We should develop knowledge globally, but at the same time we should also consider local ideas and conditions, said Prof. Dr. Komaruddin Hidayat, Rector of UIN Jakarta, in the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Education held by Graduate School Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta on Monday 15/12/2008.

Oman Fathurahman, dosen Sekolah Pascasarjana dan Fakultas Adab & Humaniora UIN Syarif Hidayatulah Jakarta, membagi pengalamannya ketika menjadi research fellow di Yayasan The Alexander von Humboldt (The AvH) pada Juni 2006 hingga April 2008 Jerman atas undangan Prof. Dr. Edwin Wieringa di Orientalisches Seminar, Universitaet zu Koeln.