This conference aims to bring together postgraduate students, from around Australia and overseas, who are researching topics relating to Islam. In 2022, the conference will be held online, via Zoom.
Within a supportive and collegial atmosphere, this conference brings together students and senior academic mentors with similar interests.
Special sessions on thesis-writing and small-group feedback on student research will be included in the program.
Participants will be mentored by leading scholars and researchers, who will also chair the Panels.
Examples of possible presentation and panels include (but are not limited to):
- Islam and Education
- Islamic Thinking
- Muslims and Gender
- Muslims and Modernity
- Islam and Identity
Apply to Present a Paper
Note: Applicants must be current postgraduate students studying in any research area relating to Islam.
Call for Papers
If you are a current postgraduate student studying in any research area relating to Islam, you may like to consider presenting a paper at the conference. You will gain invaluable feedback from fellow students, as well as leading scholars and researchers.
Examples of possible presentations and panels include (but are not limited to):
- Islam and Education
- Islamic Thinking
- Muslims and Gender
- Muslims and Modernity
- Islam and Identity
APPLY TO PRESENT
Required materials for application:
1) biography (strictly 100 words max.)
2) abstract (strictly 100 words max.)
3) complete and submit online form CALL FOR PAPERS by 5pm, Friday 16 September 2022
If you would like further information, please email law-cilis@unimelb.edu.au
PLEASE NOTE: The conference will be held via Zoom this year. The number of speakers will be strictly limited to a total of 15 speakers. Please apply early to ensure a chance of being included in the conference.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
Monday 1 August - Registration for conference opens - speakers and observers
Friday 16 September - Deadline for CALL FOR PAPERS
Tuesday 8 November - 18th Annual CILIS Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference
This is an online conference, so we have made some changes to procedures to ensure you are able to participate fully in the conference discussions.
- The conference sessions will be ‘live’ and will take place via Zoom.
- The conference will be recorded.
- Presenters will present for 15 minutes, talking about the main aspects, issues and arguments of the papers.
- The rest of the session will be devoted to discussion about all papers.
- Participants can type their questions in the 'Chat' section of Zoom, or can use the 'raise hand' function to ask a question.
- Directly after each Panel, the Mentor and Panel members will go into a ‘breakout room’ to further discuss the papers.
Speakers
- Mr Alamgir Alamgir
RMIT, Australia
- Mr Andi Alfian
Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
- Mrs Malak Alnamy
La Trobe University, Australia
- Mr Julio César Cárdenas Arenas
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia
- Mr Wawan Cerdikwan
Australian National University, Australia
- Mrs Subkhani Kusuma Dewi
Western Sydney University, Australia
- Mr Ahmad Fuad Fanani
Australian National University, Australia
- Mr Verry Hendrawan
IPB University, Indonesia
- Mr Mohammad Hanif Khan
University of Keele, UK
- Mr Lutfi Lutfi
University of Canberra, Australia
- Mr Murtaza Mohiqi
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
- Ms Pavithra Nanadan Menon
National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Ms Stania Puspawardhani
IPB University, Indonesia
- Mr Febi Ramadhan
Northwestern University, USA
- Mr Azhar Shaik
Pondicherry University, India
- Mr Hamza Surbuland
The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Mr Ismael Yusuph
University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Conference Program
The conference will take place on Tuesday 8 November, 2022
Melbourne time - GMT+10: 10:00am-4:20pm
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Times shown are in GMT+10 (Melbourne time).
