CV/RESUME (as of March 2009)
DR. ADI SETIA BIN MOHD DOM
Assistant Professor & Lecturer
(History & Philosophy of Science)
Contact Information
Home Address:
Block D-4-3
Kuarters Kediaman Kerajaan Jalan Duta,
No. 1, Jalan Dutamas 3, 50480 Kuala Lumpur.
Office Address:
Department of General Studies,
International Islamic University Malaysia,
Jalan Gombak, 53100 Kuala Lumpur.
Email:
adi_setia@iiu.edu.my
adisetiawangsa@gmail.com
adisetiamuh@yahoo.com
Telephone:
019-333 7991 (mobile)
03-6203 4150 (home)
03-6196 4000 ext 3524 (office)
Fax:
03-6196 5504
(office)
Education and Certificates
Nov, 2004.
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC): completed
doctorate
degree (PhD) in History and Philosophy of Science (Islamic Science) with dissertation
entitled, The Physical Theory of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (viva passed July 2005, Senate
endorsement February 03, 2006).
August, 1999.
International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC): Master’s Degree (MA) in
Islamic Science, with thesis entitled, The Genesis of Greek Philosophy and Science: An
Outline of the Case for the Revisionist Viewpoint.
July, 1996.
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM): Bachelor’s Degree (BA) in Human Sciences
with concentration in Arabic Language and Literature.
1989.
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka and the Malaysian Translators’ Association: Diploma in
Translation Theory and Practice.
1982—87.
Traditional Islamic studies at Madrasah Misbahul Falah, Baling; Madrasah Diniah Bakriah,
Pasir Tumboh, Kelantan; and Patani.
Employment and Academic Experience
Jan 2007—present:
Lecturer & Assistant Professor (History & Philosophy of Science),
Department of General Studies, IIUM. (research and teaching in various
aspects of the Worldview of Islam).
June, 2006 – January, 2007:
Deputy Dean for Student Affairs, Kulliyyah of Science, IIUM.
February, 2006 – Jan, 2007:
Assistant Professor (History & Philosophy of Science), Kulliyyah of
Science, IIUM.
Nov 11, 2004—Jan 2007:
Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science, Department of
Computational and Theoretical Studies, Faculty of Science, IIUM (teaching
undergraduate courses in philosophy and history of science, Islamic
Science, history of mathematics, Islamic worldview, Islamic ethics and
fiqh, Islamic civilization; and occasionally conducting local and regional
seminars on history and philosophy of science, Islamic Science,
Islamization of Science, ethics and postmodernism to diverse audience of
students, lecturers and the general public).
Apr 1998 - November 2004:
Research Fellow, ISTAC (involved in academic research related to Islamic
Science and Islamic Worldview, served on the editorial board of ISTAC
journals al-Shajarah and al-Hikmah).
1993 – 1996:
Free-lance
researcher/translator
with
IKIM
(Institute
for
Islamic
Understanding Malaysia: worked with Encik Aidit Ghazali, then Senior
Research Fellow) and with the National Institute of Translation. Cotranslator of Rihlah ibn Battutah into Malay, Pengembaraan Ibn Battutah.
Relevant Skills
Computer:
Windows, MS Word, Macintosh, Internet.
Language:
written & spoken Malay, English, Arabic; rudimentary German, Latin, Greek.
Translation:
interlingual translation into/from Malay, English, Arabic.
Organizational:
experience in organizing local, national, regional and international conferences, workshops
& seminars; grass-root intellectual networking, chairing meetings, etc.
Speaking:
conducted/delivered motivational courses, forums, talks, seminars, meetings, dialogues,
and discussions in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.
Selected talks/seminars conducted (by invitation only)
* Jul 28, IKIM, Malaysia:
“Green is Graceful: Reorientating Science & Technology
for Soil, Soul & Society”:” (international conference,
forthcoming).
* Mar 30, Sri Gombak, KL:
Kuliah Maghrib Kitab Ummul-Barahin Imam al-Sanusi.
* Mar 27, YDIM/UM/Yayasan Ilmuwan:
“Kesalingkaitan
antara
Agama
&
Sains:
Ke
Arah
Meletakkan Semula Sains & Teknologi di bawah
Pengarahan Shari‘ah Islamiyyah.”
* Mar 14, AKK/ILIM:
“Salingkait antara Sains & Fiqh.”
* Feb 21, ASASI/IIUM:
“Green is Graceful: Practical Lessons from the History
of Islamic Technology.”
* Feb 02—04, Sharjah University:
“Islamization of Mathematics” in conjuntion with their
International Conference on Islamic Psychology.
* Jan 25, 2009, IIIT, Malaysia:
“Operationalizing
Islamization
of
Mathematics.”
(regional Islamization of Knowledge Conference).
* Dec 03, 2008, INSPEM, UPM:
“Operationalizing
Islamic
Values
in
the
Sciences
through Mathematical Crativity.”
(regional ethnomathematics conference).
* May 9—10, 2008, ASASI/UKM:
“Ekologi
Islam
sebagai
Cabang
Amali
Kosmologi Islam.”
* Apr 19—20, 2008, INSISTS/UNISSULA:
“Penelitian
dalam
Sains Islam:
Penerapan
Gagasan Pengislaman Sains Profesor Dr. Syed
Muhammad Naquib al-Attas.” (Indonesia)
* May 13—14, 2008, IKIM, Malaysia:
“Teori
&
Tinjauan
Penemuan
&
Barat
Penilaian
tentang
Ringkas
Aqal:
menurut
Kerangka Faham Ilmu Islam.”
* Nov 21, 2007, INSPEM/UPM:
“Pemikiran Matematik dalam Kalam.”
* Jul 17, 2007, IKIM, Malaysia:
“Islamic Perspectives on Going Green.”
(international conference)
* Apr 5, 2007, DGS/IIUM:
“Three Meanings of Islamic Science: Toward
Operationalizing Islamization of Science.”
* Mar 24, 2007, INSISTS/KL:
“Filsafat
Sains
Menurut
Profesor
Syed
Muhammad Naquib al-Attas.”
* Mar 12, 2007, AKK/Kajang:
“Pengislaman
Sains
Sebagai
Rencana
Penyelidikan Jangka Panjang.”
* Feb 17, 2007, ASASI/UKM:
“Sains Islam sebagai Rencana Penyelidikan
Jangka Panjang.”
* Feb 13, 2007, IKIM/KL:
“Sains
Berpandukan
Agama:
Penghuraian
Semula Faham Taskhir dan Perlaksaannya di
Malaysia.”
* Feb 10, 2007, ASASI/UKM:
“Pengislaman
Sains
Sebagai
Rencana
Penyelidikan.”
* Dec 22, 2006, Jab.Peng.Sains/UM:
“Bagaimana
Mengamal-laksanakan
Sains
Islam.”
* Dec 6, 2006, DBP/UM:
“Sains Islam berdepan Sains Barat dalam
Pemikiran Saintis Melayu-Muslim.”
* Aug. 5, 2006, Seminar Sanad/Shah Alam:
“Sains Islam & Cabaran Semasa.”
* Jul 1, 2006, INSISTS/Jakarta:
“Sains Islam dan Cabaran Sains Barat.”
* May, 2006, Kull. of Science/IIUM:
“Islamization of Science in Action.”
* May 27, 2005, IEP/Kulliyyah of Science/IIUM:
“The Meaning of Amanah.”
* Aug 23—24, 2005, IKIM, KL:
“Pandangan
Tokoh
Pemikir
Islam
Silam
Berkaitan Jiwa Merdeka.”
* Jan, 2005, Halaqah/Science/IIUM:
“Taskhir & Scientific Appreciation of Nature.”
* Apr 22—23, 2000, PERGAS/Singapore:
“Islam & Scientific Thought, I & II.”
* 1998, Islamic Science Orbit/ISTAC/KL:
“Review
of
Alparslan
Acikgenc,
Islamic
Science: Towards a Definition.”
* Mar 21, 1996, IIIT, Malaysia/IIUM:
“Discourse on Islamic Methodology: Learning
and Building from the Heritage.”
Selected
* Mempertahankan Pihak Teraniaya dengan Menyangkal Kumpulan Pelampau yang
Publications
Membunuh Orang tidak Berperang (Kuala Lumpur: IKIM, 2009, forthcoming), edited the
Malay translation by Awang Goneng of Shaykh Afifi al-Akiti, Defending the Transgressed
by Censuring the Reckless against the Killing of Civillians (UK: AQSA Press, 2005).
* “The Genesis of Greek Scientific Thought in Islamic and Modern Histographies of
Science: A Comparative Overview,” in Islam & Science (Summer 2009, forthcoming).
* “Review of The Spiritual Dimensions of Nursi” Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies, vol. 20
no. 3 (2009).
* “Rencana Penyelidikan Matematik Huluan: Huraian & Contoh Ringkas,” MathDigest
INSPEM, vol. 2 no. 1 (December, 2008).
* “Some Upstream Research Programs for Muslim Mathematicians: Operationalizing
Islamic Values in the Sciences through Mathematical Creativity,” in Islam & Science
(Winter, 2008).
* “The Genesis of Greek Philosophico-Scientific Thought in Islamic and Modern
Histographies of Science: A Brief Comparative Overview,” in ISTAC’s al-Shajarah, vol. 13,
no. 2 (2008).
* “Pandangan Tokoh Pemikir Islam Silam Berkaitan Jiwa Merdeka,” dalam Amalan
Pendekatan Islam Hadhari (Kuala Lumpur: IKIM, 2008), 135—150.
* “Review of Land Use Planning and Environmental Sustainability in Malaysia: Policies and
Trends,” in Reach, IIUM (June, 2008).
* “Time, Motion, Distance and Change in the Kalam of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi: A Preliminary
Survey with Special Reference to the Matalib ‘Aliyyah,” In Islam & Science (Alberta,
Canada: Summer, 2008).
* “Time according to Fakhr al-Din al-Razi,” in Kesturi (Jan—Dec, 2008)
* “The Inner Dimension of Going Green: Articulating an Islamic Deep-Ecology,” in Islam &
Science (Winter, 2007), pp. 117—150.
* “Civic society, car culture don’t mix,” in Brunei Times, Features Section (July 2007).
* “Three Meanings of Islamic Science: Toward Operationalizing Islamization of Science,”
in Islam & Science, (Summer, 2007).
* “Review of Muzaffar Iqbal, Islam & Science,” in Jawhar (Feb/Mar 2007), pp. 64—72.
* “Hylomorphism versus Atomism in the Kalam of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi: A Preliminary
Survey of the Matalib ‘Aliyyah, in Islam & Science, (Winter, 2006).
* “Review of Michael Behe, Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution,”
in Jawhar (Feb/Mar 2006), pp. 75—82.
* “Melacak Asal Usul Falsafah dan Sains Yunani,” Islamia, vol. 3 no. 1 (2006).
* “Pelajaran dari seorang Tukang Pukul Ekonomi,” Islamia, vol. 3 no. 1 (2006).
* “Isu Kongsi Raya: Usah Cari Pengaruh Murahan,” Majalah Dian (July 2006).
* “Utamakan Kualiti bukan Kuantiti,” Majalah Dian (August 2006).
* “The Theologico-Scientific Research Program of the Mutakallimun: IntellectualHistorical Context and Contemporary Concerns with Special Reference to Fakhr al-Din alRazi,” Islam & Science (Winter 2005), pp. 127—153.
* “Islamic Science as a Scientific Research Program: Conceptual and Pragmatic Issues,” in
Islam & Science (Summer, 2005), pp. 93—101.
* “Review of Pietro Croce, Vivisection or Science? An Investigation into Testing Drugs and
Safeguarding Health,” in Islam & Science (Summer, 2005), pp. 87—90.
* “Review of Brian Tokar, Redesigning Life? The Worldwide Challenge to Genetic
Engineering,” in Islam & Science (Summer, 2005), pp. 91—92.
* “Review of Alparslan Acikgenc, Islamic Science: Towards a Definition,” in Islam &
Science (Summer, 2005).
* “Epistemologi Islam Menurut al-Attas,” Islamia (September, 2005).
* “Fakhr al-Din al-Razi on Physics and the Nature of the Physical World: A Preliminary
Survey,” in Islam & Science, (Winter, 2004).
* “Is Islamic Science Obscurantist?” in Reach, 2004.
* “Taskhir, Fine-Tuning, Intelligent Design and the Scientific Appreciation of Nature,” in
Islam & Science, (Summer, 2004).
*. Pengembaraan Ibn Battutah (Malay translation from the original Arabic of Rihlah Ibn
Battutah), Kuala Lumpur: IKIM, 2004.
* “Kritik Sains Terhadap Teori Evolusi Darwin,” Islamia (March, 2004).
* “Hakikat Bahasa Menurut Chomsky dan al-Attas,” Islamia (August 2004).
* “Al-Attas' Philosophy of Science: An Extended Outline,” in Islam & Science, vol. 1
December 2003 no. 2.
* “Asal Usul Kemunculan Falsafah dan Sains Yunani,” Kesturi, jil. 13 (2003).
* “Revisioning Computer Education,” in Education Quarterly, July/August 2002.
* “Malaysia and Techno-Scientific Creativity,” in Education Quarterly, Jan/Feb 2002.
* “Ibn Battutah, Rihlah Ibn Battutah dan Falsafah Rihlah dalam Sejarah dan Kebudayaan
Islam,” al-Hikmah, no. 21 (2002).
* “In Quest of True Knowledge and Righteous Conduct,” in Education Quarterly, 2001.
* “Jihad of the Word,” in Education Quarterly, Nov/Dec 2001.
* “The Qur’anic Concept of Taskhir in Fahkr al-Din al-Razi and Badi‘uzzaman Sa‘id
Nursi, Part I,” Al-Hikmah, no. 18 (2001).
* “The Qur’anic Concept of Taskhir in Fahkr al-Din al-Razi and Badi‘uzzaman Sa‘id
Nursi, Part II,” Al-Hikmah, no. 19 (2001).
* “Flippant Rethinking: Revisiting Farish Noor,” al-Hikmah, no. 20 (2001).
* “The Genesis of Greek Philosophico-Scientific Thought in Light of World System
Theory,” in al-Shajarah, 1 (2000).
* “The Genesis of Greek Philosophy and Science in the Intellectual Adventure of Ancient
Man,” in al-Shajarah, 2 (1999).
* “The Role and Status of the Companions of the Prophet in Islam,” in al-Hikmah, no. 3
(1999).
* “Alhambra di Timur!” (translation of Ferid Muhic, “Alhambra of the East”), Al-Hikmah,
no. 2 (1999).
* “Ilmu Bahasa Chomsky sebagai Dalil dan Huraian Empirik terhadap Ilmu Jiwa al-Attas,”
al-Hikmah, no. 1 (1999).
* “Asal-Usul Kemunculan Falsafah dan Sains Yunani,” al-Hikmah (August, 1998).
* Islam dan Pembangunan Ekonomi (translation of Umer Chapra, Islam and Economic
Development), (Kuala Lumpur: IIIT, 1996).
* Pendukung Panji-Panji Islam sepanjang Zaman (translation of Abul Hasan Ali al-Nadwi,
Saviors of Islamic Spirit), (Kuala Lumpur: IPTI, 1992).
Research
His long term intellectual and pragmatic work lies in the realization of the Islamic
Interests
Worldview in the arts, sciences and technologies, and involvement in community-based
intellectual and socioeconomic self-empowerment, intercultural dialogue and the
reharmonization of man and his natural environment.
