INTRODUCTION TO THE WEBSITE

THE WEBSITE OF THE « MOHAMMED ARKOUN FOUNDATION FOR PEACE BETWEEN CULTURES » HAS, AS MAIN OBECTIVE, TO HOST A VARIETY OF AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS RELATED TO PROFESSOR ARKOUN, SUCH AS LECTURES, INTERVIEWS, RADIO AND TV PROGRAMMES, COURSE AT THE SORBONNE, AND OTHERS.

THE TASK OF COLLECTING AND LISTENING INVOLVED MONTHS OF PREPARATORY WORK, WHICH SHOWS HOW PRECIOUS THIS HERITAGE IS.

I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE THE MATERIAL AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE FOR FREE, MATERIAL THAT ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS HAD BENEFITTED FROM SO FAR. THIS WAS DONE IN ORDER TO KEEP ALIVE THIS MONUMENTAL OEUVRE, TO WHICH HE DEVOTED HIS WHOLE LIFE. IT CONSTITUTES A LEGACY TO HUMANITY THAT MUST BE EQUALLY KNOWN AND PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 

THIS WEBSITE WILL ALSO HAVE THE FUNCTION OF INFORMING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FOUNDATION’S ACTIVITIES, BOTH IN MOROCCO AND ELSEWHERE.

SIMILARLY, IT WILL ALLOW USERS WHO ACCESS ALL THESE WRITTEN AND ORAL DOCUMENTS BY MOHAMMMED ARKOUN TO UNMASK THOSE WHO CLAIM FOR THEMSELVES THE ATTRIBUTION OF THE IDEAS AND CONCEPTS THAT HE DEVELOPED FOR DECADES!

ONCE IN OPERATION, IT WILL FUNCTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WEBSITE PAGES DEVOTED BY THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES IN LONDON, WHICH HOUSES HIS ARCHIVES. THAT INSTITUTION, WHERE HE TAUGHT FOR ABOUT TWENTY YEARS AND WHERE HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FORMATION OF NUMEROUS PROMOTIONSOF STUDENTS, HAS MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE ACQUAINTED WITH HIS THOUGHT. AT THE HEAD OF THAT INSTITUTE, HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE KARIM AGA KHAN HAS HAD THE IMMENSE GENEROSITY TO FINANCE THESE ARCHIVES WITH THE BEST MEANS, WHICH WILL ENRICH THE FOUNDATION CONSIDERABLY.

TO FURTHER HONOUR HIS MEMORY, PRINCE KARIM AGA KHAN HAS CREATED THE GBP 100,000 “MOHAMMED ARKOUN DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP” FOR A PERIOD OF FOR YEARS OF STUDY. THE FIRST AWARD WAS RECENTLY GIVEN, AFTER A SELECTION PROCESS WITH CANDIDATES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, TO AN IRANIAN RESEARCHER.

IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION HAS ESTABLISHED THE MOHAMMED ARKOUN PRIZE. IT WILL BE AWARDED EVERY TWO YEARS TO THE BEST WORK PRODUCED ON HIS OEUVRE. THE AMOUNT OF THE PRIZE WILL BE FIXED BY MR. CANDIDO MENDES, PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY OF LATINITY AND DONOR OF THE PRIZE. 

TOURIA YACOUBI ARKOUN

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MOHAMMED ARKOUN PRIZE

THE MOHAMMED ARKOUN FOUNDATION FOR PEACE BETWEEN CULTURES ANNOUNCES AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE BEST PIECE (IN ARABIC, FRENCH OR ENGLISH) ON THE WORK OF MOHAMMED ARKOUN AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL PLURALISM.

THE PIECE, COMPRISING BETWEEN 50-100 PAGES, MUST BE SENT IN PDF FORMAT TO THE FOUNDATION’S ADDRESS
(SEE http://fondation-arkoun.org/contact/)  BEFORE JUNE 30th,  2013.

THE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO DOCTORAL STUDENTS, PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN THE DISCIPLINES RELATED TO THE CONCEPTS THAT MOHAMMED ARKOUN DEVELOPED.

THIS 4,000 EUROS, BI-ANNUAL PRIZE, IS ENTIRELY FINANCED BY THE ACADEMY OF LATINITY IN RIO DE JANEIRO, IN HOMAGE TO THE MEMORY OF MOHAMMED ARKOUN.

THE DATE AND PLACE OF THE AWARD WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE.