Robert William Hefner

Robert William Hefner

1 ROBERT W. HEFNER [email protected] Professor of Anthropology, Boston University, 232 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215. (617) 353-2194; fax: (617) 353-2610. Director, Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA), Boston University; 10 Lenox Street, Brookline, MA 02146. (617) 353-9050; fax: (617) 353-6408. RESEARCH PROGRAMS & PROJECTS DIRECTED 2013-2015. “Global Migration and the New Cosmopolitanism: Religion, Public Ethics, and Citizenship in Plural Societies.” A five-country comparative study of migration, religious diversity, and the changing discourses and practice of citizenship in five Western cities. In collaboration with Dr. Scott Appleby and the “Contending Modernities” project at the Kroc Institute, Notre Dame University. 2010-2013. Co-Director, with Adam Seligman, “Religion, Conflict, and Civic Education in Multicultural Societies: Programs on and for Religious Pluralism, Public Policy, and Citizen Learning.” The Luce Foundation, Program in Religion. 2010-2012. Co-Director, with Peter L. Berger, “Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism in the Second Generation: Implications for Democracy, Civic Education, and Economic Morality.” Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs, Boston University. 2008-2011. Director, Project on “Shari`a Politics: The Cultures and Politics of Movements for the Implementation of Islamic Law.” Smith Richardson Foundation. A three-year project examining the ideals and practices of modern shari`a movements in eight Muslim-majority countries, and their implications for citizenship, gender relations, and social pluralism. 2004-2007. Director, “Southeast Asia Education Survey,” National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, Washington. A three year project examining the culture and social background to general and Islamic education in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines. 2006-7. Co-Director, with Dr. Jamhari, “Muslim Educators’ Views of Islam, Democracy, and Citizenship.” Collaborative Survey of 1000 Indonesian educators in four Indonesian provinces; a collaboration between Program on Islam and Civil Society, Boston University and the Center for the Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) of the Hidayatullah National Islamic University, Jakarta, Indonesia. 2003-2009. Invited Editor, The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 6, Muslims and Modernity: Society and Culture Since 1800. 2004-2005. Director, Project on “Madrasas, Modernity, and the Future of Muslim Higher Education.” A comparative research project on madrasas and religious education in nine Muslim countries. Institute for Religion and World Affairs, Boston University, with the support of The Pew Charitable Trusts. 2004-2005. Director, with Dr. Azyumardi Azra, Rector, National Islamic University, Jakarta, Indonesia. Project on “Madrasas, State Islamic Universities, and Civic Education in Indonesia.” With the support of the Pew Charitable Trusts. 2002-2004. Director, Project on, “Civil Democratic Islam: Prospects and Policies for a Changing Muslim World.” This project brings together fifteen senior scholars to conduct research and prepare reports on the social and intellectual resources for, and obstacles to, pluralist democratization in the Muslim world. Institute for Religion and World Affairs, Boston University, with the support of The Pew Charitable Trusts. 2001. Director, “Civil Society and Social Pluralism in Yogyakarta.” A training and research project with the Lembaga Kajian Islam dan Sosial (Institute for Islamic and Social Studies, a democratic Muslim non- governmental organization), Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Sponsored by The Ford Foundation. 1998-2000. Project Organizer and Director, “Southeast Asian Pluralisms: Social Resources for Civility and Participation in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.” Sponsored by The Ford Foundation Southeast Asia and the National Science Foundation. A three country project involving sixteen senior researchers examining ethnoreligious pluralism, conflict, and democratic citizenship in multicultural Southeast Asia. 2 1995-1997: Project on “Islam, Pluralism, and Democratic Civility.” An examination of Muslim strategies for managing religious and ethnic pluralism in contemporary Indonesia. Conducted in conjunction with the Bertelsmann Wissenschafts Stiftung’s project on “Normative Conflicts--The Frontiers of Cohesion.” This twelve-country investigation of pluralism, social conflict, and mediative resolution eventually became a formal report to the Club of Rome. June-July 1995: Research on “Islam, Democracy, and Civil Society in Indonesia.” Interviews with national politicians and intellectuals on Islam and democratization in contemporary Indonesia. Sponsored by the Bertelsmann Foundation. 1993-1994. Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Project on “Islam and Political Violence: Muslim Indonesian Debates on the 1965-1966 Killings.” July-August, 1991 & 1992, June-July, 1993: Research on “Islam and Enterprise in Indonesia: Market Opportunities, Moral Dilemmas.” Interviews with Muslim entrepreneurs, intellectuals, and politicians on the politics and ethics of market development, efforts to increase Muslim participation, and Muslim views of pluralism and political participation. January-August 1985: Project on “Economy and Morality in Mountain Java.” Research on a) the social history of Islam and Javanism in rural East Java, with particular attention to the forces promoting Islamic resurgence, and b) the impact of national polity and commerce on local economy, society, and ethics. Fulbright-Hays and National Science Foundation. November 1978-June 1980: Dissertation research on “Religion and Economic Change Among Tengger (Hindu) Javanese.” An investigation of religious and agrarian change in East Java’s Tengger Highlands, focusing on popular social history, Muslim-Hindu relations, and the forces affecting the cultural identity and social survival of the Hindu minority in an Islamizing Java. Fulbright Hays and National Science Foundation. September 1975-May 1976: Ethnographic investigation of informal economic activity among urban workers in Detroit. Project on “Urban Adaptation to Unemployment,” Dr. Louis Ferman, Director. Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, The University of Michigan. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2010-2013. “Religion, Conflict, and Civic Education in Multicultural Societies: Programs on and for Religious Pluralism, Public Policy, and Citizen Learning.” The Luce Foundation, Program in Religion. 2008-2011. “Shari`a Politics,” The Smith Richardson Foundation. July-December 2008. Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Senior Fellow, National University of Singapore and Stanford University. 2007-2008. Carnegie Scholar in Islam, Project on “Islamic Education and Democratization in Indonesia.” Carnegie Corporation, New York. 2004-2006. “Madrasas and the Future of Islamic Higher Education.” The Pew Charitable Trusts. 2002-2004. “Civil Democratic Islam: Prospects and Policies for a Changing Muslim World.” The Pew Charitable Trusts. 1998-2001. “Southeast Asian Pluralisms: Social Resources for Civility and Participation in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.” The Ford Foundation, Southeast Asia 1998-1999. “Southeast Asian Pluralisms: Social Resources for Civility and Participation in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.” The National Science Foundation 1995-1997: “Islam, Pluralism, and Democratic Civility.” Bertelsmann Wissenschafts Stiftung, Germany. 1996. “Islam, Democracy, and Market Change.” Smith Richardson Foundation. 1995 (Spring). With Dr. Shahla Haeri. “Islam, Rights, Pluralism.” Boston University Humanities Foundation, Speaker Series. 1994. With Dr. Hue-Tam Ho Tai, Harvard University. SSRC Grant, Transnational and Comparative Research Program. Conference on “Market Cultures: Entrepreneurial Precedents and Ethical Dilemmas in East and Southeast Asia.” 3 1993-1994. Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Project on “Islam and Political Violence: Muslim Indonesian Debates on the 1965-1966 Killings.” 1991-1992. National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for University Teachers. Project on “Muslim Conversion: The Politics and Meanings of Religious Change in Island Southeast Asia.” Spring 1988. Boston University Humanities Foundation Grant to organize a national conference, Conversion to World Religions: Ethnographic and Historical Interpretations.” April 13-14, 1988. Spring 1987. Boston University Humanities Foundation Grant for Visiting Scholar Program, “Dan Sperber and the Anthropology of Mind.” Spring 1987. Boston University Humanities Foundation Grant for lecture series and course, “Art and Politics in Six Cultures.” 1985-86. National Science Foundation Grant for Indonesian Research. 1985. Fulbright Fellowship (ASEAN Senior Fellow Program) for Indonesian Research. 1985. Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Grant for Indonesian Research (declined). Winter l981. Department of Anthropology Dissertation Grant, The University of Michigan. l980-81. Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, The University of Michigan. 1979-80. Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Fellowship. 1978-80. National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Grant. 1978. University of Michigan Rackham Pre-Doctoral Dissertation Award. Summer 1977. U.S. Office of Education Fellowship for Advanced Language Study (Indonesian), IKIP Malang, East Java, Indonesia. 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78. National Defense Foreign Language Fellowship for Indonesian language study. l975-76. French Institute/Alliance Francaise (New York City), Fellowship for Year in France (declined). 1975. Rackham

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