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currıculum vıtae - İstanbul 29 Mayıs Üniversitesi

CURRICULUM VITAE
Mehmet PAÇACI
Eylül, 11, 1959,.
e.mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Middle Eastern Technical
University
M.A.
1991-
Ankara University,
Graduate School
Ph.D.
1989
Ankara University,
Faculty of Theology
M.A.
1982
Ankara University,
Faculty of Theology
B.A.
1982
Tübitak
Supervisor
2007-2013
Ali Vural Ak Center For Islamic Studies,
George Mason University
Affiliate Professor
2011
Wesley Theological Seminary
Visiting Professor
2009-2010
American University
Visiting Professor
2010
Georgetown University
Visiting Professor
2009-2010
Long Island University
Instructor
2002, 2003, 2006
Boston College (Boisi Center)
Visiting Scholar
2002
Pontifical Gregorian University
Visiting Scholar
2001
EXPERIENCE
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Council on International Education
Exchange (CIEE)
Instructor
2001-2007
Ankara University
Professor
2001
Universtaat Bamberg
Visiting Scholar
2000
Pontificial Gregorian University
Visiting Scholar
1998
Ankara University
Assoc. Prof.
1994
International Islamic University,
Malaysia
Assist. Prof.
1993-1995
Ankara University
Assist. Prof.
1992
Manchester University
Faculty of Theology
Visiting scholar
1987-88
King Saud University
Visiting scholar
1986
BOOKS AND EDITIONS
 Kur'anda ve Kitab-i Mukaddes'te Ahiret Inanci (Eschatalogical Beliefs in the Qur'an And
the Bible) Istanbul: Nun Publishing House, 1994.
 Islami Bilimde Metodoloji Sorunu (The Problem of Methodology in Islamic Science),
translation and edition, Ankara: Fecr Publishing House,1992.
 Islamin Temel Kaynaklari:Kur’an (Basic Sources of Islam:Kur’an) Ankara Universitesi,
Anadolu Universitesi, Eskisehir, 1998
 Kur’an ve Ben Ne Kadar Tarihseliz ? (How Much Historical are I and the Qur’an?), Ankara:
Ankara Okulu Publishing House, 2000
 Tefsir (Tafsir) A Textbook for religious secondary school) Ministry of Education
Press. 2001
 Islam Bilimlerinde Yontem, (Method in Islamic Sciences), Ankara Universitesi Uzaktan
Egitim Yayinlari:Ankara, 2005
 Kur’an’a Giriş,(Introduction to the Qur’an), ISAM: İstanbul, 2006
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 Çağdaş Dönemde Kur’an’a ve Tefsir’e Ne Oldu? (What Hapenned to the Qur’an and Tafsir in
Modern Age), Klasik:Istanbul, 2008
TRANSLATIONS
 "Nesh Teorisi", Journal of Islamic Research, vol.1, No:4, April,1987, pp.102-109
A translation of "Theory of Naskh" by Ahmad Hasan.
 "Islam ve Bilim Felsefesi", Journal of Islamic Research, vol.3, No:3, October 1989,
pp.165187, A translation of "Islam and the Philosophy of Science" by Syed Muhammed
Naquib al-Attas.
 “Kur’an Yorumunda Yeni Bir Metodolojiye Dogru” ( A translation of “Towards A
Methodology For Qur’anic Exegesis” by Ismail Ragi al-Faruqi), Journal of Islamic
Research, vol.7, No:3-4 Summer, 1994, pp.305-313.
 “Kanun ve Seriat, Din ve Devlet”, Islamiyat,Vol.1, no:4, October-November,
1998,pp.135-142, a translation of “Shariah and State” by Halil Inalcik
 Hristiyan Teolojisi Tarihinden Okumalar, Ankara:Ankara Okulu Yayinlari, 2000, a
translation of Readings in the History of Christian Theology by William Placher, The
Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1988
ARTICLES AND PAPERS
 “Kur'an-i Kerim Isiginda Vahiy Gelenegine -Kitab-i Mukaddes Baglaminda- Bir
Bakis”, (“Some Considerations on the Tradition of Revelation (Vahy) in Relation to
the Bible from Qur’anic Perspective”) Journal of Islamic Research, vol.5, No:3, October,
1991.pp.175-193.
