Sep 20, 2017 - Faith and the State, A History of Islamic Philanthropy in Indonesia (2013). ... recent research is on Isl
CONTEMPORARY ISLAM IN INDONESIA AND AUSTRALIA SEMINAR Wednesday 20 September 2017, 02:00-06:00pm Gedung FISIP, Lantai Dasar, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Jl. Kertamukti No. 5, Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan
Keynote Speaker: Professor Mohamad Abdalla Professor Mohamad Abdalla currently serves as the Founding Director of the Centre for Islamic Thought and Education (CITE), University of South Australia. Previously, he served as the Founding Director of Griffith University’s Islamic Research Unit (GIRU), Griffith University, as well as the Director of the Queensland node of the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies (NCEIS). Professor Abdalla is an expert in Islamic civilisation and its interconnectedness with Western civilisation, Islam in Australia, Islamic thought and Islamic ethics. Prof Abdalla is one of Australia’s most respected Muslim leaders, and is a recipient of a number of civic awards including the 2015 Lord Mayor’s Australia Day Achievement Award, the 2013 Ambassador of Peace Award; Islamic Council of Queensland Community Service Award (2013); Community Leadership Award (2014); and Australian Muslim Man of the Year Award (2008). He has published widely and he has two co-authored books to published this year: Islamic schooling in the West: Pathways to Renewal (Palgrave MacMillan), and Leadership in Islam: Processes and Solutions in Australian Organizations (Palgrave MacMillan).
Speakers: Noor Huda Noor Huda Ismail is the founder of The Institute for International Peace Building that integrates policy and national strategy to reduce the level of terrorism threats coming from violent groups, focusing on developing and deepen understanding of peace and conflict, political violence, terrorism and other transnational crimes. He is also a writer, publishing “My friend, the terrorist?” in 2010 and was selected at the Frankfurt International Book Festival 2015. Noor Huda is also a producer and director of the acclaimed documentary “Jihad Selfie”. Noor Huda is a PhD student in Politics and International Relation from Monash University. Topic: What is so cool about radicalism, anyway? Noor Huda argues that prestige and masculinity play significant roles in the recent growth of religion-based movements, which in itself is nuanced, complex, and sometimes amusing.
Fahd Pahdepie Fahd is an entrepreneur who is also known as a public intellectual with several best-selling books and novels. Graduated from Monash University with MA in International Relations, he received 2017 Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Australian Awards and Australia Global Alumni. He also participated in the Muslim Exchange Program (MEP) at Melbourne University in 2011. Currently he is the CEO of Inspirasi.co (PT Dua Rajawali Teknologi Indonesia) and the executive director of Digitroops Indonesia, an agency that provides strategic communication and new media services for government institutions, politicians, political parties and companies. In 2017, he co-founded “The Mavericks Indonesia” as one of his businesses diversification under the group of Visi Matahari Pagi (VMP) along with several cafes, barbershops, and co-working spaces. Topic: As a professional storyteller, Fahd Pahdepie will share a personal tale that blends empathy, pride, and building a peaceful yet powerful counter narrative to radicalism.
CONTEMPORARY ISLAM IN INDONESIA AND AUSTRALIA SEMINAR Wednesday 20 September 2017, 02:00-06:00pm Gedung FISIP, Lantai Dasar, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Jl. Kertamukti No. 5, Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan
Speakers: Dr Nina Nurmila Dr Nina Nurmila is an Associate Professor of Gender and Islamic Studies at the State Islamic University (UIN) Bandung and a Commissioner for Komnas Perempuan. She earned her MA on Gender and Development from Murdoch University and her PhD on Gender and Islamic Studies from the University of Melbourne. She was awarded a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at Temple University, Philadelphia, Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Technology Sydney and Fulbright Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies at University of Redlands, California. She was also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Religion and Society Research Centre of University of Western Sydney and University van Amsterdam. Dr Nina Nurmila wrote Modul Studi Islam dan Gender and Women, Islam and Everyday Life: Renegotiating Polygamy in Indonesiaand several articles on gender and Islam in international journals and book chapters. Topic: Dr Nina Nurmila listens to female voices. As a speaker, she will share what she heard, ranging from those engaged in polygamous relationships, all the way to those finding their voice as female Muslim leaders.
Ismatu Ropi Ismatu Ropi completed his PhD from the Australian National University on state-religion in Indonesia and Master of Arts from McGill University on religious studies. He is a senior lecturer at the Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN), Jakarta. He is also the director of research at the Centre for the Study of Islam and Society, where he researches and publishes on issues relating to religious life in Indonesia, civil society in Muslim community, Muslim-Christian relations, and good governance in Indonesia. Topic: Ismatu Ropi invites us to look deeper into tolerance in comparison to ignorance, and to imagine a world where majority rules and minorities are protected.
Amelia Fauzia Amelia Fauzia received her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2009 and a Visiting Fellow at faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW Canberra, since 2011. Her dissertation was published by EJ Brill entitles Faith and the State, A History of Islamic Philanthropy in Indonesia (2013). She holds a Master in Islamic Studies from the University of Leiden (1998), writing and doing research on Islam and Javanese messianic movements of the 19th-20th century Java. She is a lecturer at Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Jakarta and senior research fellow of the Religion and Globalisation Cluster at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Her recent research is on Islamic philanthropy network in Southeast Asia: religion, NGO, humanitarianism. Topic: Amelia Fauzia will shed some light into the history and movement of Islamic philanthropy in Indonesia and the region. How can government and civil society actors find the right balance in playing their parts?
