Ibrahim Kalin
SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research
Ankara, Turkey
[email protected]
EDUCATION
August 2002
Ph.D., George Washington University, The Human Sciences
Program
Dissertation: Knowledge as Appropriation: Sadr al-Din alShirazi (Mulla Sadra) on the Unification of the Intellect and the
Intelligible. Advised by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Peter Caws, Alf
Hiltebeitel, Oliver Leaman, Mahdi Aminrazavi
October 1995
M.A., International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuala
Lumpur,Malaysia.
Thesis: Mulla Sadra's Theory of Substantial Movement: An
Analytical Survey of the Relevant Sections of his al-Asfar.
Advised by Alparslan Acikgenc.
October 1992
B.A., Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, Faculty of Letters,
History
LANGUAGES
Primary Languages
Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Ottoman Turkish,
Secondary Languages English, French.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2002 to 2004
College of the Holy Cross
2002 Spring
Mary Washington College
2001 Fall
George Washington University
COURSES TAUGHT
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Introduction to Islam
Introduction to the Qur’an
Islam and the West
Islamic Philosophy and Theology
Sufism
Islam in the Modern World
WORK EXPERIENCE
2005-present
Founding-Director, SETA Foundation for Political, Economic
and Social Research, Ankara, Turkey.
2002-2004
Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
PUBLICATIONS
I. Books
1.
Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mulla Sadra On the Unity of the
Intellect and the Intelligible, Oxford University Press (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2008) (forthcoming).
2. Islam ve Bati (Islam and the West) (in Turkish) (Istanbul: ISAM Publications,
2007). The Writers’ Association of Turkey 2007 Best Book Award.
3. Turkiye’de Toplumun Bati Algisi: Din, Kultur, Siyaset, (The Perception of the
West in Turkish Society: Religion, Culture, Politics) (in Turkish) co-authored
with Bekir Berat Ozipek and Kudret Bulbul (Ankara: SETA Publications,
2008)
II. Articles
1.
“Will, Necessity and Creation as Monistic Theophany in the Islamic
Philosophical Tradition” (forthcoming)
2.
“Turkey Under AK Party: Searching for a New Center” in Multiple Voices of
Political Islam (forthcoming).
3.
“Debating Turkey in the Middle East: The Dawn of a New Geopolitical
Imagination”, Insight Turkey, Vol. 11 No 1 (2009 Winter), pp. 83-96.
4.
“Turkey and the Middle East: Ideology or Geopolitics?”, Private View,
(Autumn 2008), pp. 26-35.
5.
“A Fragmented Vision: Perceptions of the West in Turkish Society”, coauthored with Kudret Bulbul and Bekir Berat Ozipek, Insight Turkey, Vol. 10
No 1 (2008), pp. 129-147.
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6.
“Islamophobia and the Limits of Multiculturalism”, Islamophobia, John
Esposito and Ibrahim Kalin (eds.), (forthcoming)
7.
“Sources of Tolerance and Intolerance in Islam: A Quranic Analysis”, in Jacob
Neusner and Bruce Chilton (eds.), Religious Tolerance in World Religions
(Templeton Foundation Press, 2008), pp. 239-273.
8.
“From the Temporal Time to the Eternal Now: Ibn al-‘Arabi and Mulla Sadra
on Time”, Journal of the Muhyiddin ibn ‘Arabi Society, Volume 41 (2007), pp.
31-62.
9.
“Mulla Sadra on Theodicy and the Best of All Possible Worlds”, Oxford
Journal of Islamic Studies, 18:2 (2007), pp. 183-201. An earlier version of the
paper was published in Mulla Sadra’s School and Western Philosophies Papers
Presented at the Second World Congress on Mulla Sadra, May 2004, Tehran
(Tehran: SIPRIn Publications, 2005), Vol. I, pp. 19-36 and in Turkish Journal of
Islamic Studies, Vol. 12 (June, 2004), pp. 55-74.
a. (Persian) “Chera haywanat yak-di-ghar ra mi khurand?” in S. M. Khamanei
(ed.), Maktabi Mulla Sadra wa falsafaha-yi gharbi (Tehran: SIPRIN, 1383 AH),
pp. 79-96
10.
