Project Description

Üsküdar University Institute of Sufi Studies, Istanbul, Turkey

IV. International Summer School of Sufi Studies

July 20-28, 2022

About the program

Uskudar University Institute of Sufi Studies will host the IV. It will organize the International Summer School of Sufi Studies. It will be possible to attend the Summer School face-to-face or online (distance online). Intensive program of our Summer School
Sufi Corner
and
Kerim Foundation
will be realized with its support.

Within the scope of our Summer School, TSV574 Approaches to Sufi Texts* (3 credits-6 ECTS) master’s course and TSV651 Approaches to Sufi Texts* (3 credits-8 ECTS) PhD course have been structured. The program can be taken as a credit elective course or as part of the Certified Education Program. All participants who complete the program will receive a Summer School Certificate.

*It is not possible to take the elective courses offered in Summer School again.

The language of the program is English and Turkish. Lectures presented in English will be simultaneously translated into Turkish and lectures presented in Turkish will be simultaneously translated into English.

The program will include a Summer School Panel open to external participation.

CLICK HERE for Summer School Course Schedule

Summer School Coordinator:

F. Cangüzel Güner Zülfikar
Prof. Dr. Lecturer. Member, Institute of Sufi Studies
Uskudar University
https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/academic-staff
Approaches to Sufi Texts

Carl W. Ernst
Method in Sufi Studies and Quotations and Allusions in Sufi Texts: The Case of Umar ibn Said
History of Religions William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Religious Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
https://religion.unc.edu/_people/full-time-faculty/ernst/
https://uskudar.edu.tr/akademik-personel/carl-w-ernst

James W. Morris
Discovering Spiritual Reality: The Interaction of Experience and Perception according to Ibn ‘Arabi
Professor of Religious Studies
Boston College
https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/theology/people/faculty-directory/morris-james-w.html

Mohammed Rustom
The Essence of Truth according to ‘Ayn al-Qudat: A Defense to the Philosophy of Sufism
Professor of Religious Studies
Carleton University
https://carleton.ca/religion/people/mohammed-rustom/

Bruce B. Lawrence
The Logic of Berzah in Sufism: Architectural Wonders from Ottoman Turkey to Modern Iran
Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Distinguished Professor of Humanities in Religious Studies
Duke University
https://scholars.duke.edu/person/bbl

miriam cooke
Kitāb al-Wajd wa’t-Tawājud
Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor of Arab Cultures
Duke University
https://scholars.duke.edu/person/mcw

Mahmud Erol Kilic
Ibn Arabi’s Ottoman Followers
Professor of Sufi Studies, Institute of Sufi Studies
Uskudar University
https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/academic-staff
IRCICA Director General
https://www.ircica.org/en/ircica/prof-dr-mahmud-erol-kilic

Emine Yeniterzi
Ottoman Sufi Poetry
Professor of Classical Turkish Literature, Institute of Sufi Studies
Uskudar University
https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/academic-staff

Resat Ongoren
Sources of Ottoman Sufi Thought
Professor of Sufi Studies, Institute of Sufi Studies
Uskudar University
https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/academic-staff

Yasushi Tonaga
Sufi Studies in Japan
Professor of Islamic Studies and Director of Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Field Studies
http://kias.sakura.ne.jp/krcss_ku/en/

Cemalnur Sargut
Edeb Moral Principles
Advisor to the Founding Rector of Üsküdar University
https://uskudar.edu.tr/tr/rektorluk
Üsküdar University, Institute of Sufi Studies
https://cemalnur.org/

Dilek Güldütuna
The Concept of Motherhood in Sufism and Sâmiha Ayverdi with Şehvar Tükek
Prof. Dr. Lecturer. Member, Institute of Sufi Studies
Uskudar University
https://uskudar.edu.tr/akademik-personel/hatice-dilek-guldutuna

Omneya Ayad
Jamal and Jalal in Ibn Arabi’s Thought
Prof. Dr. Lecturer. Member, Institute of Sufi Studies
Uskudar University
https://uskudar.edu.tr/akademik-personel/omneya-ayad

Arzu Eylül Yalçınkaya
Sultan Veled’s Influence on Mevlevi Rites
Prof. Dr. Lecturer. Member, Institute of Sufi Studies
Uskudar University
https://uskudar.edu.tr/akademik-personel/arzu-eylul-yalcinkaya

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