Project Description
Ü.Ü. Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü, Kyoto Üniversitesi, Asya ve Afrika Saha Araştırmaları Enstitüsü (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies ASAFAS, Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies) ile ortaklaşa Prof. Yasushi Tonaga yönetiminde “Comprehensive Study of Sufism: Through Metaphysics, Literature, Music and Rituals” (Kapsamlı bir Tasavvuf Araştırması: Tasavvuf Düşüncesi, Edebiyat, Müzik ve Ritüeller) başlıklı projeyi yürütmektedir. Proje 6 yıl sürecek olup Japonya’nın bilimsel araştırmalara fon sağlayan, “The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)” adlı kuruluş tarafından desteklenmektedir.
Proje kapsamında 28 Ağustos 2023 tarihinde “Bridging Mystical Philosophy and Arts in Sufism: Poetry, Music and Sama’ Ritual” başlıklı Uluslararası Sempozyum düzenlenecektir. Sempozyumda Türkçe ve İngilizce simultane tercüme yapılacaktır. Program halka açık olup aynı zamanda Üsküdar Üniversitesi TV’den canlı yayınlanacaktır.
Ü.Ü. TV Yayın Linki: https://tv.uskudar.edu.tr/
Program
“Bridging Mystical Philosophy and Arts in Sufism: Poetry, Music and Sama’ Ritual”
Date: August 28th Monday, 2023 – Time: 10.00-18.15
Venue : Nermin Tarhan Hall
10.00-11.30
Opening Session
Welcoming Speeches
Cemalnur Sargut
Üsküdar University, İstanbul, Türkiye
Mahmud Erol Kılıç
Research Centre For Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA)/
The Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University, İstanbul, Türkiye
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 minute
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, İstanbul, Türkiye
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, İstanbul, Türkiye
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, İstanbul, Türkiye
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, İstanbul, Türkiye
Break 15 minute
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, İstanbul, Türkiye
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, İstanbul, Türkiye
17.45-18.15
General Discussion: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Sufism
