Professor Tim Lindsey AO
Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
Bio
Tim Lindsey is one of Australia’s leading experts on Indonesian law, and has advised governments, business, international organisations, courts and legal practitioners in Indonesia and Australia. He is Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam, and Society at the Melbourne Law School. He holds a Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Letters from the University of Melbourne and completed his PhD thesis in Indonesian studies. A specialist in a wide range of aspects of Indonesian law, including public law, criminal law, commercial law, and family law, he also teaches and researches sharī’a (Islamic law) in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. He has won national and university teaching awards and was an ARC Federation Fellow from 2006 to 2011. Tim is a member of the Victorian Bar and was the long-serving Chair of the Australia Indonesia Institute until 2016.
Contact
t.lindsey@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Fethi Mansouri
Director, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
Bio
Alfred Deakin Professor Fethi Mansouri holds a research chair in Migration and Intercultural Studies (2008-) and the UNESCO Chair for comparative research on cultural diversity and social justice (2013-). Professor Mansouri is the Director of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at the Deakin University Australia. He is the editor of the Journal of Intercultural Studies, founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Citizenship and Globalisation Studies and founding co-editor of the international journal of Social Inclusion. Since 2010, Professor Mansouri has been serving as an expert advisor to the UN on cultural diversity and intercultural relations. He also sits on the advisory boards of various government agencies and NGOs including the Victorian State government and the Australian Intercultural Society respectively. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academic of Social Science (FASSA) in 2020.
Contact
fethi.mansouri@deakin.edu.au
Professor Pam Nilan
Honorary Professor, Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University
Bio
Professor Nilan was previously Conjoint Professor at the School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle. During her tenure at the University of Newcastle, Prof Nilan held the roles of Assistant Dean for Research and Research Training and Deputy Director, Research Institute for Social Inclusion and Well-being. Professor Nilan’s research interests include the far-right, youth, masculinities, popular culture, Australia, and Indonesia. She is currently working with ADI colleague, Dr Joshua Roose, on the ARC-funded research project, ‘The Far-Right: Intellectuals, Masculinity and Citizenship’. Professor Nilan is an experienced youth researcher, who has worked in Australia, Vietnam, Fiji, and Indonesia. In the youth research field, she focuses on school-to-work transitions, gender, class, and popular culture. Her current research endeavours are focused on Indonesia. She has published numerous articles in refereed journals and contributed many book chapters to edited collections. She has been a co-author on four books.
Contact
pam.nilan@deakin.edu.au
Professor Abdullah Saeed
Oman Chair of Arab & Islamic Studies, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
Bio
Professor Saeed is currently Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies (since 2004), the Director of the National Centre for Contemporary Islamic Studies and the Convenor of Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne. He is an active researcher, focusing on one of the most important issues in Islamic thought today: the negotiation of text and context, ijtihad, and interpretation. He is a strong advocate of reform of Islamic thought and is frequently asked to present at events both nationally and internationally. He also participates in training courses on Islamic issues to community leaders and government agencies in Australia and abroad. Of particular interest, given the current climate, is the promotion of inter-religious initiatives. He regularly engages with the Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities at national and international symposia to enhance community understandings of Islam, Islamic thought, and Muslim societies. He has authored and edited numerous works.
Contact
a.saeed@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Emeritus Amin Saikal AM
Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies at the Australian National University; Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences at the The University of Western Australia
Bio
Professor Saikal is a specialist in the politics, history, political economy and international relations of the Middle East and Central Asia. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, Cambridge University, and the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex), as well as a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow in International Relations (1983-1988). In April 2006, he was appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to the international community and to education, and as an author and adviser. In 2015 he was appointed to level of ANU Distinguished Professor, the highest level for a university academic. He had previously received the ANU Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Contribution to the University in 2011. He is also a member of many national and international academic organisations, and the author of numerous works on the Middle East, Central Asia, and Russia.
Contact
amin.saikal@uwa.edu.au
Professor Bryan S. Turner
Australian Catholic University
Bio
Professor Turner is one of the world’s leading sociologists of religion. His research interests include globalisation and religion, religious conflict and the modern state, and human rights and religion and he has received several honorary degrees recognising his contributions to Sociology, most recently Doctor of Letters from the University of Cambridge. Professor Turner received the Max Planck Research Award at Potsdam University and is a Visiting Professor at the same University. Professor Turner is also Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Graduate center CUNY; Professorial Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, Australia; Faculty Associate of the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University; Research Associate at the French National Centre for Scientific Research; Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and Member of the American Sociological Research Association.
Contact
byran.turner@acu.edu.au
Professor Samina Yasmeen
School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Bio
Professor Samina Yasmeen is a teacher and researcher in UWA’s School of Social Sciences, and director and founder of the University’s Centre for Muslim States and Societies. She focuses on understanding perceptions of and by Muslims and Islam around the world and seeks to make an impact on Australian and global politics. Born in Pakistan, Professor Yasmeen commenced her studies in international relations with a specialisation on China and Pakistan relations. She developed an interest in Islam and Muslims, researching the end of the Cold War and the growing threat of radicalisation among Muslims. Professor Yasmeen now extends her research on Muslim identities to jihadi narratives to assess the impact of jihadi literature on children, the relationship between women and jihad, and the deradicalisation policies adopted by selected countries.
Contact
samina.yasmeen@uwa.edu.au