November, 2009

ALC/CILS Research Seminar: Growing Together in Partnership: Women's Views of the Business Practices of an Islamic Savings and Credit Cooperative
Tuesday, 24/11/09 1:00 PM
This seminar explores the impact of the rise of Islamism on women in Indonesia, and how Islamic jurisprudence has been linked to the business operations of the BMTs (Baitul Maal wat Tamwil).

Centre for Islamic Law and Society and National Centre of Excellence in Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference 2009
Monday, 23/11/09 9:00 AM
The Centre for Islamic Law and Society (CILS), will host its 5th annual Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference at the University of Melbourne on 23-25 November, 2009, co-hosted by the NCEIS

October, 2009

Centre for Islamic Law and Society Research Seminar: Weak State - Strong Communities? Tuan Guru, Tradition and Peace-Building in Lombok, Indonesia
Wednesday, 28/10/09 1:00 PM
Like many other parts of Indonesia, Lombok has faced considerable challenges since the fall of President Soeharto. This presentation focuses on peace-building & dispute resolution processes

Centre for Islamic Law and Society Research Seminar: Reviving Islamic Traditions of Sulh for Resolving Islamic Finance Disputes
Tuesday, 20/10/09 1:00 PM
Andrew White is an Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University. He is in Melbourne to co-teach with Professor Tim Lindsey; Islamic Law and Politics in the Masters program.

Centre for Islamic Law and Society Research Seminar: Yusman Roy and the Language of Devotion: 'Innovation' on Trial in Indonesia
Wednesday, 7/10/09 1:00 PM
Stewart's research examines the 2005 prosecution of Muhammad Yusman Roy of 'disgracing religion' and 'spreading hatred or contempt' in Indonesia.

August, 2009

Centre for Islamic Law and Society Research Seminar: Muslim Women in Radical Islamist Circles: The Case of Al-Mukmin Pesantren, Ngruki
Wednesday, 26/08/09 1:00 PM
Farha Abdul Kadir Assegaf is a well-known activist and consultant on issues concerning gender and religion. She will present on recent religious fundamentalism and radicalism in Indonesia.

Centre for Islamic Law and Society Research Seminar: Playboy on Trial: 'Pornography', The Law and the Islamic Defenders Front in Indonesia
Wednesday, 19/08/09 1:00 PM
Helen will analyse the anti-pornography Bill as an 'Islamic legal transplant' in the context of discourse theory. She will argue that the Islamic Defenders Front chose to report Playboy.

July, 2009

Reforming Islamic Law
Wednesday, 15/07/09 12:00 PM
Professor Kamali will introduce the salient features, scope and methodolies of the reform of Islamic Law seen in during the 20th Century.

June, 2009

Asian Legal Dialogue: Public Religion and Intergenerational Change in Indonesia: A Snapshot of Current Developments
Thursday, 11/06/09 1:00 PM
A discussion in Bahasa Indonesia with three Indonesian Muslim writers, thinkers and community leaders who are in Melbourne under the Australia-Indonesia Muslim Leaders Exchange Program.

May, 2009

Women’s movement in Aceh: Identity, mobilization and autonomy
Wednesday, 27/05/09 1:00 PM
Ms Dina Afrianty will highlight issues pertaining to Sharia Implementation and how it mobilizes Acehnese women.

Islam and Religious Minorities in Post-Reformasi Indonesia
Thursday, 7/05/09 1:00 PM
A discussion in Bahasa Indonesia with three Indonesian Muslim writers, thinkers and community leaders visitng under the Australia- Indonesia Institute’s Muslim Leaders Exchange Program.

April, 2009

Gendering Islam or Islamizing Gender? A Case Study of Progressive Muslim Women's Organization in Indonesia
Wednesday, 29/04/09 1:00 PM
Ms Hidayah argues that the shift towards gender activism in Indonesia by younger Muslims has made Islamic texts more dynamic through a constructive dialogue with contemporary human reality.

Regulating Sacred Sites: Conflict at Places of Worship in Indonesia
Wednesday, 15/04/09 1:00 PM
Melissa will discuss the impact Indonesia's national policy on places of worship has had on the relationship between Muslims and Christians in Indonesia.

March, 2009

Asian Legal Dialogue: Jaringan Islam Liberal (JIL): Its Anatomy and Legal Thinking
Friday, 20/03/09 12:00 PM
Hamid Chalid, lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Indonesia will address an Asian Legal Dialogue on the topic of Jaringan Islam Liberal (JIL).

December, 2008

Pakistan’s Islamic Identity, its Blasphemy Law and the International Law of Human Rights
Wednesday, 3/12/08 1:00 PM
Hajrah Saboor will discuss Pakistan's blasphemy laws, arguing that they must be analysed in the context of Pakistan's history as well as the country's religious, social and political trends.

November, 2008

CILS Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference 2008
Monday, 17/11/08 9:00 AM
CILS will host its 4th annual Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference - to bring together postgraduate students around Australia who are researching topics relating to Islam.

Expressing Islam: Religious Life and Politics in Indonesia
Monday, 17/11/08 5:30 PM
CILS will host a book launch to celebrate the publication of Expressing Islam: Religions Life and Politics in Indonesia

October, 2008

Beauty Queens, the Law and the Islamic Defenders Front in Indonesia
Wednesday, 8/10/08 1:00 PM
Helen will consider the implications of the 'Indonesian Princess' case for the continuing debate about pornography in Indonesia more broadly.

September, 2008

Yusman Roy and the Language of Devotion
Wednesday, 17/09/08 1:00 PM
Concentrating mainly on the ‘fatwah’ and the legal process, Stewart Fenwick will apply the work of John Rawls to explore to what extent Indonesian constitutionalism is ‘liberal’ or ‘Islamic'

University of Melbourne issues Forum: The Death Penalty in Indonesia
Tuesday, 16/09/08 1:00 PM
This forum is part of a series organised by the Office of the Provost and is an internal event for staff, student and visitors of the University of Melbourne.

Interest Free? Attitudes of Australian and British Muslims towards Conventional and Islamic Banking
Wednesday, 10/09/08 1:00 PM
Imran Lum will discuss the implications the prohibition of 'riba' (interest) has on Muslim banking practices in secular societies.

Muslim Women in Australia and the Challenges of Securing a 'Complete' Divorce
Wednesday, 10/09/08 2:15 PM
Anisa Buckley will discuss the challenges Muslim women in Australia face, which arrise out of the interplay between civil divorce proceedures and the involvement of religious authorities.

August, 2008

Responses of Local Women's NGO's to Sharia Implementation in Aceh: Competing ideas of Local Adat, Islamic Law and Universalist Feminism
Wednesday, 27/08/08 1:00 PM
Dina Afrianty will discuss how women activisits from local women's NGOS in Aceh deal with the competing ideological frameworks

Challenging the Myth of the Happy Celibate: Muslim Women Negotiating Contemporary Relationships
Wednesday, 20/08/08 1:00 PM
Dr Imtoual will discuss how cultural attitudes, higher divorce rates and the rising age of marriage have led Muslim women to feeling they should perform the 'myth of the happy celibate'.

Local Election (Pilkada) and Shari'a Implementation in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Wednesday, 13/08/08 1:00 PM
Andi Amiruddin will discuss the political position of KPPSI during the election process and the legitimacy of its attempts to push its Shari'a agenda in South Sulawesi.

'Faith and the State: A History of Islamic Philanthropy in Indonesia'
Tuesday, 5/08/08 1:00 PM
Amelia will argue that although political circumstances do influence the development of Islamic philanthropy, the state cannot successfully control it.

May, 2008

Resistant to Change:Muslim Educational Thought on Children's Motivation from Ibn Sahnun to Ibn Khaldun
Wednesday, 28/05/08 1:00 PM
This seminar presents some findings of a larger part of doctoral research that examines the development of Muslim educational thought on children's motivation from Ibn Sahnun to Ibn Khaldun

ALC/CILS Research Seminar - "Is a Special 'Fiqh Al-Aqallayyat' for Muslims Living Outside Muslim Lands Really that Different and Is It Even Needed?"
Tuesday, 13/05/08 1:00 PM
This seminar will examine the socio-political circumstances of Muslim minorities and the desire for a new 'fiqh', both in terms of methodology as well as positive jurisprudence.

February, 2008

ALC and CILS Research Seminar:
Friday, 1/02/08 5:30 PM
Dr Dédé Oetomo from GAYa NUSANTARA Foundation, Surabaya, Indonesia will discuss a range of different constructions of homomsexual behaviour that occur in Indonesian Society.