 "Anlama (fiqh) Usulu Uzerine" ("On the Method of Understanding (fiqh)"), Journal of
Islamic Research, vol.8, No:2 Spring,1995, pp.85-97.
 “Imam Safi’i ve Onun Metodu” (“Imam Shafi’i and His Methodology”), a paper
presented at the 2n. Islamic Thought Symposium, Trabzon,Turkey, 1995.
 “Kur’an’da Dil ve Varlik Alanlari” (“Language and the Spheres of Being in The
Qur’an”), a paper presented at the 2nd. Symposium of the Qur’an, Ankara, Turkey,1995.
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 “Kur’an ve Ben Ne Kadar Tarihseliz ?”(“How Much Historical are I and the
Qur’an?”), Journal of Islamic Research, vol.9, No:1-2 Spring-Summer 1996,pp.119-134
 “Tarihsellik Tartismasi ve Kur’an” ( “The Discussion of Historicity and the Qur’an”),
a paper presented for the Symposium of The Qur’an and Historicity, Bursa ,Turkey,
1996.
 “The Role of Subject (Mujtahid) in Imam al-Shafı’i's Methodology: A Hermeneutical
Approach" The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences,Vol.14, Fall 1997, No:3,pp. 1-15
 "Fazlur Rahman ve Oryantalizm", (“Fazlur Rahman and Orientalism”) a paper
presented at the International Symposium:Islam and Modernizm -Fazlur Rahman
Tecrübesi-, 22-23 February,1997.
 “Hadis’te Apokaliptisizm veya Fiten Edebiyati” (“Apocalypticism in Hadith or Fiten
Literature”) Islamiyat,Vol.1,1998,pp.35-53.
 “‘De ki: Allah Bir’dir’-Ihlas Suresi’nin Sami Dini Gelenek Acisindan Bir Tefsiri(“‘Say: God is One’ A Commentary on Surat al-Ikhlas from the perspective of Semitic
Religious Tradition”), Islamiyat, Vol.1,1998,No:3,pp.49-71.
 “Hz.Isa ve Mesaji”, (“Jesus and His Message” ), a paper presented at the symposium:
Kur’an Kissalarinin Anlam ve Değeri, Ankara, January, 17-18, 1998.
 “Jerusalem in Muslim Apocalypticism”, a paper presented at the International
Symposium: Jerusalem in the Eschatological Thought of Judaism, Christianity and Islam,
Jerusalem, December, 21-23, 1998,
 “75 Years of Higher Islamic Education in Modern Turkey”, The Muslim World: Said
Nursi and Turkish Experience,Vol. LXXXIX, July-Oct.,1999.
 “Bakara,142-164. Ayetlerinin Tefsiri” (“The Commentary of the Baqara 142-164”),
submitted to Turkish Religious Affairs Foundation for a Tafsir project. 1999.
 Giriş, (Introduction) submitted to Turkish Religious Affairs Foundation for a Tafsir
project. 2000.
 Abdunnasir Kursavi: Son Donem Islam Aydinlanmasinin Habercisi (“Abdunnasir
Qursawi: A Usher of Late Muslim Enlightenment”, a paper presented at the
International Symposium: Idil-Ural Turk Aydinlari Sempozyumu, Ankara, April ,1, 2000.
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 “Can A Muslim Participate in Making History”, a paper prepared to be presented at
the Symposium:Social Responsibility: Challenges for the Future, October, 21-22, 2000.
 “Oryantalizm ve Cagdas Islamcı Soylem”, (“Orientalism and Modern Islamist
Discourse”), Islamiyat, Vol.4, 2001,No:4, pp.91-110.
 “Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Syria”, Conference on The Intellectual Legacy of
Authoritarian Regimes, Swedish Research Institute, Istanbul, March 23-23,2002
 “Turkish Experience in Religious Education”, Modernity and Educational Institutions of
Islam, by Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung and al-Ijtihad Journal, Beirut, 13-14 December
2002.
 “Kurellesme ve Din”, (“Globalization and Religion”) Küresellesme ve Din Sempozyumu,
Gazi Üniversitesi, Ilahiyat Fakültesi, Çorum, 26-28 September, 2003
 “Hermenutik ve Semantik”, Tefsir Ilminde Metodoloji Problemi, Islami Arastirmalar
Vakfi, Istanbul, 18-19 October 2003
 “Kur’an’da Ehl-i Kitap Anlayisi,” (“The People of the Book in the Qur’an”)
Müslümanlarin Diger Din Mensuplariyla Iliskilerinde Temel Yaklasimlar, Türkiye Dinler
Tarihi Dernegi, Ankara ,1-2 November, 2003
 “Cagdas Donemde Kur’an’a ve Tefsir’e Ne Oldu” (“What Hapenned to the Qur’an
and Tafsir in Modern Era”), islamiyat, Cilt, 6,2003, No:4, s.85-104
 “Islam Modernizmine Elestirel Bir Bakis”, (A Critical Approach to Muslim
Modernism”), Islami Arastirmalar Merkezi, Istanbul, 30 April, 2004

“The Consept of Justice in the Qur’an”, Graduiertenkolleg Lectures: Conceptions of
Justice in Christianity and Islam, Bamberg University, 28 June 2004
 “Klasik Tefsir Neydi?” (“What Was the Classical Tafsir”), Klasiği Yeniden Düşünmek,
Istanbul, 8-10 October, 2004
 “Higher Islamic Education in Turkey”, Islam in Higher Education, Conference,
University of Birmingham, 29-30 January 2005
 “Din Bilimleri ve Cagdas Sorunları Uzerine” (“On Religious Sciences and the
Modern Problems of Them” Modern Dönemde Dini İlimleri Temel Meseleleri, Syposium,
ISAM, Istanbul, 14-17 April, 2005.
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 “Bir Yorum Eleştirisi: Çağdaşçı Kur’an Yorumu Üzerine”, (“A Critique of
Interpretation: On Modernist Qur’anic Interpretation”) VII Kur’an Sempozyumu
(Kur’an ve Müslümanlar), Kayseri, 15-16 May, 2004, Fecr Yayınları:Ankara, 2005
 “Muslumanlarin Gelecek Tasavvuru”,(“The Future Idea of Muslims”, VIII Kur’an
Sempozyumu Yozgat, 14-15 May, 2005
 “Tefsir Uzerine”, (“Some Considerations On Tafsir”), 1. Tefsir Anabilim Dalı
Koordinasyon Toplantısı ve Sempozyumu, Van, 10-13 June 2005
 “Tefsir
Hakkinda”(“On Tafsir”) Insan Onurunun Islam ve Hıristiyan
Geleneklerindeki Temelleri Ankara Üniversitesi, İlahiyat Fakültesi, Eugen Biser
Stiftung 3-4 Ekim 2005
 “Çağdaş Değerler Üzerine Bir Ehl-i Sünnet Değerlendirmesi”; (“An Ahl-i Sunna
Evaluation on Modern Values”), islamiyat, Cilt, 8, 2005, No:3, s.81-87
 “Kur’an’ın Neliğine Dair”, (“On the Nature of the Qur’an”) İlahiyat Fakülteleri Tefsir
Anabilim Dalı II. Koordinasyon Toplantısı, Kayseri, 8-9 Temmuz 2006
 “Tefsir’in Yöntemi Açısından Tefsir Ürünlerinin Sınıflandırılması Tartışması”, İslami
İlimlerde Terminoloji Sorunu Sempozyumu, İslami Araştırmalar, Tek-Dav, Tübitak, Ankara
15-16 Haziran, 2006,
 “Qur’anic Studies in Turkey”, Changeable and Uncheangable in Islamic Thought and Practice,
International Workshop and Public Forum, ISAM, Oslo Coalition, 25-28, Ocak, 2007
 “Din Bilimleri ve Çağdaş Sorunları Üzerine” (“On Religious Sciences and the
Modern Problems of Them” Modern Dönemde Dini İlimleri Temel Meseleleri, (Syposium,
ISAM, Istanbul, 14-17 April, 2005), 2007, s. 271-284.
 “Kur’an’da Allah’ın Kelamı Kavramı”, (The Concept of the Word of God in the
Qur’an”) Kutsal Kitaplarda Allah’ın Kelamı Sempozyumu, İskenderun, 12-13 Mayıs,2007
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“İslam’ın Farklı Dini Topluluklara Bakışı” (The Approach of Islam towards Other
Religious Communities) Otorite-Birey İlişkisi: Hıristiyanlık ve İslamiyetteki Teolojik Temelleri
Çalıştayı, Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi, Eugen Biser Stiftung, Ankara, 16-17
Mayıs, 2007
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
“The Qur’an and the Quran Exegesis in Modern Time”, Kur’an and Bible in
Dialogue – New Ways of Kuranic Hermeneutics, Beratungsstelle für christlichislamische Begegnung der Evangelischen Kirche, Dortmund, 22 Ağustos 2007,
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“A Critique of Modernist-Historicist Approaches to the Qur’an” Literary and
Historical Approaches to the Qur’an and the Bible, German Orient Institute & ISAM,
İstanbul, 2-12 Eylül 2007.
