Fw: H-ASIA: Member self-introd. Chiara Formichi

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 11:21 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Member self-introd. Chiara Formichi

> H-ASIA
> September 2, 2011
>
> Member self-introduction: Chiara Formichi
> ***********************************************************************
> From: Chiara Formichi <chiaraformichi@gmail.com>
>
> I have been following H-Asia Net for quite some time now, but never
> got around sending this out…
>
> My name is Chiara Formichi, and I am Assistant Professor at the Asian
> and International Studies Department at City University of Hong Kong.
> After obtaining a PhD in Southeast Asian History from SOAS, University
> of London, I went to Singapore for a post-doc fellowship at the Asia
> Research Institute, NUS.
>
> My main interest is political Islam in late-colonial and contemporary
> Indonesia (my revised PhD thesis will be forthcoming with KITLV under
> the title* Islam and the making of the nation: Kartosuwiryo and
> political Islam in 20th century Indonesia*), but recent projects are
> bringing me back to Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, as I focus on
> transnational Islam and intellectual exchanges within the Muslim
> world. I have been working on the Shi'a communities of Indonesia and
> Singapore (*Shi'ism and Beyond: Alid Piety in Southeast Asia*,
> co-edited with R. Michael Feener, is forthcoming with I.B. Tauris) and
> the influence of Mustafa Kemal's secularization reforms on the
> Indonesian nationalist movement.
>
> I am looking forward to being a more active member of the H-ASIA
> community and to getting in touch with other colleagues with similar
> interests.
>
> My best wishes for a fruitful academic year,
>
> Chiara Formichi
>
> Assistant Professor
> Asian and International Studies
> City University of Hong Kong
> Tat Chee Avenue
> Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR
>
> institutional e-mail address: c.formichi@cityu.hk.edu
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