Project Description

Our “Human Being, Sufi Thought and Healing” Lecture Series program, organized with the support of Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies, Sufi Corner and Kerim Foundation, was held on Saturday, 13 July 2024, at the Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall and was open to the public. All those interested are invited to the program. This Saturday session of the program is free of charge, and no registration is required. Simultaneous interpretation is available during the program.

The program was also broadcast live on ÜÜTV and Üsküdar University’s YouTube channel.

“Human Being, Sufi Thought and Healing” Lecture Series Program

“Human Being, Sufi Thought and Healing” Lecture Series: Program for Saturday, 13 July 2024  

09.00-10.00 Opening Remarks
With the participation of Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan, Founding Rector and Chair of the Executive Board of Üsküdar University

10.00-11.00 Prof. Dr. Reşat Öngören
The Tawḥīd of the Sufis: Waḥdat al-Wujūd or Waḥdat al-Shuhūd?

11.20-12.20 Prof. Dr. Gholamreza Aavani
Contemplating the Reality of Tawḥīd in Mawlānā’s Masnavī

12.40-14.10 “Human Being, Sufi Thought and Healing” Panel

Session Chair: Cemalnur Sargut, Advisor to the Rector, Üsküdar University

Prof. Dr.Carl W. Ernst
Prof. Dr. William C. Chittick
Prof. Dr. Sachiko Murata
Prof. Dr. Mahmud Erol Kılıç