My Academic Works & Activities on Muhammadiyah

Journal Article

1. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2023. "Civilized Congress: Election and Organization of the 48th Muktamar of Muhammadiyah in Solo, Indonesia", Studia Islamika, 30 (1): 205-210. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36712/sdi.v30i1.33378.
2. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2019. “Muhammadiyah”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE (Brill), Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson. Consulted online on 08 October 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_36688 First print edition: 9789004386679, 2019, 2019-6.
3. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2019. “Muhammadiyah”, in Oxford Islamic Studies Online –http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t343/e0296.
4. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2018. "Pluralism, Liberalism, and Islamism: Religious Outlook of Muhammadiyah", Studia Islamika, 25 (3): 433-470. DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v25i3.7765  .
5. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2015. "Kitab Kuning dan Kitab Suci: Membaca al-Jabiri dengan perspektif NU dan Muhammadiyah." Jurnal Masyarakat Indonesia, Vol 41 (1/Juni): 29-42.
6. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2014. “The Reformasi ’98 and the Arab Spring: A Comparative Study of Popular Uprisings in Indonesia and Tunisia,” Asian Politics & Policy, Vol. 6 (April/2): 199-215. Link
7. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2013. "Transmission of Islamic Reform from the United States to Indonesia: Studying Fazlur Rahman’s legacy through the works of Ahmad Syafii Maarif". Indonesia and the Malay World. Vol. 41, No. 119: pp. 29-47.
8. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2011. "Lakum dīnukum wa-liya dīnī: the Muhammadiyah's stance towards interfaith relations." Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 22 (3): 329-342.
9. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2006. "The Ideological Shift of Muhammadiyah from Cultural into Puritanical Tendency in 1930s." Masyarakat dan Budaya. VIII (1) : 1-22.
10. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2005. “The Muhammadiyah’s Attitude to Javanese Culture in 1912-1930: Appreciation and Tension,” Media Inovasi, Jurnal Ilmu dan Kemanusiaan, Edisi khusus Muktamar Muhammadiyah 2005, pp. 97-105.
11. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2005. "Revealing the Neglected Missions: Some Comments on the Javanese Elements of Muhammadiyah Reformism." Studia Islamika, Vol. 12, No. 1: 101-129. DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v12i1.647
12. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2005. "Document: The 45th Muhammadiyah Congress : Contest between Literal-Conservative and Liberal-Moderate Muslims in Indonesia." Studia Islamika, Vol. 12, No. 1: 185-189. DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v12i1.650
13. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2002. "Ketika Muhammadiyah Melirik Tasawuf." Journal of Media Inovasi. No. 1. TH. XII: 28-29.

