Gulenist Conferences
Page created Nov 12, 2012; last updated May 24, 2013
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Gulenist conferences are pseudo-academic gatherings that have often taken place at universities and sometimes solicited universities as joint organizers or sponsors. Nevertheless these are propagandist events. Involved universities likely participated as part of their outreach mission, and it is questionable whether they were fully aware of all aspects of the Gulen Movement.
One Gulen Movement site has a list of Gulen conferences (link) but it is not complete. The following list may also not be complete; entries are added as they are found.
International Symposium: The Hizmet Movement and Peace-building
Website: http://www.peacebuilding2013.org/
Dates: Oct 24-26, 2013
Venue: Washington DC
Organizers: Rumi Forum
Website: http://www.peacebuilding2013.org/
Dates: Oct 24-26, 2013
Venue: Washington DC
Organizers: Rumi Forum
Tunisia and Turkey: Concepts of Culture and Reform in the Cases of Tahir bin Asur and Fethullah Gulen
Website: none found
Dates: May 10-11, 2013
Venue: (presumably) Fadl bin Asur Research Center
Organizers: Hira Magazine, Fadil bin Asur Research Center
Website: none found
Dates: May 10-11, 2013
Venue: (presumably) Fadl bin Asur Research Center
Organizers: Hira Magazine, Fadil bin Asur Research Center
Africa Dialogue Forum (do not confuse with the BRICS Leaders-Africa Dialogue Forum)
Website: http://www.respectfoundation.co.ke/
Dates: May 11, 2013
Venue: Large Conference Hall, African Union HQ, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Organizers: International Ethiopian-Turkish Necasi School; Journalists and Writers Foundation
Participants (incomplete list): Marcia Hermansen (Loyola University Chicago); Abdullah T. Antepli (Duke University); Shiferaw Tekelemariam (Ethiopian Minister of Federal Affairs); Pastor Zerihun Degu (Ethiopia Interreligious Council Secretary-General); Huseyin "Joseph" Hurmali (Journalists and Writers Foundation Secretary-General; founder of Magnolia Science Academy)
Website: http://www.respectfoundation.co.ke/
Dates: May 11, 2013
Venue: Large Conference Hall, African Union HQ, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Organizers: International Ethiopian-Turkish Necasi School; Journalists and Writers Foundation
Participants (incomplete list): Marcia Hermansen (Loyola University Chicago); Abdullah T. Antepli (Duke University); Shiferaw Tekelemariam (Ethiopian Minister of Federal Affairs); Pastor Zerihun Degu (Ethiopia Interreligious Council Secretary-General); Huseyin "Joseph" Hurmali (Journalists and Writers Foundation Secretary-General; founder of Magnolia Science Academy)
Diversité et cohésion dans un monde globalisé : la contribution du mouvement Gülen
(Diversity and unity in a globalized world: the contribution of the Gulen Movement)
Website: http://www.ebruconferences.com/
Dates: Feb 8-9, 2013
Venue: King Fahd Palace Hotel, Dakar, Senegal
Organizers: Ebru Magazine; Association Turco-Sénégalaise Atlantique (ATSA)
(Diversity and unity in a globalized world: the contribution of the Gulen Movement)
Website: http://www.ebruconferences.com/
Dates: Feb 8-9, 2013
Venue: King Fahd Palace Hotel, Dakar, Senegal
Organizers: Ebru Magazine; Association Turco-Sénégalaise Atlantique (ATSA)
International Conference on Hizmet Movement and the Thought and Teachings of Fethullah Gulen: Contributions to Multiculturalism and Global Peace
Website: http://www.hizmetmovement.tw/
Dates: Dec 8-9, 2012
Venue: National Taiwan University's College of Social Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan
Organizers: Formosa Institute (Gulenist); Taiwan Association of Islamic Studies (TAIS)
Coordinators: Dr. Nabil C-K Lin, National Chengchi University; Osman Cubuk, Formosa Institute
Board: Muhammet Sait Yavuz (connected to Gulen charter schools in Texas; link)
Website: http://www.hizmetmovement.tw/
Dates: Dec 8-9, 2012
Venue: National Taiwan University's College of Social Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan
Organizers: Formosa Institute (Gulenist); Taiwan Association of Islamic Studies (TAIS)
Coordinators: Dr. Nabil C-K Lin, National Chengchi University; Osman Cubuk, Formosa Institute
Board: Muhammet Sait Yavuz (connected to Gulen charter schools in Texas; link)
