UNIVERSITAS HASANUDDIN UPDATE OCTOBER 2018 UniversitasHasanuddin UPDATE ISLAMIC FINANCE REVIEW: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PROF. DWIA ARIES TINA PULUBUHU The Islamic Finance Review (ISFIRE) is the official publication of the Having entered the Asian Islamic Bankers Association (IBA) and the recently concluded Global University Rankings, she stated Islamic Fintech Summit 2018. ISFIRE disseminates information on that leading the university current issues in Islamic banking and finance industry, highlighting the becoming a World Class University achievements and success stories of leading institutions and individuals is one of the critical priorities of in Islamic banking and finance. On its August 2018 issue, Hasanuddin her leadership terms. As a state- University Rector, Prof. Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu, was exclusively owned university, the complexities interviewed to share her experiences as the leader of the leading of leading Hasanudidn University university in Eastern Indonesia. is also based on the fact that out of the 130 state-owned universities Being among the youngest of her peers, Prof. Dwia shared the in Indonesia, only 11 (including complexities associated in running a complex organization like a Hasanuddin University) have university. Prof. Dwia elaborated how the university has undergone been granted legal status of an great heights in attaining the international recognition it holds in the autonomous university. (cont...) present time. International Office www.unhas.ac.id/intnews Universitas Hasanuddin 1 UNIVERSITAS HASANUDDIN UPDATE OCTOBER 2018 ... CONT’D Conference on Islamic Economic and Finance hosted by Hasanuddin University, exposed the potentials of a Shari’a-based economy in Hasanuddin University recently Indonesia. facilitated a conference on Shari’a-based economic and She is determined and encouraged to further research the scientific financial services, which heavily development of Islamic economics and finance, as this can be the basis influenced the reputation of for innovative forms of economic and financial services for a country Hasanudidn University in that consists of 90% Muslims. She further stated that the development advancing scientific developments of digital-based information technology has the potential to further spur on Islamic economics and finance. the outreach of Islamic economic and financial services in Indonesia. “My aspiration in the future is that the alumni of our Islamic economics Prof. Dwia enthusiastically programs will be the driving force for the development of Islamic expressed how the International economics and finance in Indonesia,” Prof. Dwia closed. LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY: SURVEY & DISCUSSION ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SOUTH SULAWESI REGIONS IN 2018 Faculty of Economics and Business UniversitasHasanuddin (FEB Around 60 students from various Unhas) and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University faculties and programs in Unhas of Singapore (LKY) held an event: Survey and Discussion on the Com- participated in the event. The petitiveness of South Sulawesi Regions in 2018. The event was held at event was closed with a survey and the GDLN Room 3rd Floor, FEB Unhas on September, 6th 2018. The primary data collection conducted event was opened by a discussion and public lecture regarding the by LKY delegates that will be used competitiveness of South Sulawesi Regions by Nursyahida Ahmad, for the upcoming research on the Dr. Zhang Xuyao from LKY School of Public Policy. competitiveness of South Suawesi. International Office www.unhas.ac.id/intnews 2 Universitas Hasanuddin UNIVERSITAS HASANUDDIN UPDATE OCTOBER 2018 PUBLIC LECTURE BY THE MAYOR OF ALKHALIL (HEBRON), PALESTINE A very special event was held at UNHAS. Mayor of Alkhalil (Hebron), Palestine gave a public lecture entitled “Alkhalil, The City of Ibra- him, The Grandfather of All Prophets, The City of World Heritage in Danger”. The program was opened by UNHAS Rector, Professor Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu, and attended by about175 students and lecturers from UNHAS and other universities in Makassar. The event was also attended by HE Zuhair Al Shun, the Ambassador of Palestine in Indo- UNHAS LECTURER AS nesia; Mr. Mohammad Kamal Zeerhouseni and Mr. Belal Almuhtaseb ONE OF INDONESIAN from Palestine; Dr. Zainulbahar Noor, Former Ambassador of Indo- nesia to Jordan and now an official in BAZNAS; and Mr. Nico Adam, REPRESENTATIVES IN representative of Indonesian Embassy in Amman, Jordan. NOVA PHD COURSE UNHAS got an honor to be involved in the NOVA PhD course at the University of Helsinki, Finland. One of the lecturers at the Faculty of Agriculture, UNHAS, Dr. Ir. andi Nasruddin., M.Sc., became one of the teaching teams at that event. There were also several teachers who came from various countries