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The Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) and Platform Magazine invite you to explore the depths of contemporary Muslim thought. If you seek to learn, share, understand, research, and interact, this invitation is for you!
- Encouraging Discovery: An exclusive platform for scholars, thinkers, and intellectuals to critically analyze and research the myriad subjects and challenges that define the Muslim world today, driving a better comprehension of its complexities.
- Promoting Dialogue: A haven for open discussions that build bridges between varied perspectives and understandings within the Muslim world. The confluence of diverse intellectual backgrounds serves as a crucible for idea exchange, nurturing a culture of mutual respect and tolerance.
- Building Bridges: Pioneering the effort to connect the dots between age-old Islamic sciences and contemporary thought. The amalgamation of disciplines like the social sciences, humanities, and philosophy spurs an interdisciplinary approach.
- Addressing Contemporary Issues: A laser focus on the pressing challenges of the day, encompassing religious pluralism, social justice, extremism, and Islamophobia.
- Exchanging Knowledge: Crafting an ecosystem for seamless knowledge and idea exchange, strengthening the bond between global thinkers, scholars, and YTB.
Where?
Altunizade, İcadiye Bağlarbaşı Cd. No:38, 34672 Üsküdar/İstanbulİSAM Center for Islamic Studies
When?
November 18-19, 2023
35
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8
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Program Details
18 November 2023
09:30 - 10:10
OPENING
- Numan Kurtulmuş, TBMM Başkanı
- Lütfi Sunar, Chairman of İLKE Foundation
- Mürteza Bedir, Chairman of İSAM
- Abdullah Eren, President of YTB
10:10 - 11:30
SESSION 1:
Islam: A Worldwide Phenomenon
Moderator: Necmettin Kızılkaya, Istanbul University
- Heba Raof, Ibn Haldun University
Imagining Egypt in Postnormal Times: The State of War - Ousman Oumar Kane, Harvard University
The Academic Study of Islam in Africa - Syed Farid Alatas, National University of Singapore
The Decolonization of the Social Sciences and the Muslim Intellectual Tradition
12:00 - 13:20
SESSION 2:
Muslim Thought on the Threshold of a New Global Politics
Moderator: Alev Erkilet, Ibn Haldun University
- M. Hüseyin Mercan, Marmara University
New Challenges to Islamic Movements in the Changing World Politics - Mukhtar Shinqiti, Qatar University
Destinies of the Islamic World between the Rising East and the Setting West - Wadah Khanfar, Al Sharq Forum
The Islamic World and Future of the World Order
13:20 - 14:00
Coffee Break
14:00 - 15:20
SESSION 3:
From Theory to Reality: Social Dimensons of Muslim Thought
Moderator: Elyesa Koytak, Istanbul Medeniyet University
- Salman Sayyid, Leeds University
Why Are We All Palestinians? - Sari Hanafi, American University of Beirut
- Symbolic liberalism in the Muslim world?
- Irfan Ahmad, Ibn Haldun University
How (Not) to Write Muslim Thoughts: Notes on Shahab Ahmed's "What is Islam?
15:50 - 17:10
SESSION 4:
Reimagining Islam between Past and Future
Moderator: Muhammad Affan
- Farid Hafez, Williams College
Political Thought of Malcolm X - Muqtedar Khan, University of Delaware
Has Islamic Revivalism Failed? Is it Time to Think of Muslim Revival? - Ovamir Anjum, University of Toledo
The Future of the Islamic Political: Resources of the Ummatic Imaginary
19 November 2023
10:00 - 11:40
SESSION 5:
Decoloniality and Muslims
Moderator: Ahsan Shafiq, Ibn Haldun University
- Mansour Kedidir, Centre de Recherche en Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle
Connections of Maghrebin and Sub-Saharan Intellectuals: Trajectories and Representations - Yusuf Ziya Gökçek, Marmara University
The Muslim Image in Early Cinema: A Colonial Beginning - Serhat Orakçı, İHH Research Centre
Pan-Africanism and Muslims in Africa
12:00 - 13:20
SESSION 6:
Society and Economy: Practical Challenges of Muslim Thought
Moderator: Alpaslan Açıkgenç, Üsküdar University
- Adeel Malik, Oxford University
Social Justice in Islam: Perspectives in Moral and Political Economy - Mahmut Hakkı Akın, İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi
Two Contributions to Philosophy of History in 20th Century Muslim Thought: Malek Bennabi’s and Alija Izetbegovic’s Approaches - Taha Eğri, Kırklareli University
Challenges of State Building and Institutionalization in Middle East: Egyptian Experience
14:00 - 15:20
SESSION 7:
Asia: New Perspectives Beyond Geographies
Moderator: Serhan Afacan, Marmara University
- Burak Çalışkan, University of York
Contemporary Muslim Thought and Debates in Uzbekistan - Khairudin Aljunied, National University of Singapore
Write to Reform: Muslim Intellectualism in Southeast Asia - Khosrow Bahgeri Naoparast, Tehran University
Debates and Development of the Social Sciences in Iran
15:50 - 17:10
SESSION 8:
Balkans: Resilient Identities, Authentic Quests
Moderator: Berdal Aral, İstanbul Medeniyet University
- Admir Mulaosmanovic, International University of Sarajevo
Muslim Worldview as an Alternative Paradigm or Only Possible for Muslim Geography - Hazım Fazlić, Lake Forest College
Modern Muslim Thought in Bosnia: New Trends Among the Muslim Scholars - Sevba Abdulla, Balkan Studies Foundation
Muslim Identity in the Balkans: Nationalism/Other, Official Ideologies, and the Muslim World
WHY ATTEND OUR EVENT?
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New Perspectives
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International Expert Speakers
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In person Networking
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Fostering Dialogue
Delve into diverse perspectives and understandings within the Muslim world through a comparative approach.
Building Bridges
Establish connections between traditional Islamic sciences and contemporary thought.
Social Impact and Change
Generate solutions to the contemporary issues of the Muslim world.