 You are cordially invited to the International Conference on the Gulen Movement November 12, 13, 2010 Admission FREE and Required For more info : www.chicagogulenconference.org |
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6:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
The Inauguration of The International Conference on The Gulen Movement at The University Club of Chicago, featuring a keynote by Prof. John Esposito (INVITATION ONLY)
8:00 a.m. 8:45 a.m.
Registration at The University of Chicago International House 8:50 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 09:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. PANEL I : THE HIZMET MOVEMENT & SPIRITUALITY
CHAIR : Prof. Martin Marty Core Values of The Hizmet Movement: Worship & Servanthood Gulen’s Perspective on Forgiveness
Radhi H. Al-Mabuk, Ph.D. University of Northern Iowa IA, USA Love of The Prophet in Gulen’s Sufism
Zeki Saritoprak, Ph.D. John Carroll University OH, USA 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
PANEL II : THE HIZMET MOVEMENT & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
CHAIR : Prof. Carter V. Findley The Risks and Promise of “Engagement” in Gulen’s Writings Re-Orienting the Trainer to Navigate Not Negotiate Islamic Cultural Values
Phyllis E. Bernard, J.D. Oklahoma City University School of Law OK, USA Understanding The Hizmet Movement Enterprises Through The Lens of Social Business
Greg Barton, Ph.D. Monash University AUSTRALIA 12:30 p.m. 02:00 p.m.
LUNCH
02:00 p.m. 03:30 p.m.
PANEL III : THE HIZMET MOVEMENT IN THE TURKISH CONTEXT
CHAIR : Prof. Robert Pape Fethullah Gulen’s Strategic Defamation: Turkish vs. English The Three Most Influential Religious Movements of the Late Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Halidiye, Nur, and Hizmet
Carter Findley, Ph.D. Ohio State University OH, USA Strengthening Religious Freedom, Free Speech, and Democracy in Turkey: The Political Trial of Fethullah Gulen
James C. Harrington, J.D. University of Texas TX, USA 03:30 p.m. 04:00 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK
04:00 p.m. 05:30 p.m. PANEL IV : RELIGIOUS STUDIES PERSPECTIVES ON THE HIZMET MOVEMENT
CHAIR : Prof. Richard Rosengarten The Hizmet Movement and Sufism: Moral Selfhood and Compassionate Engagement Gulen’s Conception of Knowledge
Klas Grinell, Ph.D. Gothenburg University SWEDEN Sacred Space in the Hizmet Movement & The Thought of M. Fethullah Gulen
Jon Pahl, Ph.D. The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Temple University PA, USA 07:00 p.m. 09:00 p.m.
DINNER
Ida Noyes Hall of The University of Chicago (INVITATION ONLY)
09:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
PANEL V : SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE HIZMET MOVEMENT
CHAIR : Prof. M. Cherif Bassiouni Women in The Hizmet Movement: Traditionalists or Modernists?
Suveyda Karakaya The University of Tennessee TN, USA Islamic Movements and Amodern Networks
Gokhan Bacik, Ph.D. Zirve University TURKEY The Gulen Movement: Civic Engagement, Efficacy and Success
Muhammed Cetin, Ph.D. East Stroudsburg University PA, USA 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. PANEL VI : MODERN SOCIAL PARADIGMS AND THE HIZMET MOVEMENT
CHAIR : Prof. Dick W. Simpson Gulen: Multiculturalism and an Ethics of Diversity The Role of Gulen’s Ideas for The Muslim World: The Future of Globalization & Democratic Reforms
Leonid Sykiainen, Ph.D. State Scientific University RUSSIA Toward a Comprehensive Interpretation of Piety and Civility: Theological, Ethical, Institutional and Aesthetic Dimensions of the Hizmet Movement
Jeremy Walton, Ph.D. New York University NY, USA 12:30 p.m. 02:00 p.m.
LUNCH
02:00 p.m. 03:30 p.m.
PANEL VII : THE HIZMET MOVEMENT IN LOCAL CONTEXT
CHAIR : Prof. Uli Schamiloglu The Hizmet Movement in Italy: Between Integration and Exclusion. A Case Study from Modena Building a Culture of Dialogue: A Qualitative Field Study of The Gulen-Inspired Schools in Abuja, Nigeria
Hasan Aydin University of Nevada NV, USA Susan Chandler, Ph.D.
University of Nevada NV, USA Hope & Healing: Stories from Kurdish Iraq Where Persons Inspired by Fethullah Gulen Have Been Serving
Martha Ann Kirk, Th.D. University of The Incarnate Word TX, USA 03:30 p.m. 04:00 p.m.
FINAL SUMMARY AND CONFERENCE WRAP-UP
Scott Alexander, Ph.D. Marcia Hermansen, Ph.D. 06:30 p.m. 08:30 p.m.
CONFERENCE CLOSING DINNER
(INVITATION ONLY)
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