Friday 8 April 2011

ISTAC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC THOUGHT AFTER POST-MODERNISM


CALL FOR PAPERS


International Conference on Islamic Thought After Post-Modernism


The International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), International Islamic University Malaysia is organizing its International Conference on Islamic Thought After Post-Modernism in October 2011.
Main Theme:  Postmodernism – Reconsideration in Islamic Thought
Topics of interest for paper submission include:

1.      Worldview and Civilization in Islam and Postmodernism.
2.      Epistemology in Islamic Thought and Postmodernism.
3.      Man in Postmodernism and Islam.
4.      Permanence and Change – Values in Islam and Postmodernism.
5.      Scientific Discourse in Islamic Civilization and Postmodernism.
6.      Nature and Significance of Culture in Islam and Postmodernism.
7.      Education and Development in Islam and Postmodernism.
8.      Art in Islam and Postmodernism.
9.      Man and Society in the Perspective of Postmodernism and Islam.
10. Nature and Significance of Grand Narrative in Islam and Postmodernism.
11. The Notion of Truth and Reality in Islam and Postmodernism.
12. Man and Language in Islam and Postmodernism.

Writers are requested to focus on themes and ideas and avoid descriptive and biographical details of figures of Postmodernism.

IMPORTANT DATES :

Abstract submission deadline:
30th June 2011
Submission of Full Papers:
31st August 2011
Conference
18th – 20th October 2011


Please send abstracts as well as contact information to:

The Secretariat
International Conference on Islamic Thought After Post-Modernism
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
24 Persiaran Duta., Taman Duta
50480 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA

Tel: 00603-62073400  Fax: 00603-62073477
e-mail address :
istac_conference@iiu.edu.my, istacemc@yahoo.com
Our website: http://www.iiu.edu.my/istac
Our Blog: http://istacemc.blogspot.com
To download the form please go to: http://www.iium.edu.my/istac/events/international-conference-islamic-thought-after-postmodernism

ISTACEMC: ISTAC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC THOUGHT AFTER POST-MODERNISM

ISTACEMC: ISTAC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC THOUGHT AFTER POST-MODERNISM


ANNOUNCEMENT OF
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC THOUGHT AFTER POSTMODERNISM
18TH – 20TH OCTOBER 2011

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
The International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), IIUM, invites you to participate in the International Conference on Islamic Thought After Postmodernism. The main theme of the conference is Postmodernism – Reconsideration in Islamic Thought. Its objectives are:
1.      To identify the nature and major elements and trends of postmodernism
2.      To identify areas and issues of concern in Islamic Thought with the emergence of post-modernism
3.      To formulate an intellectual response to those areas and issues of  concern.
CONFERENCE DATE: 18th -20th October 2011
VENUE: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
            IIUM Kuala Lumpur Campus
            24 Persiaran Duta, Taman Duta
            50480 Kuala Lumpur

FEES FOR PARTICIPANTS:
International Participants: USD150.00
Local Participants: RM300.00
Students: RM100.00 (Proof of student’s status is required)

FEES FOR PRESENTERS:
Local: RM300.00
International: USD150.00

The registration fee includes papers, lunches and tea breaks.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS PLEASE CONTACT:

Secretariat
The International Conference on Islamic Thought After Postmodernism
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
IIUM Kuala Lumpur Campus
24 Persiaran Duta, Taman Duta
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: 603-62073400 Fax: 603-62073477
Email:istac_conference@iium.edu.my
Email:istacemc@yahoo.com
To Download the Registration Form please go to: 
http://www.iium.edu.my/istac/events/international-conference-islamic-thought-after-postmodernism


Main Theme:  Postmodernism – Reconsideration in Islamic Thought

AIM: 
The aim of this paper is to seek an approval from the relevant University’s authority to organize the above-mentioned ISTAC programme at ISTAC, IIUM Kuala Lumpur Campus

BACKGROUND OF THE CONFERENCE:
ISTAC, IIUM being a Center of Postgraduate Studies is concerned with dimensions and aspects of Islamic Thought and Civilization, focusing on its heritage as well as its aspirations and future position in placing Islamic Thought and Civilization on a strong and effective  footing vis-à-vis contemporary issues and developments. Therefore this International Conference is an attempt in this direction to see Islamic Thought in relation to the development and issues of postmodernism.

OBJECTIVE OF THE CONFERENCE:
1.      To identify the nature and major elements and trends of postmodernism
2.      To identify areas and issues of concern in Islamic Thought with the emergence of post-modernism
3.      To formulate an intellectual response to those areas and issues of  concern.
LIST OF TENTATIVE SPEAKERS:
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
·         SHAYKH DR. NUH HA MIM KELLER
Jordan

SPEAKERS:

·         TAN SRI PROF. DR. MOHD KAMAL HASSAN
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), IIUM.
No. 24 Persiaran Duta
Taman Duta
50480 Kuala Lumpur

·         EMERITUS PROF. DATO’ DR. OSMAN BAKAR
Deputy CEO
International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS)
Jalan Elmu, Off Jalan Universiti
59100 Kuala Lumpur

·         PROF. DR. IBRAHIM M. ZEIN
Department of Usuluddin and Comparative Religion
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
International Islamic University Malaysia

·         SHAYKH M. UTHMAN EL-MUHAMMADY
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), IIUM.
No. 24 Persiaran Duta
Taman Duta
50480 Kuala Lumpur

