Affinity Dialogue Lecture Series
Speaker:
Prof Greg Barton is the Herb Feith Research Professor for the Study of Indonesia in the Faculty of Arts at Monash. He is based in the Politics stream in the School of Political and Social Inquiry. He is acting Director of the Centre for Islam and the Modern World (CIMOW), Deputy UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations – Asia Pacific, and is active in the Global Terrorism Research Centre (GTReC). For the past twenty years Greg has been active in inter-faith dialogue initiatives and has a deep commitment to building understanding of Islam and Muslim society. The central axis of his research interests is the way in which religious thought, individual believers and religious communities respond to modernity and to the modern nation state. He also has a strong general interest in comparative international politics Over the past two decades Greg has undertaken extensive research on Indonesia politics and society, especially of the role of Islam as both a constructive and disruptive force. Since 2004 he has made a comparative study of progrssive Islamic thought in Turkey and Indonesia. He is currently working on two book projects :1. Progressive Islamic Thought and Social Movements in Indonesia and Turkey2. Islam’s Other Nation : A Fresh Look at Indonesia
Date: Friday, 24th of June 2011
Time: 7pm
RSVP: registrations@affinity.org.au or call 02 9702 0789
Cost: Free entry
Venue: Suite 5, 3-5 Station Rd, Auburn NSW
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