30 - 31st July 2011, Nagoya Japan


Program & Speakers





Draft Program (PDF version is click here)

Reforms in Islamic Higher Education in Meeting Contemporary Challenges

Saturday 30th July - Sunday 31st July 2011

 

:Venue : Main Lecture Room (2nd Floor)
  Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University


Organized by

Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

 

Day 1 Saturday 30th July

 

08.45 - 09.15am  Registration (& Breakfast)

09.15 - 09.30am     Introduction & Welcoming Remarks - Prof Mina Hattori

09.30 - 10.45am     Session 1: Reviving the Sacred in Contemporary Knowledge

  Chair: Prof Rosnani Hashim
  Prof Sutrisno (Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Indonesia)
Toward Integration of Sciences and Islamic Studies in the Islamic State University (ISU) Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta
  Prof Nishino Setsuo (GSEHD, Nagoya University, Japan) Islamisation of Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis of Malaysia and Indonesia)

 

10.45 - 11.00am     Tea break

11.00 - 12.30pm    Session 2: Curricular Reforms and Development

  Chair: Assoc Prof Kamaroniah Kamaruzzaman
  Assoc Prof Ghazali Basri (Seri Begawan University College, Brunei)
Harmonizing Faith And Science In An Integrated Teacher Education Curriculum For Seri Begawan Religious Teachers University College- A Case Study
  Dr. Bambang Suryadi (Sharif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Indonesia)
The Role of Islamic Higher Education in Harmonizing the Religion and Sciences: Indonesian Experiences; A case study at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta
  Dr. Gamal Abdul Nasir Zakaria (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
The Role of State Islamic Religious Institutes (IAIN) in the Education System Reform of the “Madrasah” in Indonesia


12.30 - 01.45pm    Lunch Break

01.45 - 03.15pm    Session 3:Economics and Human capital development

  Chair: Prof Aref Atari
  Dr Fatah Syukur (Walisongo State Islamic Institution, Indonesia)
Islamic Higher Education and Human Capital Development
  Dr. Ahmed Belouafi & Abderrazak Belabes
(
Islamic Economics Research Centre, King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia)
Islamic Finance Programs at Higher Education Institutions: Overview and Prospects
  Mr. Sigit Pramono (Paramadina University, Jakarta, Indonesia)
Mr. Taufik Ridlo (SEBI School of Islamic Economics, Jakarta, Indonesia)
The Strategic Role of Universities in Preparing Human Resource For Islamic Finance Industry In Indonesia: Lessons From The Curricular Development Program In Islamic Economics Teaching At Undergraduate
Level


03.15 - 03.30pm    Tea Break

03.30 - 05.00pm    Rest
05.30 - 09.00pm    Festival Mando in Kariya   (Bus will leave from Toyoda Auditorium)

 

Day 2 Sunday 31st July

 

08.45 - 09.15am   Breakfast

09.15 - 10.45am  Session 4: Intellectual Creativity/ Academic Freedom

  Chair:Assoc Prof Dr Ghazali Basri 
  Assoc Prof Dr Yedullah Kazmi  ( International Islamic University Malaysia)
Islamic Higher Education and the Issue of Freedom and Creativity
  Saheed Ahmad Rufai (University of Lagos, Nigeria)
Academic Freedom in the Islamic Tradition: Can Islamic Higher Learning be anything but creative?
  Dr Rahimah Embong (International Islamic University Malaysia)
Islamic Integrated Curriculum (IIC): Theoretical Framework
and Analysis of Contemporary Models


10.45 - 11.00am     Tea break

11.00 - 12.30pm     Session 5: Privatization & Internationalisation of Higher Education

  Chair: Dr Sarkat Arani Mohammad Reza
  Prof Aref Atari (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
The 'Sacred' and the 'profane': shall the twain ever meet?  Privatization of Higher Education in Arab Countries as an Example
  Ms. Yuki Nakata (Toyo University, Japan)
The role of private universities in the era of national building in Indonesia: Focusing on the efforts of Indonesian Islamic University (UII) in the 1950’s.
  Prof Rosnani Hashim (International Islamic University Malaysia)
Internationalisation of Contemporary Islamic Higher Education and Ummatic Development: A Case Study of the International Islamic University Malaysia


12.30 - 01.45pm    Lunch Break

01.45 - 03.30pm    Session 6:The challenges of cultural diversity & Minority Muslims

  Chair:Prof H. Sutrisno
  Assoc Prof Kamaroniah Kamaruzzaman ( International Islamic University Malaysia).
Islamic Higher Education and the Challenges of Diversity        
  Prof Ahmed Akgunduz (Islamic University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
The role of higher education for Muslim communities in Europe
  Assoc Prof Mina Hattori (GSEHD, Nagoya University, Japan)
Functions of Islamic Higher Education in a Multicultural society: A Comparative Analysis of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.


03.30 - 03.45pm   Concluding Remarks

03.45 - 04.00pm   Tea & Sayounara