{"id":29520,"date":"2026-09-13T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerimvakfi.org\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=29520"},"modified":"2026-10-30T15:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T12:21:05","slug":"closing-symposium-titled-bridging-mystical-philosophy-and-arts-in-sufism","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/kerimvakfi.org\/en\/vakfin-calismasi\/closing-symposium-titled-bridging-mystical-philosophy-and-arts-in-sufism\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Symposium Titled \u201cBridging Mystical Philosophy and Arts in Sufism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.postid-29520 .fusion-page-title-bar{background-color:#a21b1b !important;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies at Kyoto University, the closing symposium of the project carried out in collaboration with \u00dcsk\u00fcdar University Institute for Sufi Studies and Kerim Foundation was held under the title \u201cBridging Mystical Philosophy and Arts in Sufism: Poetry, Music, and Rituals\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The opening was attended by Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan, Founding Rector of \u00dcsk\u00fcdar University, and Cem\u00e2lnur Sargut, Advisor to the Rector; academics from Japan, Indonesia, France, South Korea and T\u00fcrkiye presented papers at the program. 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