FROM THE ADRIATICTO THE SULU SEA:ISLAM AND IDENTITY IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOFEB 9-10, 2012

Thursday, February 9:Assembly Hall, International House1414 East 59th Street

5:00pm Welcoming comments Victor Friedman, Director CEERES, University of Chicago

Introduction of keynote speaker Jim Collins, Senior Adviser to the Dean for International Engagements, Northern Illinois University

5:15pm Keynote Address Distinguished Professor Datuk Shamsul Amri Baharrudin, Malaysian National University "Islamization of the Modern or Modernization of Islam: A brief critical review of Islam in contemporary Southeast Asia"

8:30-9:00am Continental Breakfast

9:00-11:00am Panel 1: Music, Language & Identity

Svanibor Pettan, University of Ljubljana "Musical Perceptions of the Turks in Slovenia, Croatia and Kosovo"

Joe Errington, Yale University "Malay's Meanings in Eastern Indonesia"

Trude Jacobsen, Northern Illinois University "Ascribing 'Pomakness' in Rural Muslim Communities of the Greek Rhodope Mountains"

Yuyun Sri Wahyuni, Ohio University "Dayak Islam: A New Dayak Identity in East Kalimantan, Indonesia"

11:00-11:30am Break

Friday, February 10: Franke Institute for the Humanities1100 E. 57th Street

FROM THE ADRIATIC TO THE SULU SEA:ISLAM AND IDENTITY IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

Conference Program

11:30-12:30pm Panel 2: Health & Wealth

Larisa Jasarevic, University of Chicago "Three Lights on Queen's Face: Ethnography of Melee

Noor Inayah Jaakub, Malaysian National University "The Rise and Impact of Shariah Banking in Southeast Asia and Beyond"

12:30-1:30pm Lunch

1:30-3:30pm Panel 3: Ways of Being Muslim

Ermin Sinanovic, US Naval Academy "Islamic Revival in Malaysia and Bosnia-Herzegovina: Similarities, Variations, and Transnational Influences"

Joseph Stimpfl, Webster University "Birds and Saints: the Sacred and Ex-Sacred in Malay Society"

JD Bowers, Northern Illinois University "Religious and Ethnic Identity in Cyprus"

Chiara Formichi, City University of Hong Kong "Reshaping Shi'i Identities in Southeast Asia: between local tradition and foreign orthodoxy"

3:30-4:00pm Break

4:00-6:00pm Panel 4: Progressive Modernity

Alexander Arifianto, Arizona State University "The Making of ‘Progressive Islam’ in Indonesia and Turkey"

Jusuf Salih, University of Saskatchewan "Between Ethnicity and Faith: Kosovo in the Crossroad"

Steven Fink University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire "Towards a Dynamic Vision of Muslim Identity: Progressive Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia"

Edin Hajdarpasic, Loyola University of Chicago "Modern but Backward: Education, Islam, and Reform in Habsburg Bosnia"

This conference is the third in a series comparing two edges of the Islamic world. The choice of Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia for the foci of these conferences is motivated by the fact that in each of these regions at opposite ends of the traditional Islamic world Islam is an important historical and social factor that continues to interact with both previous and subsequent cultural traditions and political realities in ways that are informatively comparable. This conference understands “identities” in the broadest possible manner, and the papers will examine phenomena from music and literacy to politics and spirituality and beyond.

This event is free and open to the public. Persons with disabilities that may need assistance should contact the Office of Programs & External Relations in advance of the program at 773-753-2274. For more information on International House visit ihouse.uchicago.edu.

CEERESThe Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies

at the University of Chicago

5835 S. Kimbark Avenue

Judd Hall 323

Chicago, IL 60637

(773) 702-0866

ceeres@uchicago.edu

Center for Southeast Asian Studies NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY