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عميد كلية الدراسات الإسلامية

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الدكتور رجب شانتورك

عميد كلية الدراسات الإسلامية

المؤهلات العلمية

PHD in Sociology

MA in Sociology

الكيان

كلية الدراسات الإسلامية

السيرة الذاتية

Dr. Recep Şentürk is the Dean of the College of Islamic Studies at HBKU. He was the former Founding President of Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul (2017–2021). Dr. Şentürk holds a PhD from Columbia University’s Department of Sociology, and specializes in Civilization Studies, Sociology, and Islamic Studies with a focus on social networks, human rights, and modernization in the Muslim world. 

He served as a researcher at the Center for Islamic Studies (İSAM) in Istanbul, and as Founding Director of the Alliance of Civilizations Institute. He is Head of the International Ibn Khaldun Society, and has a seat on the editorial boards of multiple academic journals. Among his books are, in English: Narrative Social Structure: Hadith Transmission Network 610-1505; and in Turkish: Open Civilization: Towards a Multi- Civilizational Society and World; Ibn Khaldun: Contemporary Readings; Malcolm X: Struggle for Human Rights; and Social Memory: Hadith Transmission Network 610-1505. Dr. Şentürk’s work has been translated to Arabic, Japanese, and Spanish.

 

PHD in Sociology

Columbia University

1998

MA in Sociology

Columbia University

1991

MA in Sociology

Istanbul University

1988

BA in Religion and Pedagogy

Marmara University

1986

  • Social Theory and Methods
  • Political Sociology
  • Civilization Studies
  • Modernization of the Muslim world
  • Human Rights

Dean

CIS, HBKU

2022 - Present

President

Usul Academy, Chicago

2021 – Present

Professor

Sociology Department, Ibn Haldun University

2017 – Present

Founding President

Ibn Haldun University

2017 - 2021

Founding Director General and Dean of Graduate Studies

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, Alliance of Civilizations Institute

2011 - 2017

Professor of Sociology, Adjunct Faculty

Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Online Division (AIO)

2005 - 2007

Visiting Scholar

Oxford Brookes University, School of Social Sciences and Law

2005

Founding Director General

Istanbul Foundation for Research and Education (ISAR)

2008 - 2017

Dean

Alfred University, Istanbul Campus, School of Arts and Sciences

2007 - 2008

Research Fellow

Rensellear Polytechnic Institute

2004 - 2005

Fellow

Ford Foundation, Middle East Research Competition (MERC)

