Call for Papers
International
Conference on Muhammadiyah (ICM) 2012
“Discourse on the Search for a Renewed Identity of Muhammadiyah for its
Post-Centennial Era”
Date: 29 November – 2 December 2012.
Place: University of Muhammadiyah Malang
(UMM), Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
Language: English only for written and
oral presentation and discussion.
Description
Over the past 100 years, the progressive
Muslim social movement Muhammadiyah has made significant contributions to the
nation building of the Republic of Indonesia, mainly in the field of education,
philanthropy, and social welfare. More than that, its contributions to the
enhancement of the people’s sovereignty, national unity, social justice, and
the uplifting of public morality for the nation have been countless. In spite
of all this, some people have perceived that Muhammadiyah’s presence in the
Indonesian public seems to be somewhat waning recently. Many factors seemed to
have caused this. Muhammadiyah has been contested externally by the emergence
of a number of Islamist movements since the fall of the New Order -- many of
them with trans-national connections. Even more directly, Muhammadiyah has
faced with the threat of infiltration by some Islamist forces, among others, by
the PKS (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, Prosperous Justice Party). Internally, too,
Muhammadiyah has experienced unprecedented conflicts because of the development
of three contrasting orientations: The revival of ‘Salafist’ trend, the
well-established mainstream, taking a moderate centralist position, and a more
recent trend of ‘liberals’.
All in all, an image of Muhammadiyah in
recent years has been less dynamic, less innovative, and less progressive
compared to its fresh forward looking stance shown decades before. Thus, Muhammadiyah
at the entrance of its second century is facing a number of serious challenges.
The most essential among them seems to be the “rediscovery” or “reformulation”
of its own identity. Recent rapid,
global grand-scale changes are demanding Muhammadiyah to seriously re-examine
the meanings of its modernity, progressiveness and reformism in the post-modern
contexts.
The ICM intends to survey and discuss the
Muhammadiyah movement in search of new identity and direction. Can and will
Muhammadiyah continue and even advance to be an organization of progressive
Islamic social and religious movement well into its post-centennial era? How is
it revitalizing the élan
vital of the movement? These questions seem to require serious inquiries not
only by Muhammadiyah activists themselves but also by those scholars who have
been observing Muhammadiyah for many years.
Themes to Consider:
- History: Modern History of Islam in Indonesia with Emphasis on the Early Period of Muhammadiyah Development
- Ethnography: Realities of the Muhammadiyah Movement in Local Context
- Education: Challenges of Globalization, Multi-Culturalism and Universalism
- Philanthropy/Social Welfare/Social Business: The working of LAZISMU, PKU, BMT, etc.
- Reformism Revisited: The Working of Majelis Tarjih/Tajdid and Interpretation/ Application of Syari’ah
- Women and Gender Equality
- Youth and Radicalism
- Domestic and International Politics: Democratization, the Challenge of Islamism, and World-wide Cooperation of Moderate Muslims
- Conflict Resolution and the Enhancement of Intra/Inter-Faith Solidarity
- The State of Art in Muhammadiyah Studies
Submission Details
If you want to give a presentation, please
submit your proposal (around 250-300 words) and curriculum vitae to Mitsuo
Nakamura (mitsuon@za.tnc.ne.jp) and Azyumardi
Azra (azyumardiazra1@gmail.com)
by 15 June 2012. Papers that have been selected will be notified by 15
July 2012. If accepted, the full paper must be submitted by 15 September
2012.
If you are planning to attend, please send
an email to Soeparto (partoumm@yahoo.com)
for preliminary registration at your earliest convenience.
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