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indonesian_open FW: Reminder Greg Fealy on Indonesian Terrorism Wednesday 16th March



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See forwarded message from Peter Worsley below.

 

 

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From: Peter Worsley [mailto:peter.worsley@arts.usyd.edu.au]
Sent: Monday, 7 March 2005 10:03 AM
To: Peter Worsley
Subject: Reminder Greg Fealy on Indonesian Terrorism Wednesday 16th March

 

Reminder


Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to remind you 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 as soon as possible.


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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