The International Research Conference on Muhammadiyah (IRCM)

“Discourse on the Search for a Renewed Identity of Muhammadiyah for its Post-Centennial Era”

Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM), Indonesia

November 29 –December 2, 2012

Thursday, November 29
13:00 - 17:00 / Arrival and Registration
19:00 – 21:00
19:00 - 19:45 / Opening Session
Welcoming Remarks
1. Muhadjir Effendy (Rector of UMM)
2. Sukarwo (Governor of East Java)
3. Azyumardi Azra (Chair of the Steering Committee)
19:45 - 20:00 / Opening Speech
M. Din Syamsuddin (President of Muhammadiyah)
20:00 - 21:00 / Keynote Addresses
1. Ahmad Syafii Maarif – Maarif Institute
2. Mitsuo Nakamura - Chiba University, Japan
Friday, November 30
08:00 - 10:30 / Panel 1 – History
Chairperson / Ruhaini Dzuhayatin – Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta
James Peacock
University of North Carolina, USA / 1970 to 2010: Continuities and change
Endy Saputro
Indonesia Consortium for Religious Studies (IRCS), Gadjah Mada University / Inscribing kemadjoean, describing Islam: Politics of writing in the early Soeara Moehammadijah
Gwenaël Feillard
Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE), Paris, France / The Economic Life of the Muhammadiyah: A Historical Perspective
Steven Drakeley
University of Western Sydney, Australia / Muhammadiyah’s leadership and the politics of the Sukarno-Soeharto transition
Darwish Khudori
University of Le Havre, France / Muhammadiyah in globalised world: Between radicalist and altruist types of religious movements
Respondents / M.C. Ricklefs - Australian National University, Australia
Michael Laffan – Princeton University, USA
10:30 - 13:30 / Afternoon Break and Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 / Panel 2 – Philanthropy
Chairperson / Sudibyo Markus – Central Board of Muhammadiyah
Amelia Fauzia
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta / Creating Muslim Civil Society without discrimination of religion and nationality: Muhammadiyah’s philanthropic activities in the colonial period
Hilman Latief
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta / Seeking a new type of social concern for the public good: Muhammadiyah philanthropic activism and social entrepreneurship
Rahmawati Husein
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta / Extending transnational network: a case study of Muhammadiyah’s collaborations with various actors in major disaster response in Indonesia
Jonathan Benthall
University College London, UK / Concentric vs. Accommodative Models of Toleration: Dilemma for the Philanthropy of Muhammadiyah?
Mohammad Rokib
Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya; Research fellow at the SEASREP-Toyota Foundation, Japan / The importance of faith-based organization in shaping natural disaster: Case study of Muhammadiyah in Indonesia
Respondents / Bambang Purwanto – Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta
Jonathan Benthall – University College London, UK
15:30 - 15:45 / Break
15:45 - 17:45 / Panel 3 – Education
Chairperson / M Amin Abdullah – Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University, Yogyakarta
Hattori Mina
Nagoya University, Japan / Education reform toward a cooperative hybrid system: The role of Muhammadiyah as a community-based educational institution
Claire-Marie Hefner
Emory University, USA / Dreams of varied selves: Gender, education, and social ambition among young kader in Madrasah Mu’allimat Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Abdul Mu’thi & Izza Rohman N.
IAIN Walisongo, Semarang & UINJakarta / Pluralism/multi-culturalism in education
Alpha Amirrachman
KITLV, Leiden, the Netherlands / Education and peace in the Moluccas, Indonesia: Dismantling stereotypes and nurturing tolerant attitude
Respondents / Robert W. Hefner – Boston University, USA
17:30 - 19:30 / Break
19:30 - 22:00 / Watching Sang Pencerah, with Abdul Munir Mulkhan as commentator
Saturday, December 1
08:00 - 10:00 / Panel 4 – Reform
Chairperson / Azyumardi Azra – UIN Jakarta
Alyasa Abubakar. State Academy of Islamic Studies (IAIN) Ar Raniri, Darussalam Banda Aceh / Muhammadiyah and the implementation of shari‘a in Aceh
Siti Syamsiyatun
ICRS and UIN Sunan Kalijaga / Creating baldatun thoyyibatun (peace, prosperous nation) through interfaith relations: Theorizing Muhammadiyah’s level of engagements
Mark R. Woodward & Inayah R.