 “Kur’an’da ve Tefsirlerde Ehl-i Kitab ile İlişkiler”, (Relations with the People of the
Book in the Qur’an and in the Qur’anic Exegesis) Tarihsel, Doktrinel ve İşlevsel
Boyutlarıyla Dinlerarası İlişkiler, Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, Ankara-Kızılcahamam, 22-24
Haziran 2007
 “A Dialogue Experience”A World Without Violence:Faith and Cultures in Dialogue,
Community of Sant’Egitio, Naples, 21-23 October 2007
 “On Modern Muslim Self-Image: Woman Issue”, Movement Matters:Vision,
Mobilization, and Memory, Southern Sociological Society, Richmond, Virginia, 9-12
April, 2008.
 ………………7th. Building Bridges Seminar: A Meeting Muslim and Christian
Scholars, Rome, 5-9 May 2008
 “The Principles of Qur’anic Exegesis” Duke University, 11 November, 2008
 “A Critique of Modern Muslim Modernist Approach to the Qur’an”, The Ohio State
University Middle East Studies Center, 20 February 2009
 “How and Who Has the Authority to Interpret Our Sacred Texts”, Abrahamic
Roundtable, Washington National Cathedral, 7, December, 2009
 “Çağdaşçı Kur’an’da Kadın” Yorumunun Eleştirisi”, Kur’an ve Tefsir Akademisi:
Tarihten Günümüze Kur’an’a Yaklaşımlar, İstanbul, 10-14 Ağustos 2009
 “Çağdaşlık Sonrasında Tefsiri Yeniden Düşünmek”, Türk Bilimsel Derlemeler Dergisi, 1
(1), s.85-94, 2008
 “Osmanlı Medresesinde Tefsir Öğretiminin Yeri ve Tefsirin Çağdaşlıkla
Karşılaşması”, Kur’an ve Tefsir Akademisi: Osmanlı Toplumunda Kur’an Kültürü ve Tefsir
Çalışmaları, İstanbul, 2-6 Ağustos 2010
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
Bridge to Dialogue with the Middle East and Turkey, Pontificia Universita Laterna, Roma,
18-19 March, 2009
 A Woodstock Forum: Muslims and Christians: Where do We Stand?, The Church of Saint
Ignatius Loyola, New York, May 5, 2009,
 “Qur’anic Text Discussion”, The 8th. Building Bridges Seminar, Science and Religion:
Christian and Muslim Perspective, İstanbul, 16-18 Haziran, 2009
 “Conferences on Islam”, St Columba Church Program, Washington DC. 13 Ocak- 3
Şubat 2009.
 “Minority Rights and Pluralism in Islam”, American University Islamic Lecture
Series, 26, February 2009, Washington DC.
 “Sources of Islam and the Modern Situation”, Faculty Conferences, Wesley Theological
Seminary, Washington DC, 20, Ekim, 2009
 “Modernist Interpretations of the Qur’an: A Critical Reassesment”; George Mason
University, Ali Vural Ak Center for Islamic Studies, 2 Mart, 2010
 “Human Rights and Democracy - Islamic Perspectives”, Islam and Peace: Sunni-Shia
Dialogue on Human Rights and Pluralism, Lund University Center for Middle Eastern Studies
(Sweden), Salaam Institute for Peace and Justice, United States Institute of Peace, 20-21 Eylül
2010.
 “Şiddetin Çağdaş Kökenleri ve İslam Dünyası”, Uluslararası Terörizm ve Sınıraşan Suçlar
Sempozyumu (UTSA), Antalya), 7-9 Aralık 2010
 “Individual Responsibility and the Afterlife in the Qur’an” in Sharing Mary: Bible and
the Qur’an Side by Side, by Marlies ter Borg, s.215-217, CreateSpace: USA, 2010
 “Critique of Modernist ‘Woman in the Qur’an’ Reading”, Islam and Women and the
Personal Status Laws, United States Institute of Peace, Istanbul, 28-30 Mayıs 2011
 “Müslüman Yaşanmışlıkta Kadın”, Bugün ve 50 Yıl Önce Din ve Göç: Almanya ve
Türkiye’de Cinsiyet Eşitliği, Tarabya, İstanbul, 28-29 Mayıs 2011
 “ ‘İslam Öncesi Arap Toplumunda Ahval-i Şahsiye hukuku’ başlıklı makalenin
değerlendirmesi”, Kur’an’ın Anlaşılmasına Katkısı Açısından Kur’an Öncesi Mekke
Toplumu, İstanbul, 1-3 Temmuz.
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 “Arab Spring and Turkey”, Religions For Peace Middle East-North Africa (MENA)
Council Fas, Marakeş, 15-16 Kasım, 2011
 “Türkiye’de İslam: Tarihsel Perspektif”, Almanya ve Türkiye’de Dini Grupların Hakları ve
Toplumsal Etkileri, Tarabya, İstanbul, 1-3 Haziran, 2012
 “Democratic Values and the Qur’an as a Source of Islam”, Istanbul Seminars: Reset
Dialogues, İstanbul Bilgi University, İstanbul, 19-24 Mayıs 2012
 “No Future with No Pacification”, Arab Spring: Towards a New National Pact,
Community of Sant’Egidio, Roma, 29, Şubat 2012
 “ ‘Mihne ve Tefsir’ Başlıklı Makalenin Değerlendirilmesi”; İlk Dönem İslam Tarihinde
Mihne Süreci ve İslami İlimlere Etkisi, İstanbul Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi, 12-13
Mayıs, 2012.
 “Ortadoğu’da Birlikte Yaşama Tecrübesi” Arap Uyanışı ve Ortadoğu’da Barış: Müslüman
ve Hıristiyan Perspektifler, , İslam Araştırmaları Merkezi (İSAM), Marmara Üniversitesi
Ortadoğu Araştırmaları Enstitüsü, İstanbul, 7-8 Eylül 2012

“The Management of Religious Affairs in a Secular System”, Muslim Engagement for
State and Society, Workshop I; Participation and Education, İstanbul, 22-24 Şubat 2013
 ‘Türkiye’de İslam: Tarihsel Perspektif!, Alman-Türk İşbirliğinin Konusu Olarak İslam ve
Avrupa X: Almanya ve Türkiye’de Dini Grupların Hakları ve Toplumsal Etkileri, Tarabya,
1-3 Haziran 2012
 “Occidentalisation and Faith Communities: Prospects and Predicaments”,
Secularization and Its Impact on Faith Communities, Istanbul, 4-7 July 2013
DISSERTATIONS
 Kur’ an’da ve Kitab-i Mukaddes’te Ahiret Inanci, ( Eschatalogical Beliefs in the Qur'an and the
Bible), Ph.D., Ankara University, Graduate School, 1989.
 Imam Bagavi ve Onun Tefsirdeki Metodu, (Imam al-Baghawi and His Methodology of Tafsir),
M.A., Ankara University, Theology Faculty,1982.
COMMITTEES AND BOARDS
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 Editorial Board
Rewiev of the Faculty of Divinity
Marmara University
 Editorial Board
Rewiev of The Faculty of Divinity
Ankara University
2004
2001-2008
 Publication Comittee
Ankara University
Faculty of Ilahiyat
 Faculty Board
Ankara University
Faculty of Ilahiyat
1996-1999
 Program Developing
Committee
Ministry of Education
1998-
Ankara University
1997-
Islamiyat quarterly
Ankara
1997-
Ankara University
Faculty of Ilahiyat
1996-
International Islamic University,
Malaysia.
1994-1995
 Program Developing
Committee
 Editorial Board
 Deputy Chief of the
Division of Basic Islamic Sciences
 Advisory Committee
for International Students,
 Editorial Board
1999-2001
Journal of Islamic Research quarterly
Ankara
1984-1996
Ankara University
Faculty of Ilahiyat
1992-1993
 Publication Committee
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
DAAD
Research scholarship
2003
Fulbright
Research scholarship
2002
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The British Council
Research scholarship
1987-1988
King Saud University
Riyadh
Study scholarship
1986