“Islam and Peace: A Survey of the Sources of Peace in the Islamic Tradition”,
Islamic Studies 44:3 (2005), pp. 327-362. A slightly different version is
published in Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 11 (2004), pp. 1-37. Also
published as an occasional paper with the same title, Islamic Studies,
Occasional Papers 67 (Islamabad: Islamic Research Institute, 2006).
a. (Turkish) “İslam ve Barış: Temel Kaynaklara Bir Bakış”, in İslam ve Barış,
ed. Mümtazer Türköne (İstanbul, 2007)
11.
“Modernity, Culture and the Politics of Acculturation: The Case of Turkey”,
translated into Arabic and published in al-Ummah wa Azmat al-Thaqafa wa’lTanmiyah (“The Muslim World and the Crisis of Culture and Development”),
ed. Nadia Mustafa, (Cairo: Dar al-Salam, 2007), Vol. II, pp. 625-638.
12.
“The Sun Rising from the West: The Influence of American Islamic Thinkers on
Turkey” in Muslims in the United States: Identity, Influence, Innovation, ed. by
Philippa Strum (Washington DC: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, 2005) pp. 131-141.
13.
“Mulla Sadra’s Realist Ontology and the Concept of Knowledge” The Muslim
World, Vol 94, No 1 (January 2004), pp. 81-106.
14.
“Roots of Misconception: Euro-American Perceptions of Islam Before and
After September 11th” in Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition
Joseph Lumbard (ed.) (Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, 2004), pp. 143-187.
a.
(Turkish) “Batı'daki İslâm Algısının Tarihine Giriş”, Divan Dergisi (2003) No
15, pp.
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15.
“An Annotated Bibliography of the Works of Mulla Sadra with a Brief Account
of His Life” Islamic Studies Vol. 42, No. 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 21-62.
16.
“American Muslim Community as a Frontier Culture: From Religious
Parochialism to Bridge-Building” EuroAgenda/Avrupa Gunlugu, No. 5 (2004)
pp. 351-364
17.
“Between Physics and Metaphysics: Mulla Sadra on Nature and Motion” Islam
and Science Vol. I, 2003, pp. 65-93; an earlier version published in Mulla Sadra
and Transcendent Philosophy: Proceedings of the World Congress on Mulla
Sadra (Tehran: Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute, 2001), Vol. 1, pp.
301-327.
18.
“Three Views of Science in the Islamic World”, God, Life and the Cosmos:
Christian and Islamic Perspectives, Ted Peters, Muzaffar Iqbal, Syed Nomanul
Haq (eds.), (Ashgate, 2002), pp. 43-75.
19.
“The Sacred versus the Secular: Nasr on Science”, Library of Living
Philosophers: Seyyed Hossein Nasr, ed. L. E. Hahn, R. E. Auxier and L. W.
Stone (Chicago: Open Court Press, 2001), pp. 445-462.
20.
“Rene Guenon”, Center for Islam and Science, Resources on Islam and Science
at www.cis-ca.org (posted in July 2001).
a.
(Bosnian) “Rene Guenon” in Znakovi Vremena, No 18-19 (2003).
21.
“Seyyed Hossein Nasr”, Center for Islam and Science, Resources on Islam and
Science at www.cis-ca.org (posted in March 2001).
22.
“Sayyid Jamal al-Din Afghani”, Center for Islam and Science, Resources on
Islam and Science at www.cis-ca.org (posted in June 2001).
23.
“Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi (Mulla Sadra)”, Center for Islam and Science, Resources
on Islam and Science at www.cis-ca.org (posted in March 2001).
24.
“Knowledge as the Unity of the Intellect and the Object of Intellection in
Islamic Philosophy: A Historical Survey from Plato to Mulla Sadra”,
Transcendent Philosophy: An International Journal for Comparative
Philosophy and Mysticism, Vol. 1, Number 1, (June 2000), pp. 73-91; also
published in Seyed Safavi (ed.), Perception According to Mulla Sadra, SalmanAzadeh Publication, n.p., 2002, pp. 74-99.
