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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Research Fellowship Program offered by AMAN

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A TALK BY MS RUBY KHOLIFAH REGARDING RESEARH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM OFFERED BY AMAN.

DATE : 18 SEPTEMBER 2008 (THURSDAY)
TIME : 2.00 PM
VENUE: CONFERENCE ROOM (C06), SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, USM

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

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Research Fellowship Program (RFP) of the
The Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN)


About the Research Fellowship Program (RFP)

The Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) is pleased to announce the seventh round of the research fellowship program, “Islam in Southeast Asia: Views from Within”. The fellowship grants will be awarded for innovative research on issues concerning economic, socio-political and cultural changes taking place in the diverse Muslim communities of Southeast Asia, especially as they relate to modernization and globalization. The aim of this program is strengthening capacity of young Muslim researchers in SEA to understand the dynamic of Islam in SEA from an insider perspective, building research skill and providing publishing opportunity. The themes for 2008-2009 include:
· Islam and Popular Culture
· Southeast Asian Islam in the World Order
· Transnational Muslim ideologies and identity politics
· Islam and Changing Gender Realities
· Islam Values, Economic Activities and Social Responsibilities
· Confronting Environmental Degradation using Islamic Values
The details of this program can be searched on
http://fellowship.arf-asia.org/. The closing date of research proposal submission will be on 30 November 2008.

About Aman

AMAN is a network of progressive Muslims in Asia, seeking to respond in a small way to the numerous challenges that the people in Asia are facing: elite corruption, materialistic life style, increasing ethnic tension, violence against women and children and environment degradation. Its goal is to promote human dignity and social justice for all, by encouraging intercultural and inter religious dialogue and cooperation.
To achieve its goal AMAN has activities like :
Human resource development through training workshop for youth leadership,
Peace education at community level,
Interfaith dialogue on major issues such as peace, human rights, ethnicity and globalization.
AMAN watch, human rights organ of AMAN.
School of Peace Studies and Conflict Transformation
Islamic Responses to HIV and AIDS
Research Fellowship for Young Muslim Scholars
Details of AMAN can be searched on www.arf-asia.org/aman .

About the speaker


Born and raised in Indonesia, Dwi Rubiyanti Kholifah joined the Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) as coordinator of the research fellowship program since 2005. She went on to earn an MA in Health and Social Science at Mahidol University in Thailand, for which she researched on the dynamics of sexual health in the pesantren (pondok) in Indonesia. She has been active in the women’s movement in Indonesia for years as a trainer, resource person and researcher on women’s human rights, religion and gender justice, and sexual and reproductive health. Currently, she is the country representative of AMAN Indonesia, which is concerned with women in relation to peacebuilding and inter faith cooperation.

Brochure and application form can be downloaded from this link:

http://savefile.com/projects/808689369

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