Name | : | Dr. Moch Nur Ichwan, MA |
Place & Date of Birth | : | Ponorogo, 24 October 1970 |
Nationality | : | Indonesian |
Sex | : | Male |
Office/ Email Address | : | Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN), Jln. Marsda Adisucipto km 1, Yogyakarta |
Academic Position | : | Senior Lecturer of Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN) Yogyakarta; and coordinator of PhD program of Graduate School of UIN Sunan Kalijaga. |
Home Address | : | Kadipolo RT 01/35, Sendangtirto Berbah, Sleman, Yogyakarta |
Phone | : | 08123408454 |
: | moch.ichwan@uin-suka.ac.id; mochnurichwan@gmail.com | |
Web | : | https://uin-suka.academia.edu/MochNurIchwan |
Citation index | : | scholar.google.co.id/citations?hl=en&user=rLE6N54AAAAJ |
Research and Teaching Interest
Muslim politics in Indonesia, Islamic political and social thought, religious governance, religion and globalization, methodology of Islamic studies, Islamic hermeneutics.
Linguistic Ability
English (fluent), Arabic (fluent), Dutch (poor), Indonesian and Javanese (native).
Education
- Ph.D. in Religious Studies (Muslim Politics), Tilburg University, the Netherlands, November 2006.
- MA in Islamic Studies, Leiden University, September 1999.
- BA in Islamic Studies, the Faculty of Islamic Theology (Usuluddin), the State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN) Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, 1995.
- Islamic Senior High School Al-Islam, Joresan Ponorogo, 1987-1990.
- Islamic Junior High School Al-Islam, Joresan Ponorogo, 1984-1987.
- Islamic Boarding School (Pesantren) Darul Hikam, Joresan Ponorogo, 1985-1990.
Organisation Experiences
- Coordinator of the PhD program, Graduate School of UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, 2015-now.
- Head of Department of Religion and Philosophy, Graduate School of the Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (2011-2015).
- Director Center for the Study of Islam and Social Transformation (CISForm), UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, 2011-2012.
- Deputy-director Center for the Study of Islam and Social Transformation (CISForm), UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, 2006-2010.
- Editor of Al-Jâmi’ah, International Journal of Islamic Studies, Yogyakarta, 2000 – 2001; 2007-present.
- Director of the Institute for the Study of Religion, Society and Human Rights (SAMHA),
Yogyakarta, 2001 – present. - Researcher at the Forum for Cultural and Religious Studies (FkBA), Yogyakarta, 2000- 2001.
- Member and then second director of the Children Lovers Association (SPA), Yogyakarta, 1990-1996.
- Coordinator of the Circle for Qur‘anic and Humanity Studies (CQHS), Yogyakarta 1993-1996.
- Member of the Institute for Islamic and Philosophical Studies (LPIF), Yogyakarta, 1993-1996.
Awards
- Research fellowship Contending Modernities Working Group, Notre Dame University, Indiana, US, 2015-17.
- Postdoctoral fellowship, Islam Research Programme (IRP), Leiden University, Netherlands, 2010-2012 (3 years).
- Postdoctoral fellowship, KNAW (Dutch Royal Academy of Science) in the framework of Scientific Programme Indonesia Netherlands (SPIN), Nederland, 2008-2009 (2 years).
- ISIM (International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World) research scholarship, the Netherland, 2007 (4 months).
- PhD Fellowship at Tilburg University, funded by International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), The Netherland 2001-2005 (4 years).
- MA Fellowship, Indonesia Netherlands Cooperation for Islamic Studies (INIS), The Netherland, 1997-1999 (2 years).
- Supersemar scholarship 1991, 1993 (2 years).
Research (2001-2013)
- “Religious Authorities, Minorities and Identities: Inter-Religious Relations in Post-Conflict Aceh, Indonesia,” funded by Contending Modernities Working Group, Notre Dame University, Indiana, US, 2015-17.
- Peace Values in Local Wisdoms of the Javanese Society, funded by the Postgraduate School of Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, 2014 (in Indonesian).
- Mapping Religious Conflicts in Yogyakarta, 2009-2013, funded by the Postgraduate School of Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, 2013 (in Indonesian).
- Seeding Peace below the Merapi Mountain: Harmonious Interreligious Relations in Ngandong Village, funded by Research Centre of UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2013 (in Indonesian).
- Alternative to Shari’atism in Aceh after the Tsunami, Post-Doctoral fellowship, Islamic Research Programme, Leiden University, 2010-2012 (3 years).
- Mohammed Talbi’s Hermeneutics of Tolerance, funded by Research Centre of UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2009 (in Indonesian).
