The CSCMS brings together academics from the Social Sciences and Humanities who have a shared interest in the empirical study of contemporary Muslim communities.
Follow the links below for information on individual Centre members.
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Areas of Research Interest
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Jan Ali
Lecturer / Community and Research Analyst
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- Contemporary Islamic revivalism; sociology of migration; identity; diaspora communities and transnationalism; social and religious movements; Islam and modernity.
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Alan Black
Adjunct Professor
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- Religion, spirituality, wellbeing, social capital, and community life.
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Steven Drakeley
Senior Lecturer
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- Social and political forces based on Islam in the political history of Indonesia since independence; Islam in Southeast Asia; Indonesian history and historiography; Malaysian history.
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Mary Hawkins
Associate Professor
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- Religious and ethnic diversity in Southeast Asia; cultural traditions of Islam in Indonesia, specifically in Kalimantan; nations, ethnic groups and globalisation.
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Julia Day Howell
Professor
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- Religion, society and modernity; Indonesian studies; Sociology of Islam; Sufism; Asian New Religious Movements in Western societies; Spiritual practices and religious experiences.
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Adam Possamai
Associate Professor
Acting Director CSCMS
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- Sociology of religion; sociological theory; popular culture.
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Arskal Salim
Senior Research Lecturer (commencing June 2012)
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- Legal anthropology; Islamic legal theory; law and politics in Indonesian society; comparative constitutional law in Muslim countries; legal practices in Muslim communities.
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Bryan S. Turner
Professor
Director CSCMS
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- Sociology of religion; sociological theory; human rights; the sociology of the body; religion in contemporary Asia; citizenship in a globalising world.
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