INTERNATIONAL ILEM IISS 6 SUMMER SCHOOL Transnational Islam and Challenges of Being Muslim Ummah PRogram & PROPOSALS Education and Health Foundation IISS 6 INTERNATIONAL ILEM SUMMER SCHOOL Scientific Studies Association (ILEM) organizes International ILEM Summer Schools to exchange intellectual experience within academicians, researchers, and intel- lectuals from different geographies worldwide. The International ILEM Summer School (IISS), which addresses major themes and issues of the Islamic World in ev- ery year. The 6th IISS will occur in the Summer of 2019 and its major theme is “Transnational Islam and Challenges of Being Muslim Ummah”. The intellectual and political imag- ination of classical and contemporary Islamic thought has played an important role in the creation and continuation of the Muslim Ummah, and its complex relation- ship to the “Other” throughout history. Aiming to make Muslims united, this mission enables the transnational understandings and identities of Islam(s) / Muslim(s) with new projections and also makes it compulsory to produce new policies. In this summer school, the ideal of being an Ummah, and the challenges faced by this ideal in the light of contemporary developments, will be discussed with special emphases on Theoretical Frameworks, Contemporary Debates and Future Projec- tions. Researchers around the world will share their ideas and great intellectual experi- ence during this annual event, which will be held on 29 July – 04 August 2019, in Istanbul. IISS would like to thank supporters; Presidency for Turks Abroad and Re- lated Communities (YTB), Istanbul 29 Mayıs University, Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), Mavera Education and Health Foundation who collectively have worked to organize the program. 1 ILEM – Scientific Studies Association Scientific Studies Association was founded in 2002 with a view to train and support scientists and intellectuals who are expected to suggest encompassing solutions for those problems that have been taking place over two centuries. Studies within ILEM are planned with a comparative and multi-dimensional interdisciplinary ap- proach to assist the training of sapient and sagacious scholars who understand zeitgeist and main dynamics of their own civilization. With this regard, one of the main objectives of ILEM is conducting scientific research to suggest solutions for the questions of humanity by laying a ground for training scientists who preserve our tradition of science. ILEM hopes its scientific studies to inspire varied groups in Turkey and abroad. YTB - Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) is established as a public institution under the Prime Ministry of Turkey. After its establishment, Tur- key’s relations with its citizens living in different parts of the world, as well as with kin communities with whom Turkish people share a common cultural and histor- ic heritage, have been firmly restructured on a more institutional foundation. Of its various responsibilities, the Presidency’s coordination responsibilities include defining strategies to meet the needs of related communities and Turkish citizens living abroad and implementing steps in accordance with the planned strategies. 2 Istanbul 29 Mayıs University İstanbul 29 Mayıs University, which was established by the Turkish Religious Foundation (Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı - TDV) in 2010, is a private university dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in so- cial studies. The University offers multilingual education and has the highest number of foreign students in Turkey. The University is also strengthened by its collaboration with the ISAM library, which holds one of the most important collections in Turkey for the study of the Middle East and Islam. The University offers undergraduate and graduate programs in three faculties, the Facul- ty of Arts, the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, and the Faculty of Internation- al Islamic and Religious Studies. The University has been awarded with the European Charter of Higher Education (ECHE) in 2014 and is an active participant in the Erasmus exchange program. The University also has the Centre for Training and Research for Arabic Teaching (Arapça Öğre- tim Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi, ARÖMER), which is the first institution in Turkey designed to provide training for Arabic learning and teaching. ICYF Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (hereinafter referred to as “Forum”) is an international, non-commercial, non-partisan organization uniting leading umbrella youth organizations from the Member-States of the Organization of Islamic-Cooperation (hereinafter referred to as the OIC) as well as international youth organizations, operating in the OIC region and youth orga- nizations representing significant Muslim minorities worldwide. The Forum was established at its Founding General Assembly held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 1 – 3 December 2004. This current Charter and the Host Country Agreement constitute the legal