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International Conferences and Seminars

1.      International Conference on Islam in Africa in collaboration with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), FUIW and ISTAC, IIMU (19^th -21^st July 2011)

2.      International Seminar On Islamic Moderation And Its Role In Reform And Development in collaboration with the International Islamic Wasatiyya (Moderation) Forum (Jordan) and International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization)

(18^th July 2011 )

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Public Talks

1.      “Islam and the Rise of Freedom in the West”

·         Speaker: Dr. Sean Foley from Fulbright Research Scholar at ISTAC and Assistant Professor of History at Middle Tennessee State University (USA)

·         (15 December 2010)

2.      “Referendum of Southern Sudan: Challenges and Prospects”

·         Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk

·         (30 December 2010)

3.      “U.S. Invasion of Iraq: Regime Changing or State Ending? (A Testimony of an Eyewitness and Sociologist)”

·         Speaker: Dr. Omar Hisham Altalib, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, KIRKHS, IIUM

·         (21 January 2011)

4.       “Islam from the Perspective of Western Women”

·         Speaker: Lauren Booth She is an English broadcaster, journalist and human rights activist and the sister-in-law of the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair

·         (26 January 2011)

5.      “Political Situation in Yemen: The Past and the Present”

·         Speaker: Mr. Sabri Saleem Founding President, Yemen College of Middle East Studies

·         (8 February 2011)

6.       “Democracy and State Building in Post-Bonn Afghanistan”

·         Speaker: Dr. Wahabuddin Ra’ees, Department of Political Science, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (KIRKHS)

·         (4 March 2011)

7.       “The Golden Web Foundation: An Introduction”

·         Speaker: Mr. Paul Keeler, Director of the Golden Web Foundation

·         (25 April 2011)

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Forums

1.       “The New Arab Awakening: Challenges and Prospects”

·         Speakers: Prof. Dr. Muddathir Abdel Rahim Eltayed, ISTAC and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Waleed Faris Fikri, Kulliyyah of Engineering, IIUM.

·         arch 2011)

2.       “The Middle East Conflict: A Christian Perspective on Its Origins and Solution”

“The Israel-Palestine Conflict in the Context of US Imperialism”

·         Speakers: Dr. Stephen Sizer, Senior Pastor, Christ Church, UK and Prof. Achin Vanai, International Relations and Global Politics, University of Delhi

·         (3 June 2011)

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International Journal on Muslim Unity (IJMU)

1.                      1. Volume 6 No.1 & 2 ( 2008) – Published.

2.                      2. Volume 7 No.1, (2009)- in progress.

3.                      3. Volume 7 No.2, (2009)- in progress.

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United Muslim Forum: IIMU’s Bilingual Newsletter

1.       Issue No. 12 (January 2011) –Published

2.       Issue No. 13 (December 2011) in progress

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Friends and Fellows Membership

1.      Special Trainings for Potential Leaders (STPL)

-    Every year (for postgraduate students)

(29 – 31 January 2011)

2.       Future Leaders of the Ummah Forum (FLUF)

-    Every year (for undergraduate students)

(22^nd – 25^th October 2010)

3.       Convention

(14^th October 2010)

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Islamic Enhancement & Evaluation Programmes (IEEP)

1.       28^th-30^th May 2011 at Hydro Hotel, Penang

Academic activities of the Director

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Books

1.       Sudan: Power and Heritage, Omdurman: Abdul Karim Mirghani Cultural Centre, 2010.

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Articles (ISI)

1.       “The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: From Collaboration Mechanism to Party Politics, 1898-1956”, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, vol. 38, no. 2, 2010, pp. 207-236.

2.       “An African Scholar in the Netherlands East Indies: Ahmad Muhammad al-Surkirti, his Life and Islamic Reforms”, Sudanic Africa, vol. 3, 2011.

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Conferences

1.       International Conference on Islam in Africa: Intellectual Trends, Historical Sources and Research Methods, Kuala Lumpur (IIUM), 19-21 July 2011. Presented a paper entitled: “An African Scholar in the Netherlands East Indies: Ahmad Muhammad al-Surkitti, his Life and Islamic Reforms”.

2.       20th Annual World History Association Conference in Beijing, July 7-10, 2011. Presented a paper entitled: “Teaching World History in Middle East Universities: Challenges and Prospects

3.       The XXI International Congress of Historical Sciences, Amsterdam, 22-25 August 2010, presented a paper entitled: ““World Views and World History”.

4.       2010 – World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies, Barcelona, 2010 (19-23 July), presented a paper entitled: “Shaykh Ahmad Surkitti (1876-1943): His Life, Thoughts and Reforms in the Netherlands East Indies”.

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Book Reviews

1.      Holy City on the Nile: Omdurman during the Mahdiyya, 1885-1898. by ROBER S. KRAMER. Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers. Pp.xx+214. No price given, hardback/paperback (ISBN 978-1-55876-515-3). Published in Journal of Sudanic Africa, 2011.

2.      Waging Peace in Sudan, The Inside Story of the Negotiations That Ended Africa's Longest Civil War. By HILDE JOHNSON, Publisher: Sussex Academic Press, 2011. Published in Sudanile, May 2011.

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Research Projects

1.       “Islam in Africa: Intellectual Trends, Historical Sources and Research Methods”, Endowment Type A (IIUM), 2011-2012.

2.       "Islah and Tajdid: The Concepts and their Application in Pre-Modern and Modern Times", Researcher, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FGRS). 2009-2012. Co-Researcher.

3.       Al-Shaykh Ahmad Surkitti, 1876-1943: His Life, Thought and Reform in Indonesia, Georg Foster Fellowship (6 months) for Experienced Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt, Berlin, Germany, 2009-2011.

5.

Consultancy

1.       The Encyclopedia of the Hajj and the Two Holy Mosques Project, sponsored by the King Abdul Aziz Foundation of Research and Archives, Riyadh, 2009-2014.

·         Coordinator of Southeast Asia Region

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Membership of Academic Associations

1.       Member of The Network of World and Global History

Organizations (NOGWHISTO).

2.       Member of The Board of Directors of the Asian Association of World Historian (AAWH).

3.       Member of The European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH)

4.       Members of the International Association of World History (AWH).

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Academic Visits

1.       Visit to The Kingdom Abdul Aziz Foundation for Research and Archives, sponsored by the Foundation. Encyclopedia of the Hajj Research Project.

2.       Academic Visit to Qatar University sponsored by The Centre for World History, Pittsburgh, USA. Delivered the following lectures and public talks:

a.       Globalization and Muslim Identity: Challenges and Responses

b.      Is world history a new academic field of historical Studies: Challenges and Prospects?

c.       Globalization between the end of history and clash of civilizations

d.      The Islamic interpretation of history: Proponents and Opponents.

3.       Assessment of the History curriculum, the Department of Humanities.

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ACTIVITIES

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International Conference

1.       International Conference on Islamization of Indigenization of Psychological Knowledge.

·         Co-organizers: International Association of Muslim Psychologists, International Institute for Islamic Thought and Civilization, ISTAC.

·         17-20 December 2012

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Workshop

1.                   First Regional Forum on the Holy Quran Studies.

·         Co-organizers: The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) and The Holy Quran Memorization International Organization (HQMIO)

·         12-14 December 2012

FLUF

1.       Future Leaders of the Ummah Forum, 14-16 October, 2011

Alumni (F &F)

2.       Alumni Friends and Follows, 11-13 November 2011

Unity Day

3.       Unity Day, November 2011