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• From Fasād to Iṣlāḥ: Islamic Thought and Ethics for a Regenerative Civilization

  Vol. 9 No. 1 (2027)

  Issue in Press: Proceedings of the 9th Ushuluddin International Conference (USICON) 2026

  The Faculty of Ushuluddin and Islamic Thought, UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, announces that the Proceedings of the 9th Ushuluddin International Conference (USICON) is currently in preparation. The conference will be held on 10–11 November 2026 at the Convention Hall, UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, under the theme:

  “From Fasād to Iṣlāḥ: Islamic Thought and Ethics for a Regenerative Civilization”

  The theme starts from the observation that today’s world faces many forms of fasād (corruption and destruction). These include ecological disasters, the climate crisis, moral and economic decline, sexual violence, the erosion of public trust, and the epistemic disruption brought by artificial intelligence and algorithms. In response, the conference invites scholars to explore how Islamic thought and ethics can offer pathways of iṣlāḥ (repair, reform, and renewal) toward a regenerative civilization, one that heals, restores, and sustains human and ecological life.

  The conference will feature the following keynote speakers:

  • Prof. Mohammad Sharifani, Ph.D. (Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran & Director of the Islamic Cultural Center Jakarta)
  • Assoc. Prof. Mark Woodward, Ph.D. (Arizona State University, USA)
  • Prof. F.J.S. (Frans) Wijsen, Ph.D. (Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
  • Dr. Muhammad Arif Yahya (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)

  Sub-themes

  1. Fasād and Iṣlāḥ in Qur’anic and Prophetic Thought: Hermeneutics, Ethics, and Social Transformation
  2. Islamic Environmental Ethics: Eco-Theology, Disasters, and Human Responsibility
  3. Islamic Political Ethics: Authority, Public Trust, Corruption, and Institutional Iṣlāḥ
  4. Islamic Moral Economy: Consumerism, Inequality, and the Ethics of Economic Iṣlāḥ
  5. Artificial Intelligence and Islamic Epistemology: Algorithms, Knowledge, Truth, and Human Agency
  6. Human Dignity and Islamic Ethics: Gender, Bodily Integrity, Violence, and Social Repair
  7. Sufism, Spirituality, and Ethical Transformation: Healing, Resilience, and Practices of Iṣlāḥ
  8. Interreligious Ethics and Civilizational Futures: Dialogue, Social Reconstruction, and Regenerative Imagination

  Submission and Publication

  We are currently accepting full paper submissions. Papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in the proceedings after the event. All submissions will undergo peer review, followed by revision, editing, and final acceptance by the editorial board. Presentation at the conference does not guarantee publication.

  Important Dates

  • Paper submission period: 25 September – 25 October 2026
  • Conference: 10–11 November 2026
  • Peer review: 12 November – 12 December 2026
  • Revision: 13 December 2026 – 3 January 2027
  • Expected publication: 27 January 2027

  Authors are requested to prepare their papers according to the author guidelines and template available on this website. Papers can be submitted through s.id/USICON-submissionform. Articles will be published online progressively once they have completed the review and editing process.

  Contact Person: Nurhaliza (+62 822-8300-4228)
  Website: ushuluddinfupi@uin-suka.ac.id | ushuluddin.uin-suka.ac.id | Instagram & YouTube: @fupiuinsuka

• THE 8th USHULUDDIN & ISLAMIC THOUGHT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (USICON)

  Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024)

  Theme: The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Asia
  Sub themes:
  1. The Philosophy and Theology of Dissent
  2. Contemporary Development of Islamic Studies in Asia
  3. Moderasi Beragama (Religious Moderation): Texts and Contexts
  4. Environmental Politics and Religion
  5. Religion and Artificial Intelligence
  6. Any Other Related Issues

   

• THE 7th USHULUDDIN & ISLAMIC THOUGHT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (USICON)

  Vol. 7 No. 1 (2023)

  Call for Paper

  “The Legacy of ‘Integrative-Interconnective’ Approach in Islamic Studies: A New Appraisal on Discourse and Practice”

  
  Description
  In the landscape of the Indonesian Islamic higher education (Perguruan Tinggi Keagamaan Islam/PTKI), “the integration between sciences” has been a major issue developed in the last two decades or so. In fact, it also coincided with further investigations on how to define and to conduct so-called “Islamic Studies” (Studi Islam) in Islamic Higher Education with the new 21st century milieu. In this regard, there is no Indonesian author on the issue as prolific as M. Amin Abdullah (b. 1953) who – according to Carool Kersten – has proposed “a new way of doing Islamic studies” at the first decade of 2000s. As Abdullah proposed the ‘integrative-interconnective’ approach in conducting Islamic studies that marked an important shift in the history of Indonesian Islamic higher education, today we see it as a legacy that transcends its first border. Not only belong to its formulator, but is also belong to many Indonesian scholars across disciplines both in the realm of theoretical framework and in the context of activism.
  What is evident is that today, integrasi-interkoneksi has become one of the major guides for the direction of Islamic studies scholarship in Indonesian Islamic Higher Education (PTKIs) and beyond. However, as twenty years are passing by, it has become a historical phenomenon leaving a legacy that has recently begun to be revisited by some international scholars who are concerned with Islamic education in Indonesia. Carool Kersten and Megan ‘Abbas are among the recent scholars who shed lights on the issue. On the other hand, the discussion about the ‘academic study of religion’, especially Islamic studies, has also revived in the Western scholarship as shown by Majid Daneshgar, Aaron Hughes, and many others. It is in this heated debate that ithe ‘integrative-interconnective’ approach can be ‘revisited’ through some new frames that transcend its original territory.

