A half-day Seminar on American Literary Culture was co-organized by Department of English Language and Literature, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Intercultural Department, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada on Tuesday, 3rd October, 2107. The Seminar was organized in conjunction with a road show by the Intercultural Department FCS-UGM. Among the objectives of the roadshow is to explore future cooperation between UGM and IIUM in the field of research, teaching and students exchange. The delegation from FCS-UGM consisted of 13 post-graduate students from the American Culture Studies and accompanied by two lecturers headed by Dr. Nur Saktiningrum, M.Hum. Vice Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, Faculty of Cultural Sciences – UGM.
Eight papers were presented in the seminar:
Paper I: Adjusting Death Perspective: A Piece of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and Agnes Davonar’s Surat Kecil untuk Tuhan by Rizky Amalia – UGM
Paper 2: The Unconventional Conversion Narrative of Lena Winfrey Seder by Mahya Abolmasoomi – IIUM
Paper 3: Diversity in Beauty as Depicted in Vogue Magazine Cover by Anastasia Oendy and Siti Kurniaty Rasyad – UGM
Paper 4: Exploring the ‘Third Space’: The Bildung of an African-American in Umm Zakiyyah’s Realities of Submission by Aisyah binti Saiful Bahri – IIUM
Paper 5: The Mythology of American Exceptionalism in the 21st Century, A Critical Discourse Analysis of President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Addresses by Simon Ntamwana – UGM
Paper 6: Ambivalent Identities and Liminal spaces: Reconfiguration of National and Diasporic Identity in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Quratulain Shirazi – IIUM
Paper 7: Desiring Domination: A Postfeminist Study on the Lyrics of Lana del Rey’s Ultraviolence Album by Galant Nanta Adhitya and Nadia Lasari – UGM
Paper 8: Promoting Islamic Teachings through Literature: A Study of Emerick’s Work by Nur Hafiza binti Abu Bakar – IIUM
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Quayum the Dean of Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences – IIUM warmly welcomed the delegation from FCS-UGM and he hoped future collaboration can be materialized as the result of the seminar and visit. Dr. Nur Saktiningrum, M.Hum the Vice Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, Faculty of Cultural Sciences – UGM thanked KIRKHS-IIUM for the reception and she also looked forward for future programs and activities between the two Universities. Recording of the paper presentation can be viewed at the Upperhand Youtube Channel (click here).https://youtu.be/-OQuTOli3Jc
