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H-ASIA November 10, 2005 Seminar: "In Fear of Radical Islam in Indonesia: A Critical Look at the Evidence", Greg Fealy, Monash University, November 24, 2005 ************************************************************************ From: Juliet Yee <juliet.yee@adm.monash.edu.au> Centre of Southeast Asian Studies Monash University CSEAS Seminar Program, 2005 Unless otherwise indicated, seminars are held on: Thursdays 11.00 am - 12.30 pm Manton Room SG02, Ground Floor, Menzies Building (11) South, Monash University Clayton campus ---------------- To receive email notification of all Centre activities, join our e-mailing list by entering your address and details at: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/mailform.html ---------------- Thursday 24 November 2005 Manton Theatre SG01, Ground Floor, Menzies Building (11) South, Monash University Clayton campus "In fear of radical Islam in Indonesia: A critical look at the evidence" Dr Greg Fealy, The Australian National University Abstract In recent years, the Western media and some scholars have declared that Indonesia is beset by a rising tide of Islamic radicalism. They commonly refer not just to the issue of terrorism, but also to perceived Islamisation of society and culture. Often, a link is drawn between growing Islamic piety and radicalisation. I seek to challenge this view but critically assessing the available evidence, including election results, public opinion surveys and trends within radical Islamic groups. About the speaker Greg Fealy holds a joint appointment as research fellow and lecturer in Indonesian politics at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, and the Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra. His main research interests are Islam and post-independence Indonesian politics. He is currently studying Islamism in Indonesia as well as the impact of globalisation upon religio-political behaviour. He gained his PhD from Monash University in 1998 with a study of the history of Indonesia's largest Islamic party, recently published in Indonesian under the title Ijtihad Politik Ulama: Sejarah NU, 1952-1967. He is the co-author of Joining the Caravan? The Middle East, Islamism and Indonesia (2005), and Radical Islam and Terrorism in Indonesia (2005). He is also co-editor of Nahdlatul Ulama, Traditionalism and Modernity in Indonesia (1995) and Local Power and Politics in Indonesia: Decentralisation and Democratisation (2003). He was the C.V. Starr Visiting Professor in Indonesian Politics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington DC, semester one, 2003. He has also worked as an Indonesia analyst at the Office of National Assessments and a consultant to AusAID, The Asia Foundation, USAID, the Lowy Institute and Oxford Analytica. ---------------- ALL WELCOME Enquiries: Dr Penelope Graham Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Director, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University Email: penny.graham@arts.monash.edu.au ****************************************************************** To post to H-ASIA simply send your message to: <H-ASIA@h-net.msu.edu> For holidays or short absences send post to: <listserv@h-net.msu.edu> with message: SET H-ASIA NOMAIL Upon return, send post with message SET H-ASIA MAIL H-ASIA WEB HOMEPAGE URL: http://h-net.msu.edu/~asia/
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