The International Intensive Hybrid Summer School of Sufi Studies
20-28 July 2022
Application deadline: 13 July 2022
Due to extensive inquiries, the summer school application deadline has been extended to Tuesday, July 19, 2022, 6:00 pm.
About the program
The 4th International Intensive Summer School of Sufi Studies will be hosted in Istanbul and online (in hybrid form) by the Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies between 20-28 July 2022 with the support of Sufi Corner and the Kerim Foundation. We are excited and looking forward to seeing both faculty and students in person again after two years apart.
The MA-level TSV574 Approaches to Sufi Texts (3 credits-6 AKTS) and PhD-level TSV651 Approaches to Sufi Texts (3 credits-8 AKTS) will be offered within the context of the hybrid-format Summer School. Attendees can choose to take the class available as an elective or as part of a Certificate Program. Summer School Certificates will be issued to those who complete the program.
The program language is English and Turkish. Classes in English will be translated into Turkish and Turkish classes into English via simultaneous translation.
An open-to-the-public Summer School Panel will also be held in the context of the program.
Click here for the Schedule of the Summer School
Coordinator:
F. Cangüzel Güner Zülfikar
Assistant Professor of Ottoman History
Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University
https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/academic-staff
Approaches to Sufi Texts
Carl W. Ernst
Methodology in Sufi Studies and Quotation and Allusion in Sufi Texts: The Example of Omar ibn Said
William R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Religion
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
https://religion.unc.edu/_people/full-time-faculty/ernst/
https://uskudar.edu.tr/akademik-personel/carl-w-ernst
James W. Morris
Exploring Spiritual “Realization”: Ibn ‘Arabi on the Interplay of Experience and Understanding
Professor of Religious Studies
Boston College
https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/theology/people/faculty-directory/morris-james-w.html
Mohammed Rustom
‘Ayn al-Qudat’s Essence of Reality: A Defence of Philosophical Sufism
Professor of Religious Studies
Carleton University
https://carleton.ca/religion/people/mohammed-rustom/
Bruce B. Lawrence
Barzakh Logic in Tasawwuf: Architectural Wonders from Ottoman Turkey and Present Day Iran
Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion
Duke University
https://scholars.duke.edu/person/bbl
miriam cooke
Kitab al-Wajd wa al-Tawajud
Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor Emerita of Arab Cultures
Duke University
https://scholars.duke.edu/person/mcw
Stephen Hirtenstein
The Text of Texts: Approaching Ibn Arabi’s Fihrist as a Sufi Teaching Work
Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society, Oxford, UK
https://ibnarabisociety.org/
ANQA Publishing, UK
https://anqa.co.uk/
Mahmud Erol Kılıç
Ibn Arabi’s Ottoman Followers
Professor of Sufi Studies
Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University
https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/academic-staff
Director General of IRCICA
https://www.ircica.org/tr/ircica/prof-dr-mahmud-erol-kilic
Emine Yeniterzi
Mazmun (Imagery) in Turkish Sufi Literature
Professor of Classical Turkish Literature
Institute for Sufi Studies,Üsküdar University
https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/academic-staff
Reşat Öngören
Resources for the Ottoman Sufi Thought
Professor of Sufi Studies
Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University
https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/academic-staff
Yasushi Tonaga
Sufi Studies in Japan
Professor of Islamic Studies and the Director of the Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies
http://kias.sakura.ne.jp/krcss_ku/en/
Cemalnur Sargut
Principles of Conduct: Adab
Advisor to the Üsküdar University Founding President
https://uskudar.edu.tr/en/office-of-the-president
Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University
https://cemalnur.org/
Dilek Güldütuna
Concept of Motherhood in Sufism and Sâmiha Ayverdi, with Şehvar Tükek
Assistant Professor of Sufi Studies
Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University
https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/academic-staff
Omneya Ayad
Beauty and Majesty in the thought of Ibn Arabi
Assistant Professor of Sufi Studies
Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University
https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/academic-staff
Arzu Eylül Yalçınkaya
The Symbolism of Lovers in Rumi's Masnavi
Assistant Professor of Sufi Studies
Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University
https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/academic-staff
There will be an open to the public panel and a concert, as well as a visit to Süleymaniye Manuscripts Library.
Who can apply?
Students registered in graduate studies programs in Turkey and/or abroad,
Researchers or instructors conducting post-doctoral studies in Turkey and/or abroad,
Applications in accordance with the requirements above will be evaluated and responded to within three (3) days from application submission.
Participants in the Continuing Education Programs of Üsküdar University’s Institute for Sufi Studies as well as undergraduate students demonstrating academic merit are eligible to apply; admission is contingent on the availability of space in the program.
Required Documents
For Graduate Students,
1. Application form,
2. Current CV*,
3. Statement of purpose explaining why you wish to participate in the Summer School (max. 250 words)*,
4. One reference letter (preferably from a previous instructor of a related field)**,
5. Copy of Turkish National ID and/or first page of passport for applicants from abroad***
*These documents are not required from current Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies graduate students.
**This requirement is only for students registered to a graduate program. It is not required for current Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies graduate students.
*** These documents are not required from current Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies graduate students.
Summer School Application
The documents mentioned above should be submitted to sufisummerschool@uskudar.edu.tr. We will begin accepting applications as of May 9.
Those who are not students in graduate programs are required to submit the application form alongside their CVs and copy of their IDs electronically.
Click here for the Application form
Tuition Fee and Registration Completion
Applicants should submit their application form along with the required documents to the Institute for Sufi Studies. Those who have been admitted to the program will receive a participant ID number. With these numbers, participants must deposit the tuition fee no later than July 14th and send the receipt to the Institute. Applicants from abroad who have been accepted to the program must deposit the tuition fee no later than 14 July 2022 in order to complete their registration.
Those accepted to the program from Turkey
The program fee for Üsküdar University students and alumni is 3190 TL (including tax).
The program fee for others is 4500 TL (including tax).
Those accepted to the program from abroad
Program fee: 660 USD or 630 EUR
Discounted price for students who attended a previous International Summer School of Sufi Studies is 590 USD or 560 EUR.
ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS TO DEPOSIT PAYMENTS
ACCOUNT NAME: T.C. ÜSKÜDAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
USD (ACCOUNT NO) IBAN: TR29 0006 7010 0000 0094 9303 72
SWIFT CODE: YAPITRISXXX
EURO (ACCOUNT NO) IBAN: TR85 0006 7010 0000 0094 9619 56
SWIFT CODE: YAPITRISXXX
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