- Ulama and Re-islamisation of the Public Sphere: The Indonesian Council of Ulama and Glocal Challenges in the Post-Soeharto Era, Post-doctoral fellowship of KNAW (Dutch Royal Academic of Science) in the framework Scientific Programme Indonesia Netherlands (SPIN), 2008-2009 (2 years).
- Ulama, State and Ummah: The Majelis Ulama Indonesia and the Search for New Recognition in a Post-Soeharto Era, funded by International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), Leiden, 2007 (4 months).
- Sintesis Kreatif: Ali Mazrui, Ilmu Sosial Normatif dan Studi Masyarakat Islam (Creative Synthesis: Ali Mazrui, Normative Social Sciences, and the Study of Muslim Societies), funded by Research Centre of UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2007.
- Dakwah dan Negara: Wacana Dakwah Pembangunan dan Developmentalisasi Islam di Indonesia Era Orde Baru (Da’wa and State: Discourse of Developmental Da’wa and Developmentalisation of Islam in Indonesia‘s New Order), funded by Research Centre of UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2006.
- “Official Reform of Islam: State Islam and the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Contemporary Indonesia, 1966-2004,” PhD Tilburg University, 2006 (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Herman L. Beck).
- “A New Horizon in Qur‘anic Hermeneutics: Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd and Critical Qur‘anic Scholarship,” thesis, Leiden University, 1999 (supervisor: Dr. Gerard Wiegers).
- “Hermeneutika al-Qur‘an: Peta Perkembangan Metodologi Tafsir al-Qur‘an Kontemporer,” skripsi (mini-thesis), Ushuluddin Faculty, IAIN Sunan Kalijaga, 1995 (supervisors: Dr. M. Amin Abdullah and Drs. Chumaidi Syarif Romas)
Academic Presentations (2002-2015)
A. International Presentations
- “Against Wahhabism, Shi’ism, and Communism: Reclaiming Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah in Contemporary Aceh,” Al-Jamiah International Conference, Yogyakarta, 7 November 2015.
- “Contemporary Development of Ulama Studies: A Preliminary Bibliographical Study,” Joint International Conference on Islamic Studies Revisited, co-organized by Graduate School UIN Sunan Kalijaga and Göttingen University, 28 October 2015.
- “The Qur‘an, Holy War Narratives, and Religious Ethno-Nationalism: The Making of Jihad Ideology in Aceh, Indonesia,” International Conference New Trends in Qur’anic Studies co-organized by UIN Sunan Kalijaga and International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA), Yogyakarta, 4-6 August 2015.
- “De-queering the Veranda of Mecca: Shari’a and the Politics of Sexuality in Aceh, Indonesia,” Joint International Conference on Islam, Gender and Legal Thought in Indonesia and Germany: Islam, Plural Societies and Legal Pluralism, co-organized by Georg-August Universität Göttingen and Graduate School of State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga, in Gottingen, Germany, 28-29 July 2015.
- “Islam, Radicalism, and Interreligious Relations in Indonesia,” International Conference Asosiasi Sarjana Kristiani untuk Kajian Islam Indonesia (ASAKKIA) Denpasar, 12 June 2015.
- “Ulama, Neo-Sufism and Heterodoxy: The issue of Wahdat al-Wujud in Contemporary Aceh,” The 7
th Al-Jamiah Forum and Conference on Religious Authority, Piety, and Activism: `Ulama in Contemporary Muslim Societies, Al-Jamiah Research center, UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, 28-30 November 2014 - “Contesting Spiritual Authority: MPTT, Tastafi and Naqsyabandiyah Khalidiyah in Aceh,” International Conference: Dynamics of the Studies on Indonesian Islam: Tribute to Karel Steenbrink and Martin van Bruinessen, Pascasarjana UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, 18-19 November 2014.
- “Islam, Queers dan Politics of Sexuality in Aceh,” International Conference ―Southeast Asian Islam Facing ASEAN Community 2015, Institute of Southeast Asian Islam (ISAIs), Yogyakarta, 24-25 September 2014.
- “Managing Religious Diversity in Indonesia,” Short Course on Indonesian Islam, UIN Sunan Kalijaga and Gottingen University, Yogyakarta, 19 September 2014.
- “State-Faith Relationship in a Muslim Majority Country: An Indonesian Experience,” conference «International Experience on State-faith Relationship: Lessons for the Kyrgyz Republic», Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 3 April 2014.
- “Shi‘ite Intellectual Activism in Contemporary Aceh: A Preliminary Study,” International Conference on Plurality and Minority, The 6th Al-Jami`ah International Forum, Yogyakarta, 6-8 December 2013.
