FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES
Dr. Recep Şentürk (PhD)
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Biography
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.
Research Interests
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Social Theory and Methods
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Political Sociology
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Civilization Studies
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Modernization of the Muslim world
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Human Rights
Experience
Dean
CIS, HBKU
2022 - PresentPresident
Usul Academy, Chicago
2021 – PresentProfessor
Sociology Department, Ibn Haldun University
2017 – PresentFounding President
Ibn Haldun University
2017 - 2021Founding Director General and Dean of Graduate Studies
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, Alliance of Civilizations Institute
2011 - 2017Professor of Sociology, Adjunct Faculty
Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Online Division (AIO)
2005 - 2007Visiting Scholar
Oxford Brookes University, School of Social Sciences and Law
2005Founding Director General
Istanbul Foundation for Research and Education (ISAR)
2008 - 2017Dean
Alfred University, Istanbul Campus, School of Arts and Sciences
2007 - 2008Research Fellow
Rensellear Polytechnic Institute
2004 - 2005
Fellow
Ford Foundation, Middle East Research Competition (MERC)
2003 - 2005Consultant, Future of Shariah Project
Emory University, School of Law
2003 - 2004Fellow
Emory University, School of Law
2002 - 2004Associate Professor of Sociology and Research Fellow
TDV Islamic Research Center, ISAM, Istanbul
1998 - 2007Data Analysis Consultant
Columbia University, Electronic Data Services
1995 - 1997Teaching Assistant
Columbia University, Department of Sociology
1992 - 1994Assistant Instructor
Istanbul University, Department of Sociology
1987 - 1989Visiting Scholar
Ain Al-Shams University
1986 - 1987
Education
PHD in Sociology
Columbia University
1998MA in Sociology
Columbia University
1991MA in Sociology
Istanbul University
1988
BA in Religion and Pedagogy
Marmara University
1986
Selected Publications
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Books
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Şentürk, R. (Forthcoming)
Complimentary Theories and Methods: Applied Multiplexity.
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Şentürk, R. (Forthcoming)
Futuwwah: Youth Ethics.
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Şentürk, R. (Forthcoming)
Adamiyyah.
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Şentürk, R.
Al-Hadara al-Munfatiha.
2023 -
Şentürk, R.
Multiplexity and Open Civilization.
2023 -
Şentürk, R.
Modernization and Societal Sciences in the Muslim World. Istanbul: Ibn Haldun University Press.
2022 -
Şentürk, R.
Fütüvvet: Erdemli Gençlik, İstanbul: Önder Yayınları.
2021 -
Şentürk, R.
İsmet Âdemiyetledir Haklarımız Varoluşumuzdandır [Inviolability is Due for Humanity]. Istanbul: Ibn Haldun University Press.
2021 -
Şentürk, R.
Human Rights in the Ottoman Reform: Foundations, Motivations and Formations. Istanbul: Ibn Haldun University Press.
2021 -
Şentürk, R., et al.
Comparative Theories and Methods: Between Uniplexity and Multiplexity. Istanbul: Ibn Haldun University Press.
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Book Chapters
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Şentürk, R.
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.
2021 -
Şentürk, R.
Biyofıkıh Metodolojisi: Kanıta Dayalı Tıp ve Delile Dayalı Fıkıh Matrisi. In Ertin, H., Karaman, M. İ., & Bedir, M. (Eds.), Fıkıh ve Biyoetik. Istanbul: İSAR.
2021 -
Şentürk, R.
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.
2021 -
Şentürk, R.
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.
2020 -
Şentürk, R.
Usulsüz Metincilik. In Bedir, M., Kızılkaya, N., & Özaykal, M., (Eds.), Modernleşme Protestanlaşma ve Selefîleşme. Istanbul: İSAR.
2019 -
Şentürk, R.
Doğu ve Batı Medeniyetlerinde İnsan Hakları. In Demirci, M. (Ed.), Kuran ve Sünnete Göre Temel İnsan Hakları. Istanbul: İSAV. 21–53.
2014 -
Şentürk, R.
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.
2013 -
Şentürk, R.
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.
2010 -
Şentürk, R.
Entelektüel Bağımlılığı Aşmak. In Koksal, A. C. (Ed.), Entellektüel Bağımlılığı Aşmak: İlim Geleneğimiz Üzerine Araştırmalar. Istanbul: Yedirenk. 43–60.
2009 -
Şentürk, R.
Cemil Meriç. In Özdemir, C. (Ed.), Türkiye'de Sosyoloji (İsimler–Eserler). Ankara: Phoenix Yayınevi.
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Journal Articles/ Book Reviews
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Şentürk, R.
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.
2021 -
Şentürk, R.
التبعية الفكرية: المفكرون العثمانيون المتأخرون بين الفقه وعلم االجتماع. مجلة تجسير. 1(2), 9–31. https://doi.org/10.29117/tis.2020.0027.
2020 -
Şentürk, R.
Unity in Multiplexity: Islam as an Open Civilization. Journal of the Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions (JISMOR). 7. 49–60.
2011 -
Şentürk, R.
Islam Sevgi Dinidir. Köprü Dergisi, 2008, 101.
2008 -
Şentürk, R., and Nizamuddin, A. M.
The Sociology of Civilisations: Ibn Khaldun and a Multi-Civilisational World Order. Asian Journal of Social Science, 36(3). 516–56.
2008 -
Şentürk, R.
Intellectual Dependency: Late Ottoman Intellectuals between Fiqh and Social Science. Die Welt des Islams, 47(3–4). 283–318.
2007 -
Şentürk, R.
Bir Fıkıh Medeniyeti Olarak İslam. Ay Vakti, 82-83-84. 31–52.
2007 -
Şentürk, R.
İslam’da Azınlık Hakları: Zimmiden Vatandaşa (tr. BeratAçıl). İnsan Hakları Araştırmaları, 4(6). 43–70.
2006 -
Şentürk, R.
İsmet Âdemiyetledir: İnsan Haklarına Fıkhi Bakışlar. Köprü—İnsan Hakları Özel Sayısı, 96. 43–54.
2006 -
Şentürk, R.
İslam’da İnsan Hakları: İsmet Âdemiyetledir. Düşünce Gündem—İnsan Hakları Dosyası, 25. 29–31.
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Others (Working Papers, Encyclopedia Entries, Reports, etc.)
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Şentürk, R.
Civilizational Order. In Ritzer, G. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell Publishing.
2007 -
Şentürk, R.
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.
2006 -
Şentürk, R.
Millet [Nation]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXIX.
2004 -
Şentürk, R.
El-Meliku’l-Eşref. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXVIII.
2004 -
Şentürk, R., & Avcı, C.
Kabile [Tribe]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXIV. 30–32.
2001 -
Şentürk, R.
Kanada [Canada]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXIV. 291–292.
2001 -
Şentürk, R.
İsnad [Attribution]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXXIII. 153–154.
2001 -
Şentürk, R.
İsmet [Basic Human Rights in Islamic Law]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXIII. 137–138.
2001 -
Şentürk, R.
SLANE, William Mac-Guckin de. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXXVII. 335–336.
2009 -
Şentürk, R., & Kurt, H.
Surinam [Suriname]. Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. XXXVII. 543–544.
2009
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