Educational Background Undergraduate Study, Universitas Islam Indonesia Yogyakarta (1995) Post Graduate Study, Rijk Universiteit, Leiden, Nederland (1998) Academic and Professional Training Fulbright Institute of American Studies' Program on Religion in America: Pluralism and Public Presence, USA, 22 June 2003 - August 04, 2003 English Course I, ICB, Rijk Universiteit Leiden, Nederland (1996) English Course II, ICB, Rijk Universiteit Leiden, Nederland (1997) English Course III, ICB, Rijk Universiteit Leiden, Nederland (1998) Intensive Dutch Language Course, INIS, Jakarta (1996) Participant Journalistic Short Course held by Student Press, UII Jogjakarta, (1992) Pre Departure Training Program for Indonesian IAIN's Lecturers (English Class), Jakarta, April-October (1995) Working Experiences and Organizations Lecturer at State Institute for Islamic Studies of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, in the field of Islamic Thought in Modern History (1999 present) and History of Islamic civilization (2000). Program Coordinator for Socio-Cultural Studies and Research at Center for Languages and Cultures, State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta (January 2003 - May 2006) Research fellow at Center for Languages and Cultures at State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta (1999- present). Reporter of daily Harian Mandiri (1998-1999), Mandiri.Com (1998-1999) Head of Student Government Organization, UII Yogyakarta (1993) Head of Student Representative Organization, UII Yogyakarta (1994) Head of Pre Departure Program of All Indonesian IAINs Lecturers, Jakarta, April-October 1995 Seminar/Conference/Workshop Panelist at Seminar and Presentation of Research Reports: A cooperation between DKI Government and 10 Universities in Indonesia (UI, ITB, UNPAD,UNJ,IIP,PTIK,STIA LAN, IPB,UGM and IAIN Jakarta, held by Pemda DKI Jakarta, Bandung 26-27 February, 2001 Panelist at a teleconference on Religious Freedom in a Democracy, organized by US Embassy Jakarta, 2002. Panelist at a Book Launching on Komunalisme dan Demokrasi: Negosiasi Rakyat dan Negara, organized by Interseksi Forum and The Japan Foundation, Jakarta Panelist at Seminar on Bom Bali dan Ancaman Terorisme organized by Lembaga Dakwah Kampus Universitas Islam Negeri Jakarta, 2002 Program Coordinator of International Seminar on Islam and The West: One Year After September 11, organized by Center for Languages and Cultures, State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, 11-13 September 2002 Participant at International Symposium on Islam and the Making of Global Community: In Search of the New Spirituality, Jakarta (1995). Participant at First International Conference on Islam and the 21st Century, Leiden (1996). Member of Steering Committee of International Seminar on Religious Plurality and Nationalism in Indonesia, Leiden, the Netherlands, (1997). Project Manager for International Seminar on Ethno-religious Conflict in Indonesia Today, organized by Center for Languages and Cultures, State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, 25-27 September 2001. Participant at a Workshop on Religion and Development held by State Institute for Islamic Studies of Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta (1-20 November, 1999), as a participant. Moderator at International Seminar on the Thought of Said Nursi, Jakarta 21 August 2001, as a moderator and a participant. Moderator at Seminar on Ethno-Religious Conflict in Indonesia: In Search of Roots and Solution (24 November 2000) held by Centre for Languages and Cultures of State Institute for Islamic Studies, Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. Project Manager and Moderator at the Seminar on Religion, Political Crisis and the threat of National Disintegration (12 November 1999) held by Center for Languages and Cultures of the State Institute for Islamic Studies of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. Workshop on Language held by Centre for Languages and Cultures of State Institute for Islamic Studies, Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta (1-20 November), as a moderator. Project Manager of Module Writing and Implementation of Conflict Resolution Strategy, Jakarta, December 2003-May 2004 Panelist at Profesa Seminar on AFTA, Globalisasi, Agama dan Dampaknya bagi Peradaban Manusia, UIN Jakartra, 1 September 2003. Research and Publications Research Leader of a research project on Radikalisme Agama dan Perubahan Sosial di DKI Jakarta (2000). Research Leader of a research project on Gerakan Islam Radikal Kontemporer di Indonesia: Front Pembela Isam (FPI) dan Laskar Jihad (FKAWJ), 2001. Research fellow and Program Manager of International Research Project on Philantropy for Social Justice in Muslim Societies, organized by Center for Languages and Cultures, Stat Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, 2002 - present. Author of a thesis (unpublished) on Transforming the Ideal Transcendental into the Historical Humanistic: Nurcholish Madjids Islamic Thought (1970-1995), unpublished M.A thesis (1998) Rijk Universiteit Leiden, Nederland. Writer of an article (unpublished) on Between Commitment and Secularization: Empirical Research on Indonesian Muslims and the Observance of Ritual Norms in the Netherlands, Leiden University, The Netherlands (1997). Writer of an article (unpublished) The Fatwa of Sayyid Ahmad Ibn Zaini Dahlan in Netherlands East Indies, presented at a Seminar on Islam-West at The Faculty of Theology and Literature, Leiden University, the Netherlands, 1996. Writer (et.al.), Fundamentalisme Islam: Antara Komunalisasi dan Demokratisasi di Indonesia, in Hikmat Budiman and Landry H. Subianto (eds), Jakarta: Interseksi and The Japan Foundation, Maret 2003. Author of a book, Fundamentalisme Islam dan Jihad: Antara Oytentisitas dan Ambiguitas, published by Pusat Bahasa dan Budaya UIN Jakarta and Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Jakarta 2003. Managing Editor, KULTUR, the Indonesian Journal for Muslim Cultures, Vol 1. Number 1 2000 Edition, published by Centre for Languages and Cultures, State Institute for Islamic Studies, of Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta Managing Editor, KULTUR, the Indonesian Journal for Muslim Cultures, Vol 1. Number 2, 2001 published by Centre for Languages and Cultures, State Institute for Islamic Studies, of Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta Managing Editor, KULTUR, the Indonesian Journal for Muslim Cultures, Vol 2. Number 1 2002, published by Centre for Languages and Cultures, State Institute for Islamic Studies, of Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta Editor, KULTUR, the Indonesian Journal for Muslim Cultures, Vol 2. Number 2 2002, published by Centre for Languages and Cultures, State Institute for Islamic Studies, of Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta Editor (et.al), Communal Conflict in Contemporary Indonesia, Published by Center for Languages and Cultures, Jakarta 2002.