Michael Laffan, Professor of history at Princeton University — 22/05-15/06/2016

Born in Canberra in 1969, Michael Laffan is a historian of Islam in Southeast Asia and its connection to the Middle East, with an additional interest in the spread of Dutch East India Company across the Indian Ocean.

He is the author of Islamic Nationhood and Colonial Indonesia (2003) and The Making of Indonesia Islam (2011). He is currently working on a project examining the development of exilic Muslim communities in South Africa, Sri Lanka and the Cocos Islands, which were annexed by the Australian government in the 1950s.

Programme

Dimanche 22 mai 2016, 14h-15h30

“Le pouvoir des Saints”. Sighting the Grave of Sayyid Alawi dans le cadre d’une table-ronde organisée par Ruggero Vimercati-Sanseverino
Institut du Monde Arabe, salle du Haut Conseil (9^ème étage), 1 rue des Fossés Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris

Vendredi 3 juin 2016, 15h-19h

Another Andalusia ? Southeast Asia in the Muslim World dans le cadre du séminaire “Savoirs, institutions, économies. Histoires connectées et dynamiques globales” de Rémy Madinier, discutante Rachida Chih
EHESS, salle 9 (1^er étage), 105 bd Raspail, 75006 Paris

Mardi 14 juin 2016, 17h-19h

Hajj and Nation Revisited: the importance of the Hajj for ideas of Indonesian nationhood conférence présentée par Étienne Naveau
Salons de l’INALCO, 2 rue de Lille, 75006 Paris

Mercredi 15 juin 2016, 17h-19h

Sufism, Literary Production, and Nineteenth Century Southeast Asia conférence avec Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen et Michel Boivin pour discutants
EHESS-IISMM, salle de réunion (1er étage)), 96 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris

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