Halil Yenigun
Stanford University
Conferences & Lectures
Conference and Workshop Papers
- August 30-September 2, 2018
Tunisi, Good Government, and Overcoming Non- Authenticity of Democracy
Comparative and Global Political Thought, presented at the 2018 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
- July 12, 2017
Reading Sayyid Qutb in Kemalist Turkey
Forum Transregionale Studien, Berliner Seminar, Berlin, Germany
- April 28 - April 29, 2017
Quo Vadis, Academia?: Dissent & Solidarity across Europe, the Middle East, the United States
Abbasi Center 2017 Annual Conference: “Understanding Turkey: Vision, Revision, and the Future,” Stanford, CA
- March 24, 2017
Shrinking Space for Dissent: Social Movements and he securitization of the public sphere
The Conference on Turkey and the Middle East Crisis: What’s the Price of Stability?, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
- October 19, 2016
The July 15 Failed Coup and the Demise of ‘Islamic Democracy’ in Turkey
Forum Transregionale Studien, Berliner Seminar, Berlin, Germany
- November 27, 2015
Islamic Democracy or Democracy for Muslims?
“Islam and Democracy Conference,” Middle East Institute at Sakarya University
- June 26, 2015
The New Antinomies of Islamic Movement in the Post-Gezi Turkey: Islamism vs. Muslimism
BRISMES/EURAMES Joint Annual Conference 2015, London School of Economics, London, UK
- November 22, 2014
The Political Ontology of Liberal Islam: A Critique of Contemporary Islamic Democracy Theories
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) 2014 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
- August 30, 2014
The Rise and Demise of Civilizational Thinking in Contemporary Muslim Political Thought
APSA 2014 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
- January 5-7, 2014
“New Youth Movements in Turkey and Egypt: A New ‘Islamism from Below’ or New Social Actors of Democratic Development?” Origins and Effects of (Post-) Arab Spring on the Middle East and North Africa
Istanbul Şehir University & Turkish Foreign Ministry Center for Strategic Studies (SAM)
- April 11-15, 2013
Fazlur Rahman as a Political Thinker: Transition to the Liberal Mood in Contemporary Muslim Political Thought
71st Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
- November 16-18, 2012
The Current Relevance of Qutbian Political Thought and Political Ontological Analysis
International Academic Conference on the Middle East, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin, Turkey
- November 2-4, 2012
Current Democratic Theory and Contemporary Liberal Muslim Thinkers’ Democracy
2012 Annual Convention of Association for Liberal Thinking (LDT), Kapadokya, Turkey
- April 12-16, 2012
Political Ontological Analysis for Comparative Political Theory: al-Afghani and Ontopolitical Reform
70th MPSA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
- September 24-26, 2004
(Un)veiled Muslim Identity in the West: A Muslim Male Perspective
AMSS Annual Convention, Fairfax, VA
- April 17-19, 2003
Comparing Modernizations: Japan and Turkey, Differing Projects, Different Outcomes
Comparative Politics Section of the 2003 Annual Conference of Southwest Political Science Association (SWPSA); San Antonio, TX
- April 3-5, 2003
Islamism and Nationalism in Turkey: An Uneasy Relationship
Issues of Ethnicity and Identity in Contemporary Turkey section of 8th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), New York, NY
- October 25-27, 2002
September 11 and Muslim Discourse in the US Media
31st Annual Conference of AMSS, American University, Washington D.C.
Workshops, Roundtables and Special Sessions at Academic Conferences
- November 16-19, 2017
Workshop Participant: “Political Pluralism in the Middle East & North Africa: A Next Generation Dialogue”
The Hollings Center for International Dialogue, Tunis
- November 20, 2017
Panel Discussant: “Provincializing Political Theory: Islamic Intellectuals and the Production of Knowledge in Turkey”
MESA 2017 Annual Meeting, Washington DC
- November 5-6, 2015
Is there a foreseeable end in the radicalization and reproduction of Islamist Ideas and Policies?