2003 - 2005

Consultant, Future of Shariah Project

Emory University, School of Law

2003 - 2004

Fellow

Emory University, School of Law

2002 - 2004

Associate Professor of Sociology and Research Fellow

TDV Islamic Research Center, ISAM, Istanbul

1998 - 2007

Data Analysis Consultant

Columbia University, Electronic Data Services

1995 - 1997

Teaching Assistant

Columbia University, Department of Sociology

1992 - 1994

Assistant Instructor

Istanbul University, Department of Sociology

1987 - 1989

Visiting Scholar

Ain Al-Shams University

1986 - 1987

Books
  • Complimentary Theories and Methods: Applied Multiplexity.
  • Futuwwah: Youth Ethics.
  • Adamiyyah.
  • Al-Hadara al-Munfatiha.
  • Multiplexity and Open Civilization.
  • Modernization and Societal Sciences in the Muslim World. Istanbul: Ibn Haldun University Press.
  • Fütüvvet: Erdemli Gençlik, İstanbul: Önder Yayınları.
  • İsmet Âdemiyetledir Haklarımız Varoluşumuzdandır [Inviolability is Due for Humanity]. Istanbul: Ibn Haldun University Press.
  • Human Rights in the Ottoman Reform: Foundations, Motivations and Formations. Istanbul: Ibn Haldun University Press.
  • Comparative Theories and Methods: Between Uniplexity and Multiplexity. Istanbul: Ibn Haldun University Press.
Book Chapters
  • Multiplex Human Ontology and Multiplex Self: An Alternative Understanding of Human Behaviour. In Zaman, M., Demiri, L., Schwoebel, C., Winter, T., & Bodrov, A. (Eds.), Theological Anthropology in Interreligious Perspective. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.
  • Biyofıkıh Metodolojisi: Kanıta Dayalı Tıp ve Delile Dayalı Fıkıh Matrisi. In Ertin, H., Karaman, M. İ., & Bedir, M. (Eds.), Fıkıh ve Biyoetik. Istanbul: İSAR.
  • Education in Turkey: From Multiplexity to Uniplexity. In Mabud, S.A. (Ed.), Education of the Interior: Principles and Application of Islamic Education—Essays in Honour of Syed Ali Ashraf. Leiden, Netherland: Brill.
  • The Decline of the Decline Paradigm: Revisiting the Periodisation of Islamic History. In Dziri, B., & Güneş, M. (Eds.), Niedergangsthesen auf dem Prüfstand [Narratives of Decline Revisited]. Reihe für Osnabrücker Islamstudien, Band 38. Frankfurt: Peter Lang GmbH. 213–247.
  • Usulsüz Metincilik. In Bedir, M., Kızılkaya, N., & Özaykal, M., (Eds.), Modernleşme Protestanlaşma ve Selefîleşme. Istanbul: İSAR.
  • Doğu ve Batı Medeniyetlerinde İnsan Hakları. In Demirci, M. (Ed.), Kuran ve Sünnete Göre Temel İnsan Hakları. Istanbul: İSAV. 21–53.
  • Human Rights in Islamic Jurisprudence: Why Should All Human Beings be Inviolable? In Hertzke, A. D., The Future of Religious Freedom: Global Challenges. Oxford. 290–311.
  • State and Religion in Turkey: Which Secularism? In Heng, M., Heng, S., & Liew, T. C. (Eds.), State and Secularism: Perspectives from Asia. London: World Scientific. 319–338.
  • Entelektüel Bağımlılığı Aşmak. In Koksal, A. C. (Ed.), Entellektüel Bağımlılığı Aşmak: İlim Geleneğimiz Üzerine Araştırmalar. Istanbul: Yedirenk. 43–60.
  • Cemil Meriç. In Özdemir, C. (Ed.), Türkiye'de Sosyoloji (İsimler–Eserler). Ankara: Phoenix Yayınevi.
Journal Articles/ Book Reviews
  • Futuwwah: Codifying Youth Ethics from the Sunnah with Reference to Sulami’s Kitab Al-Futuwwa. International Journal of the Asian Philosophical Association. 14(1). 5–21.
  • التبعية الفكرية: المفكرون العثمانيون المتأخرون بين الفقه وعلم االجتماع. مجلة تجسير. 1(2), 9–31. https://doi.org/10.29117/tis.2020.0027.
  • Unity in Multiplexity: Islam as an Open Civilization. Journal of the Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions (JISMOR). 7. 49–60.
  • Islam Sevgi Dinidir. Köprü Dergisi, 2008, 101.
  • The Sociology of Civilisations: Ibn Khaldun and a Multi-Civilisational World Order. Asian Journal of Social Science, 36(3). 516–56.
  • Intellectual Dependency: Late Ottoman Intellectuals between Fiqh and Social Science. Die Welt des Islams, 47(3–4). 283–318.
  • Bir Fıkıh Medeniyeti Olarak İslam. Ay Vakti, 82-83-84. 31–52.
  • İslam’da Azınlık Hakları: Zimmiden Vatandaşa (tr. BeratAçıl). İnsan Hakları Araştırmaları, 4(6). 43–70.
  • İsmet Âdemiyetledir: İnsan Haklarına Fıkhi Bakışlar. Köprü—İnsan Hakları Özel Sayısı, 96. 43–54.
  • İslam’da İnsan Hakları: İsmet Âdemiyetledir. Düşünce Gündem—İnsan Hakları Dosyası, 25. 29–31.
Others (Working Papers, Encyclopedia Entries, Reports, etc.)
  • Civilizational Order. In Ritzer, G. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell Publishing.
  • Gender and Sexuality; Muhammad, the Prophet; Muslim Community and Polity, or Umma. In Meri, J. (2006), Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia, 2 vols. New York: Routledge.
  • Millet [Nation]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXIX.
  • El-Meliku’l-Eşref. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXVIII.
  • Kabile [Tribe]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXIV. 30–32.
  • Kanada [Canada]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXIV. 291–292.
  • İsnad [Attribution]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXXIII. 153–154.
  • İsmet [Basic Human Rights in Islamic Law]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXIII. 137–138.
  • SLANE, William Mac-Guckin de. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXXVII. 335–336.
  • Surinam [Suriname]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXXVII. 543–544.

  • Islamic Thought and Its Implications for Current Sociological Inquiry: A Multiplex Approach 
    Institution: John Templeton Foundation
    Year: 2020 – 2022 
  • TÜRKIYE’DE SPRITÜEL ARAYIŞLAR 
    Institution:
    Year: 2018 – 2020 
  • DEĞIŞEN DEĞERLER VE ÖNCELIKLER: PORTEKIZ VE TÜRKIYE’DEKI SANAYICILERDE EKOLOJIK AKIL YÜRÜTME VE KARAR VERME 
    Institution: İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim Üniversitesi
    Year: 2017 – 2019  
  • Grant
    Institution: Turkish National Science Foundation (TUBITAK)
    Year: 2019 
  • Grant
    Institution: Turkish National Science Foundation (TUBITAK)
    Year: 2006 
  • Research Grant
    Institution: British Academy UK
    Year: 2005 
  • Research Grant
    Institution: Middle East Research Competition
    Year: 2003