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Farish A Noor (@ Dr. Badrol Hisham Ahmad-Noor)

• Farish A. Noor, 'Suara Baru Tentang Islam', translated and edited as part of: Dick van der Meij (ed.), Dinamiker Kontemporer Dalam Masyarakat Islam, Indonesian-Netherlands Co-operation in Islamic Studies (INIS), Jakarta-Leiden, 2003.
• Farish A. Noor and Eddin Khoo, 'Spirit of Wood: The Art of Malay Woodcarving. Works of Master Craftsmen from Kelantan, Trengganu and Patani.' Periplus publishers, Singapore. 2003.
• Farish A. Noor, 'The Other Malaysia: Writings on Malaysia's Subaltern History', Silverfish Books, Kuala Lumpur, 2003.
• Farish A. Noor, 'New Voices of Islam', ISIM International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, Leiden, Netherlands, 2002.
• Farish A. Noor, 'Terrorising the Truth: The demonisation of the Image of Islam and Muslims in Global Media and Political Discourse'. (Based on the findings of an international conference organised by the Just World Trust in 1997.) Just World Trust, Penang. 1998.

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• Contributed to the new Oxford Dictionary of Islam, edited by John Esposito. Two headings on the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and the Hizbul Muslimin party of Malaysia. Oxford, 2003.
• Contributed to the writing and editing of 'Globalisation: The Perspectives and Experiences of the Religious Traditions of Asia Pacific'. Published by the International Movement for a Just World, Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. 1998
• For 1999: Introduction to the primary text book of the compulsory course on Islamic and Asian Civilisations, Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun Asia (TITAS), to be published by University of Malaya Publishers, 1999.