Specifically, his research interests are in the history and philosophy of Islamic and Western
Science, and conceptual and pragmatic issues pertaining to the Islamization of the
sciences, and the revivification of Islamic Science and Technology as a systemic empirical
research program in the contemporary world.
Current research focus: kalam physical theories; symbiosis between science and fiqh,
Islamic Science as a long term scientific research program.
Complimentary professional & socio-intellectual information
1. Associate Research Fellow of the Mathematical Research Institute of Putra University Malaysia (INSPEM/UPM);
Comitteee Member of the Islamic Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASASI); member of the Malaysian Translators’
Association; member of the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS); member of the editorial board of the journal
Islamia (International Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought & Civilization {INSISTS}, Indonesia); member of
the editorial board of Afkar: Jernal Aqidah & Falsafah (University of Malaya, Malaysia).
2. Since 2000 he has published research articles in al-Hikmah (ISTAC), al-Shajarah (ISTAC), Islamia (Indonesia),
Islam & Science (Canada), Kesturi (Malaysia), MathsDigest (INSPEM/UPM), as well as popular articles in Brunei
Times (Brunei), Education Quarterly (Malaysia), Reach (IIUM) and al-Naba (Singapore), Jawhar: Journal of Book
Review (Malaysia), Dian (Malaysia), Fitrah Magazine (Malaysia), and New Straits Times (Malaysia).
3. The Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM, 2004) published the Malay version of the Rihlah of
Ibn Battutah which he has co-translated from the original Arabic with Syed Nur Aqla Syed Abdullah (UPM). The
second edition of the book incorporates a 14 page Muqaddimah outlining the philosophical and historical
significance of the Rihlah for reviving the Islamic philosophy of travel in the contemporary age.
4. Invited member (since July 1 2005) of the Science and Technology Education Committee of the Academy of
Science Malaysia (ASM) entrusted with formulating creative environmental education programs for university
students (CEEPUS) with a view toward enhancing their sensitive and positive involvement with their immediate
socio-natural environment, through, among others, the creation of varsity nature/eco-educational parks,
varsity students’ involvement in the creation of urban community nature parks in collaboration with the
relevant extra-varsity stake-holders, integrative and proactive recycling initiatives, and impartation of relevant
hands-on skills relevant to their post-varsity professional life, especially with regard to any work or project
requiring personal experienced input for responsible social and environmental impact assessments (SIAs and
EIAs). CEEPUS is still at the initial conceptual stage and so the funding and operational mechanisms have yet to
be worked out in detail.
5. Member of the Religion and Science Research Unit (RSRU) under the auspices of the Research Center, IIUM.
6. Member of the Special Committee for Preparing Friday Sermon Texts on Science & Technology (chaired by
the Minister), National Science Center, Ministry of Science & Technology, in conjunction with the Islamic
Science Exhibition in January 2007.
7. Member of the Organizing Committee for the Workshop on Islamization of Science, Islamic Academy of
Science Malaysia, held in February 9—10, 2007.
8. Recently (April 2009) appointed General Consultant, and Country Representative for Malaysia for The
Integrated Encyclopedia of the Qur’an (IEQ) project, which is based in Canada and Pakistan.
9. Undertaken formal and informal consultancy work for individuals and institutes on issues pertaining to
Islamic Science and Islamization of Science.
10. He loves outdoor activities in the wilderness like canoeing, mountain hiking (to see “silver clouds below”),
cross-country trekking and camping out in the hills and forests by rivers and streams, “seeking grace in every
step he takes,” and “coming home to places he has never been before,” that he may, together with his beloved
wife, Zaiza, and children, Afifah, Irfan, Fawzan and Asna, “praise with elation, praise every morning, God’s
recreation of the new world,” InshaAllah, that his reality in practice finds accord with the vision in the intellect,
Amin, Ya Rabbal-‘Alamin bi haqqi khayri khalqika sallaLlahu ‘alayhi wa sallam wa ‘ala alihi wa sahbih ajma‘in.