indonesian_open FW: Greg Fealy on Indonesian Terrorism SISC Seminar 16th March

[Wittman, Leonie]

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Info re second SISC seminar follows.

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Leonie Wittman

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From: Peter Worsley [mailto:peter.worsley at arts.usyd.edu.au] 
Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 9:11 AM
To: Peter Worsley
Cc: Greg Fealy
Subject: Greg Fealy on Indonesian Terrorism SISC Seminar 16th March

 

Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to let you know that our second SISC seminar will be held
at 5.30 pm on Wednesday 16th March when Dr. Greg Fealy of the Australian
National University will speak on the topic of Indonesian terrorism.  I
shall let you know the venue when I send the reminder later this month.


Speaker: Dr Greg Fealy
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 the rise of Islamic
neo-revivalism 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-editor of Nahdlatul Ulama,
Traditionalism and Modernity in Indonesia and Local Power and Politics
in Indonesia: Decentralisation and Democratisation.  His most recent
publication is Joining the Caravan? The Middle East, Islamism and
Indonesia (co-authored with Anthony Bubalo).  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, and BP.

Topic: The Dynamics of Indonesian Terrorism: Historical Legacies;
Contemporary Agendas

Abstract:
Many terrorism specialists have written about Indonesian terrorist
groups such as Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) as if they are an entirely
contemporary phenomena.  A closer examination of Indonesian history
shows, however, that violent jihadism has been present in various forms
since independence in 1945.  The Darul Islam (DI) movement of the 1950s
and early 1960s, which sought to establish an Islamic state through
jihad, cost thousands of lives and caused immense social and economic
disruption.  Moreover, DI has had a major impact on the shape and
activities of JI.  It is a well-spring for JI recruits, ideology and
organisational methods and many JI leaders regard former DI commanders
as inspirational figures.  The links between the two movements are of
continuing relevance.  For example, some of those involved in the
Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta last September (including the
suicide bomber) were from DI circles, not JI, though they had been
recruited by JI figures.  In this seminar, I will trace the legacy of
Darul Islam within Jemaah Islamiyah and consider the degree to which
contemporary Indonesian terrorism is indigenous rather than 'imported.
SISC.

Time and Date: 5.30 pm Wednesday 16th March.

Venue: To be announced.

Should anyone have any inquiries my mobile phone number is 0405 363547.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Peter Worsley
For
The SISC Organising Committee 



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