Latar Belakang Pendidikan Graduate Degree (S1) at Department of Islamic History and Literature, State Institute for Islamic Studies, IAIN Jakarta, 1995. Master Degree Program (S2) in IAIN Jakarta, 1999. Sandwich Program at Department of Philosophy in McGill University, Montreal, 2000 Ph.D Program (S3) in UIN Jakarta, present Work Experience Research fellow at Nadi Jakarta (Jakarta Club for Indonesia-Mideast Forum), 1998-2000. Research fellow at Kamil Foundation Jakarta, 2000-2002. Researcher at the Center for Languages and Cultures (CLC) of UIN Jakarta, 2002-present. Lecturer at UIN Jakarta from 2002-present. Editor of Journal KULTUR, the Indonesian Journal for Muslim Cultures, 2002 present. Program officer of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution at CLC, 2002 present Seminar and Workshop International Seminar on "September 11 and its Aftermath: The Current Image of Indonesian Islam", held in cooperation between the CLC and Embassy of Canada, in Jakarta, 2002, as a participant. Workshop on "Islamic Philanthropy for Social Justice: Prospect and Constraints", held in cooperation between the CLC and the Ford Foundation, 2002, as a participant. International Seminar on "Islam and the West: Obstacles and Solutions", held in cooperation between the CLC and INIS, and the Embassy of USA, and KOMPAS, Jakarta 2002, as a participant. Workshop and Brainstorming on Conflict Resolution Strategy, held in cooperation between the CLC and CORDAID in Bogor 2002, as committee and moderator Seminar on "The Implementation of Shariah and the Issue of Human Rights", held in cooperation with the CLC and the Ford Foundation, Jakarta 2003, as a participant Workshop on "Research on Conflict and Peace in Indonesia, held by Pusat Studi Keamanan dan Perdamaian, UGM Yogyakarta 2003, as a participant International Seminar on "Islamic Militant Movements in Southeast Asia", held in cooperation between the CLC and INIS, Jakarta 2003, as moderator and committee International Conference on "Intercultural Dialogue for a New Global Equilibrium and Art Performance" held in cooperation between the CLC and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Jakarta 2003, as the program coordinator Try-Out of Conflict Resolution Module, held in cooperation between the CLC and CORDAID, in Bogor 2003, as a trainer Training for Trainers on Conflict Resolution of Communal Conflicts, Kondrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Jakarta, 2004 as a trainer. Research and Publication Irfan Abubakar, "Shahwaliyullah al-Dihlawi Mata air Intelektual Anak Benua India", in Weekly Panjimas, 1997. Irfan ABubakar (ed), Sustainable Forest Management as Reflection of Faith and Piety, Jakarta: Dephutbun, 1998. Irfan Abubakar, Keadilan (al-'Adalah) dalam Konsep Etika Shahwaliyullah al-Dihlawi, unpublished thesis of Master degree program, IAIN Jakarta, 1999. Beyond Civilizational Dialogue: A Multicultural Symbiosis in the Service of World Politics, Jakarta: Paramadina and Japan Foundation, 2002, (the edited work) Review on the book of "Carok: Konflik Kekerasan dan Harga Diri Orang Madura (Carok: the Conflict of Violence and the Self-Dignity of the Madurese) by Latief Wiyata", in Journal Kultur, volume 2, Number 1, 2002 Irfan Abubakar, "Islam and Gender Books Published in Indonesia (1990-2003)", in Journal Kultur, volume 2, Number 2, 2002 Menggugat Tuhan Yang Maskulin, Jakarta: Paramadina, 2002 (the edited work) Irfan Abubakar, Bunga Bank sama dengan Riba?, Jakarta: the Center for Languages and Cultures, 2003. Karlina Helmanita, Irfan Abubakar and Dina Afrianty (eds.), Dialogue in the World Disorder, Jakarta: Center for Languages and Cultures and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2004. Irfan Abubakar and Chaedir S. Bamualim, Modul Resolusi Konflik Agama dna Etnik di Indonesia, Jakarta: the Center for Languages and Cultures, 2004 Islamic Philanthropy for Social Justice: Indonesian Case, unpublished research report, 2004 Wakaf (Islamic endowment) in Pondok Modern Gontor Ponorogo, East Java, unpublished research report, 2004