2007-2008

Islam and Indonesian Attitudes Towards the U.S.
Syafi'i Anwar, Ford Foundation Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution; Executive Director of the International Center for Islam and Pluralism, Jakarta

Syafi'i Anwar, a Ford Foundation Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Executive Director of the International Center for Islam and Pluralism in Jakarta, presented a public talk titled, "Islam and Indonesian Attitudes Towards the U.S." at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday September 26, in Bowl 016, Robertson Hall on the Princeton University campus.  The talk was co-sponsored by LISD’s Program on Religion, Diplomacy and International Relations and the Woodrow Wilson School.

Dr. Syafi'i Anwar is an expert on interfaith dialogues, religious pluralism, contemporary Indonesian politics and contemporary political Islam in world politics.  He is a founder and executive director of the International Center for Islam and Pluralism in Jakarta and is currently a Ford Foundation Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution.

Dr. Anwar's selected publications include "Political Thought: The Contest Between Radical-Conservative Islam and Progressive Liberal Islam in Post-Soeharto Indonesia", in T.N. Srinivasan, ed., The Future of Secularism (Oxford University Press, 2007);  “Islamku, Islam Anda, Islam Kita: Kumpulan Artikel Terpilih Mantan Presiden RI KH Abdurrahman Wahid” (My Islam, Your Islam, and Our Islam: Selected Articles of Former Indonesian President KH Abdurrahman Wahid), Editor and Foreword (The Wahid Institute, 2006); "Shari'a, Pluralism, and Prospect of Democracy in Post-Soeharto Indonesia," European Union (December 2006); "Islam, Shari'a, and Democracy in the Muslim World: Between and History," Center for Moderate Muslim Indonesia (2/16/06).

Anwar received his Ph.D. from University of Melbourne, Australia.  He also has an M.A. in Law and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Indonesia.