Ideal Human & Ideal Society in the Thoughts M. Fethullah Gulen
Website: http://www.idealsocietyconference.org/
Dates: Nov 21-22, 2012
Venue: University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Partners (according to website, accessed Nov 2012): Fountain Magazine, University of the Punjab, Rumi Forum Pakistan, Government of the Punjab, Punjab Education Department, PakTurk International Cag Education Foundation, Higher Education Commission, Harmony Publications
Board: Harun Koken (Rumi Forum, Pakistan); Suat Erguvan (Rumi Forum, Pakistan); S Qalb-i-Abid (Dean, University of the Punjab); Ihsan Yilmaz (Fatih University, Turkey)
Website: http://www.idealsocietyconference.org/
Dates: Nov 21-22, 2012
Venue: University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Partners (according to website, accessed Nov 2012): Fountain Magazine, University of the Punjab, Rumi Forum Pakistan, Government of the Punjab, Punjab Education Department, PakTurk International Cag Education Foundation, Higher Education Commission, Harmony Publications
Board: Harun Koken (Rumi Forum, Pakistan); Suat Erguvan (Rumi Forum, Pakistan); S Qalb-i-Abid (Dean, University of the Punjab); Ihsan Yilmaz (Fatih University, Turkey)
Peacebuilding Through Education
Website: http://www.fountainconferences.org/
Dates: Sep 24, 2012
Venue: Times Center, New York NY
Organizers: Fountain Magazine; Peace Islands Institute of New York
Website: http://www.fountainconferences.org/
Dates: Sep 24, 2012
Venue: Times Center, New York NY
Organizers: Fountain Magazine; Peace Islands Institute of New York
A Just World Conference
Website: http://www.ajustworldconference.org/
Date: Mar 30, 2012
Venue: Holy Family University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sponsors: Philadelphia Dialogue Forum, Peace Islands Institute, Holy Family University, Lutheran Theological Seminary
Main organizer: Heon C. Kim, East Stroudsburg University
Honorarium: $250 per paper
Website: http://www.ajustworldconference.org/
Date: Mar 30, 2012
Venue: Holy Family University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sponsors: Philadelphia Dialogue Forum, Peace Islands Institute, Holy Family University, Lutheran Theological Seminary
Main organizer: Heon C. Kim, East Stroudsburg University
Honorarium: $250 per paper
Global Perspectives on the Religious, Cultural, and Societal Diversity in the Balkans: Fethullah Gulen Experience as a Model and Interfaith Harmony in Albania
Website: http://gulensymposium.org
Dates: Mar 25-26, 2011
Venue: Sheraton Tirana Hotel
Website: http://gulensymposium.org
Dates: Mar 25-26, 2011
Venue: Sheraton Tirana Hotel
The Architects of Peace and Dialog Conference
Dates: Nov 2010
Venue: Talas, Kyrgyzstan
Attendees: Harun Tokak
The Gulen Movement: Paradigms, Projects, and Aspirations
Website: http://www.chicagogulenconference.org
Dates: Nov 11-13, 2010
Venue: International House, University of Chicago
Organizers: Niagara Foundation; DePaul University; Loyola University; Roosevelt University; Buena Vista University; John Carroll University; Catholic Thoelogical Union
Honorarium: $500 per paper. Also: "Travel and accommodation expenses of the invited presenters including airport pickups, meals, and organized sightseeing trips will be met by the organizing committee."
Dates: Nov 2010
Venue: Talas, Kyrgyzstan
Attendees: Harun Tokak
The Gulen Movement: Paradigms, Projects, and Aspirations
Website: http://www.chicagogulenconference.org
Dates: Nov 11-13, 2010
Venue: International House, University of Chicago
Organizers: Niagara Foundation; DePaul University; Loyola University; Roosevelt University; Buena Vista University; John Carroll University; Catholic Thoelogical Union
Honorarium: $500 per paper. Also: "Travel and accommodation expenses of the invited presenters including airport pickups, meals, and organized sightseeing trips will be met by the organizing committee."
The Gulen Model of Education
Dates: Oct 20-12, 2010
Organizers: Fethullah Gulen Chair of UIN Jakarta, University of Indonesia, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta.
Venue: Indonesia
Dates: Oct 20-12, 2010
Organizers: Fethullah Gulen Chair of UIN Jakarta, University of Indonesia, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta.
