Dr. Hamid Reda Parsania, Iran

Dr. Hamid Reza Parsania holds a Ph.D. in Sociology…

Dr. Hamid Reza Parsania holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Tehran University and he’s the Director of the Seminary Committee at the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. Dr. Parsania is a Seminary and University Instructor and he teaches Jurisprudence &amp; Legal Sources in addition to Islamic Mysticism and Philosophy at Qom Seminary.</p> <p>He has formerly served as the President of Baqer Al-‘Ulum University in Qom and the Director of the Department of Sociology at the Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute; an associate member of education in the Higher Assembly of Wisdom, and a member of the Academic Board at the Department of Islamic Revolution Studies and Reconnaissance of the West as well as of the Research Center of Culture and Islamic Thought. Dr. Parsania has published several books on philosophy and sociology.

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Dr. Saif Da’na, Palestine/ USA

Seif Dana is the Dean of Sociology at the Universi…

Seif Dana is the Dean of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Professor of Sociology and International Studies. In addition to research in the fields of social theory and sociology of the environment, he is the author of many articles and book chapters on the Palestine Issue and the Arab world, including: “The Mismeasure of Arabs: Culture and Revolution”, (2011); "Hezbollah’s War of Positions: The New Arab-Islamic Praxis", (2009); and "Islamic Resistance in Palestine: Hamas, the Gaza War and the Future of Political Islam",<br />(2006).</p> <p>His forthcoming book is entitled “What is the Nakba?”. In addition to his scholarly publications, he has published a number of commentaries on the Middle East in the Opinion Page of the Egyptian AL-Ahram Weekly as well as contributing to Palestinian Journals.

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Dr. C. K. Raju, India

Dr. C. K. Raju holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Stati…

Dr. C. K. Raju holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Statistical Institute at Kolkata preceded by a M.Sc. in Math and a B.Sc. in Physics from Mumbai University. He has a long teaching experience in Mathematics and Computer Science in various universities in India and abroad and is currently Professor Emeritus at SGT University in Delhi. Dr. Raju has delivered lectures in six continents and is currently an Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of Education.</p> <p>He has conducted courses on decolonized mathematics. He has also conducted decolonized courses in history and<br />philosophy of science.

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