Prof. Dr. Asfa Widiyanto

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsIslamic Studies, Arabian Studies, Semitic Studies,Political Science
Keywordsinterreligious dialogue, knowledge culture, ecological sustainability, environmental ethics, post-truth
Honours and awards

2021: Gutachter der Anträge auf Beförderung zum Professor beim indonesischen Bildungsministerium und indonesischen Ministerium für religiöse Angelegenheiten

2016: Erneuete Forschungsaufenthalt von der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung

2015: Stipendium für das Sabbatical vom Indonesischen Ministerium für Religiöse Angelegenheiten.

2015: Zehn beste Vortragsredner im Rahmen der

Current contact address

CountryIndonesia
CitySalatiga
InstitutionState Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN)
InstituteFaculty of Tarbiya and Teaching Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Claudia DerichsInstitut für Politikwissenschaft, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg
Prof. Dr. Patrick FrankeInstitut für Sprachen und Kulturen des Vorderen Orients, Islamwissenschaft und Judaistik, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Bamberg
Prof. Dr. Patrick FrankeLehrstuhl für Islamwissenschaft, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Bamberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2011

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2019Asfa Widiyanto: Islam, Multiculturalism and Nation-building in the Post-truth Age: The Experience of Indonesia. In: Journal of Al-Tamaddun, 2019, 1-12
2018Asfa Widiyanto: Sunni-Shia Ecumenism in Austria: A Model for Western Europe?. In: Al-Jami’ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, 2018, 225-254
2017Asfa Widiyanto: The Plurality of Indonesian Society: Peril or Promise?. In: H.-C. Günther, Ethnic and Religious Cohabitation and Conflict. Verlag Traugott Bautz, 2017. 217-243
2017Asfa Widiyanto: Traditional Science and Scientia Sacra: Origin and Dimensions of Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s Concept of Science. In: Intellectual Discourse, 2017, 249-274
2016Asfa Widiyanto: Constitution, Civil Society and the Fight against Radicalism: The Experience of Indonesia and Austria. In: Analisa: Journal of Social Science and Religion, 2016, 139-159
2016Asfa Widiyanto: Embodying Popular Piety: Code of Conduct and Death Anniversary in the Tariqah Qadiriyyah wa Naqshbandiyyah. In: Ulumuna: Journal of Islamic Studies, 2016, 263-292
2016Dr. Asfa Widiyanto: Religious Authority and the Prospects for Religious Pluralism in Indonesia: the Role of Traditionalist Muslim Scholars . Lit Verlag, 2016
2016Asfa Widiyanto: Revelation is Unlimited: Divinely Inspired Speeches, ‘Testing’ and the Spiritual Training in the Subud Movement. In: Komunitas: International Journal of Indonesian Society and Culture, 2016, 185-198
2016Asfa Widiyanto: The Reception of Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s Ideas within the Indonesian Intellectual Landscape. In: Studia Islamika, 2016, 193-236
2016Dr. Asfa Widiyanto: The Rituals in Javanese Mystical Movement: the Subud Brotherhood. In: Gautam Kumar Jha and Son Kuswadi, India Indonesia Legacy of Intimate Encounters. D.K. Printworld, 2016.
2015Dr. Asfa Widiyanto: Female Religious Authority, Religious Minority and the Ahmadiyya: The Activism of Sinta Nuriyah Wahid. In: Journal of Indonesian Islam, 2015, 1-24
2015Dr. Asfa Widiyanto: Manaqib Writing in the Circle of the Tariqa Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya: A Study on Muhammad Siddiq al-Salihi’s Nayl al-Amani. In: Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage, 2015, 213-242
2014Dr. Asfa Widiyanto: Salahuddin Wahid and the Defence of Minority Rights in Contemporary Indonesia. In: Al-Jami’ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, 2014, 271-307
2013Dr. Asfa Widiyanto: Reframing the gendered dimension of Islamic spirituality: Silsilah and the ‘problem’ of female leadership in the tarekat. In: Bianca Smith and Mark Woodward Gender and Power Indonesian Islam: Leaders, Feminists, Sufist and Pesantren Selves. Routledge, 2013. 103-116
2013Asfa Widiyanto: “Religious pluralism and contested religious authority in contemporary Indonesian Islam” . In: Kees van Dijk and Jajat Burhanuddin Islam in Indonesia: Contrasting Images and Interpretations. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2013. 161-172
2012Asfa Widiyanto: Ritual and Leadership in the Subud Brotherhood and the Tariqa Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya. EB-Verlag, 2012