Women from Traditional Islamic Educational Institutions in Indonesia: Negotiating Public Spaces
Booklaunch of \"Women from Traditional Islamic Educational Institutions in Indonesia: Negotiating Public Spaces\" and lecture by Eka Srimulyani.
Booklaunch and lecture by Eka Srimulyani.
This event is co-sponsered by Leiden University for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS)
In her lecture Dr. Eka Srimulyani will explore the life of pesantren women beyond patriarchal elements or limitations associated with women in a pesantren context; how can they exert power, and claim or ‘negotiate’ public roles in the existing patriarchal context.
Programme:
Chair: Dr. Nico Kaptein, LUCIS
15.30 - 15.50
Lecture by Dr. Eka Srimulyani, State Institute for Islamic Studies in Banda Aceh, Indonesia / Research Fellow at IIAS
15.50 - 16.05
Comments by discussant: Dr. Andrée Feillard, CNRS / EHESS, Paris, France
16.05 - 16.30
Discussion
16.30
Book launch - Women from Traditional Islamic Educational Institutions in Indonesia: Negotiating Public Spaces - followed by drinks
About the book Women from Traditional Islamic Educational Institutions in Indonesia: Negotiating Public Spaces:
Until currently there have been no specific publications, particularly in English, on women in traditional Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia, known as pesantren, which played a significant role in shaping the gender issues in the Indonesian Muslim community. This informative and insightful study contributes to two booming fields in Indonesian studies: the study of Islam and the study of Muslim women. It also adds a new perspective to the English-language literature on Muslim women outside the Middle-Eastern of Sub-Indian continent communities context, which used to dominate the scholarly discussion or publication in this field.
Citations
"(...) Here Eka Srimulyani gives us an insider’s view of the little-known contribution of women to Islamic education."
- Susan Blackburn, Monash University
"(...) provides us with a rich history and ethnography of pesantren women. The work is certain to become a classic in the study of Indonesian Islam."
- Robert Hefner, Boston University
"(...) the first [book] to provide a view of the life world of women in the East Javanese pesantren (...) helps us understand why Muslim feminism has found much broader grassroots support in Indonesia than in most other countries."
- Martin van Bruinessen, Utrecht University
More information about the book: http://www.iias.nl/books/women-traditional-islamic-educational-institutions-indonesia-negotiating-public-spaces