The Second National Conference on “The Meaning of Life in the Horizon of Science and Religion” will be held on December 17, 2025, organized by Urmia University with the participation of distinguished scholars and researchers in the fields of humanities and theology.
The conference seeks to explore the foundational question of the meaning of life in light of contemporary scientific, philosophical, and religious developments, and to provide a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue between scientific rationality and faith-based experience.
Thematic Areas
- The meaningfulness of life in the contemporary era and its challenges
- The meaning of life from the perspective of the Qurʾan and Nahj al-Balāgha
- Comparative studies of the meaning of life in monotheistic religions
- Media, art, and the meaning of life
- Interdisciplinary approaches to life’s meaningfulness
- Teachings of Ashura and meaningful living
- Family and the meaning of life
- The meaning of life and the new civilization
- Chaste living and its relation to the meaning of life
The conference program will include scholarly paper presentations, keynote addresses, and specialized academic panels. The conference aims to open new avenues for research on the meaning of life by emphasizing the interaction between religious knowledge and scientific inquiry, and to re-examine fundamental dimensions of human existence in the modern age.
The conference secretariat has invited scholars, researchers, and interested participants to submit their papers by November 22, 2025, via the conference website at 2sarelife.urmia.ac.ir.
