INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON

ISLAMIC STUDIES RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Host : The Post Graduate School

University Name : Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry
City and Country : Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Venue : The Post Graduate School Seminar Room, Third Floor
Schedule : March, 1, 2023
Mode : Hybrid
PIC : Dr. Silahuddin and Dr. Sehat Ihsan Sadiqin
Co-PIC : Dr. phil. Saiful Akmal, MA
(Awardee of Australian Indonesian Muslim Exchange Program, 2022)
Background
To manifest its vision and mission, to become a world class university with excellent
teaching, researching and community service, UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, wishes to develop
international programs on Islamic Studies as a way to establish their uniqueness and embrace
globalization and the 4.0 industrial revolution. Therefore, academic communities within UIN Ar-
Raniry are encouraged to develop their teaching and research competencies and skills relevant to
the university’s eventual goal to become an independent, innovative, and leading research
university at the national and international levels. As the Post Graduate School Program, in
particular, plans to start an international degree program in Islamic studies in the near future, it is
high time for the program to start the necessary preparation.
As part of the preparation, a lecturer from UIN Ar-Raniry participated in the Australian
Indonesian Muslim Exchange Program (AIMEP) 2022 involving intensive online courses and in-
person workshops. The program was sponsored by the Australian Government through its
Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia and implemented by Mosaic Connection in collaboration with the
two biggest Indonesian Muslim Society Organizations of Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah
during the period of October - November 2022. The program enables Indonesian and Australian
Muslim young leaders, social activitsts, educators to learn how to effectively understand Islam as
a means of change, peacemaking and progressive networking in Indonesia and Australia and
beyond and encourages them to approach Muslims and its societies in a multidisciplinary
approaches. In particular, the AIMEP program is deemed beneficial for UIN Ar-Raniry’s faculty
members as it can help them better understand the principles and objectives of using Islamic
Studies to promote the beauty of Islam and its teachings and principles in interdisciplinary
courses within the context of an international program.
Part of the AIMEP program is the implementation of networking multiplication activities
at the participants’ home institutions for future international collaboration through dialogue, and
scientific mechanism. This workshop activity correlates with the Post Graduate School
Program’s immediate goal: to offer an international degree program in Islamic Studies. Also, this
workshop will serve as the starting point for the university’s action to develop quality
international programs. Finally, the dissemination activity can help the Post Graduate School
Program identify potential faculty members for the planned international program(s) on Islamic
Studies and its methodological traits.
The Target Participants
Because UIN Ar-Raniry, and the Post Graduate School Program, in particular, has not yet
run any international program, this workshop targets faculty members with in-depth and
profound understanding and skills to start-up International Program on Islamic Studies.
Therefore, the management of the the Post Graduate School Program will identify and invite a
limited number of faculty members from various departments within UIN Ar-Raniry with strong
intradisciplinary focuses and methods on Islamic Studies, especially in the Asia Pacific Context
(Insular Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and The Far Eastern neighboring countries).

Training Goals
After this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. use eclectic and intradisciplinary approach on Islamic Studies research methodology
2. deliver practical subject-specific lectures and classes on Islamic Studies in English
3. use effective principles to design and create courses on Islamic Studies in English

The Training Format - Workshop

one-day workshop

Venue: Post Graduate School Seminar Room

No. Time Activities Speakers / PIC

1 08.00 - 08.30 Re-registration

2. 08.30 - 08.45 Opening remark from Post-Graduate The Director of the

School Program Post-Graduate School
Program – Prof. Dr.
Mujiburrahman

3. 08.45 - 09.15 Presentation on “General Outlook of Rowan Gould –

Islamic Studies in ASEAN” – Why it Director, Australia
really matters in Area Studies? Indonesia Muslim
Exchange Program
(AIMEP) &
Australia-ASEAN
Muslim Exchange
Program (AAMEP) –
via Zoom

09.15 - 10.15 Presentation on “Research Method in Prof. Eka Srimulyani

Islamic Studies” and Dr. Arif Zamhari
– Kaprodi Magister
Islamic Studies UIN
Syarif Hidayatullah
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 Jakarta/PMU and
LPDP MORA

10.15 - 10.30 Coffee break

4. 10.30 - 12.00 Brainstorming: challenges and Prof. Dr. Teuku

opportunities of International Programs Zulfikar and Dr. Arif
on Islamic Studies in Indonesia : Zamhari – Kaprodi
Towards a hypehated muslim identities Magister Islamic
and Nusantaran muslims ambassador Studies UIN Syarif
Hidayatullah
Jakarta/PMU and
LPDP MORA

5. 12.00 - 13.30 Lunch break

6. 13.30 - 15.00 Sharing Session on “ The Discourse on Dr.phil. Saiful Akmal

Islamic Studies in Aceh : A Post- and Dr. Sehat Ihsan
Conflict Paradigm” Sadiqin – UIN Ar-
Raniry
Mindmapping dan brainstorming with
invited participants

7. 15.00 - 15.15 Coffee break

8. 15.15 - 16.45 From Minority to Majority and Vice Brynna Rafferty

Versa: Internationalization and Islamic Brown of Director,
Studies in Indonesia and Southeast Asia Director, Australia-
Indonesia &
Australia-ASEAN
Muslim Exchange
Programs at Mosaic
Connectionsvia Zoom

10 18.00-18.30 Closing Remarks Rector of UIN Ar-

Raniry – Prof. Dr.
Mujiburrahman

18.30-18.45 Photo Session

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The Training Logistics
● Number of Participants
hybrid workshop = 20 participants
20-minute presentation / 10-minute feedback or other alternative activities
● Materials needed
possible materials include copies of handouts, slides, and interactive exercises.
● Technology Needs
presentation computer with projector and screen, internet for presenter and participants
● Advertisement or outreach
posters/ flyers /office letter
● Registration/Cost
It is a free workshop, but the participants will be invited