·         YBHG. PROF. DATO’ DR. ZAINAL KLING
Tun Ghafar Baba’s Professorship Holder
Faculty of Human Science
Universiti Perguruan Sultan Idris
35900 Tanjung Malim
Perak Darul Ridzwan

·         YBHG. PROF. DATO’ DR. MD SALLEH YAAPAR
School of Humanities
University Sains Malaysia
11800 Minden
Pulau Pinang


·         YBHG. PROF. DR. MOHD HAZIM SHAH HAJI ABDUL MURAD
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Faculty of Science Building
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur

·         YBHG. PROF. DR. AWANG SARIYAN
Chair Holder of Malay Studies
Beijing Foreign Studies University
2, North Xisan Huan Avenue
P.O. Box 8936
100089 Republic of China

·         YBHG. PROF. DATO’ DR. ZALEHA KAMARUDIN
Deputy Director General
Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM)
2, Langgak Tunku, Off Jalan Duta
50480 Kuala Lumpur

·         DR. ABDUL HAKIM MURAD @ TIMOTHY J. WINTER
Faculty of Divinity
West Road
Cambridge CB3 9BS

·         DR. MUHAMMAD AFIFI AL-AKITI
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
George Street
Oxford
OX1 2AR
U.K.

TARGET PARTICIPANTS:

Participants are targeted from Local educational institutions i.e. IPTS and IPTA as well as International Institutions.

SUGGESTED ACCOMODATION:

1.   PENINSULAR RESIDENCE HOTEL
No. 10, Jalan Semantan
Bukit Damansara
50490 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603-20841515
Fax: 03-20841500


2.   BEST WESTERN PREMIER
SERI PACIFIC HOTEL, KUALA LUMPUR
Jalan Putra
P.O. Box 11468
50764 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603-40425555
Fax: 603-40417236

3.   ISTAC’S APARTMENT
No. 24, Persiaran Duta
Taman Duta
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-62073400 (Attn: Pn. Noormaizah/Pn. Norazimah)



Note: Hotel arrangement during the conference is to be arranged by the participants and subject to the hotel's
          room availability and rates.





INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC THOUGHT AFTER POSTMODERNISM
18TH – 19TH OCTOBER 2011


REGISTRATION FORM


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                 International Participant  (USD150.00)




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·         No refund will be made to registered participants who failed to turn up.



 

ISTAC FRIDAY NIGHT LECTURE 05/2011

ISTAC-IIUM invites all to its Friday Night Lecture (FNL) 05/2011.
Details Below:
Date: 08/04/2011 (Friday)
Time: 8.30pm - 10.30pm
Speaker: Prof. Dr.  Abdul Latif Hj. Samian

MORE DETAILS:

Dear Prof./ Assoc. Prof./Dr./ Sir/ Mdm,
Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
We have the pleasure of inviting you to attend the ISTAC Friday Night Lecture No. 5/2011 by Prof. Dr. Abdul Latif  Hj. Samian, who is Professor of Philosophy and Director of The Institute of The Malay World and  Civilization, The National University of Malaysia (UKM).
Details of the program are as follows:
Date/Day        : 8th April 2011/Friday
Time               : 8:30pm - 10:30pm
Venue             : Main Hall, G Floor, ISTAC-IIUM KL Campus,
                           No. 24 Persiaran Duta, Taman Duta, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
Title                : “Development of the Human Capital in the Malay World:  Islamic Perspective”
Transportation to & from Gombak Campus & ISTAC (8.00pm and 11.00pm respectively) will be provided.
Should there be any enquiries, please contact Sr. Zainiah/Sr. Norazimah at 603-62073400 or Bro. Mohammed Muneer’deen at 013-2530711, Bro. Abdul Ganiy at 0173417232 and Bro. Qamar’deen Adeniyi at 017-2837944

Thank you. Wassalam.
Administration Office, ISTAC

BRIEF PROFILE:
 Prof. Dr. Abdul Latif Hj. Samian, BSc, MSc (Indiana St.), MA (Indiana), Dip. of Education (UKM), PhD (UM), currently Professor of Philosophy and Director of The Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, The National University of Malaysia (UKM). He is also one of the founding members of The Center for the Promotion of Cross-Cultural Understanding, USA. He has presented academic papers at Nanyang Technological University, Harvard University, Oxford University, University of Vienna, University of Chicago, University of Calgaray, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, Australia, Kyoto University, Hubei University and University of Antwerp, Belgium. Apart from serving as a Board Member of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, he is listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World.
He has published articles in The Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures,  journal Islamic Culture, Muslim Education Quarterly, Akademika, Sains Malaysiana, Pemikir, Kesturi, Hamdard Medicus, Jawhar,  Islamiyyat, Journal of General Studies, Journal of Islamic Education, VirTEC, International Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, The International Journal of Religión and Science, Journal of Axiology and Ethics,  and  Analectica Husserliana in addition to writing and translating seven books published by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka with several books and chapters in books published by Springer, The Netherlands,  UKM and UM.

ISTAC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC THOUGHT AFTER POST-MODERNISM

THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CIVILIZATION (ISTAC), INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (IIUM) IS ORGANISING ITS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC THOUGHT AFTER POST-MODERNISM IN OCTOBER 2011.