Project Description

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin, we would be honored by your presence at the conference “Approaches to Human Health and Soul–Body Unity in the History of Medicine in Islamic Civilization”, organized by Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies and Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine on 2-3 November 2024 at the İbni Sina Auditorium of Üsküdar University.

The program was also broadcast live on Üsküdar University TV and YouTube channels.

For program details, CLICK HERE.

Date: 2-3 November 2024
Venue: Üsküdar University İbni Sina Auditorium (Saray Mahallesi Ahmet Tevfik İleri Caddesi No:5 ÜMRANİYE/İSTANBUL.)
Time: 10.00-13.30
Üsküdar University TV: https://tv.uskudar.edu.tr/
Üsküdar University YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UskudarUniversitesi

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More information: Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies event page

Conference Titled “Approaches to Human Health and Soul–Body Unity in the History of Medicine in Islamic Civilization”

Panel 1

Panel 2

OPENING REMARKS 10.00-12.00

Prof. Dr. Reşat Öngören Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies

Cemalnur Sargut Advisor to the Rector, Üsküdar University

Bilal Erdoğan Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Foundation for Research in the History of Islamic Science

Member of the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees

Mecit Çetinkaya Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Foundation for Research in the History of Islamic Science

Chair of the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees

Prof. Dr. Haydar Sur Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Üsküdar University

Prof. Dr. Hikmet Koçak Vice Rector, Üsküdar University, Faculty of Medicine

GUEST OF HONOR

Prof. Dr. Şükrettin Güldütuna Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt

“Remembering Professor Fuat Sezgin”

Break and Refreshments (20 min)

PANEL 1 12.20-13.35

Panel Chair:

Prof. Dr. İlhan İlkılıç Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University

Panelists:

Dr. Zahide Özkan Cardiologist, Frankfurt am Main

“Psychosomatic Medicine in Abū Zayd al-Balkhī’s ‘Mesâlih el-Ebdân ve’l-Enfüs’

and Its Place Today”

Prof. Dr. Detlew Quintern Faculty of Culture and Social Sciences, Turkish-German University

“Gābir Ibn al-Hayyān and ar-Rāzī – Universal Heritage of Healing”

Prof. Dr Hülya Küçük Faculty of Theology, Necmettin Erbakan University

“Recommendations on Sûrî (Physiological) and Spiritual Hygiene from Sufi Physicians”

Question and Answer Session

OPENING ADDRESS 10.00-10.20

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan Founding Rector and Chair of the Executive Board, Üsküdar University

PANEL 2 10.20-11.40

Panel Chair:

Prof. Dr. İhsan Karaman Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul Health and Technology University

Panelists:

Dr. Sema İskit * Pediatric Surgeon, Taksim Training and Research Hospital

“The Medical and Sufi Views of the Sufi Physician Nidâî Mehmed Çelebi in His Work ‘Menâfiu’n-Nâs’”

Asst. Prof. Dr. Yosun Mater * Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University

“Sufism and Medicine in the Sufi Physician Ömer Şifâî and His Work Şifâu’l-Eskâm”

Dr. Hüdayar Işık * Family Medicine Specialist, Occupational Physician

“Sufism and Medicine in the Sufi Physician Ömer Şifâî and His Work ‘Kitâbu’l-Akrâbâzîn”

Question and Answer Session

Break and Refreshments (20 min)

PANEL 3 12.00-13.00

Panel Chair:

Prof. Dr. Mevlüt Sait Keleş Faculty of Medicine, Üsküdar University

Panelists:

Asst. Prof. Dr. H. Dilek Güldütuna Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies

“The ‘Islamic Medicine’ Series among the Publications of the Frankfurt Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science

Prof. Dr. Nil Sarı Retired Faculty Member, Faculty of Medicine, Cerrahpaşa University

“What Is Expected of the Physician in the Context of a Holistic Approach to Human Bodily and Spiritual Health

in Ottoman Medical History”

Question and Answer Session

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