[Bilimsel Haber] Conference: Alternative Perspectives of the Gulen Movement (Georgetown University, 14-15 November 2008)

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Conference: ISLAM IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL CHALLENGES;
Alternative Perspectives of the Gulen Movement
Venue: Georgetown University
Date: 14-15 November 2008

Program

Friday November 14

Plenary Session: Copley Formal Lounge
09:00 - 09:05 AM: Opening Remarks by Dr. Ali Yurtsever, President,
Rumi Forum & Coordinator of the Conference
09:05 - 09:30 AM: Welcoming Remarks by Dr. John Esposito, Chair, Alwaleed
bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding at Georgetown University

Session I : 09:30 - 11:00 AM (November 14th)

I - Plenary Session: CopleyFormal Lounge
Topic: Gulen's Philosophy in Comparative Perspective
Chair: Sally Ann Baynard, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Participants:
- John C. Haughey, Georgetown University, DC: The Driver in the Mind of
Fethullah Gulen
- Paul Weller, University of Derby, UK: Religious Freedom in the Baptist
Vision and in Fethullah Gülen: Resources for Muslims and Christians.
- Mahmud Maşaeli, Saint Paul University, Canada: The Importance of Dialogue
in a Rooted Conception of Cosmopolitanism Fethullah Gülen, Mohammad Modjtaid
Shabestary and Charles Taylor

Session II : 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM (November 14th)

II A - Panel A: CopleyFormal Lounge
Topic: Reinterpreting the Islamic Tradition
Chair: Katherine Marshall, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Participants:
- Philipp Bruckmayr, University of Vienna, Austria: Fethullah Gülen and
Islamic Literary Tradition
- Ismail Acar, Harvard University, MA: A Classic Scholar with a Modern
Outlook: Fethullah Gülen and His Legal Thoughts
- Erkan Togoslu, EHESS, France: Hizmet: From futuwwa tradition to the
Emergence of Movement in Public Space

II B - Panel B: Philodemic Room
Topic: Approaching Social Movement
Chair: George M. Atkinson, Southern Methodist University, Texas
Participants:
- Andrew Achenbaum, University of Houston, TX: Serendipitous Consequences of
the Turko-Islamic Gulen Movement
- Mustafa Gürbüz, University of Connecticut, CT: From Gandhi to Gulen: The
Habitus of Non-Agressive Action
- Ian Williams, Birmingham City University, UK: "The Significance of the
Fethullah Gulen Movement as a Global Educational and Inter-Religious Model
of Social and Religious Change - A UK Perspective"

Session III : 02:15 - 03:45 PM (November 14th)

III A - Panel A: CopleyFormal Lounge
Topic: Contextual Analysis of the Rise of the Movement
Chair: Sidney Griffith, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
Participants:
- Mustafa Akyol, Turkish Daily News, Turkiye: The Context of the Gulen
Movement: The Exceptional Story of Turkish Islam
- Loye Ashton, Tougaloo College, TX: The Gülen Movement: A Contextual
Analysis of Its Supporters and Critics
- Muhammed Çetin, Institute of Interfaith Dialogue, TX: Reductionist
Approaches to the Rise and Aims of the Gülen Movement

III B - Panel B: Philodemic Room
Topic: Dialogue: The Art of Living Together
Chair: Talip Kucukcan, Marmara University, Turkiye
Participants:
- Greg Barton, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia: Islam and Dialogue:
The Gülen Movement in Australia and the Development of A Different Kind of
Young Turk
- Gary D. Bouma, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia: Increases in
Religious Diversity, the Revitalisation of Religion and the Gulen Movement
- Aaron Tyler, St. Mary's University, TX: Tolerance as a Source of Peace:
Gulen and the Islamic Conceptualization of Tolerance

Session IV : 04:00 - 05:50 PM (November 14th)

IV A - Panel A: CopleyFormal Lounge
Topic: The Impact of the Gulen Movement: I
Chair: Mohammed Abu Nimer, American University & USIP, Washington DC
Participants:
- Nader Hashemi, University of Denver, CO: How Islam is Promoting Liberal
Democracy in Turkey: Reflections on the Fethullah Gulen Movement
- Radwan Ziadeh, Harvard University, MA: The Impact of Fethullah Gülen on
the Islamic thought in the Arab world
- Ihsan Yilmaz, Fatih University, Turkiye: Beyond Post-Islamism: A Critical
Analysis of the Turkish Islamism's Transformation toward Fethullah Gülen's
Stateless Cosmopolitan Islam

IV B - Panel B: Philodemic Room
Topic: Solutions to Violence: Dialogue and Beyond
Chair: Victoria Clement, Western Carolina University, NC
Participants:
- Jon Pahl, Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia, PA: Dying for a Cause: Youth,
Violence and the Gulen Movement--Beyond Tolerance and Dialogue
- Zeynep Sahin, USC, CA: Interfaith Dialogue Organizations as Actors of
Peace Building
- Steve Wright, SAGE-Leeds Metropolitan University, UK: Ending Terror - By
Words Alone?