Book & Book Chapter

1. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2017. "PASCAWACANA : Mitsuo Nakamura dan Studi tentang Muhammadiyah" dalam buku Mitsuo Nakamura. Bulan Sabit Terbit di Atas Pohon Beringin: Studi tentang pergerakan Muhammadiyah di Kotagede sekitar 1910–2010 (Edisi kedua). pp. 435-445. Yogyakarta: Suara Muhammadiyah.
2. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2016. Muhammadiyah Berkemajuan: Pergeseran dari Puritanisme ke Kosmopolitanisme. Bandung: Mizan.
3. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2016. "Empat Kategori 'Menjadi Muhammadiyah'," dalam Menjadi Muhammadiyah. Edited by Hajriyanto Y. Thohari, Andar Nubowo, Ahmad Fuad Fanani. Bandung: Mizan.
4. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2016. “Warisan Din Syamsuddin untuk Muhammadiyah,” dalam Abdul Mu’ti dll. Kosmopolitanisme Islam Berkemajuan: Catatan Kritis Muktamar Teladan ke-47 Muhammadiyah di Makassar 2015. Hal. 378-391. Surakarta: Muhammadiyah University Press.
5. Ahmad Najib Burhani. 2016. “Muktamar ke-47 Menunjukkan Muhammadiyah Berkemajuan,” dalam Abdul Mu’ti dll. Kosmopolitanisme Islam Berkemajuan: Catatan Kritis Muktamar Teladan ke-47 Muhammadiyah di Makassar 2015. Hal. 69-75. Surakarta: Muhammadiyah University Press.
6. Ahmad Najib Burhani. 2016. “Islam Nusantara vs Berkemajuan,” dalam Abdul Mu’ti dll. Kosmopolitanisme Islam Berkemajuan: Catatan Kritis Muktamar Teladan ke-47 Muhammadiyah di Makassar 2015. Hal. 105-109. Surakarta: Muhammadiyah University Press. 
7. Ahmad Najib Burhani. 2016. "Puritan Muhammadiyah and Indigenous Culture", in Islamic Moderation in Indonesia: Muhammadiyah's Experience, pp. 49-53. Editors: Abdul Mu'ti, et al. Yogyakarta: Suara Muhammadiyah. 
8. Ahmad Najib Burhani and Tuti Alawiyah. 2016. "Contesting The Leadership of Muhammadiyah", in Islamic Moderation in Indonesia: Muhammadiyah's Experience, pp. 165-170. Editors: Abdul Mu'ti, et al. Yogyakarta: Suara Muhammadiyah. 
9. Ahmad Najib Burhani. 2016. "Interlucators of Indonesian Islam", in Islamic Moderation in Indonesia: Muhammadiyah's Experience, pp. 99-104. Editors: Abdul Mu'ti, et al. Yogyakarta: Suara Muhammadiyah. 
10. Ahmad Najib Burhani. 2016. "Muktamar and Muhammadiyah Studies", in Islamic Moderation in Indonesia: Muhammadiyah's Experience, pp. 37-42. Editors: Abdul Mu'ti, et al. Yogyakarta: Suara Muhammadiyah. 
11. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2016. Muhammadiyah Jawa (New Edition). Yogyakarta: Suara Muhammadiyah.  
12. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2015. "Ormas-ormas Islam di Indonesia: Sejarah dan Karakteristik", dalam Sejarah Kebudayaan Islam di Indonesia: Institusi dan Gerakan. Jilid 3. Editors: Azyumardi Azra, Taufik Abdullah, dan Jajat Burhanuddin. Jakarta: Direktorat Sejarah dan Nilai Budaya, Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
13. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2015. "Internasionalisasi Muhammadiyah: Agenda Promosi Pemikiran dan Gerakan", dalam Kiprah Pencerahan: Karya Unggulan Muhammadiyah 2005-2015. Editor: Alpha Amirrachman, Ahmad Najib Burhani, Azaki Khoiruddin. Jakarta: CDCC. 
14. Amirrachman, Alpha, Ahmad Najib Burhani, Azaki Khoiruddin. 2015. "Pengantar Editor: Kiprah Pencerahan di Perlintasan Zaman", dalam Kiprah Pencerahan: Karya Unggulan Muhammadiyah 2005-2015. Jakarta: CDCC.
15. Burhani, Ahmad Najib, Muhammad Abdullah Darraz, Ahmad Fuad Fanani (eds.). 2015. Muazin Bangsa dari Makkah Darat: Biografi Intelektual Ahmad Syafii Maarif. Jakarta: Serambi.
16. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2014. "JIMM: Youth Resistance towards Conservatism in Indonesian Islam." In  Political Muslims: Understanding Youth Resistance in Global Context.
17. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2014. ““Islam Murni” vs “Islam Progresif” di Muhammadiyah: Melihat Wajah Islam Reformis di Indonesia” in Conservative Turn: Islam Indonesia dalam ancaman fundamentalisme, editor: Martin van Bruinessen, 160-211 (Bandung: Mizan).
18. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2013. "Liberal and Conservative Discourses in the Muhammadiyah: The Struggle for the Face of Reformist Islam in Indonesia." In Contemporary Developments in Indonesian Islam: Explaining the "Conservative Turn” edited by Martin van Bruinessen, pp. 105-144 (Singapore: ISEAS).
19. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2013. “Defining Indonesian Islam: An Examination of the Construction of National Islamic Identity of Traditionalist and Modernist Muslims” in Islam in Indonesia: Contrasting Images and Interpretations, edited by Jajat Burhanuddin and C. van Dijk, pp. 25-48 (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press and ICAS). Also available at Amazon and IIAS.
20. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2013. "Kitab Kuning dan Kitab Suci: Membaca al-Jabiri dengan perspektif NU dan Muhammadiyah." In Kritik atas Nalar Islam Liberal, eds. Haedar Bagir and M. Deden Ridwan, ?-?. Bandung: Mizan, 2013 (?). 
21. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2010. Muhammadiyah Jawa. Jakarta: Al-Wasath, 2010.
22. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2008. "Dari Teologi Mustad’afin Menuju Fiqh Mustad’afin." in Era Baru Gerakan Muhammadiyah, eds. Pradana Boy Z.T.F., M. Hilmi Faiq, and Zulfan Baron F.R., 113-6. Malang: UMM Press. 
23. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2006. "JIMM: pemberontakan generasi muda Muhammadiyah terhadap puritanisme and skripturalisme persyarikatan." in Neng Dara Afifah (ed.). Reformasi gerakan keislaman pasca Orde Baru: upaya merambah dimensi baru Islam, Jakarta: Balitbang Depag RI. pp. 352-399.
24. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 1998. “Amien Rais,Muhammadiyah dan Tuntutan Episteme Sosial.” In M. Amien Rais dalam Sorotan Generasi Muda Muhammadiyyah, ed. Abd Rohim Ghazali, 120-6. Bandung: Mizan: Bandung. 

