This conference aims to bring together postgraduate students, from around Australia and overseas, who are researching topics relating to Islam. In 2023, 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, Culture and Society
- Islam and Education
- Islam, Gender and Sexuality
- Islam and Identity
- Islam and Modernity
- Islam and Radicalism
- Islamic Thought
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, Culture and Society
- Islam and Education
- Islam, Gender and Sexuality
- Islam and Identity
- Islam and Modernity
- Islam and Radicalism
- Islamic Thought
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 22 September, 2023
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 25 July - Registration for conference opens - speakers and observers
Friday 22 September - Deadline for CALL FOR PAPERS
Tuesday 14 November - 19th 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
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Ms Laili Abdeen
Of Infinity & Nature: Islamic Art & Aesthetics in Contemporary Refugee Narratives
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Mr Maroof Ahmed
Exploring the Main Features of Classical Muslim Educational Thought and Practice
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Mr Azhari Andi
Women Exegetes and Gender Issues in the Qur’an: Between Reformists and Traditionalists
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Mr Muhammad Umar Farooq
Humphrey Prideaux's perception of the Prophet Muhammad SAW
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Miss Rubina Habib
Meeting the legal needs of Australian Muslims
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Mr Pranoto Iskandar
A Vernacular Constitution: How Cultural Imagination Can Induce the Persistence of Indonesia's 1945 Constitutional Order
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Mr Muhammad Eren Karadağ
An Analysis of Mansurizade's Opinions in his writings titled "Errors of Jurisprudence" in the Context of His Legal Procedure
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Mr Murtaza Mohiqi
Assessing Taliban's Gender Apartheid: Alignment with Islamic Principles and International Human Rights Standards
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Miss Alyssa Moohin
Securitisation contributes to an anti-women backlash in Australian Muslim communities
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Ms Nava Nuraniyah
Mobilising Islam under Repression: Explaining Variations in Islamist Strategies in Indonesia
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Mrs Rifa Tsamrotul Saadah
Sharaif’s Civic Engagement in Jakarta: A Journey Through Nobility and Cosmopolitanism in the Public Sphere
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Ms Sadia Shameem
The Eid Dilemma: A Case Study on Tokyo Camii and the Nature of Turkish Islam in Japan
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Ms Tri Sulistianing Astuti
The Politicisation of Islamophobia: Its Role in Identity Politics in Indonesia
Conference Program
The conference will take place on Tuesday 14 November, 2023
Melbourne time - GMT+11: 11:00am-4:00pm
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Times shown are in GMT+10 (Melbourne time).
| 11:00AM-11:15AM | 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: ISLAM, POLITICS AND LAW | Mentor: Emeritus Professor Greg Fealy, Australian National University | |
| 11:15AM-11:30AM | Humphrey Prideaux's Perception of the Prophet Muhammad SAW: A Critical Analysis | Mr Muhammad Umar Farooq, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan |
| 11:30AM-11:45AM | The Politicisation of Islamophobia: Its Role in Identity Politics in Indonesia | Ms Tri Sulistianing Astuti, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia, Indonesia |
| 11:45AM-12:00PM | Sharaif’s Civic Engagement in Jakarta: A Journey Through Nobility and Cosmopolitanism in the Public Sphere | Mrs Rifa Tsamrotul Saadah, Indonesia International Islamic University (IIIU), Indonesia |
| 12:00PM-12:15PM | Meeting the Legal Needs of Australian Muslims | Miss Rubina Habib, Charles Sturt University, Australia |
| 12:15PM-12:30PM | Discussion | |
| Discussion in Breakout room for Panellists and Mentor | ||
| SESSION 2: ISLAMIC CULTURES | Mentor: Associate Professor Jeremy Kingsley, University of Western Sydney | |
| 12:30PM-12:45PM | A Vernacular Constitution: How Cultural Imagination Can Induce the Persistence of Indonesia's 1945 Constitutional Order | Mr Pranoto Iskandar, McGill University, Canada |
| 12:45PM-1:00PM | Towards a Poetics of Contemporary Muslim Refugee Narratives | Ms Laili Abdeen, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore |
| 1:00PM-1:15PM | The Eid Dilemma: A Case Study on Tokyo Camii and the Nature of Turkish Islam in Japan | Ms Sadia Shameem, Hamad Bin Khalifah University, Qatar |
| 1:15PM-1:30PM | Discussion | |
| Discussion in Breakout room for Panellists and Mentor | ||
| 1:30PM-2:00PM | LUNCH BREAK | |
| SESSION 3: ISLAM AND GENDER | Mentor: Dr Dina Afrianty, Australian Catholic University | |
| 2:00PM-2:15PM | Women Exegetes and Gender Issues in the Qur'an: Between Reformists and Traditionalists | Mr Azhari Andi, Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII), Indonesia |
| 2:15PM-2:30PM | Assessing Taliban's Gender Apartheid: Alignment with Islamic Principles and International Human Rights Standards | Mr Murtaza Mohiqi, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway |
| 2:30PM-2:45PM | Securitisation contributes to an Anti-women Backlash in Australian Muslim Communities | Miss Alyssa Moohin, The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 2:45PM-3:00PM | Discussion | |
| Discussion in Breakout room for Panellists and Mentor | ||
| SESSION 4: ISLAMIC THINKING | Mentor: Associate Professor Nadirsyah Hosen, Monash University | |
| 3:00PM-3:15PM | Exploring the Main Features of Classical Muslim Educational Thought and Practice | Mr Maroof Ahmed, Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII), Indonesia |
| 3:15PM-3:30PM | Mobilising Islam under Repression: Explaining Variations in Islamist Strategies in Indonesia | Ms Nava Nuraniyah, Australian National University, Australia |
| 3:30-3:45PM | An Analysis of Mansurizade's Opinions in his Writings Titled "Errors of Jurisprudence" in the Context of His Legal Procedure | Mr Muhammad Eren Karadağ, Uludağ University, Turkey |
| 3:45PM-4:00PM | Discussion | |
| Discussion in Breakout room for Panellists and Mentor | ||
| 4:00PM-4:05PM | CLOSE OF CONFERENCE | Dr Helen Pausacker, Deputy Director, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne |