Presents a Conference on

Islam and Politics:
The Global Fethullah Gulen Movement

MORNING SESSION (10:00 AM-1:00 PM):

Opening Statements by
Dr. Kemal Silay (Indiana University)

Fethullah Gulen versus Political Islam
Dr. Zeki Saritoprak (John Carroll University)

Between "Da'wa" and Mission: Turkish Missionary Movements in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Dr. Bayram Balci (Institut Francais d'Etudes Anatoliennes)

The Place of the Gulen "Cemaat" within Islamist Movements
Rusen Cakir (Washington Correspondent, Vatan Daily)

Foreign Policy Vision of Fethullah Gulen
Dr. Hasan Kosebalaban (Mississippi State University)

Lunch to Participants and Attendees (1:00-2:00 pm)

AFTERNOON SESSION (2:00-5:00 PM):

Alignment Between Islam and the State: The Gender Paradox in the Gulen Movement
Dr. Berna Turam (Hampshire College)

Reimagining the Gulen Movement: Reason versus Revelation
Dr. Hakan Yavuz (University of Utah)

Discoursive and Organizational Strategies of the Gulen movement
Dr. Bekim Agai (Orientalisches Seminar, Universitat Bonn)

A Critical Look at the Financial, Institutional, and Political Network of the Fethullah Gulen Movement
Dr. Birol Yesilada (Portland State University)

Chair and Discussant of the Sessions:
Dr. Uli Schamiloglu (University of Wisconsin)

Thursday, March 2, 2006
10:00 AM-5:00 PM

The Phi Delta Kappa Rose International Conference Center
408 N. Union Street
[one building south of Eigenmann Hall]

Sponsored in part by the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center

FREE AND OPEN TO PUBLIC