LITA, which stands for Linguistics and Literature Association, was
established on 17 June 2018 at Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah
Jakarta.
LITA was established in order to provide a forum for English language and
literature departments in state Islamic universities under the auspices of the
Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. In addition, LITA
was established in order to both develop the networks and more importantly to
develop English language and literature departments in Indonesia by conducting
several activities, such as visiting professors, international conference,
student conference, and seminars both offline and online. The President of LITA
is Prof. Dr. Zuliati Rohmah, M.Pd., a lecturer at the English Department, UIN
Sunan Ampel Surabaya.
LITA has conducted several events, such as online seminar that was firstly
hosted by UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, followed by UIN Alauddin Makassar, UIN
Syarif Hidayatullah, and UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung. The first LITA seminar
was held in 7 July 2020 and themed Blended Learning: From Theory to Practice
inviting Professor M. Arskal Salim (Director of Higher Education, MORA),
Professor Zuliati Rohmah (UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya) and Ms. Raudhatul Jannah
(UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya) as speakers. The second LITA seminar was held in 21
July 2020 and themed on Gender, Migration, and Diaspora in Women’s Literature
of the Ummah with Hasnul Insani Djohar, PhD (UIN Syarif Hidayatullah) and Dr.
Rosmah Tami (UIN Alauddin Makassar) as speakers. The third LITA seminar was held
in 12 August 2020 ad themed on Gender, Racism, and Terrorism in Literature with
Dr. Witriani (UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta) and Maria Ulfa, M.Hum (UIN Syarif
Hidayatullah Jakarta) as speakers. The fourth LITA seminar was held in 7
September 2020 and themed on Islam in English Literature inviting Dr. Alaa
Alghamdi (Taibah University, Saudi Arabia) and Dr. Isil Ozcan (Dokuz Eylul
University, Turkey) as speakers.
The founders of LITA
LITA opens new member
recruitment annually, in August. Lecturers especially who are teaching in English
language and literature department under the auspices of Ministry of Religious
Affairs (MORA) are invited to be member by completing the registration form
bit.ly/LITAreg. Other people interested in the topics of linguistics and
literature are also invited to join LITA.Feel free to contact Dr. Ubaidillah as
Head of Membership division at litaindonesia2019@gmail.com for further
information.