November, 2007

CILS Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference 2007
Tuesday, 13/11/07 9:00 AM

Between Radicalism and Liberalism? Islamic Law in Southeast Asia Colloquium
Monday, 12/11/07 9:00 AM
The Centre for Islamic Law and Society (CILS) will host a one-day colloquium on Islamic Law in Southeast Asia on Monday 12 November, 2007

October, 2007

"Violence in Southern Thailand: Causes, Agents and Trajectory" (with Centre for Islamic Law and Society)
Monday, 8/10/07 1:00 PM
The Muslim-majority provinces of Southern Thailand are currently embroiled in one of Southeast Asia’s most violent conflicts.

Islam, Rebellion and Terrorism - Then and Now
Thursday, 4/10/07 6:00 PM
The International Commission for Jurists, supported by Melbourne Law School, is pleased to announce this lecture presented by Mr Waleed Aly, prominent commentator on Islam-West Relations

September, 2007

ALC/CILS Brown Bag Seminar - "Local Women's NGOS Responses to Sharia Implementation in Post Conflict Aceh"
Wednesday, 5/09/07 1:00 PM
Ms Dina Afrianty speaks on the current implementation of Sharia in Aceh.

August, 2007

Sixth Annual International Abraham Conference 26 August 2007: Shaping a Nation's values: The Abrahamic Tradition
Sunday, 26/08/07 10:00 AM
This conference will explore the much debated question of how to define core values in a modern society, in which a number of different religious and secular perspectives are upheld.

May, 2007

“Substantive Equality and Legal Pluralism in Indonesia: A Case Study of Joint Ministerial Decrees on the Construction of Worship Places
Wednesday, 16/05/07 1:00 PM
A 1969 joint Ministerial Decree of the national Religious Affairs and Home Affairs Ministers required regional heads to consider input from heads of religious affairs...

“Cultural Diversity in the South of Thailand: Language, Policy and Reconciliation
Tuesday, 8/05/07 1:00 PM
The Muslim-majority provinces of Southern Thailand are currently embroiled in one of Southeast Asia’s most violent conflicts. Formally incorporated into Thailand...

“Islamic Commercial Law Reform in Afghanistan: A First-Hand Account
Wednesday, 2/05/07 1:00 PM
A new commercial legal system is being developed in Afghanistan. It is a blend of Islamic law (Shari’ah), centuries-old traditional or customary law, and a modern legal system of civil codes

April, 2007

ALC Brown Bag Seminar Series - "'Perda Syariat': Its implementation and Implication in South Sulawesi, Indonesia"
Wednesday, 18/04/07 1:00 PM
During the last few years, a significant number of ‘Perda Syariat’ (Sharia-based Regional Regulations) have been passed, not only in South Sulawesi but also in other provinces of Indonesia..

March, 2007

Ms Fatima Husein
Thursday, 1/03/07

November, 2006

CSCI Colloquium - "Muslims in the West: Integration or Exclusion?"
Wednesday, 22/11/06 3:00 PM
Tensions between Islamic beliefs and the modern secular state are at the heart of many contemporary debates within Islam, as well as between Muslims and non-Muslims.

CSCI Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference 2006
Monday, 20/11/06
This conference aims to bring together postgraduate students around Australia who are researching topics relating to Islam.

ALC Occasional Seminar (with the CSCI) - "Jemaah Islamiyah, Al Qaeda and Regional Terrorism: Kinship and Family Links"
Wednesday, 8/11/06 6:00 PM
Mr Ismail will discuss conceptions of kinship, which have important ramifications for the ways radical jihadi groups establish political authority among recruits and maintain loyalty.

September, 2006

Professor Daniel Peterson
Thursday, 7/09/06

August, 2006

“Islamic Syari’ah Codes in Indonesia”
Monday, 14/08/06 9:00 AM
Three speakers will consider three different Islamic Syari’ah Codes proposed or actually introduced in different parts of Indonesia since 1998 and will debate their implications

November, 2005

CSCI Colloquium - ‘Muslims, Secularism and the Secular State’
Wednesday, 23/11/05 8:30 AM
The Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam at the University of Melbourne invites you to an international colloquium on "Muslims, Secularism and the Secular State".

CSCI Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference 2005
Monday, 21/11/05 9:00 AM