framework for the Forum. The activities of the Forum are stemming from this Charter, relevant decisions of the Forum’s gov- erning bodies and conducted in line with the relevant decisions of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers and Islamic Conference of Youth and Sports Ministers. Mavera Education and Health Foundation Mavera Waqf’s purpose is to raise generations who are sensitive about their country and social problems, are respectful for humanity, have scientific and inquisitive thoughts, develop their Education and Health Foundation faith and cultural background and who can think along with their history and civilization. Mavera Waqf aims to set up clear and transparent substructures which can be used in all aspects of the society by developing beneficial alternatives in the fields of education culture and health. 3 IISS 6 PROGRAM July 29, 2019 Monday 09:30 – 10:30 Register and Cocktail 29 Mayıs University 10:30 – 11:00 Opening Speeches 29 Mayıs University Keynote Conference - Cemil Aydın – A Global History of Muslim 11:00 – 12:30 29 Mayıs University Internationalism 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 29 Mayıs University Panel - New Perspectives of Islamic Historical Experiences: 14:00 – 16:00 29 Mayıs University Knowledge, Identity and Civilization 16:30 – 18:00 Panel - Intellectual Heritages of Islamic World to the Humanity 29 Mayıs University July 30, 2019 Tuesday Lecture I – Ovamir Anjum - The Ummah and the Caliphate: History and 09:30 – 11:00 ILEM Future 11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break ILEM Lecture I – Ovamir Anjum - The Ummah and the Caliphate: History and 11:20 – 12:40 ILEM Future 12:40 – 14:00 Lunch ILEM 14:00 – 17:00 Workshop I -Conference Hall ILEM 14:00 – 17:00 Workshop II - Grand Hall ILEM 14:00 – 17:00 Workshop III - Terrace Hall ILEM 5 IISS 6 PROGRAM July 31, 2019 Wednesday Lecture I – Ovamir Anjum - The Ummah and the Caliphate: History and 09:30 – 11:00 ILEM Future 11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break ILEM Lecture I – Ovamir Anjum - The Ummah and the Caliphate: History and 11:20 – 12:40 ILEM Future 12:40 – 14:00 Lunch ILEM Lecture II – Juliane Hammer – Islam, Muslims, and Anti-Muslim Hostility: 14:00 – 15:30 ILEM Theoretical and Historical Considerations’ Lecture II – Juliane Hammer – (American) Muslim Responses to Anti- 15:50 – 17:00 ILEM Muslim Hostility: An Intersectional Analysis IISS Talks – İsmail Kara – The Concept of “Millet” in the Islamic World; 17:30 – 19:00 ILEM History and Transformation’ August 1, 2019 Thursday 09:30 – 11:00 Lecture III – İsmail Yaylacı – Rethinking Umma in World Politics’ ILEM 11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break ILEM 11:20 – 12:40 Lecture III – İsmail Yaylacı – Rethinking Umma in World Politics’ ILEM 12:40 – 14:00 Lunch ILEM 14:00 – 19:00 Social Program II - Bosphorus Tour ILEM August 3, 2019 Friday Lecture IV – Abdullah al-Ahsan - The Concept of Ummah, Its Develop- 09:30 – 11:00 ment in History and in Practice by Examining in the International Pol- ILEM itics 11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break ILEM Lecture IV – Abdullah al-Ahsan - The Concept of Ummah, Its Develop- 11:20 – 12:40 ment in History and in Practice by Examining in the International Pol- ILEM itics 12:40 – 14:00 Lunch ILEM IISS Talks – Heba Raouf Ezzat – The City and Civility: Dilemmas of Um- 14:00 – 15:30 ILEM ran from Khaldunian Perspective’ IISS Talks – Bilal Kuşpınar – Intellectual Aspects of Sufism in Modern 15:50 – 17:00 ILEM World 6 IISS 6 PROGRAM August 2, 2019 Saturday Lecture IV – Abdullah al-Ahsan - The Concept of Ummah, Its Develop- 09:30 – 11:00 ment in History and in Practice by Examining in the International Pol- ILEM itics 11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break ILEM Lecture IV – Abdullah al-Ahsan - The Concept of Ummah, Its Develop- 11:20 – 12:40 ment in History and in Practice by Examining in the International Pol- ILEM itics 12:40 – 14:00 Lunch ILEM 14:00 – 17:00 Workshop IV - Conference Hall ILEM 14:00 – 17:00 Workshop V - Grand Hall ILEM 14:00 – 17:00 Workshop VI - Terrace Hall ILEM IISS Talks – Mesut Idriz – The Role of Islamic Civilization between Past, 17:30 – 19:00 ILEM Present and Future: A Critical Approach and Challenges Ahead August 4, 2019 Sunday IISS Talks – Dzenata Karic – Saving the Ummah through Pilgrimage: 09:30 – 11:00 ILEM Premodern and Modern Perspectives on Hajj IISS Talks – Nurullah Ardıç - The Rise of Secularism and Demise of the 11:20 – 12:50 ILEM Caliphate in post-War Turkey (1918-1924) 12:50 – 14:00 Lunch ILEM 14:00 – 17:00 Workshop VII - Conference Hall ILEM 14:00 – 17:00 Workshop VIII - Grand Hall ILEM 14:00 – 17:00 Workshop IX - Terrace Hall ILEM 17:30 - 19:00 Closing Session ILEM 7 Cemil Aydın Cemil Aydın is a Professor of History at the University of North Caroli- University of North Carolina na-Chapel Hill. He studied at Boğaziçi University, then he completed his MA in both Istanbul University, and the University of Tokyo. He gained his PhD from Harvard University in 2002 in the fields of history and Middle Eastern stud- ies.