Arizona State University, USA & UIN Yogyakarta / Sociological Perspectives on the Origins of Muhammadiyah
Hyung-Jun Kim
Kangwon National University, Korea / Does Muhammadiyah have charismatic leaders?: Election and diffusion of religious authority in an Indonesian Islamic organization
Herman L. Beck
Tilburg University, the Netherlands / Muhammadiyah and Mysticism in Twentieth Century Indonesia
Respondent / Michael Laffan – Princeton University
10:00 - 10:15 / Morning Break
10:15 - 12:15 / Panel 5 – Politics
Chairperson / Rifqi Muna – LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Sciences)
Eunsook Jung
Fairfield University, USA / The politics of engagement: Muhammadiyah and the Indonesian state
Syaifudin Zuhri
Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Yogyakarta / From rituals to politics: Looking at the conflict between Muhammadiyah and PKS over al Muttaqun mosque
Ken Miichi
Iwate Prefectural University, Japan / Changing faces of Islamic organization and political party in Indonesia: analysis through opinion survey
Priyambudi Sulistiyanto
Flinders University, Australia / Local Power and Muhammadiyah in Kotagede
Respondents / Rizal Sukma – Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia
Azyumardi Azra – UIN Jakarta
12:15 - 13:30 / Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 / Panel 6 – Gender Issues
Chairperson / Habib Chirzin – Muhammadiyah
Alimatul Qibtiyah
UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta / Feminist Identity and Conceptualization of Gender Issues By Muhammadiyah/‘Aisyiyah Members
Nelly van Doorn-Harder
Wake Forest University,Winston Salem, NC, USA / ‘Aisyiyah Revisited: Agency and Identity in the Post-Suharto Era
Nurwanto
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta / Gender justice and injustice in the textbook of al-Islam and the response of Muhammadiyah Senior Secondary Schools’ teachers
Roy Tjiong
PT Remdecotama Swaprakarsa, Jakarta / The Role of Women on Disaster Mitigation
Satomi Ogata
Kyushu International University, Japan / Progressiveness and Conservatism with respect to Islamic Teachings among Grassroots Members of Muhammadiyah: Regional Differences and Comparisons with NU
Respondent / Siti Chamamah Suratno – Gadjah Mada University
15:30 - 15:45 / Break
15:45 - 17:30 / Panel 7 – Youth and Radicalism
Chairperson / Dicky Sofyan – Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta
Din Wahid
UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta / Muhammadiyah and the challenge of Salafism
Munajat
STAIN (Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri ) Salatiga / Modeling religious violence: A comparative analysis of the activists of Front Pembela Islam (FPI) versus Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach
Syamsul Arifin
Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
Pradana Boy ZTF
Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang / Puritan Islam and radicalism
Respondents / Martin van Bruinessen – Utrecht Univesity, the Netherlands
Robin Bush – ARI, NUS
17:30 - 19:30 / Break
19:30 - 22:00 / Watching Laskar Pelangi, with Garin Nugroho as commentator
Sunday, December 2
08:00 - 10:00 / Panel 8 – Muhammadiyah Studies
Chairperson / Syafiq Mughni - IAIN Sunan Ampel, Surabaya
Robin Bush
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS) / A Snapshot of Muhammadiyah – portrait of social change, values, and identity
Ahmad Najib Burhani
University of California – Santa Barbara, USA / American Scholarship on Indonesian Islam: The Shift from Muhammadiyah Studies to Nahdlatul Ulama Studies
Sunarwoto
Tilburg University, the Netherlands / Cultural Dakwah of Muhammadiyah: Islamisation or indigenisation?
Christian Harijanto
Curtin University, Perth, Australia / Reflective Habitus in Muhammadiyah
Respondents / Mitsuo Nakamura - Chiba University, Japan
James Peacock - University of North Carolina, USA
10:15- 11:30
Chairperson / Closing Reflections
Muhadjir Effendy
Azyumardi Azra - Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta
M Amin Abdullah - Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University, Yogyakarta
11:30 - 13:30 / Lunch
13:30 - 17:30 / Visiting Amal Usaha Muhammadiyah**

**Optional

NB: Those who are interested in attending the IRCM as ordinary floor participants are advised to contact the head of the Organizing Committee/UMM, Mr. Jarum, e-mail: or Vice Chair, Steering Committee/IRCM, Prof. Mitsuo Nakamura, e-mail: .

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