25.
“Dawud al-Qaysari on Being as Truth and Reality” in Knowledge is Light:
Essays in Honor of Seyyed Hossein Nasr, ed. Zeylan Morris, ABC International
Group Inc, Chicago, 1999, pp. 233-249. A shorter and slightly different version
of this essay is published as “Being as Truth and Reality in al-Qaysari's
Muqaddimah li-Fusus al-Hikam” in International Symposium on Islamic
Thought in Anatolia in the 13th and 14th Centuries and Daud al-Qaysari, Ankara,
1988, pp.151-157 with a Turkish translation, pp. 143-149.
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III. Entries
1.
Encyclopedia of Islamic World, Oxford University Press, “Ahlaq”, “Qadiris”,
“Pluralism”
2.
MacMillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2nd Edition (2005), “History of
Epistemology – Islamic”, “Seyyed Hossein Nasr”, “Mulla Sadra” (addendum),
“Henry Corbin”.
3.
Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, ed. by Phyllis G.
Jestice (Santa Barbara: ABC Clio, 2004): A. Jilani, A. Ghazali, A. H. Celebi, A.
Nasafi, Dh. Misri, H. Baktash Wali, H. al-Basri, Ibn al-‘Arabi, A. Jili, K. Abdal,
Pir Sultan Abdal, S. Qunawi, S. Walad, Tapduk Emre
4.
Encyclopedia of Religion 2nd Edition (Macmillan Reference USA, 2005),
“Ash’ari”, “al-Maturidi”. Vol. 9, pp. 5780-2.
5.
The Oxford Dictionary of Islam ed. John L. Esposito (Oxford and New York:
Oxford University Press, 2003): Ajmer, Asfar, Batini, Muin al-Din M. Chisti,
Dhahabiyyah Tariqah, Dhu'n-Nun al-Misri, Abu al-Qasim Firdawsi, Hujjatollah,
Magic, Nahw, Sharif al-Din Maneri, Nizammiyyah College of Baghdad, Nur,
Nur Muhammadi, Qalb, Ruzbihan Baqli, Sa'di Shirazi, Abd al-Karim Soroush,
Sufism in America, Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq.
6.
Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy, ed. Oliver Leaman 2 Vols
(Continuum, 2006): Abdullah Cevdet, Abd al-Karim al-Jili, Abd al-Razzaq
Lahiji, Abd Allah Zunuzi, Abu Sulayman Sijistani, Ahmed Avni Konuk, Ahmed
Yesevi, Baha al-Din Amili, Bahmanyar, Mehmed Birgivi, Ebussuud Efendi,
Hasan Celebi Fenari, Ismail Gaspirali, Rene Guenon, Ziya Gokalp, Semseddin
Gunaltay, Hayrullah Efendi, Aziz Mahmud Hudai, Ibn Kemal, Ismail Hakki
Bursevi, Ismail Fenni Ertugrul, Iskilipli Atif Efendi, Cemaleddin Aksarayi,
Muslihiddin Hocazade, Abu’l-Abbas Lawkari, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Mehmet
Izzet, Mulla Fenari, Mulla Gurani, Mulla Sadra, Munif Mehmet Pasa, M. Aziz
Lahbabi, Mustafa Sabri Efendi, Nasir-i Khusraw, Seyh Bedreddin, Sadr al-Din
al-Qunawi, Said Halim Pasa, Shahrazuri, Taskopruzade, Hayreddin Pasa of
Tunis, Ubeydullah Efendi, Yanyali Esat Efendi, Akhund Mulla Ali Nuri, Mulla
Husayn-qali Hamadani, Muhammad Rida Qumsha’i, Mirza Abu’l-Hasan
Jilwah, Mulla Muhammad Hidaji, Aqa Ali Mudarris, Mulla Fath Ali Sultan
Abadi, Jihangir Khan Qashqa’i, Mirza Hashim Ashkiwari, Mirza Hasan
Kirmanshahi.