Other Publications (Bahasa)

1. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2024. "Dakwah Kultural Muhammadiyah", Suara Muhammadiyah, 16-31 Mei.
2. ------. 2024. "Moderasi Beragama ala Haedar Nashir", Media Indonesia, 15 Mei.
3. ------. 2022. "Muhammadiyah di Tanah Papua". Kompas.id, 18 November.
4. ------. 2022. "Expo Riset dan Inovasi di Muktamar Muhammadiyah". Suara Muhammadiyah, 1-15 Febuari. 
5. ------. 2021. "Milad Muhammadiyah". Kompas, 20 November. 
6. ------. 2019. "Beragama yang Mencerahkan".
7. ------. 2019. "Muhammadiyah dan Keberagamaan Progresif".
8. ------. 2019. "Kelompok Minoritas sebagai Kategori Mustadh'afin". Suara Muhammadiyah, 06 / 104 | 16 - 31 Maret 2019 / 9 - 24 rajab 1440. h. 44-45. Versi online.
9. ------. 2019. "Muhammadiyah di Tahun Politik". Kompas, Jum'at, 25 Januari 2019, h. 7.
10. ------. 2017. "Muhammadiyah yang Berubah". Gatra, 30 Nov - 6 Dec. p. 46.
11. ------. 2017. "Milad ke-105 Muhammadiyah: Beban Islam Berkemajuan", Kompas, 20 November. p. 7. 
12. ------. 2017. "Buya Ahmad Syafii Maarif dan PKI". Koran Sindo, Rabu, 4 October. h. 11.
13. ------. 2017. "Membela Wasathiyya Islam". Koran Sindo, Jum'at, 10 Februari.
14. ------. 2017. "Aksi Bela Islam dan Fragmentasi Otoritas Keagamaan". Koran Sindo, Jum'at, 6 Januari, h. 7.
15. ------. 2016. "Benturan antara NU dan Muhammadiyah". Koran Sindo, Jum'at, 15 Juli, h. 6.
16. ------. 2015. "Milad Muhammadiyah ke-103: Keberagamaan Kosmopolit di Muhammadiyah/ Muhammadiyah itu Kosmopolitan". Koran Sindo, Rabu, 18 Nov, h. 6. 
17. -----. 2015. "Warisan Din Syamsuddin untuk Muhammadiyah". Koran Sindo, Jum'at 21 Agustus, h. 8.
18. -----. 2015. "Islam Nusantara vs. Islam Berkemajuan". Koran Sindo, Jum'at 3 Juli, h. 6. 
19. -----. 2015. "Obituari Dr. Said Tuhuleley: Muhammadiyah dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat". Koran Sindo, Jum'at, 19 Juni, h. 8.
20. -----. 2015. "Din Syamsuddin dan Internasionalisasi Muhammadiyah." Suara Muhammadiyah,  11/100, 13 - 27 SYAKBAN 1436 H / 1 - 15 JUNI 2015, hal. 48-49.
21. -----. 2015. "Internasionalisasi Muhammadiyah." Kauman, Edisi 4: Maret-April, hal: 45-46.
22. -----. 2015. "Mitsuo Nakamura dan Konsistensi Mengkaji Muhammadiyah." MATAN, Edisi 104, Maret 2015, hal: 56-57.
23. -----. 2015. "Minority Complex dan Sektarianisme di Tubuh Umat Islam Indonesia". Suara Muhammadiyah, 03/100 - 11-25 Rabiul Akhir 1436 H/ 1-15 Februari 2015, h. 48-49.
24. -----. 2014. "Absennya Muhammadiyah dalam Kabinet Kerja Jokowi-JK". Koran Sindo, 13 November.
25. -----. 2014. "Polarisasi Muhammadiyah di Pilpres 2014".
26. -----. 2014. "Muhammadiyah dan Lokalisasi di Surabaya". Koran Sindo, 2 Juli, hal. 7.
27. -----. 2014. "Muhammadiyah di Amerika Serikat". Suara Muhammadiyah, 01/99/ 1-15 Januari, hal. 36-37.
28. -----. 2013. "Makna Teologi al-Ma'un di Dua Generasi Muhammadiyah." Suara Muhammadiyah, 13/98, 22 Syakban - 7 Ramadlan 1434 H or 1 -15 Juli, hal. 34. 
