Project Description
The Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies ASAFAS, Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies), Kyoto University, in cooperation with the Institute of Sufi Studies, under the direction of Prof. Yasushi Tonaga, organized “Comprehensive Study of Sufism: Through Metaphysics, Literature, Music and Rituals” (A Comprehensive Study of Sufism: Through Metaphysics, Literature, Music and Rituals” under the direction of Prof. Yasushi Tonaga. The project will last for 6 years and is supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), a Japanese organization that funds scientific research.
Within the scope of the project, on August 28, 2023, “Bridging Mystical Philosophy and Arts in Sufism: Poetry, Music and Sama’ Ritual” International Symposium will be organized. Simultaneous interpretation in Turkish and English will be provided at the symposium. The program is open to the public and will also be broadcast live on Üsküdar University TV.
U.U. TV Broadcast Link:
https://tv.uskudar.edu.tr/
Program
“Bridging Mystical Philosophy and Arts in Sufism: Poetry, Music and Sama’ Ritual“
Date: Monday, August 28th, 2023 – Time: 10.00-18.15
Venue : Nermin Tarhan Hall
10.00-11.30
Opening Session
Welcoming Speeches
Cemalnur Sargut
Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey
Mahmud Erol Kilic
Research Center For Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA)/
The Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey
Yasushi Tonaga, “Aim and Scope of the Joint Research ‘Comprehensive Study of Sufism: Through Metaphysics, Literature, Music and Rituals”
The Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Break 15 minutes
11.45-12.45
Session１：Mystical Thought of Sufism
Petek Kutucuoğlu “Ahmed Avni Konuk’s Mathnawi Commentary and the
Concept of Predisposition”
The Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey
Azusa Fujimoto, “New Spirituality and Sufism in Turkey:
Focusing on New Age Interpretations of Mawlana”
Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Reşat Öngören, “Dimensions of Sufi Thought in Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi”
The Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey
12.45-13.00 Q&A
14.30-15.20
Session 2 ：Literature of Sufism
Yasushi Tonaga, “Akbarian Interpretation of Sufi Poems: Dawud al-Qaysari’s Commentary on al-Ta’iya al-Kubra by Ibn al-Farid”(tentative)
The Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Emine Yeniterzi, “Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi’s Influence in Turkish Sufi Literature:
Stories from Mathnawi”
The Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey
15.25-16.15
Session 3：Sufi Music
Manami Suzuki, “Ney in Mevlevi: Forming the Sacredness of Ritual Instruments through Mythology and Practice”
The Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
V. Emre Ömürlü, “Mawlawi Collations (Muqabalah) in Mawlawi Rites and Types of Practicing Dhikr in Some Tariqas”
The Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey
Break 15 minutes
16.30-17.45
Session 4：Ritual of Sufism
Dilek Güldütuna, “Wayfaring (Sayr wa Suluk) Symbolism in Sama’ Ritual”
The Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey
Masayuki Akahori, “Reviewing Anthropology of Sufism: Changing Perspectives.”
The Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies (IAAMES), Sofia University, Tokyo, Japan
F. Cangüzel Güner Zülfikar, “Mawlawi-khana as Civilized and Civilizing Spaces”
The Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey
17.45-18.15
General Discussion: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Sufism