IV. Review Articles and Essays
1. “Bir Klasik Nasil Klasik Olur?” (How does a Classic Become a
Classic?” in Medeniyet ve Klasik (Istanbul: Klasik Yayinlari,
2007), pp. 47-54.
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2. “Turkiye’nin Cogulculuk Meselesi” (“Turkey’s Problem of
Pluralism”), Dergah Dergisi, no 214, Aralik/December 2007, pp. 1,
17-19.
3. ““Napolyon ile Ceberti Arasinda: Modern Doneme Girerken
Oryantalizmin Yeni Yuzleri” (“Between Napoleon and al-Jabarti:
The New Faces of Orientalism”), Oryantalizm (Istanbul: 2007), pp.
169-183.
4. “Organization of the Islamic Conference: A Voice for the Muslim
World?”, ISIM Review, No 17 (Spring 2006), pp. 36-37.
5. “Christianity, Islam, and the Religious Other: From Indifference to
Understanding”, Muslim World Book Review Vol. 25, Issue 1
(Autumn 2004), pp. 6-20.
6. “Derrida’s Last Postcard”, Islamica Magazine, Vol. 4, (Summer
2004), pp. 109-110.
7. “Can Science Dispense with Religion?” in Mehdi Golshani (ed.),
Can Science Dispense with Religion? (Tehran: Institute for
Humanities and Cultural Studies, 2004, 3rd edition), pp. 219-225.
8. “Moriskolar, Oran Fetvasi ve Musluman Endulusun Sonu” (in
Turkish), Dergah, Vol. XIV, No 166 (December 2003), pp. 11, 1314.
9. “The World Congress of Philosophy and Islamic Thought”, ISIM
Newsletter, No 13 (December 2003), pp. 8-9.
10. “Peace Matters”, Holy Cross Magazine, Spring 2003, p. 27 (and
63)
11. “Response to Lucian Stone”, Sacred Web 11 (June 2003), pp. 191195.
12. “Islam, Science, and Society” at www.metanexus.org (posted
December, 2002).
13. “Islam and the West -- Deconstructing Monolithic Perceptions: A
Conversation with Professor John Esposito” The Journal of Muslim
Minority Affairs (April 2001), pp. 155-163.
14. “Knowledge as Light: Critical Remarks on M. Hairi Yazdi's
Principles of Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy: Knowledge by
Presence”, American Journal of Islamic and Social Sciences,
Volume 16, Fall 1999, pp. 85-97; also published in Mulla Sadra
and Transcendent Philosophy: Proceedings of the World Congress
on Mulla Sadra (Tehran: Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research
Institute, 2001), Vol. 2, pp.427-443.
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15. Between Truth and History: The Saga of Islamic Philosophy”,
Muslim World Book Review, 19, no. 1 (1998), pp. 3-11; reprinted in
Sophia Volume 4, Number 2, (1998), pp. 253-264.
16. “In the Land of Infinite Inspirations: Bosnia, the Tradition and the
Future” Sophia Vol. 6, No. 2 Winter, 2000 (review article for the
following books: Enes Karic, Essays on (Behalf of) Bosnia,
Sarajevo, el-Kalem, 1999; 295 pages. ISBN 9958-23-028-3 Rusmir
Mahmutcehajic, Bosnia the Good: Tolerance and Tradition,
Hungary/New York: Central European University Press, 2000; 233
pages. ISBN 963-9116-86-6; Bosnian translation “U Zemlji
Beskrajne Inspiracije: Bosna, Tradicija I Buducnost”, Glasnik Vol.
LXIII, No 1-2 (January-February, 2001).
V. Translations
1. Qazwini, Hikmat al-‘ayn (selections) for the Anthology of
Philosophy in Persia, ed. by S. H. Nasr and M. Aminrazavi
(London: I. B. Taurus and the Ismaili Institute, 2007), Vol. 4
(forthcoming).
2. Shaykh al-Darqawi, Letters of a Sufi Master (London, 1982),
Turkish translation as Bir Mursidin Mektuplari, Insan Publications,
Istanbul, Turkey, 1996.
