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University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Ali, Muhamad

Assistant Professor

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Religious Studies


Biography

 

Degrees

Ph.D. History 2007

University of Hawaii at Manoa

M.Sc. Islam and Politics 2001

Edinburgh University

B.A. Islamic Studies 1997

The State Institute for Islamic Studies

Awards

Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs’ Scholarship for studying at the Islamic High School, West Java, 1989-1992.
British Government’s Chevening Awards, M.Sc. in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh University, 2002-2001.
East-West Center Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2007.
Ford Foundation Travel and Research Grants, August 2002 & August 2005.
The Toyota Foundation Southeast Asian National Research Grant Program (SEANRP), 2005-2006.
Distinguished Service Award for Commitment and Contributions to the East-West Center Community, May 8, 2003 & May, 10, 2005.
Walter Vella Prize for Original Research in Primary Sources, February 22, 2003.
Walter Vella Prize for the Best Paper in Southeast Asian Studies, February 20-23, 2003.
Taraknath Das Prize for the Best Graduate Paper in Asian History, May 2003 & May 2004.
Moscotti Award for the Best Paper in Southeast Asian Studies, April 2004.


Research Area

Islamic Studies; Qur'anic exegesis; Comparative Muslim societies; Islam in Southeast Asia; Islam Knowledge and Colonial Power; Islam and religious pluralism; Islamic movements and politics

Publications

Published

A.Books

Published

1. Teologi Pluralis-ultikultural:(Multicultural-Pluralist Theology) (Jakarta: Penerbit Kompas, 2003), 292 pp, plus bibliography.

B.Journal Articles

Published

1.“The Fatwas on Interfaith Marriage in Indonesia,” Studia Islamika, 9:3, 2002, 1-25. [Refereed]

2.“The Concept of Umma and the Reality of the Nation-State: A Muslim and Western Discourse,” Kultur, 1:3, 2002, 46-59. [Refereed]

3.“Dialogue Amongst Civilizations,” ,u>Resonansi, 1:2, 2003, 1-7. [Invited]

4.“Honoring Religions,” Peace & Policy, 9, 2004, 86-9. [Refereed]

5.“The Rise of the Liberal Islamic Netwok (JIL) in Contemporary Indonesia,” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 22:1, Winter 2005, 1-27. [Refereed]

6.“Transmission of Islamic Knowledge in Kelantan,” The Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 79:2:291, 2006. [Refereed]

7.“Menengok Barat, Mengembangkan Tradisi Ilmiah di Indonesia” (Learning from the West, Developing Scientific Tradition in Indonesia), Mimbar Agama dan Budaya (Pulpit of Religion and Culture), vol.23, no.1, 2006, 25-41. [Refereed]

7.“Categorizing Muslims in Postcolonial Indonesia,” Moussons, Paris, 27 ms. pp., accepted February 2007.

8.“Chinese Muslims in Indonesia: A Post-Diasporic Experience,” Explorations, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, 30 ms. pp., accepted January 2007.

C.Chapters in Books

Published

1.“Mengapa Membumikan Kemajemukan dan Kebebasan Beragama di Indonesia?” (Why Promoting Religious Pluralism and Freedom in Indonesia?), in Kebebasan Beragama di Indonesia (Religious Freedom in Indonesia), Jakarta: Paramadina University, June 2006, 78-90 [Invited]

2.“Gerakan Islam Moderat di Indonesia Kontemporer” (Moderate Islamic Movements in Indonesia), in Peta Gerakan Islam di Indonesia (Islamic Movements in Indonesia) Jakarta: PPIM & CSIS, August 2006, 182-197 [Invited]

3. "Makna dan Tujuan Dialog Peradaban" (The Meanings and Aims of Intercivilizational Dialogue). Muhammadiyah Progressif: Manifesto Pemikiran Kaum Muda (Progressive Muhammadiyah: The Thought of The Young Generation). Editors: Abdul Rahim al-Ghazali. Jaringan Intelektual Muda Muhammadiyah & Lembaga Studi Filsafat Islam. Jakarta, 2007. p.331-52. (Non-Refereed, Invited)

4. "Islam i Sydostasien" (Islam in Southeast Asia). Politikens Bog Om Islam. Editors: Jorgen Baek Simonsen. Politikens Forlag. Denmark, 2008. p.315-347. (Refereed, Invited)

D.Encyclopedia Articles

Published

1.“Jihad: East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia,” The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Culture (Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden), 2004, 231-234.

E.Book Reviews

Published

1.Robert Day McAmis, Malay Muslims: the History and Challenge of Resurgent Islam in Southeast Asia (Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2002), in (Journal of Asian Studies, 62:4, 2003): 1130-1132.

2.Giora Eliraz, Islam in Indonesia: Modernism, Radicalism, and the Middle East Dimension (Brighton and Portland: Sussex Academic Press, 2004), (American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 22:3, 2005): 136-9.

3.Anna M. Gade, Perfection Makes Practice: Learning, Emotion, and the Recited Qur’an in Indonesia (Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004), (American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 23:3: 2006): 89-91.

4.Mike Millard, Jihad in Paradise: Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia (New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2004), (American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 23:3; 2006): 100-93.

F.Working Papers

Published

1.“Islam and Economic Development in New Order’s Indonesia,” 1967-1998,” East-West Center Working Papers, 12, 2004, 1-26.