga-Ural regionand Tatarstan cultivated a Muslim culture from as early asthe 10th century onwards, in coexistence with the Christianfaith on the same land. The contribution of the Tatar nationto Islamic culture found remarkable expressions in recenthistory as well, after the cultural reforms implemented atthe end of 19th century. Scholarship and authorship in allfields were given a great impulse, educational establishmentsPresident Shaimievsaw an exhibition ofbooks on Tatarstanselected fromIRCICA’s LibraryJANUARY-APRIL 2007, NO: 72 Newsletter 5
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