Author: istayn

Istadiyantha is a professor who focuses in Middle Eastern Studies and a lecturer in Faculty of Cultural Studies at Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia. He completed his doctoral degree in Middle Eastern Studies at Universitas Gadjah Mada in 2014. His current activities are in the fields of Arabic, Middle Eastern studies, and cross-cultural studies. He published several books about philology, Arabic language and religion. Recently, he was the main speaker and first author in Universitas Indonesia International Seminar of the Middle East The Dynamics of the Middle East Culture After Arab Spring in 2015, a head of international conference ICOMS 2016 on Humanism in the Perspective of Islamism and Global Terrorism, in 2016 and a presenter in international Conference in IAIN Salatiga, 2017: The Disputes Over Terrorism: Between Committing Violence For The God’s Sake or Violence Against The Command of God?. He was the Vice Dean of Students and Alumni Affairs, and Vice Dean of General Affairs and Finance (1999-2003 and 2003-2007, respectively) in the Faculty of Cultural Studies UNS. Apart from that, he is an editor-in-chief of Journal of Center of Middle Eastern Studies (CMES). In 1992, He has been granted as the first place of Teaching Award in the faculty-level and the second place of Teaching Award in the university-level upon his dedication and loyalty in teaching. In 2016, the President of Republic of Indonesia awarded him “Satya Lencana Karya Satya” to acknowledge his discipline, loyalty and capacity to be a good role model in serving the nation in education sector for more than 30 years.