- “Ulama and Local Politics: The Majelis Ulama Indonesia in Post-New Order Banten,” International Conference ―Religious Diversity and Civil Identity: Negotiating State Order and Civil Rights‖, Sharia & Law Faculty of UIN Sunan Kalijaga in cooperation with Gottingen University, Yogyakarta, 19-20 November 2013.
- “Religious Institutions in Indonesia,” Short Course on Religions in Indonesia, UIN Sunan Kalijaga in Cooperation with Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yogyakarta, 10 September 2013.
- “Delimiting Freedom of Religion and Belief: Majelis Ulama Indonesia after Suharto,” Workshop on Towards a Practical Theologies on Religious Freedom—an Interfaith Cooperation at the Grassroots, Oslo Coalition-STAIN, Salatiga, 23-24 May 2013.
- “Shari’a and Queer Activism: The Politics of Sexuality in Aceh,” International Conference on Negotiating Diversity in Indonesia, Singapore Management University, Singapore, 5-6 November 2012.
- “Intellectual and Cultural Resistances to Shari`atism in Aceh,” International Conference Trends in Muslim Societies, Islam Research Programme, Leiden University, The Hague, the Netherlands, 17-19 April 2012.
- “Democracy without Religious Pluralism? The Majelis Ulama Indonesia and Interreligious Relations,” Conference on Islam and Democracy, organized by Journal al-Jamiah, Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Yogyakarta, 26-27 November 2011.
- “The Making of Islamic and Post-Islamic Others: Majelis Ulama Indonesia, Orthodoxy and the Politics of Othering,” International Workshop on Muslim Religious Authority in Contemporary Asia, Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore, Singapore, 24-25 November 2011.
- “Redebating Wahdat al-Wujud in the Veranda of Shari’a: Abuya Syaikh Amran Waly, Majelis Permusyawaratan Ulama, and Politics of Orthodoxy in Aceh,” International Conference on Sufism for a New Age: Twenty-first Century Neo-Sufism, Cosmopolitan Piety and Traditionalist Responses, organized by Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, University of Western Sydney, Australia, 29-30 September 2011.
- “Against Religious Pluralism: The Majelis Ulama Indonesia, Interreligious Relations and the Limits of Tolerance,” Indonesia Council Open Conference, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 27-28 September, 2011
- “Ulama and Politics: Majelis Ulama Indonesia‘s Tausiyah in Early Reformation Era,” Conference on MUI Studies, held by Majelis Ulama Indonesia, Jakarta, 25 July 2011.
- “Secularism, Islam and Pancasila,” lecture at Center for Islamic Area Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 25 February 2011.
- “Muslim Debates on Secularization in Indonesia,” lecture at Nanzan Center for Asia and Pacific Studies, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, 28 February 2011.
- “Clerical Islamism, Religious Revival, and Politics: Majelis Ulama Indonesia, Islamist Movements and Islamization of Public Discourses,” International Conference and Research on Resurgence of Religions in Southeast Asia, ICRS, Yogyakarta, 5-8 January 2011.
- “Majelis Ulama Indonesia and the Search for New Recognition in Post-Soeharto Era,” Dutch Embassy in Jakarta, 20 October 2009.
- “Ulama and Politics: Ulama Councils in Post-Colonial Indonesia,” presented at International Workshop on Moments in the Making of Southeast Asian Islam, Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore, Singapore, 5 – 6 February 2007.
- “Ulama and Tolerance: Indonesian Council of Ulama on Intra-Religious and Inter-Religious Relations,” the International Seminar Teaching for Tolerance in the Indonesian Context, organized by State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN) and Oslo Coalition, Makassar, January 2007.
- “Street Da’wah and Glocal Issues: Islamist Demonstration in Post-Soeharto Indonesia,” International Convention of Asia Scholars 5, ICAS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2006.
- “Playing with a Revived Master Signifier: Government Discourse on Islamic Shari’a in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam,” International Conference Islamic Law in Modern Indonesia Harvard School of Islamic Law, USA, April 17-18, 2004.
- “Development Dakwah: The Ministry of Religious Affairs and National Development,” Seminar Dakwah and the Dissemination of Religious Authority in Contemporary Indonesia, held by the IIAS in cooperation with the Tilburg Faculty of Theology, the Netherlands, 16 December 2003.
- “Qur‘an, Women and Hermeneutics: Nasr Abu Zayd as a Feminist,” Seminar Islam and Humanism: the Significance of the Work of Professor Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd (in celebration of Prof. Abu Zayd‘s 60
th birthday), organized by El Hizjra, the Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR) and Akad, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 20 June 2003. - “Megawati and Radical Islamism,” paper contributed to the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS-3), Singapore, 19-21 August 2003.
