LXI George Roerich Annual International Meeting (Text and cultural space: Ancient and Medieval India and Central Asia)

Abstract

The article offers a review of the George Roerich Annual International Meeting, an annual conference in which researchers traditionally participate, continuing the main directions of scientific activity of George Roerich (russ.: Yurii Nikolaevich Rerikh, 1902-1960). In 2021, the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian Tibetologist Yuri Mikhailovich Parfionovich (1921-1990) was celebrated, and the conference was dedicated to his memory. It began with the memorial part, in which the speakers shared their memories of Y.M. Parfionovich and told about his role in the study of the Tibetan language and Tibetan Buddhist texts. The contributions of the main part of the conference were studies of Tibet, India and Central Asia. They covered several areas of humanitarian knowledge: philology, linguistics, history, art history, philosophy, religious studies. All of them were united by a common theme "Text and cultural space. Ancient and medieval India and Central Asia" and in one way or another were associated with the study of the worldview and cultural interactions of the studied regions.