Tentative Program of the International Research Conference on Muhammadiyah (IRCM)

Tentative Program

The International Research Conference on Muhammadiyah (IRCM)

“Discourse on the Search for a Renewed Identity of Muhammadiyah for its Post-Centennial Era”

University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM), Indonesia

November 29 – December 2, 2012

	Thursday, November 29
13:00 - 17:00	Arrival and Registration
19:00 - 19:45	Welcoming Remarks
	1. Muhadjir Effendy (Rector of University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM))
	2. Sukarwo (Governor of East Java)
	3. Azyumardi Azra (Chair of the Steering Committee)
19:45 - 20:00	Opening Speech
	M. Din Syamsuddin (President of Muhammadiyah)
20:00 - 21:00	Keynote Addresses
	1. Ahmad Syafii Maarif – Maarif Institute, Jakarta
	2. Mitsuo Nakamura - Chiba University, Japan
	Friday, November 30
08:00 - 11:00	Panel 1 – History
Chairperson	Ruhaini Dzuhayatin – Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta
	James Peacock* University of North Carolina, USA	1970 to 2010: Continuities and change
	Endy Saputro Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies (CRCS), Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta	Inscribing kemadjoean, describing Islam: Politics of writing in the early Soeara Moehammadijah
	Gwenaël Feillard* Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE), Paris, France	The Economic Life of the Muhammadiyah: A Historical Perspective
	M.C. Ricklefs Australian National University (ANU), Australia	Muhammadiyah in the history of Islamization in Indonesia with particular focus on the Soeharto Period
	Robin Bush Asia Research Institute, NUS, Singapore	A Snapshot of Muhammadiyah – portrait of social change, values, and identity
	Darwish Khudori University of Le Havre, France	Muhammadiyah in globalised world: Between radicalist and altruist types of religious movements
Discussants	M.C. Ricklefs - Australian National University (ANU), Australia Herman Beck – Tilburg University, the Netherlands
11:00 - 13:30	Afternoon Break and Lunch
13:30 - 15:30	Panel 2 – Philanthropy
Chairperson	Sudibyo Markus – Muhammadiyah
	Amelia Fauzia Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN), Jakarta	Creating Muslim Civil Society without discrimination of religion and nationality: Muhammadiyah’s philanthropic activities in the colonial period
	Hilman Latief University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY)	Seeking a new type of social concern for the public good: Muhammadiyah philanthropic activism and social entrepreneurship
	Rahmawati Husein University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY)	Extending transnational network: a case study of Muhammadiyah’s collaborations with various actors in major disaster response in Indonesia
	Jonathan Benthall University College London, UK	Concentric vs. Accommodative Models of Toleration: Dilemma for the Philanthropy of Muhammadiyah?
	Mohammad Rokib Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya; Research fellow at the SEASREP-Toyota Foundation, Japan	The importance of faith-based organization in shaping natural disaster: Case study of Muhammadiyah in Indonesia
Discussants	Bambang Purwanto – Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta Jonathan Benthall – University College London, UK
15:30 - 15:45	Break
15:45 - 17:45	Panel 3 – Education
Chairperson	M Amin Abdullah – Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University (UIN), Yogyakarta
	Hattori Mina Nagoya University, Japan	Education reform toward a cooperative hybrid system: The role of Muhammadiyah as a community-based educational institution
	Claire-Marie Hefner Emory University, USA	Dreams of varied selves: Gender, education, and social ambition among young kader in Madrasah Mu’allimat Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
	Abdul Mu’thi & Izza Rohman N. Walisongo State Islamic Institute (IAIN), Semarang & University of Muhammadiyah - Prof. Dr. Hamka (Uhamka), Jakarta	“Muhammadiyah Christians”: The Contribution of Muhammadiyah Education to Peaceful Religious Cohabitation in Christian Enclaves
	Alpha Amirrachman KITLV Leiden, the Netherlands	Education and peace in the Moluccas, Indonesia: Dismantling stereotypes and nurturing tolerant attitude
Discussant	Robert W. Hefner – Boston University, USA
17:30 - 19:30	Break
19:30 - 22:00	Watching Sang Pencerah, with Abdul Munir Mulkhan as commentator
	Saturday, December 1
08:00 - 10:00	Panel 4 – Reform
Chairperson	Azyumardi Azra – Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN), Jakarta
	Alyasa Abubakar Ar-Raniry State Islamic Institute (IAIN), Banda Aceh	Muhammadiyah and the implementation of shari‘a in Aceh
	Siti Syamsiyatun Indonesia Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS) and Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN), Yogyakarta	Creating baldatun thoyyibatun (peace, prosperous nation) through interfaith relations: Theorizing Muhammadiyah’s level of engagements
	Mark R. Woodward & Inayah R. Arizona State University, USA & Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN), Yogyakarta	Sociological Perspectives on the Origins of Muhammadiyah
	Hyung-Jun Kim Kangwon National University, South Korea	Does Muhammadiyah have charismatic leaders?: Election and diffusion of religious authority in an Indonesian Islamic organization
	Herman L. Beck Tilburg University, the Netherlands	Muhammadiyah and Mysticism in Twentieth Century Indonesia
Discussants	Robin Bush – Asia Research Institute, NUS, Singapore Ahmad Jainuri – Sunan Ampel State Islamic Institute (IAIN), Surabaya
10:00 - 10:15	Morning Break
10:15 - 12:15	Panel 5 – Politics
Chairperson	Clara Joewono – Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta
	Syaifudin Zuhri Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN), Yogyakarta	From rituals to politics: Looking at the conflict between Muhammadiyah and PKS over al Muttaqun mosque
	Ken Miichi Iwate Prefectural University, Japan	Changing faces of Islamic organization and political party in Indonesia: analysis through opinion survey
	Priyambudi Sulistiyanto Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia	Local Power and Muhammadiyah in Kotagede
Discussants	Rizal Sukma – Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta Azyumardi Azra – Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN), Jakarta
12:15 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 15:30	Panel 6 – Gender Issues
Chairperson	Habib Chirzin – Muhammadiyah
	Alimatul Qibtiyah Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN), Yogyakarta	Feminist Identity and Conceptualization of Gender Issues By Muhammadiyah/‘Aisyiyah Members
	Nelly van Doorn-Harder Wake Forest University,Winston Salem, NC, USA	‘Aisyiyah Revisited: Agency and Identity in the Post-Suharto Era
	Nurwanto University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY)	Gender justice and injustice in the textbook of al-Islam and the response of Muhammadiyah Senior Secondary Schools’ teachers
	Roy Tjiong PT Remdecotama Swaprakarsa	The Role of Women on Disaster Mitigation
	Satomi Ogata Kyushu International University, Japan	Progressiveness and Conservatism with respect to Islamic Teachings among Grassroots Members of Muhammadiyah: Regional Differences and Comparisons with NU
Discussant	Siti Chamamah Suratno – Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta
15:30 - 15:45	Break
15:45 - 17:30	Panel 7 – Youth and Radicalism
Chairperson	Dicky Sofyan – Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta
	Din Wahid Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN), Jakarta	Muhammadiyah and the challenge of Salafism
	Munajat* STAIN (Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri ) Salatiga	Modeling religious violence: A comparative analysis of the activists of Front Pembela Islam (FPI) versus Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach
	Jamhari Makruf Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN), Jakarta	Youth and Radicalism in Muhammadiyah
	Pradana Boy ZTF University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM)	Another Face of Puritan Islam? Muhammadiyah and Radicalism among the Youth
Discussants	Martin van Bruinessen – Utrecht Univesity, the Netherlands Robin Bush – ARI, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
17:30 - 19:30	Break
19:30 - 22:00	Watching Mata Tertutup, with Garin Nugroho and Fajar Riza Ul Haq as commentators
	Sunday, December 2
08:00 - 10:15	Panel 8 – Muhammadiyah Studies
Chairperson	Syafiq Mughni – Sunan Ampel Islamic State Institute (IAIN), Surabaya
	Ahmad Muttaqin Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN), Yogyakarta	Between Ihsan and Tasawwuf: The Muhammaddiyah’s Attitude toward Sufism and Its Promotion of ‘Authentic’ Islamic Spirituality
	Ahmad Najib Burhani University of California – Santa Barbara, USA	American Scholarship on Indonesian Islam: The Shift from Muhammadiyah Studies to Nahdlatul Ulama Studies
	Sunarwoto Tilburg University, the Netherlands	Cultural Dakwah of Muhammadiyah: Islamisation or indigenisation?
	Christian Harijanto Curtin University, Perth, Australia	Reflective Habitus in Muhammadiyah
Discussant	Mitsuo Nakamura - Chiba University, Japan
10:15 - 11:30	Closing Reflections
	Azyumardi Azra - Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN), Jakarta
	M Amin Abdullah - Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN), Yogyakarta
11:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 17:30	Visiting Amal Usaha Muhammadiyah**

* Paper participation only

**Optional

Abstract of papers is available in the following link: Papers