Prof. Hefner delivers keynote address at the Indonesian Embassy’s 16th annual “Indonesian Focus Conference on Culture, Politics, and Educational Exchange”

Prof. Robert Hefner gives two prestigious talks. On October 5, 2024, Prof. Hefner was invited to give the keynote address at the Indonesian Embassy’s 16th annual “Indonesian Focus Conference on Culture, Politics, and Educational Exchange.” His keynote was entitled, “How Indonesia Created the Most Effective Democracy in the Muslim World.” His remarks explored how it is that, among the 49 Muslim-majority countries in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Indonesia alone has succeeded at consolidating an effective electoral democracy. On October 7, 2024, Prof. Hefner gave an invited presentation in the Alwaleed Bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies at Harvard University, entitled “Islam and Citizenship in Indonesia: Nahdlatul Ulama and the Quest for an Inclusive Islamic Ethics.”