The Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies ASAFAS, Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies), Kyoto University, in cooperation with the Institute of Sufi Studies, under the direction of Prof. Yasushi Tonaga, organized "Comprehensive Study of Sufism: Through Metaphysics, Literature, Music and Rituals" (A Comprehensive Study of Sufism: Through Metaphysics, Literature, Music and Rituals" under the direction of Prof. Yasushi Tonaga. The project will last for 6 years and is supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), an organization that funds scientific research in Japan.
Within the scope of the project, on August 28, 2023, "Bridging Mystical Philosophy and Arts in Sufism: Poetry, Music and Sama' Ritual" will be organized on August 28, 2023. There will be simultaneous interpretation in Turkish and English. The program is open to the public and will also be broadcast live on Üsküdar University TV.
U.U. TV Broadcast Link: https://tv.uskudar.edu.tr/canli-yayin
“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
Opening Speeches
Yasushi Tonaga, “Aim and Scope of the Joint Research ‘Comprehensive Study of Sufism: Through Metaphysics, Literature, Music and Rituals”
Break 15 minute
11.45-12.45
Session１：Mystical Thought of Sufism
Azusa Fujimoto, “Religious Practices of Turkish Young People Based on Mevlana”
Petek Kutucuoğlu “Ahmed Avni Konuk’s Mathnawi Commentary and the
Concept of Predisposition”
Reşat Öngoren, “Dimensions of Sufi Thought in Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi”
12.45-13.00 Q&A
14.30-15.25
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”
Emine Yeniterzi, “Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi’s Influence in Turkish Sufi Literature:
Stories from Mathnawi”
15.25-16.15
Session 3：Sufi Music
Manami Suzuki, “Ney in Mevlevi: Forming the Sacredness of Ritual Instruments through Mythology and Practice”
V. Emre Ömürlü, “Mawlawi Collations (Muqabalah) in Mawlawi Rites and Types of Practicing Dhikr in Some Tariqas”
Break 15 minute
16.30-17.45
Session 4：Ritual of Sufism
Dilek Güldütuna, “Wayfaring (Sayr wa Suluk) Symbolism in Sama’ Ritual”
Masayuki Akahori, “Reviewing Anthropology of Sufism: Changing Perspectives”
F. Canguzel Güner Zülfikar, “Mawlawi-khana as Civilized and Civilizing Spaces”
17.45-18.15
General Discussion: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Sufism