- “‘Ulama’, State and Politics: The Council of Indonesian ‘Ulama’ in the Post-Soeharto Era,” seminar Fatwas and Dissemination of Religious Authority in Indonesia, held by the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden, the Netherlands, 31 October 2002.
- “Islamic Shari’ah, Constitution and Multi-Religious State: the Indonesian Case,” discussion of the Indonesian students of Islamic Studies (INIS), Leiden, the Netherlands, 27 September 2002.
- “State, Scripture and Politics: Official Translation of the Qur‘an in Indonesia,” International Workshop History of Translation in Indonesia and Malaysia, Ecole francaise d‘Exteme-Orient, Paris, 2-5 April 2002.
- “State Production of Islamic Discourse in New Order Indonesia and Afterwards,” Open Science Meeting on 12 February 2002, ITB, Bandung.
B. National Presentations (1999-2015)
- “Tawhid Kemanusiaan: Refleksi Teologis tentang Manusia dan Kemanusiaan,” Keynote Speech at Conference ‘Southeast Asian Islam Facing ASEAN Community 2015’ organized by Institute for Southeast Asian Islam (ISAIs), UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 12 November 2015.
- Menulis Artikel untuk Jurnal akademik Internasional, Pelatihan Penulisan Artikel Jurnal Internasional UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, 30 Oktober 2015.
- Menulis Artikel untuk Jurnal Ilmah Nasional, Workshop Penulisan Artikel Akademik Prodi al-Ahwal al-Syakhshiyah Fakultas Syariah dan Hukum UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 3 Oktober 2015.
- “Penalaran Islam Indonesia dalam bidang Teologi Islam Kontemporer,” Workshop Penyusunan Silabus dan Pengelolaan Program Penalaran Islam Indonesia UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya 29 September 2015.
- “Negara dan Politik Religionisasi di Indonesia,” presented at seminar Regulasi Negara terhadap Negara, organized by Comparative Religion Department, Ushuluddin Fakulty, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, 21 April 2015.
- “Peace Building in Islamic Perspective,” Public Lecture Peace Building in World Religions: Buddhism and Islam, Postgraduate School of Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University in cooperation with AIFIS, Yogyakarta, 14 April 2015.
- “Penguatan Keilmuan Studi Islam Integratif-Interkonektif,” Seminar Penguatan Keilmuan Pascasarjana, Pascasarjana UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Januari 2015.
- “Fatwa Jihad, Resolusi Jihad dan Nasionalisme: Memahami Nalar Politik Pesantren,” Seminar PMII UIN Sunan Kalijaga UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 17 November 2014.
- “Menembus Jurnal Akademik Internasional Sosial Humaniora: Belajar dari Pengalaman,” Workshop Penyusunan Jurnal Internasional Fakultas Ushuluddin, IAIN Walisongo, Semarang, 15 November 2014.
- Menulis Artikel untuk Jurnal Ilmah Internasional, Workshop Penyusunan Jurnal Internasional Fakultas Ushuluddin, IAIN Walisongo, Semarang, 15 November 2014.
- “Euro-Islam, Islamofobia, dan Politik Minoritas: Strategi Pengembangan dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Islam Eropa Pasca-11 September 2001,” Kuliah Umum Pengembangan Masyarakat Islam, Fakultas Dakwah dan Komunikasi UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 12 November 2014.
- “Fiqih Politik, Etika Politik, Asketisme Politik: Menelisik Nalar Politik Pesantren,” diskusi publik serial ke-4, Jurnal Mlangi, Yogyakarta, 1 November 2014.
- “Islam dan Minoritas Keagamaan di Aceh: Kontribusi Perguruan Tinggi dalam Bina-Damai,” Seminar on Islamic Teachings: Dialogue, Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Institute for Islamic Studies, Interreligious Dialogue and Peace Studies (IISIDPS-ACHEH) & Columbia University‘s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Banda Aceh October 16 to 19, 2014.
- “Hermeneutika, al-Qur‘an dan Khazanah Keilmuan Interpretif Islam,” Workshop Pengembangan Studi al-Qur‘an di PTAI, IAIN Mataram, 30 November 2013.
- “Beberapa Catatan tentang buku Islah Gusmian Khazanah Tafsir Indonesia,” seminar bedah buku Islah Gusmian, Khazanah Tafsir Indonesia, HMJ Ilmu al-Qur‘an dan Tafsir, Fakultas Ushuluddin dan Pemikiran Islam, UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, 14 November 2013.