Venue: Indonesia
Mapping the Gulen Movement: A Multidimensional Approach
Website: http://www.gulenconference.nl/gc2010/
Date: Oct 7, 2010
Organizers: Dialoog Academie; VISOR, VU Institute for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society
Venue: Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324, Amsterdam
Website: http://www.gulenconference.nl/gc2010/
Date: Oct 7, 2010
Organizers: Dialoog Academie; VISOR, VU Institute for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society
Venue: Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324, Amsterdam
Conference on Deep State, Ergenekon, and Turkey's Constitutional Referendum
Website: http://www.thewashingtonreview.org/announcements/conference-on-deep-state-ergenekon-and-turkeys-constitutional-referendum.html
Date: Sep 15, 2010
Venue: National Press Club, Washington DC
Organizer: Washington Review of Turkish & Eurasian Affairs
Website: http://www.thewashingtonreview.org/announcements/conference-on-deep-state-ergenekon-and-turkeys-constitutional-referendum.html
Date: Sep 15, 2010
Venue: National Press Club, Washington DC
Organizer: Washington Review of Turkish & Eurasian Affairs
Peace through Faith-Based Grassroots Organization? Exploring the Gulen Movement
Date: Mar 27, 2010
Organizers: Institute of Interfaith Dialog, University of Texas - Pan American
Venue: University of Texas - Pan American
Date: Mar 27, 2010
Organizers: Institute of Interfaith Dialog, University of Texas - Pan American
Venue: University of Texas - Pan American
From Dialogue to Collaboration: The Vision of Fethullah Gulen and Muslim-Christian Relations
Dates: July 15-16, 2009
Venue: Australian Catholic University in Melbourne.
Dates: July 15-16, 2009
Venue: Australian Catholic University in Melbourne.
The Fifth International Conference on Islam in the Contemporary World:
The Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice
Website: http://www.fethullahgulenconference.org/batonrouge/
Dates: March 6-7, 2009
Venue: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Organizers: The Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Texas; Atlas Foundation; and (according to Gulen website) Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs, Department of Geography and Anthropology at LSU; Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, College of Arts and Humanities at SUBR; and Department of Communication at SELU
The Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice
Website: http://www.fethullahgulenconference.org/batonrouge/
Dates: March 6-7, 2009
Venue: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Organizers: The Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Texas; Atlas Foundation; and (according to Gulen website) Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs, Department of Geography and Anthropology at LSU; Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, College of Arts and Humanities at SUBR; and Department of Communication at SELU
Islam in the Age of Global Challenges: Alternative Perspectives of the Gulen Movement
Dates: Nov 14-15, 2008
Venue: Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Dates: Nov 14-15, 2008
Venue: Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
International Conference on Peaceful Coexistence: Fethullah Gulen's Initiatives for Peace in the Contemporary World
Dates: Nov 22-23, 2007
Venue: Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Muslim World in Transition: Contributions of the Gulen Movement
Dates: Oct 25-27, 2007
Venue: SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) University of London, House of Lords and London School of Economics (these are the venues listed on a Gulenist website; it is unclear where in London the conference actually took place)
Organizers: Dialogue Society, University of Birmingham, Irish School of Ecumenics, Leeds Metropolitan University, London Middle East Institute, Middle East Institute, SOAS University of London
Proceedings: http://www.dialoguesociety.org/publications/Muslim-World-Conference-Proceedings.pdf
Dates: Oct 25-27, 2007
Venue: SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) University of London, House of Lords and London School of Economics (these are the venues listed on a Gulenist website; it is unclear where in London the conference actually took place)
Organizers: Dialogue Society, University of Birmingham, Irish School of Ecumenics, Leeds Metropolitan University, London Middle East Institute, Middle East Institute, SOAS University of London
Proceedings: http://www.dialoguesociety.org/publications/Muslim-World-Conference-Proceedings.pdf
Second International Conference on Islam in the Contemporary World: The Fethullah Gulen Movement in Thought and Practice
Dates: 3-5 November 2006
Venue: University of Oklahoma
Dates: 3-5 November 2006
Venue: University of Oklahoma
Islam in the Contemporary World: The Fethullah Gulen Movement in Thought and Practice
Dates: Mar 4-5, 2006
Venue: Southern Methodist University of Dallas on 4-5 March 2006
Dates: Mar 4-5, 2006
Venue: Southern Methodist University of Dallas on 4-5 March 2006
Islam in the Contemporary World: The Fethullah Gulen Movement in Thought and Practice
Dates: Nov 12-13, 2005
Venue: Rice University, Houston, Texas
Dates: Nov 12-13, 2005
Venue: Rice University, Houston, Texas