Center for Inquiry Moscow Opens
by Matt Cherry
The Center for Inquiry Moscow was officially opened on October 1. To mark its launch
the new Center held an international conference entitled "Science and Common Sense in
Reforming Russia," from September 29 to October 4. Over 100 people attended the
conference, which attracted excellent coverage in the Russian media. Paul Kurtz, Jan Eisler and Tim Madigan
represented the Council for Secular Humanism at the grand
opening.
The Center for Inquiry Moscow, located at Moscow State
University, is jointly sponsored by the Council for
Secular Humanism and the Committee for the
Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). The Center is dedicated
to promoting the causes of reason, humanism and skepticism in Russia. As well as
translating existing humanist materials into Russian, and creating new material to meet
Russian needs, the Russians are organizing an exchange program that will involve sending
their leaders and best young students to the Center for Inquiry International in
Amherst, New York. Professor Valery Kuvakin, Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry
Moscow, will be a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Inquiry International during the
summer of 1998.
Matt Cherry is the Executive Director of the Council for
Secular Humanism International
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