YALE
INDONESIA FORUM WORKSHOP
Co-Sponsored by the Council
on Southeast Asia Studies,
Department
of Political Science, and Department
of History, Yale University
and the Indonesia
Research Unit, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Islam,
Regionalism, and New Institutions:
A Decade of Radical Transformation in Indonesia
Saturday, March 3, 2007, 9.30 A.M. - 5:30
P.M.
Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT
SUMMARY | YIF FRIDAY | WORKSHOP PROGRAM | GUEST SPEAKERS
In
the space of less than ten years since the fall of President Suharto,
Indonesia has evolved from one of the most centralized military regimes
in the world to a vibrant democracy and flourishing civil society.
Political transitions have brought serious impacts for other sectors
of society, causing transformation on many levels. Suharto's departure
has allowed hitherto marginalized voices to express their interests.
This process of decentralization and diversification of voices has
been both a blessing and a challenge for Indonesian society. For example,
certain provinces have used the new regional autonomy laws as a pretext
for passing many laws of religious character, which are seen as violating
the rights of minorities and dissenters. The connections and conflicts
do not end there, but extend to separatist movements, religious revival
movements, and the increased politicization of religion.
This workshop will address such issues as Islamic movements, regional
identity, institutional transformations, reinvigoration of local culture,
and the challenge of the oligarchy to the new status quo.
Questions of this workshop will include: What does the radical shift
of balance between state and society mean for the nation-building
process in Indonesia's history? Where do all the new institutions
in the Reformasi era come from? Do these institutions reflect
the spirits of democracy or reflect the legacies of the authoritarian
regime? Why is it that democratic institutions produce undemocratic
consequences or vice versa? How are various actors at different levels
responding to the unprecedented political openings and socio-economic
opportunities after the fall of the New Order? These and other topics
are of interest to scholars of democratic transitions, Islam, and
local empowerment across the developing world.
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Time
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Program
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Presenters |
| 09.15 - 10.00 | Registration and Coffee | Luce Hall Common Room |
| 10.00 - 10.05 | Welcome | Room 203 |
| 10.05 - 10.50 | Keynote Presentation | Prof. Baladas Goshal |
| 11.00 - 12.10 | Panel
1: Islam |
Dr. Etin Anwar, Howard and Smith College, NY Dr. Richard Kraince, Ohio University |
| 12.20 - 13.30 | Panel 2: Regionalism | Dr. Maasaki Okamoto, Kyoto University Dr. Ehito Kimura, University of Hawaii |
| 13.30 - 14.15 | Lunch | Luce Hall Common Room |
| 14.15 - 15.25 | Panel
3: New Institutions |
Dr. Merlyna Lim, Arizona State University Dr. Christoph Schuck, Giessen University |
| 15.40 - 16.25 | Panel
Discussion |
Prof. Seidelmann, Giessen University |
| 16.40 - 17.30 | Concluding Remarks | Prof. Robert Hefner, Boston University |
| 18.00 | Dinner | Room 203 |
Baladas
Ghoshal, Visiting Professor,
Nagoya City University. Nagoya, Japan; Visiting Professor Academy
of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia & Visiting Senior
Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi Former Professor of
Southeast Asia and South-West Pacific Studies & Chairman, Centre
for South and Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi.
Robert Hefner, Professor of Anthropology, Associate Director of
the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs at Boston University.
Professor Hefner directs the program on Islam and civil society. He
has carried out research on religon and politics in Southeast Asia
for the past twenty-eight years, and has conducted comparative research
on Muslim culture and politics since the late-1980s. He is currently
directing a project for the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Institute
on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs on "Madrasas, Modernity,
and the Future of Muslim Higher Education."
Reimund Seidelmann, Professor of International Relations and
Foreign Policy Studies and member of the Indonesia Research Unit (IRU)
at Justus-Liebig-University Giessen; Professor
of Political Science at the Institut d' Etudes Européennes,
Free University Bruxelles, Belgium; Honorary Professor at Renmin University
Bejing, China and Parahyangan University Bandung, Indonesia.
PANELISTS
Etin Anwar, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Hobart
and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Ehito Kimura, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the
University of Hawaii-Manoa;
on leave 2006-2007 as a Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow, Shorenstein
APARC, Stanford University.
Richard Kraince, Director, Inter-Religious Dialogue and Exchange
Project, and Fulbright New Century Scholar at Ohio University.
Merlyna Lim, Assistant Professor, Consortium of Science, Policy
and Outcomes, and the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona
State University.
Masaaki Okamoto, Associate Professor of Political Science,
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
Christoph Schuck, Executive Director, Indonesia Research Unit,
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen.
This workshop is free and open to the public
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