Preserving the Past for the Future: Hasan Rusdi and Islamic Manuscript Heritage in Kalimantan

Despite the accelerating pace of the modern era, marked by digitalization and shifting scholarly priorities, interest in classical Islamic scholarship remains vibrant. For Hasan Rusdi, an alumnus of the MA in Islamic Studies specializing in Classical Islam at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII), this intellectual curiosity has taken the form…

SCRIPTS 2025 Highlights UIII’s Strength in Islamic Manuscript Studies

The Faculty of Islamic Studies at Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII) successfully held SCRIPTS 2025: Summer Course on Islamic Manuscripts and Texts from July 15 to 17, 2025. The three-day event brought together students, scholars, and manuscript enthusiasts from across Indonesia and abroad to explore the rich textual traditions of the Islamic world—ranging from early…