- “Membangun Kultur Akademik: Belajar kepada Barat dan Timur,” Stadium Generale, Program Pascasarjana STAIN Ponorogo, 8 November 2013.
- “Dinamika Gerakan Islam Indonesia,” Pelatihan Dai Nusantara, Dompet Dhuafa, Yogyakarta, 19 Oktober 2013.
- “Humanisasi Studi & Tadbir Agama-agama: Refleksi atas Pemikiran & Peran Prof. M.
Amin Abdullah,” Seminar nasional: “Islam, Agama-agama dan Nilai Kemanusiaan: 60 tahun M. Amin Abdullah”, UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta , 16 Oktober 2013. - “Refleksi Projek Integrasi-Interkoneksi Keilmuan,” Kuliah Agama dan Budaya bersama Prof. Dr. M. Amin Abdullah, Label, Fakultas Ushuluddin dan Pemikiran Islam, UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 20 September 2013.
- “Perdamaian Dunia Berbasis Perdamaian Antaragama Hans Kung: Perspektif Islam,” Studi Intensif tentang Islam (SITI) Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana (UKDW), Yogyakarta, 11 June 2013.
- “Pesan di Balik Ragam Gerakan Islam Indonesia,” Studi Intensif tentang Islam (SITI) Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana (UKDW), Yogyakarta, 11 June 2013.
- “Ulama and Local Politics: Majelis Permusyawaratan Ulama in Contemporary Aceh.” Wednesday Forum, CRCS-ICRS, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, 8 May 2013.
- “Menuju Jurnal Internasional,” Workshop pengelolaan jurnal Fakultas adab UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 13 Januari 2013.
- “Kajian Difabilitas dalam Islam,” Seminar Nasional Formulasi Kebijakan dan Implementasi PTAIN Inklusi se-Indonesia UIN Sunan Kalijaga 11 Desember 2012.
- “Membaca Kitab Kuning, Pesantren dan Tarekat dari Aceh,” Launching Buku Martin van Bruinessen Kitab Kuning, Pesantren dan Tarekat, CISForm UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 1 November 2012.
- “Harga Diri Masyarakat Aceh,” Diskusi Bulanan Putaran XXXVIII Laboratorium Religi dan Budaya Lokal (LABEL) Fakultas Ushuluddin, Studi Agama dan Pemikiran Islam UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, 21 Februari 2012.
- “Humanistic Governance of Religious Diversity in Indonesia,” seminar for the commemoration of the 64
th Anniversary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, 20 January 2010. (in Indonesian) - “Liberal Muslims‘ Contribution to Qur‘anic Studies in Indonesia,” UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 21 December 2009. (in Indonesian)
- “Ulama Politics and Contestation of Religious Authority: Ulama Institutions in Aceh before the 2009 General Elections,” Seminar Ulama and General Election, held by CISForm 30 Maret 2009.
- “Metamorphosis of Majelis Ulama Indonesia,” lecture at The Wahid Institute, Jakarta, 18 Juli 2008. (in Indonesian)
- “Theology of Disaster: Majelis Ulama Indonesia and Natural Disaster in Aceh and Yogyakarta,” Team Discussion of Disaster, Religion and Science, the Centre for Religious and Cultural Studies (CRCS), Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, September 2008. (in Indonesian)
- “De-intellectualisation of Islam: Majelis Ulama Indonesia, Conservative Discourse and Trivialisation of Islamic Thought in Indonesia,” Seminar Religion and Contemporary Issues in Indonesia, Post-graduate Programme UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 16 November 2007. (in Indonesian)
- “Public Morality and Socio-political Ethics: Amar Ma’ruf Nahy Munkar in the Political Context of Indonesian Islam,” Intensive Islamic Studies (SITI), Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana, Yogyakarta, 26 July 2007. (in Indonesian)
- “Dakwah Institution and the Learning Self,” lecture at the Children Lovers Institute (SPA), Yogyakarta, 14 November 2003. (in Indonesian)
- “The Future of Progressive Islam in Indonesia,” lecture at FORSTUDIA, Yogyakarta, 16 October 2003. (in Indonesian).
- “Tafsir yang Membebaskan: Teks dan Relasi-relasi Kuasa,” Sekolah Metodologi Ulul Albab, Yogyakarta, 4 December 2000
- “Pergereseran Orientasi Studi Qur‘an dan Hadits,” Studium Generale held by Executive Student Council of the Dept. of Qur‘anic and Prophetic Traditions Studies, Faculty of Islamic Theology and Philosophy, IAIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, 1 December 2000.