3. Toshihiko Izutsu, The Concept and Reality of Existence (Kyoto,
1972), Turkish translation as Islamda Varlik Dusuncesi, Insan
Publications, Istanbul, Turkey, 1995.
VI. Book Reviews
1. The Dervishes of Sovereignty, the Sovereignty of Dervishes: The
Mevlevi Order in Istanbul, Insight Turkey, Vol. 10, No 1 (2008),
pp. 164-166.
2. Serif Mardin, Religion, Society, and Modernity in Turkey, Oxford
Journal of Islamic Studies (forthcoming)
3. Ayman Shihadeh, The Theological Ethics of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi,
Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies 18:2 (2007), pp. 248-250.
4. Emran Qureshi and Michael Sells (eds.), The New Crusades:
Constructing the Muslim Enemy, The MESA Bulletin.
5. Vartan Gregorian, Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith, Anglican
Theological Review, Vol. 86, No. 3 (Summer 2004), pp. 518-9.
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6. Jurgen Habermas, The Future of Human Nature, Sacred Web Vol.
13 (July 2004), pp. 153-158.
7. Farhad Daftary (ed.) Intellectual Traditions in Islam, The Muslim
World Book Review Vol. 24 (Winter 2004), No 2, pp. 17-21.
8. Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Oliver Leaman (eds.) History of Islamic
Philosophy, Teaching Philosophy, 26:4 (December, 2003), pp. 397399.
9. Kiki Kennedy-Day, Books of Definition in Islamic Philosophy,
Transcendent Philosophy: An International Journal for
Comparative Philosophy and Mysticism, Vol. 4, No. 2 (June
2003), pp. 152-4.
10. Cyrill Glasse, The New Encyclopedia of Islam, Islamic Studies
Vol. 42 (Autumn 2003) No 3, pp. 527-530.
11. Sohail Hashmi (ed.), Islamic Political Ethics, American Journal
of Islamic Social Sciences Vol. 20 (spring 2003) No 2, pp. 95-103.
12. Gutas, Dimitri. Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: the GraecoArabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early Abbasid
Society (2nd-4th/8th-10th Centuries), ISIS Volume 94 No 1 (March
2003), pp. 138-140.
13. William Chittick, Sufism: A Short Introduction, Muslim World
Book Review Vol. 22, No 2 (January-March, 2002), pp. 23-25.
14. Michael Sells, Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Qur'an, Mi'raj,
Poetic and Theological Writings, Muslim World Book Review, Vol.
20, No 3 (Spring 2000), pp. 20-22.
15. Bilal Kuspinar, Isma'il Ankaravi on the Illuminative
Philosophy: His Izahu'l-Hikem: Its edition and Analysis in
Comparison with Dawwani's Shawakil al-Hur, together with the
Translation of Suhrawardi's Hayakil al-Nur, Muslim World Book
Review, Vol. 20, No 3 (Spring 2000), 22-24.
16. Vincent J. Cornell, The Way of Abu Madyan: Doctrinal and
Poetic Works of Abu Madyan Shu'ayb ibn al-Husayn al-Ansari,
Muslim World Book Review, Vol. 18, No 4 (1998), pp. 18-20.
17. S. J. Ashtiyani, H. Matsubara, T. Iwami, and A. Matsumoto
(eds), Consciousness and Reality: Studies in Memory of Toshihiko
Izutsu, Sophia, Vol. 4, No 2, (1998), pp. 266-269.
18. Eric Winkel, Mysteries of Purity, Ibn al-Arabi’s Asrar altaharah, (Indiana: Cross Cultural Publications, Inc., 1995), Muslim
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World Book Review, Vol. 21, No 2 (January-March 2001), pp. 1417.
19.
Serif Mardin, The Genesis of Young Ottoman Thought: A
Study in the Modernization of Turkish Political Ideas, (Syracuse
University Press, 2000), American Journal of Islamic Social
Sciences Vol. 18, No. 1 (Winter 2001), pp. 110-114.
20. Bernd Radtke and John O'Kane, The Concept of Sainthood in
Early Islamic Mysticism, (London: Curzon Press, 1996), Muslim
World Book Review, Vol. 21, No 2 (January-March 2001), pp. 1718.
