AN INTRODUCTION TO SAID NURSI AND THE RISALE-I NUR

“AN INTRODUCTION TO SAID NURSI AND THE RISALE-I NUR”

Date: Saturday 12th January 2012

Time: 9am - 5pm

Venue: Birkbeck College, Malet St, London WC1E 7HX

Draft Seminar Plan

Session I (Introducing Nursi and his work): 9.00 am-12-30pm

Chair: TBC

Hasan Horkuc: 9.00-9.40 am

Introduction to Said Nursi and the Risale-i Nur

Kerim Balci: 9.40-10.20 am

Said Nursi’s Life as Engraved in His Magnum Opus

Break (tea-coffee): 10:20-10:45

Colin Turner: 10:45 -11.30 am

Subject to be confirmed

Q&A: 11.30-12.30

Session II (Case Studies from Nursi)

Chair: Br Mizan

Colin Turner 2.00-2.35 pm

Subject TBC

Hasan Horkuc: 2.35-3.10 pm

Introducing Nursi’s Damascus Sermon

Kerim Balci: 2.35-3.10 pm

A hermeneutical study comparing the Arabic Damascus sermon preached in 1911 and the Turkish book published in 1951  

Q&A: 3.45-4.15 pm

Closing Remarks: 4.15-4.30