- “Dari Tafsir Hadits ke Studi Qur‘an Hadits,” Studium Generale held by the Executive Student Council of the Dept. of Qur‘anic and Prophetic Traditions Studies, Faculty of Islamic Theology and Philosophy, IAIN Sunan Gunung Djati, Bandung, 18 November 2000.
- “Beberapa Gagasan tentang Pengembangan Studi Qur‘an dan Hadits,” Studium Generale at The first national congress of the Communicative Forum of Student Qur‘anic and Prophetic Traditions Studies in Indonesia (FKMTHI), Yogyakarta 23 September 2000.
- “Perkembangan Metodologi Tafsir Qur‘an: Tiga Tipologi Dasar,” Education and Training Programme (diklat) held by Jam‘iyyah al-Qurra‘ wa al-Huffaz Al-Mizan, Yogyakarta, 8 October 2000.
- “Pergulatan Kitab Suci dalam Konteks Lokal Indonesia: Menuju Hermeneutik Qur‘an Pribumi,” Panel discussion on “Kritik Tafsir Pribumi,” held by the Executive Student Council of the Dept. of Qur‘anic and Prophetic Traditions Studies, Faculty of Islamic Theology and Philosophy, IAIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, 25 May 2000.
- “Etos Kerja Muslim di Nederland,” Seminar on ―Etos Kerja Islam‖ held by the Muhammadiyah University at Ponorogo, 1999.
Publications (1998-2016)
A. International Publications
- “Neo-Sufism, Shari’atism, and Ulama Politics: Abuya Shaykh Amran Waly and Tauhid-Tasawuf Movement in Post-Conflict Aceh,” in C. van Dijk and N. Kaptein (Eds.), Islam, Politics and Change: The Indonesian Experience After the Fall of Suharto, Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2016.
- “Tevil: Üretici Bir Okuma Olarak Yorum,” translated by Ayşe ÇİL, Kelam Araştirmalari
12:1 (2014) (translated by Ayşe ÇİL), 425-436. - “Nasır Hamid Ebu Zeyd‘in Kur‘an Hermeneutiği: Teorik Bir Bakış Açısı,”İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi (Journal of the Human and Social Science Researches) 1:2 (2013) (translated by Ayşe ÇİL), 253-269.
- “Towards a Puritanical Moderate Islam: The Majelis Ulama Indonesia and the Politics of Religious Orthodoxy,” in Martin van Bruinessen (Ed.), Contemporary Developments in Indonesian Islam: Explaining the „Conservative Turn, Singapore: ISEAS, 2013, 60-104.
- “Alternatives to Shariatism: Progressive Muslim Intellectuals, Feminists, Queeers and Sufis in Contemporary Aceh,” in: Kees van Dijk (Ed.), Regime Change, Democracy and Islam: The Case of Indonesia, Final Report Islam Research Programme Jakarta March 2013, Leiden: Leiden University, 2013, 137-79.
- “Local Politics of Orthodoxy: The Majelis Ulama Indonesia in the Post-New Order Banten,” Journal of Indonesian Islam, 6:1 (June 2012), 166-94.
- “The Making of a Pancasila State: Political Debates on Secularism, Islam and the State in Indonesia,” SOIAS Research Paper Series No. 6, Sophia Organization for Islamic Area Studies, Sophia University, Japan, (February 2012).
- “Secularism, Islam and Pancasila: Political Debates on the Basis of the State in Indonesia,” Bulletin of the Nanzan Center for Asia and Pacific Studies, 6 (June 2011), 1-43.
- “Official Ulema and the Politics of Re-Islamization: The Majelis Permusyawaratan Ulama, Shari`atization and Contested Authority in Post-New Order Aceh,” Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies, 22:2 (June 2011), 183-214.
- “The End of Jawi Islamic Scholarship? Kitab Jawi, Quranic Exegesis and Politics in Indonesia,” dalam Rainbows of Malay Literature and Beyond: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Md. Salleh Yaapar, ed. Lalita Sinha, Pulau Penang: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2011, 82-101.
- “Tolerance and Pro-existence: Understanding Each Other‘s Language,” in Marlies ter Borg, Bible and Qur‟an Side by Side- an anthology, Amsterdam: IKON, 2010, 19-28.
- “Governing Hajj: Politics of Islamic Pilgrimage Services in Indonesia Prior to Reformasi Era,” Al-Jamiah, Journal of Islamic Studies 46:2 (2008), 127-151.
- Moving with the Times: The Dynamics of Contemporary Islam in a Changing Indonesia, Yogyakarta: CISForm, UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2007 (co-editor with Noorhaidi Hasan).
