Talk All About Religious Studies

HMPS (Student Association of Religious Studies Program) held a virtual seminar activity, namely Talk All About Religious Studies with the theme "The Voice of Religious Studies: What can Religious Studies graduates do?". The speakers were alumni of Religious Studies of UIN Sunan Kalijaga Thiyas Tono Taufiq, S.Th.I., M.Ag who is now a lecturer in the Religious Studies Study Program at UIN Walisongo Semarang, Muhammad Abduh Lubis, S.Th.I., M.Ag who is now the Personal Secretary for Indonesian Ambassador to The Kingdom of Cambodia and Dr. Dian Nur Anna, S.Ag., MA as Chairperson of the Religious Studies Study Program at UIN Sunan Kalijaga. This activity was held on October 9, 2020.

The hope in this activity is to motivate students of the Religious Studies Study Program in the scientific and work fields. Dr. Dian Nur Anna, S.Ag., MA encouraged students that Religious Studies students and alumni are able to compete with other students. Abduh Lubis, conveyed tips to compete in the international arena, namely expanding the network by joining student organizations that support talents and interests, mastering languages, especially Arabic and English and must be careful in seeing opportunities and opportunities that exist.

Understanding the holy books of various religions is a must, in order to make it easier to solve various problems in society with various religious cultures, the message from Thiyas Tono. At the end, A. Khotibul Umam as the moderator said that hopefully events like this will be improved so that the study program of Religious Studies will be more widely known.