| 10:00AM-10:15AM | OPENING OF CONFERENCE | Professor Tim Lindsey, Director, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne |
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| SESSION 1: ISLAMIC CULTURES | Mentor: Professor Tim Lindsey, Director, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne | |
| 10:15AM-10:30AM | The Rise and Decline of Progressive Muslims within Muhammadiyah, 1995-2020 | Mr Ahmad Fuad Fanani, PhD Candidate, Australian National University, Australia |
| 10:30AM-10:45AM | Religious Regulations and Persecution in Contemporary Indonesia (A Case Study of Ahmadiyah) | Mr Wawan Cerdikwan, PhD Candidate, Australian National University, Australia |
| 10:45AM-11:00AM | A Historical Comparison of Maududi and Hallaq: Religion, State and Political Theology in Mughal India | Mr Hamza Surbuland, MA Candidate, The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 11:00AM-11:15AM | A Genealogy of Sexuality and its Orientation in Different Muslim Dynasties)and in Postcolonial Islamic Pakistan | Mr Alamgir Alamgir, PhD Candidate, RMIT, Australia |
| 11:15AM-11:30AM | Discussion | |
| Discussion in Breakout room for Panellists and Mentor | ||
| SESSION 2: ISLAMIC LAW IN ACTION | Mentor: Dr Jeremy Kingsley, Senior Lecturer, Swinburne Law School | |
| 11:30AM-11:45AM | Advanced Technology in Islam: Blockchain Implementation in Indonesia | Mr Verry Hendrawan, PhD Candidate, IPB University, Indonesia |
| 11:45AM-12:00PM | Islamic Law Approach to Protection of Rights of Insurgency-Induced Internally Displaced Persons in North-east, Nigeria | Mr Ismael Yusuph, PhD Candidate, University of Ilorin, Nigeria |
| 12:00PM-12:15PM | Impacts of Different Islamic Schools of Thought on Islamic Banking and Finance | Mrs Malak Alnamy, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University, Australia |
| 12:15PM-12:30PM | Discussion | |
| Discussion in Breakout room for Panellists and Mentor | ||
| SESSION 3: ISLAM IN INDONESIA | Mentor: Associate Professor Greg Fealy, Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University | |
| 12:30PM-12:45PM | An Ontological Struggle: Islamic Political Theology and the Criminalization of Same-Sex Sexualities in Indonesia | Mr Febi Ramadhan, PhD Candidate, Northwestern University, USA |
| 12:45PM-1:00PM | The Expression of Indonesian Muslims Performing Umrah Pilgrimage to Mecca | Mrs Subkhani Kusuma Dewi, PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University, Australia |
| 1:00PM-1:15PM | Countering Social Stigma as the Basis of the Interfaith Movement: A Case Study of Cadar Garis Lucu | Mr Andi Alfian, MA Candidate, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia |
| 1:15PM-1:30PM | Discussion | |
| Discussion in Breakout room for Panellists and Mentor | ||
| 1:30PM-2:00PM | LUNCH BREAK | |
| SESSION 4: ISLAM AND WOMEN | Mentor: Dr Dina Afrianty, Research Fellow, La Trobe University Law School | |
| 2:00PM-2:15PM | Sunnat Perempuan and the Politics of Assimilation, Acculturation and Belongingness: An Intersectional Analysis of Female Genital Circumcision Among Tamil Muslim Women in Malaysia | Ms Pavithra Nandanan Menon, PhD Candidate, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| 2:15PM-2:30PM | Muslim Women in Public Life: Navigating Between Patriarchy and Equality | Ms Stania Puspawardhani, PhD Candidate, IPB University, Indonesia |
| 2:30PM-2:45PM | The Notion of Gender Justice and the Resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan | Mr Azhar Shaik, PhD Candidate, Pondicherry University, India |
| 2:45PM-3:00PM | Banning Girls' Education by the Taliban: Religious Justification, or Tribal Culture? | Mr Murtaza Mohiqi, PhD Candidate, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran |
| 3:00PM-3:15PM | Discussion | |
| Discussion in Breakout room for Panellists and Mentor | ||
| SESSION 5: ISLAM AND THEOLOGY | Mentor: Dr Nadirsyah Hosen, Faculty of Law, Monash University | |
| 3:15PM-3:30PM | Tafsir and Socio-political Context in Indonesia: a Case Study of Ahmad Sanusi’s Quranic Exegesis as a Medium of Struggle in the Colonial Era | Mr Lutfi Lutfi, University of Canberra, Australia |
| 3:30PM-3:45PM | Ḥunaīn ben Isḥāq, Aristotle and Plato according to Medieval Arabic Sources | Mr Julio César Cárdenas Arenas, PhD Candidate, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia |
| 3:45-4:00PM | Danger Perception in the Political Theology of Imām Aṭ-Ṭurṭūshī | Mr Mohammed Hanif Khan, PhD Candidate, University of Keele, UK |
| 4:00PM-4:15PM | Discussion | |
| Discussion in Breakout room for Panellists and Mentor | ||
| 4:15PM-4:20PM | CLOSE OF CONFERENCE | Dr Helen Pausacker, Deputy Director, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne |