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Hizmet Studies Review (HSR) seeks contributions for its Autumn 2015 issue. Hizmet Studies Review (HSR) is a scholarly peer-reviewed international journal on the Hizmet Movement. It provides interdisciplinary forum for critical research and reflection upon the development of Fethullah Gülen’s ideas and Gülen Movement (Hizmet movement). More info please visit: www.hizmetreview.com The third issue of the journal (Autumn 2015) will examine the concept of education and educational activities in the Movement. Articles on the following questions are particularly welcome:What does it mean Hizmet or Gülen inspired school ?What are Gulen’s expectations from the Movement’s schools? How are the schools expected to promote peace, for example?How are the schools, ‘dialogue in practice?’What are Gulen’s views on pedagogy and education ?How Gülen’s ideas are implemented in schools ?Are these schools supposed to serve as a bridge between science and faith?What are the ethos and values of these schools?How does running schools in Madagascar fit in with Gulen’s ideals?How are the values passed over? How do the schools promote well being and universal values?What are the professional demands placed on teaching and other staff that differ from the public school system?How is the motivation of teaching staff kept so high?Why do parents choose to send their children to these schools?Are the schools self-sufficient? What are the contributions of local governments/states and other organisations?How is success measured?Do the schools teach any particular (religious) worldview?What criticisms have these schools attracted and why?If these are all fee-paying schools, how are they not elitist?The educational curriculum in Turkey and Turkic states is biased in favour of memorisation as opposed to independent thinking. How do these schools cope with this?Do these schools produce single minded individuals with little individuality? Do they encourage uniformity or originality?How do these schools negotiate the different educational models prevalent in different countries?Are these schools about extending Turkishness abroad? If so, why open schools where there is no Turkish community?What part does ‘Turkishness’ play in this transnational educational project?Can these schools serve as alternative models to ‘faith schools’?Further ReadingTittensor, D. (2014). The House of Service: The Gülen Movement and Islam’s Third Way, Oxford University Press.Clement, V. (2013). ‘Central Asia’s Hizmet Schools’, in Muslim World and Politics in Transition, edited by Greg Barton, Paul Weller and İhsan Yılmaz, London, Bloomsbury.Mohamed, Y. (2013). ‘ A Gülen Inspired School in South Africa’ in Muslim World and Politics in Transition, edited by Greg Barton, Paul Weller and İhsan Yılmaz, London, Bloomsbury.Akyol, H. (2010). ‘ The Role of Turkish Schools in Building Trusting Cross-ethnic Relationships in Northern Iraq’ in Islam and Peacebuilding : Gülen Movement Initiatives (John L. Esposito and İhsan Yılmaz edts), New York, Blue Dome Press.Agai, B. (2003). ‘The Gülen Movement’s Islamic Ethic of Education’ in Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gülen Moement, M. H. Yavuz and J. L. Esposito (edt), Syracuse, Syracuse University Press.Özdalga, E. (2003). ‘Following in the Footseps of Fethullah Gülen: Three Women Teachers Tell Their Stories’ in Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gülen Moement, M. H. Yavuz and J. L. Esposito (edt), Syracuse, Syracuse University Press.Demir, C. E, Ayse Balci and Fusun Akkok, The Role of Turkish Schools In The Educational System And Social Transformation of Central Asian Countries: The Case of Turkmenistan And Kyrgyzstan, Central Asian Survey, Vol.19, no 1, pp 141-155, 2000.Aslandogan, Y. and M. Çetin (2007) Gülen’s Educational Paradigm in Thought and Practice’ Muslim Citizens of the Globalized World: Contributions of the Gülen Movement, Robert A. Hunt and Yüksel A. Aslandoğan (edts), The Light, Inc. &#38; IID Press.The envisioned time frame for submissions is as following:10.04.2015 – deadline for call for abstracts (about 750 words)15.04.2015 – decision on abstracts30.07.2015 – full paper submission10.09.2015 – review process, feedback to authors30.09.2015 – resubmissionPlease send your abstract by no later than April 10th to erkan.toguslu@soc.kuleuven.be.For details regarding submissions please visit: http://www.hizmetreview.com