Azyumardi Azra, (4 March 1955 – 18 September 2022) was an Indonesian public intellectual, Muslim scholar and Rector of

Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta ( Indonesian: Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Arabic: جامعة شريف هداية الله الإسلامية الحكومية جاكرتا) is a public university in I ...

. He graduated from Department of History,

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 1992. He was known as a prolific books writer; member of advisory board of a number of international organizations such as

UN Democracy Fund The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) was created by UN Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan in 2005 as a United Nations General Trust Fund to support democratization efforts around the world. It was welcomed by the General Assembly in the Outcome D ...

(UNDEF),

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization that works to support and strengthen democratic institutions and processes around the world, to develop sustainable, eff ...

(International IDEA). After serving as Rector at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta, he was the Director of Graduate School. In 2010, he received the title of

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, an honorary order from the United Kingdom.

Bibliography

* ''Jaringan Ulama'' (1994) * ''Pergolakan Politik Islam'' (1996) * ''Islam Reformis'' (1999) * ''Konteks Berteologi di Indonesia'' (1999) * ''Pendidikan Islam : Tradisi dan Modernisasi Menuju Milenium Baru'' (1999) * ''Esei-Esei Pendidikan Islam, dan Cendikiawan Muslim'' (1999) * ''Renaisans Islam di Asia Tenggara'' (1999) * ''Islam Substantif'' (2000) * ''Historiografi Islam Kontemporer'' (2002) * ''Paradigma Baru Pendidikan Nasional'' (2002) * ''Reposisi Hubungan Agama dan Negara'' (2002) * ''Menggapai Solidaritas'' (2002) * ''Konflik Baru Antar Peradaban'' (2003) * ''Islam Nusantara, Jaringan Global dan Lokal'' (2003) * ''Surau, Pendidikan Islam Tradisional Dalam Transisi dan Modernisasi'' (2003) * ''Shari'a and Politics'' (2004) * ''The Origins of Islamic Reformism in Southeast Asia: Networks of Malay-Indonesian and Middle Eastern 'Ulama' in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries'' (2004) * ''Islam in the Indonesian World: An Account of Institutional Formation'' (2006) * ''Indonesia, Islam, and Democracy: Dynamics in a Global Context'' (2006) * ''Islam Beyond Conflict: Indonesian Islam and Western Political Theory'' (2008) * ''Varieties of Religious Authority: Changes and Challenges in 20th Century Indonesian Islam'' (2010)

Honours

}) , , 9 August 2005 , , - , OBE_Civil_ribbon

Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(CBE) , , 2010 , , -

References

External links

* * http://azyumardiazra.lec.uinjkt.ac.id/
Professor Azyumardi Azra - Melbourne Law School
1955 births 2022 deaths People from Padang Pariaman Regency Indonesian Muslims Minangkabau people 20th-century Indonesian historians Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta alumni Columbia University alumni 21st-century Indonesian historians {{Indonesia-historian-stub