21. Zafar Ali Qureshi, Prophet Muhammad and His Western
Critics: A Critique of W. Montgomery Watt and Others (Lahore:
Idara Ma’arif Islamic, 1992), 2 Vols, pp. 1103. American Journal
of Islamic Social Sciences Vol. 18, No 2 (Spring 2001), pp. 162164.
VI. Conference Reports
1. “The World Congress on Mulla Sadra”, American Journal of
Islamic Social Sciences Volume 16, No 3 (Fall 1999), pp.145-148;
reprinted in Iqbal Review Volume 40, No. 3-4 (October, 1999), pp.
107-110.
2. “God, Life, and Cosmos: Theistic Perspectives” The American
Journal of Islamic Social Sciences Volume 17, No 3 (Fall, 2000),
pp. 138-139.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1.
“The Common Word and the State of Muslim- Christian
Relations”, The Future of Christian-Muslim Relations: Where do
We Go From Here?, Georgetown University, Washington DC,
USA, March 13-14, 2008.
2. “Muslim-Christian Relations in the US: Big Ideas, Humble Actors”,
The Future of Christian-Muslim Relations: Where do We Go From
Here?, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA, March 1314, 2008.
3. “Meaning and Freedom in Mawlana Rumi”, 14-15 December, 2007,
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
4. “Islamophobia and the Limits of Pluralism”, International
Islamophobia Conference, 8-9 December 2007, Istanbul, Turkey.
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5. “Islam, Democracy and the Quest for Political Order in the Muslim
World”, Giving Voice to Muslim Democrats, organized by Center
for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University,
Universita degli Studi di Napoli and Fondazione Medterraneo,
Naples, Italy, 23-24 February 2007.
6. “Freedom, Rationality and Modernity”, 12th Abant Platform on
Islam, the West and Modernity (the 1st Turkish-Egyptian
Intellectuals Meeting), Cairo, Egypt, 25-26 February, 2007.
7. “Contemporary Turkish Thought Between the Self and the Other”,
“İSAM-OSLO Coalition New Directions in Islamic Thought and
Practice, Istanbul, 25-27 January 2007
8. “Islam, Peace and Violence”, US Institute of Peace Conference on
Islam, Peace and Conflict Resolution, August 21-23, 2006,
Milwood, VA.
9. “Two Models of Creation”, Creatio ex Nihilo and the Natural
Sciences, Vatican Observatory, July 9-15, 2006, Castel Gandolfo,
Italy.
10. “Recovering the Middle Path: From Indifferent Tolerance to Critical
Engagement”, OSCE Tolerance Implementation Meeting, Almaty,
Kazakistan, June 12-13 2006.
11. “Mulla Sadra’s Transcendent Wisdom and Contemporary
Philosophy”, Panel on Mulla Sadra and His Transcendent Wisdom,
ISAM (Center for Islamic Studies), Istanbul, May 31, 2006.
12. “Knowing the Self and the Non-Self: Towards a Philosophy of NonSubjectivism”, Know Yourself, Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society 23rd
Annual Symposium, May 13-14, Worcester College, Oxford, UK.
13. “From the Temporal Time to the Eternal Now: Ibn al-‘Arabi and
Mulla Sadra on Time” Time and Non-Time, Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
Society 18th Annual USA Symposium, October 15-16, 2006,
Columbia University, NY, USA.
14. Forum of Scholars and Intellectuals Preparatory to the
Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, the
Organization of Islamic Conference, September, 9-11, 2005,
Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
15. “The State of Islamic Sciences”, The National Conference on the
Problems of Religious Sciences, Center for Islamic Studies, April
14-17, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey.
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16. “Ethics of Living with the Other”, Civilization and Order: The
Values and Mechanisms of the Global Order, The European UnionOrganization of Islamic Conference Joint Forum, October, 2-3,
2004, Istanbul, Turkey.
17. “Culture, Modernity and the Politics of Acculturation: The Case of
Turkey”, International Conference on Culture and Crisis in the
Islamic World, December 4-6, 2004, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
18. “Why Do Animals Eat Other Animals? Mulla Sadra on the Best of
All Possible Worlds”, The 2nd World Congress of Mulla Sadra, May
21-25, 2004, Tehran, Iran.