29. -----. 2013. "Buya Syafii Maarif dan Bung Hatta." Koran Sindo, Friday, June 28.
30. -----. 2013. "10 Tahun Maarif Institute:  ‘For Culture and Humanity’ atau ‘For Morality and Humanity’?"
31. -----. 2013. "Muhammadiyah Melangkah ke Dunia Internasional". Suara Muhammadiyah, 02 / 98 | 4 - 19 RABIULAWAL 1434 H or 16 - 31 JANUARI 2013, hal. 40-41.
32. -----. 2012. "Interlocutors of Indonesian Islam: From Muhammadiyah Studies to Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Studies". The Jakarta Globe, December 8.
33. -----. 2012. "IRCM: Membaca Muhammadiyah Melalui Konferensi Internasional." Suara Muhammadiyah, 20 / 97 | 30 ZULKAIDAH - 15 ZULHIJJAH 1433 H / 16 - 31 OKTOBER 2012, pp. 56-57.
34. -----. 2012. "IRCM: Renovasi Jati Diri Muhammadiyah". Majalah MATAN, edisi 75, Oktober  2012, pp. 22-23.
35. -----. 2012. "Between Ritual and Reality, New Role for Islam". The Jakarta Globe, August 15.
36. -----. 2012. "Kang Moeslim dan Muhammadiyah". Kompas, Monday, July 9.
37. -----. 2012. "Kritik Nalar Muhammadiyah: Pertanyaan dan tantangan untuk Angkatan Muda Muhammadiyah." Tabloid Kauman, Edisi 03, Januari - Februari 2012. hal. 19.
38. ----- and Tuti Alawiyah. 2010. "Contesting the Leadership in Muhammadiyah." The Jakarta Post | Tue, 07/20/2010.
39. -----. 2010. "Muktamar and Muhammadiyah Studies." The Jakarta Post | Fri, 07/02/2010.
40. -----. 2010. "Dinamika Muhammadiyah." Koran Jakarta, Sabtu, 03 Juli 2010.
41. -----. 2010. "Unsur Plagiarisme dalam Mars Sang Surya Muhammadiyah."
42. -----. 2010. "Generational Conflict in Muhammadiyah." The Jakarta Post. Sun, 02/21 4:10 PM | Opinion
43. -----. 2009. "100 Tahun Muhammadiyah." Kompas, Senin, 30 November | 02:39 WIB.
44. -----. 2009. "'Moderate Islam' Typology Missing the Point." The Jakarta Post. Jakarta | Thu, 11/12/2009 1:34 PM | Opinion
45. -----. 2009. "Muhammadiyah sebagai Civil Islam?" Suara Muhammadiyah, [02. Januari]
46. -----. 2008. "Islam Moderate sebagai sebuah Paradoks." Jurnal Ma’arif. Vol. 3, No.1, February, pp. 28-30.
47. -----. 2007. "Muhammadiyah sebagai Representasi 'Islam-Jawa'.” Jurnal Ma'arif, Vol.2 No.3 March, pp. 4-7.
48. -----. 2005. "Outlook 2006: Competition between Liberal and Conservative Groups." The Jakarta Post. December 30.
49. -----. 2005. "Catatan Pasca Muktamar Muhammadiyah ke-45: Kemana Dien Syamsuddin Hendak Membawa Muhammadiyah?" unpublished article.
50. -----. 2005. "Dien Syamsuddin, JIMM dan Radikal Islam." unpublised article.
51. -----. 2005. "Perempuan dan Liberalisme di Muhammadiyah." Islamlib.com and Indopos, 24/07.
52. -----. 1997. "Amien Rais, Muhammadiyah dan Tuntutan Episteme Sosial". Republika, 27 Desember.
53. Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 1997. "Muhammadiyah, NU, dan mitos bahasa politik santri". Surya, October 24. 

