SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM ON THE ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION AND THE OTTOMANS

Program Dates: 1-7 August 2021

Tuition Fee: 500 USD
(Includes accommodation, coffee, tea, breakfast, lunch, dinner, & trips)

Seminars:

1- The Idea of the Muslim World (Cemil AYDIN, University of North Carolina)

2- The Muslim World and Innovation (Mesut AKDERE, Purdue University)

3- Ottoman Civilization, Waqf System and Economy (Mehmet BULUT, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University)

4- Understanding Tawhid: The Basic Principle of Islam (Sami AL-ARIAN, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University)

5- The Role of Hadith in the Revival of Ummah (Jonathan BROWN, Georgetown University)

6- The Great Texts of the Islamic Civilization and their Influence on the West (Khalil ABDUR-RASHID, Harvard University)

7- An Idea of the New Islamic Civilization (Yusuf KAPLAN, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University)

8- Culture and Daily Life of the Ottoman Society: Interesting Cases in the Ottoman Archival Documents (15th-20th Century) (Nuray OCAKLI, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University)

9- Ottoman Poetry (Meaning, Scope, Intellectual and Philosophical Foundations) (Özlem GÜNEŞ, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University)

10- Main Trends in Contemporary Sunni Muslim Political Thought (Ravza ALTUNTAŞ ÇAKIR)

11- Ottoman Art (gilding and marbling) (tazhib and ebru)

12- Islamic Art (Introduction to Calligraphy) (Fettah AYKAÇ, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University)

1 August (Sunday):

10.00-18.00 Arrival and settling in

18.00-19.00 Dinner

2 August (Monday):

7.00-8.30   : Breakfast

09.00-09.30: Opening Session (Speeches by Mehmet Bulut and Khalil Abdur-Rashid)

09.30-11.00 Session 1: Ottoman Civilization, Waqf System and Economy (Mehmet BULUT)

11.15-13.15: Session 2: Culture and Daily Life of the Ottoman Society: Interesting Cases in the Ottoman Archival Documents (15th-20th Century) (Nuray OCAKLI)

13.15-14.00: Lunch

14.00-16.00: Session 3: Understanding Tawhid: The Basic Principle of Islam (Sami AL-ARIAN)

16.30-18.00: Session 4: Ottoman Art (gilding, tazhib)

18.00-19.00: Dinner

3 August (Tuesday):

7.00-8.30   : Breakfast

09.00-11.00: Session 5: Main Trends in Contemporary Sunni Muslim Political Thought (Ravza ALTUNTAŞ ÇAKIR)

11.15-13.15 Session 6: The Muslim World and Innovation (Mesut AKDERE)

12.00-14.00: Lunch

14.00-15.30: Session 7: Ottoman Art (marbling, abru)

16.00-18.00: Session 8: The Idea of the Muslim World (Cemil AYDIN)

18.00-19.00: Dinner

4 August (Wednesday):

7.00-8.30   : Breakfast

9.00-17.30 : Trip (Istanbul)

18.00-19.00: Dinner

5 August (Thursday):

7.00-8.30   : Breakfast

09.00-11.00: Session 9: The Great Texts of the Islamic Civilization and their Influence on the West (Khalil ABDUR-RASHID)

11.15-13.15: Session 10: Ottoman Poetry (Meaning, Scope, Intellectual and Philosophical Foundations) (Özlem GÜNEŞ)

13.15-14.00: Lunch

14.00-15.30: Session 11: Islamic Art (introduction to calligraphy) (Fettah AYKAÇ)

16.00-18.00: Session 12:  The Role of Hadith in the Revival of Ummah (Jonathan BROWN)

18.00-19.00: Dinner

6 August (Friday):

7.00-8.30    : Breakfast

8.30-18.00  :Trip (Istanbul)

20.00-22.00: Dinner

7 August (Saturday):

7.00-8.30    : Breakfast

10.00-12.00: Session 13: An Idea of the New Islamic Civilization (Yusuf KAPLAN)

12:00-12:30: Conclusion of the Program by IZU

12.30-14.00: Lunch

14.00-20.00: Leaving the campus

Organizing Committee

Mehmet Bulut

Khalil Abdur-Rashid

Nasuh Uslu

Ali Demirel

İbrahim Bayraktar

İlhan Yalım

Faruk Atasal

Muhammed Ali Öner

Hayri Sarı

Dilaver Kırmızıtaş

Serkan Denizli

For all kinds of enquiries:

İbrahim Bayraktar: ibrahim.bayraktar@izu.edu.tr

Ali Demirel: ali.demirel@izu.edu.tr

Faruk Atasal: faruk.atasal@izu.edu.tr

Application deadline: 12:00; July 30, 2021

If you have any question please contact us at international@izu.edu.tr

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