14 June 2025 | Saturday
08:00–09:00 Breakfast
Welcoming Speech
09:00–09:30
Atty. Dr. Canan Sarı (Chair of KADEM)
Opening Remarks
09:30–10:00
Dr. Shuruq Naguib (Lancaster University)
Keynote Speech
10:00–11:20
Flourishing Feminist Friendships: Engaging Contemporary Sufi Ethics
Prof. Dr. Sa’diyya Sulayman Shaikh (University of Cape Town)
Moderator: Dr. Betül Özel Çiçek (KADEM)
Presentation: 10:00–10:40
Q&A: 10:40–11:20
Session 1
11:35–13:35
Moderator: Dr. Shuruq Naguib (Lancaster University)
Dr. Aziza Shanozarova (Columbia University)
Veils and Visions: Women Mystics in Islamic Tradition
Presentation: 11:35–12:05
Q&A: 12:05–12:35
Dr. Mansooreh Khalilizand (University of Freiburg)
Class and Gender: The Perspectivity of Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī’s Ethics in The Nasirean Ethics
Presentation: 12:35–13:05
Q&A: 13:05–13:35
13:35–15:05 Lunch Break
Session 2
15:05–17:05
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Sa’diyya Sulayman Shaikh (University of Cape Town)
Dr. Haifaa Jawad (University of Birmingham)
Sacred Femininity in Islam: Khadījah and Āʾisha as Spiritual Exemplars
Presentation: 15:05–15:35
Q&A: 15:35–16:05
Dr. Merin Shobhana Xavier (Queen’s University)
Negotiating Women’s Authority in Sufism Today
Presentation: 16:05–16:35
Q&A: 16:35–17:05
17:05 onward | Dinner
Venue: To be confirmed
15 June 2025 | Sunday
08:00–09:00 Breakfast
Session 3
09:00–11:00
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Adis Duderija (Griffith University)
Dr. Lana Sirri (University of Amsterdam)
Decentering Islamic Feminist Knowledge: Revisiting Qiwamma through the Work of Dr. Suhaila Zein al Abadin Hammad
Presentation: 09:00–09:30
Q&A: 09:30–10:00
Dr. Ravza Altuntaş (Marmara University)
Rethinking Gender Justice and Equality: An Intervention through Ibn ‘Arabi’s Metaphysics
Presentation: 10:00–10:30
Q&A: 10:30–11:00
11:00–11:15 Coffee Break
Session 4
11:15–13:15
Moderator: Dr. Ravza Altuntaş (Marmara University)
Dr. Feyza Burak Adli (Northwestern University)
Female Sufi Piety, Moral Exemplarity, and Islamic Feminist ‘Counter-public’ in Türkiye
Presentation: 11:15–11:45
Q&A: 11:45–12:15
Assoc. Prof. Adis Duderija (Griffith University)
Integrating Process Mysticism, Amipotence, and the School of Love
Q&A: 12:45–13:15
Session 5
13:15–15:15
Moderator: Dr. Feyza Burak Adli
Dr. Shuruq Naguib (Lancaster University)
Ungendering Divine Love: Aisha al-Ba’uniyya’s Sufi Conception of Love Beyond Gender
Presentation: 13:15–13:45
Q&A: 13:45–14:15
Dr. Betül Özel Çiçek (KADEM)
Love, Being, and Agency in Sufi Narratives Leyla vü Mecnun and Hüsn ü Aşk
Presentation: 14:15–14:45
Q&A: 14:45–15:15
Closing Remarks
15:15–16:10
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Mahmut Erol Kılıç (Director General IRCICA/Üsküdar University)
Dr. Shuruq Naguib (Lancaster University)
Dr. Ravza Altuntaş (Marmara University
Dr. Betül Özel Çiçek (KADEM)
Academic Advisory Board
Assoc. Prof. Adis Duderija
Dr. Betül Özel Çiçek – KADEM
Dr. Derya Baş
Dr. Feyza Burak-Adli
Dr. Nursem Keskin Aksay
Dr. Ravza Altuntaş – Marmara University
Dr. Shuruq Naguib – Lancaster University
Prof. Dr. Yaylagül Ceran Karataş
Dr. Zehra Can Kaya
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Kevser Şerefoğlu Danış
Dr. Zeynep Temizer Atalar
Organizing Committee
Dr. Betül Özel Çiçek – KADEM
Celil Civan – KADEM
Çağla Koptekin – KADEM
Dilara Nur Subaşı – KADEM
Fatma Zülal Heleg – KADEM
Dr. Ravza Altuntaş – Marmara University
Samet Kılıç – KADEM
Serhat Şahintürk – KADEM
Dr. Shuruq Naguib – Lancaster University