Other Publications (English) 

1. Ahmad Najib Burhani. 2022. "A Peaceful Election at Muhammadiyah’s 48th Congress Can Be an Example for Indonesia", Fulcrum ISEAS, 6 Dec.
2. -----. 2012. "Interlocutors of Indonesian Islam: From Muhammadiyah Studies to Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Studies". The Jakarta Globe, December 8.
3. -----. 2012. "Between Ritual and Reality, New Role for Islam". The Jakarta Globe, August 15.
4.  ----- and Tuti Alawiyah. 2010. "Contesting the Leadership in Muhammadiyah." The Jakarta Post | Tue, 07/20/2010. 
5. -----. 2010. "Muktamar and Muhammadiyah Studies." The Jakarta Post | Fri, 07/02/2010.
6. -----. 2009. "'Moderate Islam' Typology Missing the Point." The Jakarta Post. Jakarta | Thu, 11/12/2009 1:34 PM | Opinion 
7. -----. 2005. "Outlook 2006: Competition between Liberal and Conservative Groups." The Jakarta Post. December 30. 
8. -----. 2005. "Tolerance and pluralism in Muhammadiyah remains." The Jakarta Post, [July 30]
9. -----. 2005. "Muhammadiyah's new chairman and the future of its liberalism." The Jakarta Post, July 12.
10. -----. 2004. "'Puritan' Muhammadiyah and indigenous culture." The Jakarta Post, [6/11]

Interviewed by Mass Media

1. "Film Nyai Ahmad Dahlan Menyampaikan Pesan dan Pelajaran Penting dari Kehidupan Nyai Walidah", Suara Muhammadiyah, 17 July 2017.
2. "Ahmad Najib Burhani: Muhammadiyah Tidak Monolitik", news report, Suara Muhammadiyah, 7 March 2016.
3. "Agama Jadi Topeng dan Kemasan Konflik", interviewed by Suara Muhammadiyah, 9 February 2016.
4. "Najib Burhani: Muktamar Menunjukkan Muhammadiyah Berkemajuan dan Bukan Wahabi", Interviewed by Madinaonline (Warsa Tarsono), 13 August 2015.
5. Wahabisasi Sebagai Agenda Politik Arab Saudi, from discussion at Utan Kayu (JIL), as reported by Evi Rahmawati, 1 July 2015.
6. Wahabi Indonesia dari Generasi ke Generasi, from discussion at Utan Kayu (JIL), as reported by Evi Rahmawati, 1 July 2015.
7. Muhammadiyah Tidak Berafiliasi Kepada Wahabi, from discussion at Utan Kayu (JIL), as reported by Evi Rahmawati, 1 July 2015.
8. Sekolah Agama dan Perdamaian Perpektif Muhammadiyah dan NU bagian 1/4, ICRP with Sayidiman as moderater, 12 June 2015.
9. Sekolah Agama dan Perdamaian Perpektif Muhammadiyah dan NU bagian 2/4, ICRP,
   with Sayidiman as moderater, 12 June 2015.
10. Sekolah Agama dan Perdamaian Perpektif Muhammadiyah dan NU bagian 3/4, ICRP,  with Sayidiman as moderater, 12 June 2015.
11. Sekolah Agama dan Perdamaian Perpektif Muhammadiyah dan NU bagian 4/4, ICRP,
    with Sayidiman as moderater, 12 June 2015.
12. "Muhammadiyah Perlu Ijtihad Baru", Interviewed by Majalah Matan (Nafi' Muthohirin). Edisi 78, Januari 2013, pp. 18-19.
13. "Muktamar Muhammadiyah ke-45 di Malang: Berpolitik atau menjadi organisasi masyarakat murni?" Interviewed by Radio Nederland (Fediya Andina), 04/07/2005.