- “Ulama and Politics: Majelis Ulama Indonesia in Early Reformation Era,” in Moch Nur Ichwan & Noorhaidi Hasan (eds), Moving with the Times: The Dynamics of Contemporary Islam in a Changing Indonesia, Yogyakarta: CISForm, UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2007.
- “Hermeneutics and the Politics of Interpretation: Interview with Dr Moch Nur Ichwan” by Farish A. Noor, 2007 www.othermalaysia.org
- “The Politics of Shari’atisation: Central Governmental and Regional Discourses of Shari’a Implementation in Aceh,” Michael Feener and Mark Cammack (eds.), Islamic Law in Modern Indonesia, Harvard: Islamic Legal Studies Program, 2007.
- “Ulama‘, State and Politics: the Council of Indonesian Ulama‘ After Suharto,” Islamic Law and Society, 12:1 (2005).
- “Megawati and Radical Islamism,” 2003, http://www.berubah.org/megawatiandislamism.pdf (dead site).
- “The Seven-Word Controversy,” IIAS Newsletter (Leiden) #30, March 2003
- “Differing Responses to an Ahmadi Translation and Exegesis: The Holy Qur‘an in Egypt and Indonesia,” Archipel 62, 2001.
- “Beyond Ideological Interpretation: Nasr Abu Zayd‘s Theory of Qur‘anic Hermeneutics,” Al-Jâmi’ah, Journal of Islamic Studies (Yogyakarta), no. 65, vi, 2000.
- “Continuing Discourse on Keblat: Diasporic Experiences of the Surinamese Javanese Muslims in the Netherlands,” Sharqiyyât, Tijdschift van de Nederlandse Vereneging voor de studie van het Modden-Oosten en de Islam (Nijmegen), no. 2 vol. 11, 1999, pp. 101-19.
- “Prayer in the Surinam-Javanese Diasporic Experience,” ISIMNewsletter (Leiden), no. 3, 1998.
B. National Publications
- Agama, Filsafat, dan Kemiskinan, Yogyakarta: Program Studi Agama dan Filsafat & Lisafa, 2014 (co-editor with Mutiullah).
- Islam, Kemiskinan, dan Aktivisme Sosial,‖ in Mutiullah & Moch Nur Ichwan (Ed.), Agama, Filsafat, dan Kemiskinan, Yogyakarta: Program Studi Agama dan Filsafat & Lisafa, 2014.
- Modul Advokasi Sosial, Yogyakarta: Center for the Study of Islam and Social Transformation
(CISForm), 2014 (co-author in team). - Agama, Kitab Suci dan Masyarakat, Yogyakarta: Program Studi Agama dan Filsafat & Lisafa, 2013 (co-editor with Mutiullah).
- “Kitab Suci, Interpretasi, dan Problem Sosial,” in Moch Nur Ichwan & Mutiullah (Ed.), Agama, Kitab Suci dan Masyarakat, Yogyakarta: Program Studi Agama dan Filsafat & Lisafa, 2013.
- “Manusiawi, Adil, dan Beradab: Menuju Tadbir Humanistik atas Keragaman Agama,” in Moch Nur Ichwan & Ahmad Muttaqin (Eds), Islam, Agama-agama dan Nilai Kemanusiaan: Festschrift 60 Tahun M. Amin Abdullah, Yogyakarta: CISForm UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2013.
- Islam, Agama-agama dan Nilai Kemanusiaan: Festschrift 60 Tahun M. Amin Abdullah, Yogyakarta: CISForm UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2013 (co-editor with Ahmad Muttaqin).
- Agama dan Perdamaian, Yogyakarta: Program Studi Agama dan Filsafat & CR-Peace, 2012 (co-editor with Ahmad Muttaqin).
- “Eko-teologi Bencana, Aktivisme Sosial dan Politik Kemaslahatan,” (Eco-Theology of Disaster, Social Activism and Politics of Common Good), in Agus Indiyanto & Arqom Kuswanjono (eds.), Agama, Budaya dan Bencana: Kajian Integratif Ilmu, Agama, dan Budaya, Bandung: CRCS and Mizan, 2012, 19-32.
- “Rethinking al-Amr bi l-Ma’ruf wa n-Nahy ‘an al-Munkar: Etika Politik dalam Bingkai Post-Islamisme,” Dinamika Kebudayaan dan Problem Kebangsaan: Kado 60 Tahun Musa Asy’arie, ed.Andy Dermawan, Yogyakarta: LeSFI, 2011, 239-97.
- Politik Metamorfosis Majelis Ulama,‖ Mimbar Ulama, July 2010.
- “Negara, Kitab Suci dan Politik: Terjemah Resmi al-Qur‘an di Indonesia,” (State, Scripture and Politics: Official Translation of the Qur‘an in Indonesia) in Henri Chambert-Loir (ed.), Sadur: Sejarah Terjemahan di Indonesia dan Malaysia, Jakarta: KPG, Ecole francaise de‘Extreme-Orient, Forum Jakarta Paris, Pusat Bahasa, Universitas Padjadjaran, 2009, 417-433.
- “Sintesis Kreatif: Ali Mazrui, Ilmu Sosial Normatif dan Studi Masyarakat Islam,” (Creative Synthesis: Ali Mazrui, Normative Social Science and the Study of Muslim Societies), in Waryono (ed.), Keilmuan Integrasi Interkoneksi bidang Agama dan Sosial, Yogyakarta: Lembaga Penelitian UIN Sunan Kalijaga, 2007, 99-145.
- “Menyeberang dari Tradisi Sendiri: Kritisisme Moderat Kiyai Sahal (Beyond Tradition: Moderate Criticism of Sahal Mahfudh),” in Asrori Karni & Abdul Wasik (eds), Pandu Ulama Ayomi Umat: Kiprah Sosial 70 Tahun Kiyai Sahal, Jakarta: Majelis Ulama Indonesia, 2007, pp. 88-101.
- Islam Progresif: Peluang, Tantangan dan Masa Depannya di Asia Tenggara, Farish A. Noor (Yogyakarta: SAMHA, 2005), co-editor and co-translator with Imron Rosjadi.
- Genealogi Aku, [Genealogy of the Self: Poems], Yogyakarta: Kalimat, 2005.
- Meretas Kesarjanaan Kritis al-Qur‟an: Teori Hermeneutika Nasr Abu Zayd [Towards Critical Qur‘anic Scholarship: Hermeneutical Theory of Nasr Abu Zayd], (Jakarta: Teraju, 2003). (Book)
- Kritik Kontemporer atas Filsafat Arab-Islam, Mohammed Abid al-Jibiri (Yogyakarta: Islamika,
2003), translator. - Dekonstruksi Gender: Kritik Wacana Perempuan dalam Islam, [Deconstructing Gender: Critique of Women Discourse in Islam], by Nasr Abu Zayd, (Yogyakarta: Islamika, 2003), co-translator with M. Syamsul Hadi.
- ‘Snouck Hurgronje: Dihujat Bagai Iblis, Dipuja Bagai Wali’, Gatra, no. 23 (26 April 2003), pp 47-52 (co-author with Deden Ridwan & Asrori S. Karni).
- “Literatur Tafsir Qur‘an Melayu-Jawi di Indonesia: Perkembangan, Pergeseran dan Kematian,” Visi Islam (Yogyakarta), no. 1, vol. 1, 2001.
- “Teori Teks dalam Hermeneutik Nasr Abu Zayd,” Esensia, (Yogyakarta), January, 2001.
- “Translation of Mohammed Arkoun, ―Metodologi Studi Islam,” Tashwirul Afkar (Jakarta), 2000.
- “Hermeneutika Sosial Qur‘an: Membaca Posisi Tafsir Hassan Hanafi,” Gerbang (Surabaya), no. 1, 2nd year, January-March 1999, pp. 71-96.
- “Kongres Halal Eropa 1997,” Ummat, (Jakarta), Desember 1997
- “Pergeseran dalam Studi Qur‘an,” Ummat, 1998.
- “Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd: Qur‘an Harus Dipahami Dalam Konteks Naratifnya,” Ummat, 1998.
- “Muhammad Shahrour: Kita Tidak Memerlukan Hadits,” Ummat, No. 4, 4th year, 3 August 1998.
- “Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd: Tafsir Tak Pernah Berhenti,” Panji Masyarakat (Jakarta), 1998
- “Nasr Abu Zayd dan Studi Qur‘an,” Arrisalah (Bandung), 1998.
Other Academic experiences
- Editor of peer-reviewed international journal Al-Jâmi‟ah, International Journal of Islamic Studies, Yogyakarta, 2000-2001 and 2007-present.
- Editor of peer-reviewed international journal Journal of Indonesian Islam, Surabaya, 2014-present.
- Reviewer of peer-reviewed international journal Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia), published by KILTV & Brill, Leiden.
- Reviewer of peer-reviewed international journal Asian Politics and Policy (Wiley-Blackwell).
- Reviewer of peer-reviewed international journal Studia Islamika, Jakarta.