6th German-Turkish Roundtable on International Affairs (GTRT) 2015: Interventions of the West in Muslim Countries, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin, Germany
- October 24-26, 2014
Islamism against Muslimism, Justice against Power
International Conference on Islamism in the Post-Arab Spring World, IDE (Istanbul Think-House), Istanbul, Turkey
- April 16-19, 2006
Open Borders for Individual Liberty: A Cosmopolitan ‘Alien’ Perspective
64th Annual Convention of MPSA, Chicago, IL
Invited Lectures and Panels
- April 5, 2018
New Authoritarianism and Democratic Resistance: Reflections on Turkey
Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, CDDRL, Stanford University
- March 8, 2018
Democratic Breakdown and the Challenge of Dissent in Turkey
Pacific University
- November 30, 2017
International Discussion Series: “Tragedy of Democracy: Turkey and the Challenge of Dissent,”
Stanford Bechtel International Center
- July 23, 2017
Islamische Welt, Krieg und Demokratie
Antiimperialistische Koordination (AIK), Duisburg, Germany
- June 21, 2017
The New Antinomies of the Islamic Movement in Post-Gezi Turkey: Islamism vs. Muslimism
Critical Turkish Studies, Lecture Series at the Turkish Studies Institute, Universität, Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- May 22, 2017
Whatever Happened to Turkish Islamists? Islamists and Tribulations of Power
Die Veranstaltung ist Teil der Vorlesungsreihe ``What went wrong in Turkey?``, Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien (CNMS), Philipps Universität, Marburg, Germany
- March 21, 2017
The Price of Dissent: Turkey's Academic Purges and the Shrinking University Space
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University, NY
- November 17, 2016
Université Paris 8, Paris, France
- June 29, 2016
Intellectuals, Peace Activism and the Turkish State
University of Virginia, Department of Politics, Charlottesville, VA
- May 23, 2016
Peace Activism in Tumultuous Times: Islamist Politics and the Kurdish Question in Turkey
University of Central Florida, Department of Political Science, Kurdish Political Studies Program, Orlando, FL
- April 22, 2016
Intellectuals and State: Personal and Scholarly Reflections On Turkish Democracy
The Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series at Harvard University, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Cambridge, MA
- April 20, 2016
Between Liberation Theology and Will to Power: Reflections on Islamist Political Thought
Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- January 2, 2016
An Islamic Will without ``Will to Power``?
Conference on the Possibilities for Foundational Islamic Political Will, Free Writers Union, Istanbul, Turkey
- December 25, 2016
Sedat Yenigun and His Legacy of Ideas, Action, and Ethics
Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
- December 18-20, 2015
Some Ethical Principles and their Actualization by Free Vicegerents
“Second Democratic Islam Congress,” Istanbul, Turkey
- August 1-5, 2015
The Idea of Social Justice in the Contemporary Muslim Political Thought
ILEM Third Summer School, Konya, Turkey
- July 22, 2015
Hamisch Syrian Cultural House, Istanbul, Turkey
- July 6-9, 2015
Islamism and Nationalism in Turkey
Espaces: State, Civil Society and Religions in Europe, Institut M.-Dominique Chenu, Istanbul, Turkey
- May 7-9, 2015
Devrimleri Uzaktan Yazmak `{`Writing Revolutions From Abroad: The Ethical Responsibility of Political Writing`}`
Bursa Metropolitan Municipality 15th Literature Festival, Bursa, Turkey
- December 24, 2014
Roboski'nin Gölgesinde Ulus Devlet ve Adalet `{`The Nation-State and Justice in the Shade of Roboski`}`
Istanbul Şehir University, Menar and ISAR Student Associations, Istanbul
- June 23, 2014
Islamist Movement in Turkey
Social Movement Summer Seminars, the Foundation for Sciences and Arts, Istanbul
- August 23-29
Contemporary Muslim Political Thought: The Ethical Dimension
Second ILEM Summer School, Istanbul
- May 20, 2014
Fazlur Rahman and His Project on Islamic Modernism
Minval Student Association, Istanbul Şehir University
- March 29, 2014
“Sayyid Qutb,” Modern Islamic Thought: Figures and Schools
Foundation for Sciences and Arts, Istanbul
- March 13, 2014
Intellectual Construction of Modern State and Politics
Panel on the Emergence of Modern Europe, Istanbul Commerce University, Istanbul
- November 14, 2013
The Current Relevance of Sayyid Qutb’s Message
Istanbul Think-House (IDE), Istanbul
- March 9, 2014
Jamaladdin al-Afghani after 117 Years: His Struggle and Reform Legacy
Özgür Yazarlar Birliği (Free Writers’ Union), Istanbul, Turkey
- November 2, 2013.
The Political Ontology of Islamic Democracy
Center for Scientific Research (İLEM), Istanbul, Turkey
- October 23, 2013
The Political Ontology of Islamic Democracy
Foundation for Sciences and Arts (BISAV), Istanbul, Turkey
- June 15-16, 2013
Geziden Sonra İslâmcılık `{`Turkish Islamism After Gezi`}`
Conference on Islamism in the Neo-Liberal Era (Turkish), Istanbul Think-House, `{`İDE-İstanbul Düşünce Evi`}`, Istanbul
- July 4, 2011
Intellectual Transformations and Dynamics in the post- 1967 Arab World
Foundation for Arts and Science Summer School 2011, Istanbul
- June 27, 2009
Liberal Islam and the Break with the Theo-Political Constellation of the Qutbian Paradigm
WisdomNet, West Virginia, USA
Posters
- April 3-6, 2014
The Rise and Demise of Civilizational Thinking in Contemporary Muslim Political Thought
72nd Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
- August 31, 2012
Onto/Theo-Politics of Liberal Islam: A Critique of Islamic Democracy Theories
scheduled to be presented at the 2012 American Political Science Association (APSA) Meeting, New Orleans, LA, (canceled due to Hurricane Isaac)
- August 31-Sept 3, 2006
The Political Ontology of the Contemporary Islamic Democratic Theories
APSA 2006 Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA