[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” menu_anchor=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_mp4=”” video_webm=”” video_ogv=”” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_color=”” video_preview_image=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” padding_right=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding_top=”” padding_right=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” center_content=”no” last=”no” min_height=”” hover_type=”none” link=””][fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_color=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=””]I have worked at a number of universities in Australia and Indonesia since 1974. I took up my current position at Parahyangan University in 2009, and at the Griffith Asia Institute the following year. My primary fields of teaching and research expertise are in the modern history, politics and economics of Indonesia, and Australia-Indonesia relations. I am currently based at the Parahyangan University in Bandung. • Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University –present • Professor, Dept of International Relations, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, Indonesia –present • University of Queensland, PhD, 1975 • A Short History of Indonesia: The Unlikely Nation?, Talisman, Singapore 2011 • Strategic Re-Alignment or Deja Vu? Russia-Indonesia Defence Cooperation in the Twenty First Century, Working Paper 411, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, Canberra 2008 • Sport and Nation Building: The Indonesian National Games of 1951 and 1953, Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 164, 4, pp 431-449 2008 • Playing the Game: Ethnicity and Politics in Indonesian Badminton, Indonesia 2006 • International Relations (160607) • Asian History (210302) Syed Farid Alatas, a Malaysian national, is Head of the Department of Malay Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. He lectured at the University of Malaya in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies prior to joining NUS. His areas of interest are historical sociology, the sociology of social science, the sociology of religion and inter-religious dialogue. Among his recent books is Alternative Discourse in Asian Social Science: Responses to Eurocentrism (Sage, 2006). His book on the thought of Ibn Khaldun is forthcoming in 2012 by Oxford University Press and I.B. Tauris. Another book on Ibn Khaldun’s historical sociology is forthcoming by Routledge. Contact Office: AS1 03-12 Tel: 6516-3837 Email: [email protected] FASS profile page Recent Publications Syed Farid Alatas (2011) “Ibn Khaldūn”, in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists: Classical Social Theorists, Vol I, ed. Ritzer, George and Stepinsky, Jeffrey. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley & Sons, pp. 12-29. Syed, Farid Alatas (2010) “Intellectual and Structural Challenges in to Academic Dependency”, in Academic Dependency in the Social Sciences: Structural Reality and Intellectual Challenges, ed. Kajhinka, Sinha-Kerkhoff and Syed Farid Alatas. Manohar, pp. 55-77. Syed Farid Alatas (2010) “Music and Worship in Islam: Zafin Among the Arabs of Southeast Asia”, in Contributions to Southeast Asian Economy and Society, ed. Syed Farid Alatas. Singapore: National Library of Singapore, pp. 65-70. Syed Farid Alatas (2010) “Religion and Reform: Two Exemplars for Autonomous Sociology in the Non-western Context”, in The ISA Handbook of Diverse Sociological Traditions. London, UK: SAGE Publications, pp. 29-40. Syed Farid Alatas (2010) “The Call for Alternate Discourses in Asian Social Sciences”, in World Social Science Report. Paris: UNESCO Publications, pp. 171-172 Dr. Syed Farid ALATAS :: Head, Department of Malay Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences ::The Shaw Foundation Building (AS7), #04-21 :: 5 Arts Link :: Singapore 117570 :: Republic of Singapore :: Tel: +65 6516 3707 (DID) :: Fax: +65 6773 2980 :: E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> :: Website: www.fas.nus.edu.sg/malay<http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/malay> Dr. Ir. Suriptono (University of Merdeka Malang) Chairman : Prof. Dr. Nazief Nirwanto, MA (University of Merdeka Malang) Venue : GEDUNG PUSAT PERTEMUAN ILMIAH UNIVERSITY OF MERDEKA MALANG Saturday, March 30, 2013. Contact Person: Prof. DR. Grahita Chandrarin, SE Ak., Msi email: [email protected], grahitac.unmer.ac.id[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]