Fellowship and Scholarship

1. Fellowship ISIM (Contemporary Development in Indonesian Islam: Liberalism & Conservatism in Muhammadiyah), the Netherlands, 2007.
2. Chevening Scholarship for MSc degree at University of Manchester, UK, 2006-2007. Dissertation on Contemporary Muhammadiyah.
3. INIS Scholarship for MA degree at Leiden University, the Netherlands, 2002-2004. Thesis on the Early Muhammadiyah.

Conference & Seminar

1. Seminar Nasional Kebangsaan on “Relasi Islam, Negara, dan Pancasila”, Unsyiah, Banda Aceh, 5 November 2018. My paper: "Medina Charter, Pancasila, & Dār al-ʿAhdi wa al-Syahādah: Three Concepts on the Relationship between Islam and the State".
2. Public Talk on "Religious Outlook of Muhammadiyah: Between Puritanism and Progressivism", at P2KK LIPI, 17 May 2018.
3. The 1st Jaringan Nusantara Regional Conference 2018 on “Islamic Development towards Democracy, Social Justice and Religious Tolerance”, organized by IRF, NUS, IKMAS, and CRCS UGM, on 23 - 25 March 2018 at Palm Garden Resort, Putrajaya, Malaysia. My paper: “Muhammadiyah and Islamic Development in Indonesia”. 
4. RSIS-FISIP UIN Jakarta’s Workshop on Understanding Rising Islamism in Indonesia, Jakarta 31 January – 1 February 2018. My paper: “Muhammadiyah and Its Agenda after Aksi Bela Islam”
5. Seminar on Multi-disciplinary Study on Islam and Cultural Diversity in Southeast Asia, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), Japan, 21 February 2016. My presentation: "The Struggle of Muhammadiyah and NU in Promoting Tolerance and Religious Diversity in Indonesia".
6. Presenter in the National Seminar on Kearifan Lokal: Peluang dan Tantangan Dakwah di Indonesia, Fakultas Dirasat Islamiyah, UIN Jakarta, 12 November 2015. My presentation: Muhammadiyah & Kearifan Lokal: Peluang dan Tantangan di Era Global"
7. Presenter in the International Seminar on Strengthening Islam Rahmatan Lil ‘Alamin for World Peace and Welfare organized by Postgraduate Program STAIN Pekalongan, Hotel Sahid Mandari Pekalongan, 7 November 2015. My presentation: "Muhammadiyah & the Efforts to Strengthen Islam Rahmatan lil ‘Alamin in Indonesia"
8. Presenter in the Stadium General on Islam Moderat di Indonesia: Tantangan dan Masa Depan, organized by Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan IAIN SMH Banten, Thursday, 23 October 2014.
9. Presenter in the Public Discussion on "Islam and the New Spirit of 21st Century Capitalism in Indonesia", at Serambi Salihara, August 19, 2014.
10. Inaugural AAS-in-Asia Conference on Asia in motion: Heritage and transformation, Singapore 17-19 July 2014. My paper:  "Transformative theology: Religion and development in Indonesian Muhammadiyah"
11. Indonesian Studies Program Seminar on Islam and the 2014 Indonesian Elections, ISEAS (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies), Singapore, June 5, 2014. Paper: “Muhammadiyah and the 2014 Indonesian Elections.”
12. IRCM (International Research Conference on Muhammadiyah), UMM, Malang, Nov 29 - Dec 2, 2012. My paper: "American Scholarship on Indonesian Islam: The Shift from Muhammadiyah Studies to Nahdlatul Ulama Studies".
13. Secretary of the SC (Steering Committee) of IRCM (Discourse on the Search for a Renewed Identity of Muhammadiyah for its Post-Centennial Era), UMM, Malang, Nov 29 - Dec 2, 2012. 
14. A member of Editorial Board of Jurnal Maarif, published by Maarif Institute (2011 - present).
15. Third International Conference on Is Indonesian Islam different? Islam in Indonesia in an international comparative perspective, organized in the framework of the Training of Indonesia's Young Leaders Program, Leiden University in cooperation with PPIM, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, 24-26 January 2011. My paper: "Defining Indonesian Islam: An examination of the construction of national Islamic identity of traditionalist and modernist Muslims".
16. Symposium, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2010.
17. Seminar on Conservative turn in Indonesian Islam, hosted by the Netherlands Embassy in Indonesia and Leiden University, Jakarta, Sep 30 –Oct 1, 2009. Paper: “The liberal, puritan, and salafist discourses in the Muhammadiyah.”
18. The Indonesia Focus Conference, organized by Asian Society for International Relations and Public Affairs (ASIRPA), Houston, Texas, December 26, 2008. Paper: “Which Islam? Various streams of Islam in contemporary Indonesia.”
19. “Indonesian Reform in the Eye of the Muhammadiyah.” The Muhammadiyah Student Association, Kendal, February 17, 1998.
20. Seminar on Amien Rais and the Muhammadiyah. The Muhammadiyah Student Association, December 1997. (Convenor)
21. “Islamic Symposium ‘97,” organized by World Assembly of Moslem Youth (WAMY), Global Impact Singapore and Muhammadiyah Association, Singapore, September 1997. 

Other Academic Activities

1. Pengajian Ramadan PP Muhammadiyah di Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, 14-16 Maret 2024. Tema: "Dakwah Kultural: Perluasan Basis Komunitas dan Akar Rumput Muhammadiyah". Judul Presentasi: "Memahami Perilakuk Sosial dan Keagamaan Gen Millenial dan Gen-Z".
2. Pengkajian Ramadan PP Muhammadiyah di Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, 8-20 Maret 2024.  Judul presentasi: "Dakwah Kultural Melalui Sains dan Inovasi"
3. Pengajian Umum (bulanan) PP Muhammadiyah via zoom, Jum'at, 15 Oktober 2021, tentang "Keberagamaan dan Nasionalisme Kaum Muda".
4. Tadarus Ramadan "Toward Academic Exellence: Menumbuhkan Kasmaran Meneliti di Kalangan Civitas Akademika", Diktilitbang PP Muhammadiyah & Univ Muhammadiyah Palembang, Jum'at. 7 Mei 2021. Judul presentasi: "KASMARAN MENELITI:  Dengan Melihat Artikel “Torn between Muhammadiyah and Ahmadiyah: Tracing Erfan Dahlan’s Religious Identity”
5. Pengajian Ramadan PP Muhammadiyah, di Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, 11 Mei 2019 tentang Risalah Pencerahan: Reaktualisasi Nilai Iqra dalam Kehidupan  Universal. My paper: "Tradisi Iqra dan The Death of Expertise"
6. Dialog Ideologi, Politik dan Organisasi (IDEOPOLITOR) dengan tema “Peran Strategis Muhammadiyah dalam Dinamika Sosial-Politik Bangsa” yang diselenggarakan oleh PW Muhammadiyah DIY, pada 10 - 11 November 2018. My paper: "Manhaj Muhammadiyah dalam Peta Ideologi Global".
7. Ngobrol Gayeng Kebhinekaan dengan tema: “Memaknai Keberagaman Menuju Indonesia Sejahtera”. Diselenggarakan oleh Lembaga Hikmah dan Kebijakan Publik (LHKP) Pimpinan Wilayah Muhammadiyah (PWM) Jawa Tengah bekerja sama dengan LSM PETIR. Aula RS PKU Muhammadiyah ROEMANI Semarang, Jum’at, 21 Maret 2017.
8. Ceramah Ilmiah dan Kebudayaan Menggugat Narasi-narasi Besar Islam Jawa on "Menimbang Ulang Narasi-narasi Besar Islam Jawa dalam Memandang Islam, Jawa, dan Muhammadiyah", Pusat Kajian Islam Jawa, IAIN Tulungagung, 15 Maret 2017. My presentation: "Muhammadiyah Jawa: Menggugat Narasi-narasi Besar Islam Jawa".
9. Speaker at Bedah Film (Endless Corridor) Justice for Khojaly dan Diskusi Kebudayaan Peace Culture and Harmony, Aula Gedung Ahmad Dahlan PP Muhammadiyah, Saturday, 4 March 2017. Organized by DPP IMM, Azerbaijan Embassy, and OIC Youth Indonesia. 
10. Giving a lecture at Darul Arqam Paripurna, DPP IMM. Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang, Sumatera Selatan, 26 Januari 2017. Topic of my lecture: "Konsep Islam Berkemajuan dan Relasinya dengan Masyarakat Islam yang Sebenar-benarnya".
11. Speaker at Baitul Arqam Pimpinan Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. HAMKA, Aula Ahmad Dahlan, Ps. Rebo, Jakarta, 29 Juni 2016. Title of presentation: "Tasawuf Modern Buya HAMKA dalam Lintasan Sejarah Tasawuf".
12. Presenter at Bedah Buku Muhammadiyah Jawa di Gedung Pascasarjana UMSU, Jl Denai Medan,  Kamis 19 Mei 2016.
13. Public Lecture / Kuliah Umum, organized by Prodi PAI, Fakultas Agama Islam UMS. Theme: "Kader Muhammadiyah Go Global". Auditorium Mohammad Djazman, UMS, 3 May 2016.
14. Presenter in the first monthly discussion organized by Majelis Diktilitbang PP Muhammadiyah. Theme:  "Muhammadiyah dan Budaya Jawa". Aula Gedung PP Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Jl. KH A Dahlan 103 Yogyakarta 55262, Saturday, 5 March 2016, at 12.30-15.00 WIB. Other presenters: Prof. Mark Woodward (Arizona State University) and Prof. Hyun-jun Kim (Kangwon University, South Korea).
15. Presenter in the Pra-Musywil Seminar of East Java Provincial Branch of Muhammadiyah. Theme: Dakwah Muhammadiyah Pada Komunitas Marginal, Unmuh Surabaya, 10 October 2015. My presentation: "Pola Pemihakan terhadap Kaum Marjinal di Eropa & Amerika"
16. Presenter in the Seminar Pra-Muktamar "Muhammadiyah, Civil Society, dan Negara: Arah Pemikiran dan Gerakan Abad Kedua”, PP Muhammadiyah – Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), 25 April 2015.
17. Presenter in the Seminar Pra-Muktamar “Internasionalisasi Gerakan dan Manhaj Muhammadiyah untuk Kemanusiaan Universal”, PP Muhammadiyah – Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta (UMS), 14 April 2015.
18. Presenter in the International Seminar on "The Role of Muslim Youth in Building Just and Peaceful Civilizations in ASEAN" and Darul Arqam Dasar (Basic Training) for Overseas Students, organized by DPP IMM, Universitas Prof. Dr. Hamka, Pasar Rebo, March 19, 2015.
19. Presenter in the workshop on "Internasionalisasi Pemikiran dan Gerakan Muhammadiyah", Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta dan Jaringan Intelektual Muda Muhammadiyah, 31 Oct - 1 Nov 2014.
20. Keynote speaker in the Halal bi Halal IMM Ciputat on "Meneguhkan Tali Silaturrohim untuk Indonesia yang Berkemajuan", Gedung TIK UIN Jakarta, August 16, 2014.

 
Other Activities 

1. Vice Chairman Majelis Pustaka & Informasi PP Muhammadiyah 2015-2020
2. PRM Bintaro 2015 - present
3. PCIM Amerika Serikat 2008-2013. 
4. PCIM Inggris Raya 2006-2007.
5. Lembaga Hubungan Luar Negeri PP Muhammadiyah 2005-2010.
6. PP Pemuda Muhammadiyah 2000-2005.
7. DPP IMM 1998-2000
8. PC IMM Ciputat 1996-1998