19. “Human Agency: From Mulla Sadra to Charles Taylor”, XXI World
Congress of Philosophy, August 10-17, 2003, Istanbul, Turkey.
20. “Peace and Justice in the Bible and the Qur’an”, Loyola Marymount
University, July 7-31, 2003, Los Angeles, CA.
21. “Reading the Book of Nature: Science and Beyond”, Beacon of
Knowledge: A Conference Honoring Seyyed Hossein Nasr,
November 2-3, 2001, George Washington University, Washington,
D.C.
22. “Three Views of Science in the Islamic World”, God, Life, and
Cosmos: Theistic Perspectives, November 6-9, 2000, Islamabad,
Pakistan.
23. “Knowledge as the Unity of the Intellect and the Object of
Intellection in Islamic Philosophy: A Historical Survey from Plato
to Mulla Sadra”, International Conference on Perception According
to Mulla Sadra and Western Philosophy, May 11-13, 2000, SOAS,
University of London, London, UK.
24. “From Purity to Embodiment: Human Agency”, 6th Annual Human
Sciences Conference 'Rethinking the Human Sciences', April 7-8,
2000, George Washington University, Mt. Vernon Campus,
Washington DC.
25. “The Battle of Names: Language, Essence and Convention in
Plato’s Cratylus” with Peter Caws as respondent, The Human
Sciences Colloquium, February 17, 2000, George Washington
University, Washington DC.
26. “Between Physics and Metaphysics: Mulla Sadra on Nature”, The
World Congress of Mulla Sadra, May 23-25, 1999, Tehran, Iran.
27. “Critical Remarks on Knowledge as Presence”, Contemporary
Islamic Philosophers 2nd Annual Conference, February 27, 1999,
International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon, Virginia.
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Movie Interviews
1. The Qur’an, The Torah, and the Bible, VHS and DVD (Films Media Group,
2004).
2. The Role of the Prophet Muhammad, VHS and DVD (Films Media Group,
2004).
Awards and Grants
1. Wabash Center Summer Fellowship Program for Pre-tenured Faculty, Summer
2005.
2. NEH Summer Stipend for the summer of 2004 for the project entitled “A
Dictionary of Islamic Philosophical Terms”
3. Center for Theology and Natural Sciences (CTNS) Science and Religion
Course Program Award, May 2002, for the seminar course “Religion and
Science: Traditional and Modern Encounters”.
4. The Templeton Award, Religion and Science Contest, February 1999. Article
awarded: “From the Reign of Quantity to the Rediscovery of Reality: The
Changing Concepts of Matter and the Religion-Science Controversy”.
Conferences Organized
1. Russia-Islamic World Strategic Vision Group Meeting, Istanbul, February 1-2,
2007.
2. Citizenship, Security and Democracy, Istanbul, 1-3 September 2006
(www.csdconference.com)
3. Muslims of Europe, Istanbul, 1-2 June, 2006. (www.muslimsofeurope.com)
4. Muslims in the United States, Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, June 18, 2003, Washington DC.
5. Islam and Society in the 21st Century, the 29th Annual Conference of the
Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS), October 13-15, 2000, cosponsored by the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown
University, Washington, D.C.
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6. Beacon of Knowledge: A Conference Honoring Seyyed Hossein Nasr,
November 2-3, 2001, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Professional Membership/Affiliation
1. Center for Middle East Studies, Harvard University (USA)
2. Alpha Theta Kappa Honors Society, Chapter Moderator, College of the Holy
Cross (2004)
3. American Academy of Religion (USA)
4. Center for Islam and Science (Canada)
5. Iranian Academy of Philosophy (Iran)
6. Editorial Board, The Usul Journal (Turkey)
7. Editorial Board, Journal of Hadith Studies (Turkey)
8. Editorial Board, Journal of Islamic Philosophy (muslimphilosophy.com)
(USA).
9. Editorial Board, Insight Turkey (Turkey)
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