Saturday, November 15
Session V : 09:00 - 10:30 AM
V - Plenary Session: CopleyFormal Lounge
Topic: Spirituality and Sufism
Chair: Daniel Madigan, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Participants:
- John Borelli, Georgetown University, DC: Interreligious Dialogue as A
Spiritual Practice
- Heon Choul Kim, Temple University, PA: Gülen's Dialogic Sufism: A
Constructional and Constructive Factor of Dialogue
- Lynn Mitchell, University of Houston, TX: M. Fethullah Gulen: A Preacher
of Piety and Integrity of Action

Session VI : 10:45 AM - 12:30 PM (November 15th )

VI A - Panel A: CopleyFormal Lounge
Topic: Perspectives on Women's Rights
Chair: Sylvia Onder, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Participants:
- Patrick Hallzon, Stockholm University , Sweden: Gulen Movement: Gender and
Practice
- Gulsum Gurbuz Kucuksari, Hartford Seminary, CT: Unresolved Concerns of
Women in Modern Age: How Does the Gulen Movement Contribute to the Women
Question?
- Margaret J Rausch, University of Kansas, KS: Progress Through Piety:
Sohbetler (Spiritual Gatherings) of the Women Participants of the Gulen
Movement
- M. Sait Yavuz, University of Maryland College Park, MD: Women in Islam:
Muslim Perspectives and Fethullah Gulen

VI B - Panel B: Philodemic Room
Topic: Peace Building through Education
Chair: Janaan Hashim, Amal Law Group, Illinois
Participants:
- Harun Akyol, University of Essex, UK: An Alternative Approach to
Preventing Ethnic Conflict: The Role of the Gulen's Schools in Strengthening
the Delicate Relations Between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurds with Particular
Reference to the "Kirkuk Crisis"
- Mehmet Kalyoncu, Independent Analyst, NY: Gulen Schools in East Africa:
"The Secular Alternative in Kenya, and a Pragmatist Approach to Development
in Uganda"
- Phillis Robinson, University of Houston Clea Lake, TX: Education:
Sustainable Economy for Global Peace

Session VII : 01:30 - 03:00 PM (November 15th )

VII A - Panel A: CopleyFormal Lounge
Topic: Combatting a Global Problem: Poverty
Chair: John Borelli, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Participants:
- Ozguc Orhan, Fatih University, Turkiye: Islamic Himma and Christian
Charity
- Doğan Koç, University of Texas, Dallas, TX: Charity Activities of the
Gulen Movement: "KImse Yok mu?' Foundation
- Thomas Michel, Georgetown University, DC: Kimse Yok mu: the Gülen
Community's Fight Against Poverty

VII B - Panel B: Philodemic Room
Topic: The Impact of the Gulen Movement: II
Chair: Mohamed Nimer, American University, Washington DC
Participants:
Karen Fontenot, Michael Fontenot,Southeastern Louisiana University,
Louisiana: Fethullah Gulen as A Transformational Leader: Exemplar for A New
Generation- Martha Ann Kirk, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX:
Seeds of Peace: Solidarity, Aid, and Education Shared by the Gülen Movement
in Eastern Turkey

Session VIII : 03:15 - 04:45 PM (November 15th )

VIII - Plenary Session: CopleyFormal Lounge Topic: Globalization: Challenges
and Opportunities
Chair: Wilhelmus Valkenberg, Loyola College, Maryland
Participants:
- Simon Robinson, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK: Fethullah Gülen and
Global Responsibility
- Karina Korostelina, George Mason University, VA: Redefining "Us" and
"Them": Gulen's approach to transformation of perceptions between Muslims
and non-Muslims
- Jerome Maryon,NY: Globalization's Challenge to Justice and Gulen's Answer:
Two Wings

Session IX : 05:00 - 05.30 PM (November 15th )
VIII - Plenary Session: CopleyFormal Lounge
Topic: Closing Remarks, Evaluation of the Conference
Chair: Thomas Michel
Participants: All Audience 

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