  Sub-themes
  The conference will be held in hybrid format and is oriented towards exploring new ideas on
  the following sub-topics:
  1. The Re-invention of 21st Century Islamic Studies in Indonesian Islamic Higher Education
  2. Revisiting Integrasi-Interkoneksi: Legacy and Appraisal
  3. Integrasi-Interkoneksi, Activism, and Interfaith Dialogue
  4. Locating Integrasi-Interkoneksi in the Current Debates on Academic Study of Religion

  Venue and Date
  Place                      : Faculty of Ushuluddin and Islamic Thought, UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta
  Dates                     : 9-10 November 2023
  Keynote Speaker : Prof. Dr. Amin Abdullah (Dewan Pengarah Badan Pembinaan Ideologi Pancasila Republik Indonesia/BPIP RI)

  Submission
  The submitted proposals must include:
  (1) author name and affiliation
  (2) summarized CV
  (3) paper title
  (4) extended abstracts (350-500 words),

  The symposium will be held mostly in English. Arabic abstracts are also welcomed. Please send your application to usicon.fupi@uin-suka.ac.id before October 15th, 2023. Selected abstracts will be notified on October 17th, 2023. Participants are encouraged to submit their final paper before the conference dates.

  Output
  We plan to publish an edited volume of a special issue after the symposium.

  Some Important Readings
  1. Amin Abdullah. Islamic Studies di Perguruan Tinggi: Pendekatan Integratif-Interkonektif (2006).
  2. Amin Abdullah. Studi Islam: Normativitas atau Historisitas? (1996).
  3. Waryani Fajar Riyanto. Integrasi-Interkoneksi Keilmuan: Biografi Intelektual Amin Abdullah (2013).
  4. Ronald Lukens-Bull. Islamic Higher Education in Indonesia: Continuity and Conflict (2013).
  5. Carool Kersten. Islam in Indonesia: The Contest for Society, Ideas, and Values (2015).
  6. Carool Kersten. “Al-Jabiri in Indonesia: The Critique of Arab Reason Travel to the Lands Below the Wind”, in Zaid Eyadat, et.al. (eds) Islam, State, and Modernity (2018).
  7. Megan ‘Abbas. Whose Islam? The Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia (2021)

• THE 6th USHULUDDIN & ISLAMIC THOUGHT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (USICON)

  Vol. 6 (2022)

  A. Background

  Ushuluddin International Conference (USICON) is an annual international conference hosted by Faculty of Ushuluddin and Islamic Thought, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta. This year, the conference will discuss the religion and hummanities in the post covid-19 (endemic) era. During this endemic, religion and hummanities has been changing ini many different way of roles, opportunities and challenges against the pandemic. It is undeniable that the endemic has changed the way many believers around the world to understand and practice their religion and hummanities.

   

  B. Scope and Sub-themes

  The purpose this conference is to explore the dynamic of religion and hummanities in facing the role, opportunitis and challenges in the endemic era. This topic will be discussed from the following point of views:

  1. Philosophy and Human Hope; exploring the manifestations of philosophy and theological perspectives in the context of human resiliance in the endemic.
  2. Al-Qur’an, Ethics and Human Wellbeing; exploring the ethichal issues and also human wellbeing issues surrounding the post pandemic from qur’anic perspectives.
  3. Hadith And Ecosystem Sustainability; exploring the ecosystem sustainability issues surrounding the post pandemic from hadith or comparative eco-theological perspectives.
  4. Women, Gender And Sufism: exploring women, gender in many related sufism perspective in the context of the endemic.
  5. Interreligious Cooperation In Endemic; the role, opportunities and challenges of religions and hummanities in the struggle of cooperation problems in the time of the endemic era.
  6. Religion, Hummanities And Welfare: exploring the question of welfare from religion, humanities and philosophical perspectives.
  7. Virtual Reality and Religion: artistic expressions of religion and hummanities in the context of the virtual reality perspective.

• THE 5th USHULUDDIN & ISLAMIC THOUGHT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (USICON)

  Vol. 5 (2021)

• THE 4th USHULUDDIN & ISLAMIC THOUGHT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (USICON)

  Vol. 4 (2020)

• THE 3rd USHULUDDIN & ISLAMIC THOUGHT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (USICON)

  Vol. 3 (2019)

• THE 2nd USHULUDDIN & ISLAMIC THOUGHT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (USICON)

  Vol. 2 (2018)

• THE 1st USHULUDDIN & ISLAMIC THOUGHT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (USICON)

  Vol. 1 (2017)