including four professors from the USA, UK, Sweden and Finland. VISIT BY EXPERTS FROM AUSTRALIAN This event was the first time for NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TO UNHAS NOVA to involve teachers from Indonesia. Previously, this program UNHAS received guests from Australian National University (ANU): always only invited lecturers from Professor Kiaran Kirk, Dean of ANU College of Science; Professor Europe, USA, or Canada. Stephen Eggins, Director of Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU College of Science; and Dr. Sara Beavis, a Senior Lecturer at ANU The NOVA PhD course was Fenner School of Environment and Society. In the visit Professor Kirk attended by PhD students from gave a lecture about Waging Chemical Warfare on Microorganisms: various leading universities in Drugs and Drug-Resistance; while Dr. Beavis talked about Artisanal Nordic countries such as Aarhus Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM): Legacies and Future Opportunities. University, Univ. of Helsinki, After giving lectures, Professor Kirk and Dr. Beavis had meeting with University of Eastern Finland, Dr. Iqbal Djawad, UNHAS Director of Partnership; and officials and Agricultural University of Iceland, lecturers from Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Public Health, &Faculty Norwegian University of Life of Marine Science and Fishery. Prof.Eggins visited Engineering Faculty Science, and Swedish University of at UNHAS campus in Gowa, & had discussion with officials & lecturers Agricultural Sciences. from the faculty to explore possible collaborations in the future. International Office www.unhas.ac.id/intnews 3 Universitas Hasanuddin UNIVERSITAS HASANUDDIN UPDATE OCTOBER 2018 THE 3RD MIKTA GOES TO CAMPUS IN HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY The Department of International Relations of the Faculty of Social and The four speakers were met with Political Sciences of Hasanuddin University and the Ministry of Foreign academics and think tanks, Affairs collaborated to hold the 3rd MIKTA Goes to Campus Talk Show namely researchers from LIPI at Universitas Hasanuddin. MIKTA (Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Nanto Sriyanton, lecturers of the Turkey, and Australia) was formed in 2013 on the sidelines of the UN Department of HI Unhas General Assembly with a mission to ensure that the global governance Agussalim Burhanuddin, and system is beneficial to all countries, and dedicated to advance non- Executive Director of the Habibie formal partnerships. Center. MIKTA Goes to Campus III which carries the theme “Fostering The speakers reviewed many Creative Economy & Contributing to Global Peace,” presented things about the presence of ambassadors and embassy leaders in member countries, namely the MIKTA, its role, and function, its Mexican Ambassador to Indonesia Armando Gonzalo Alvarez Reina, constraints, and challenges in Deputy Head of the Australian Embassy Mission in Jakarta Mr. Allaster ensuring a safe and peaceful Cox, Consular Embassy of the Republic of South Korea in Jakarta. Also global governance & contributing present were representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Muhsin to the progress and welfare of the Syihab, as part of the Directorate of Economic & Environmental nation-state in the world. Development. International Office www.unhas.ac.id/intnews 4 Universitas Hasanuddin UNIVERSITAS HASANUDDIN UPDATE OCTOBER 2018 FACULTY OF LAW UNHAS OFFICIALLY JOINED THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOLS (IALS) Unhas Faculty of Law is officially Groupsite - through social networking sites, get financial assistance accepted to join the International and travel accommodation to conduct meetings or workshops based on Association of Law Schools (IALS). needs. The Law faculty also can get the opportunity to collaborate with IALS is a private, non-political, other schools and faculties, participate in the development of the non-profit, volunteer, collaborative, curriculum and other guidelines for adjusting law education to the educated community dedicated to needs of diverse cultures and communities. In addition, members can serve the law education community also propose for the visiting professor program, become part of a law around the world. school network that collaborates in various types of faculties, students, and scientific exchanges program. Its main mission is to improve the law education throughout the In Indonesia, beside Law Faculty Unhas, there are also many faculties world. By joining IALS, the faculty which has also joined IALS like the University of Indonesia Law of Law of Unhas, have chance to get Faculty, Gadjah Mada University Faculty of Law, Airlangga University many benefits as a member. Faculty of Law, Padjadjaran University Faculty of Law, University of For instance, the faculty able to Pancasila Faculty of Law, Borobudur University Faculty of Law,