Chiara Formichi: Reshaping Shi’i Identities in Southeast Asia: Between Local Tradition and Foreign Orthodoxy

Chiara Formichi, Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong, presents a paper titled “Reshaping Shi’i Identities in Southeast Asia: Between Local Tradition and Foreign Orthodoxy" on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Franke Institute for the Humanities. Her current research projects examine Islam and politics in 20th century Indonesia, Shi’a Islam in Southeast Asia, and the impact of Mustafa Kemal’s secularization of Turkey on Indonesian nationalism.