International Conference
The Hizmet Movement: Responses to Contemporary Challenges (16-17th February 2023)
The Department of Religious Studies at California State University, Long Beach, is organizing a conference on the Hizmet Movement (a.k.a. Gulen Movement) entitled „The Hizmet Movement: Responses to Contemporary Challenges.” The conference will mainly focus on the Hizmet Movement’s status in Turkey and around the world, as well as how the Movement responds to the challenges which are posed or exacerbated by global trends and events. This includes the Movement’s status and direction both transnationally and locally.
The conference’s academic board welcomes papers analyzing the movement’s current status, including its activities, the state of social integration within its host countries, and the movement’s responses to the challenges it faces.
Papers that review these issues in diverse fields such as religious studies, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, political science, education, business, ethics, human rights, and law will be considered. Selected papers to be accepted for presentation at a two-day conference on 16-17th February 2023 on the campus of California State University, Long Beach.