• 'Islamic Foundations to Economics', in Frank-Jurgen Richter and Pamela C. M. Mar (Eds.), Asia's New Crisis: Renewal Through Ethical Management, World Economic Forum, John Wiley and Sons, Singapore, 2004. pp. 96-117.
• 'Fighting Demons in the Kingdom of the Blind: Media and the Politics of Demonization in the wake of 11 September', in Dick Van der Meij (Ed.), Islam and the West: Obstacles and Solutions in Search for a New World Civilisation. Centre for Languages and Cultures in association with the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung, Jakarta, Indonesia 2003. pp. 32-39.
• 'Reaping the Bitter Harvest after twenty years of State Islamisation: The Malaysian Experience', in Rohan Gunaratna (Ed.), Terrorism in the Asia Pacific: Threat and Response. Eastern University Press, Times Media, Singapore, 2003. pp. 178-202.
• 'Blood, Sweat and Jihad: The Radicalisation of the Discourse of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from the 1980s to the Present'. In the Journal of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEA), Singapore, Vol. 25. no. 2, August 2003.
• 'The localization of Islamist Discourse in the Tafsir of Tuan Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Murshid'ul Am of PAS', in Virginia Hooker and Noraini Othman (Eds.), Malaysia: Islam, Society and Politics - Essays in Honour of Clive S. Kessler, Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), National University of Singapore (NUS), 2003. pp. 195-235.
• 'The Impact of 11 September on the domestic politics of Malaysia and ASEAN' in Han Sung-Joo (Ed.), 'Coping with 9-11: Asian Perspectives on Global and Regional Order', Japan Centre for International Exchange (JCIE), Tokyo and New York. June 2003. pp. 71-95.
• "What is the victory of Islam? Towards a Different Understanding of the Ummah and Political Success in the Contemporary World", in Omid Safi, (Ed.) Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism, Oneworld Publications, Oxford. 2003. pp. 320-332.
• '11 September and its Impact on Malaysian Domestic Politics' in Andrew Tan and Kumar Ramakrishna (Eds.), 'The New Terrorism: Anatomy, Trends and Counter-Strategies'. Singapore, Times / Eastern Universities Press. 2002.
• 'Commemorer les femmes, obliterer l'Empire', in Marie-Elise Palmier-Chatelain and Pauline Lavagne d'Ortigue (Eds.), l'Orient des Femmes, ENS Editions, Ecole Normale Superieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Paris, 2002. pp. 237-256.
• 'Constructing Kafirs: The Formation of Political Frontiers between the Islamic Opposition and the Malaysian government during the 1998-1999 political crisis in Malaysia', in Angelika Neuwirth and Andreas Pflitsch, Crisis and Memory in Islamic Societies. Orient Institute of Beirut, Beirut. 2002.
• 'Living in the shadow of 11 September: How External Variable Factors Have Shaped the Domestic Politics of Malaysia'. In Dialogue and Cooperation, Occasional Papers series, Southeast Asia and Europe. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Singapore, 2001.
• `1998-99 Malezya`daki Siyasi Kriz Doneminde Iktidar ile Islamci Muhalefet Arasinda Politik Sinirlarin Olusumu', tranlated by Sema Durmus, in Tezkire, Vol. 23, November-December 2001. pp. 168-183.
• 'Islam et Politique en Malaisie: Une Trajectoire Singuliere' (Translated by Dr. Romain Bertrand). In Critique Internationale, no. 13. Octobre 2001. Presses de Sciences Po. Paris, 2001.
• 'Beyond Eurocentrism: The Need for a Multicultural Understanding of Human Rights', in Martha Meijer (Ed.) 'Dealing With Human Rights: Asian and Western Views on the Value of Human Rights.' Netherlands Humanist Committee on Human Rights (HOM). Westview Publishing, Oxford. 2001.
• 'From Majapahit to Putrajaya: The Kris as a symptom of civilisational development and decline'. In Journal of Southeast Asia Research, vol. 8. no. 3. School of Oriental and African Studies, London. November 2000.
• 'Malaysia: The Drift Towards Religious Politics'. In Encounter. Volume 3. No. 2. Delhi. India. Mar-Apr 2000.
• 'Values in the Dynamics of Malaysia's Internal and External Political Relations', in Changing Values in Asia: Their impact on Governance and Development. Edited by Han Sung-Joo. Japan Centre for International Exchange (JCIE) and Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore and Tokyo. 1999.
• 'Eine partikulare Form des Universalismus: Menchenrechte aus einer Eurozentristichen Perspektive?' In Eurozentrismus: Was gut ist, setzt sich durch? Sanchita Basu, Evelyne Höhme-Serke and Maria Macher (eds). IKO- Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation, Berlin, 1999.
• 'Secularism is Not the Enemy: An open letter to Islamists seeking a Project to call their own'. In New Voice of Asia (NVOA), Kuala Lumpur. Vol 1. No. 4. 1999.
• 'The East India Company Revisited'. In New Voice of Asia (NVOA), Kuala Lumpur. Vol 1. No. 4. 1999.
• 'Looking for Reformasi: the discursive dynamics of the Reformasi movement and its prospects as a political project'. In Indonesia and the Malay World, School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS, University of London. Vol. 27. No. 77. March 1999.
• 'The Fundamentalist Logic Behind the India-Pakistan Nuclear Arms Race'. In Fellowship Journal: Disarmament and Justice, New York. Vol. 65. No.3-4. March-April 1999.
• 'From Boom to Bust? The Malaysian economic crisis in perspective'. In the Islamic World Report: Malaysia. Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge. 1999.
• 'Een antwoord op Essentialisme en Eurocentrisme' In Martha Meijer (Ed.) Grondrecht en Wissengeld (Asian and Western Views on Universality and Human Rights.) HOM (Humanist Committee on HumanRights). Amsterdam. 1998.
• 'Innocents Abroad? The Erasure of the Question of Race and Power in Contemporary Feminist and 'Nostalgic' Travelogues'. In the Journal of Southeast Asia Research, School of Oriental and AfricanStudies (SOAS), University of London. March. 1997.

2002

• May 15th Muslim Reactions to 11 September in Southeast Asia. Institute for Social Studies (ISS), Hague, Netherlands.
• April 9-10th Confronting Stereotypes of Islam and Muslims: How not to read the entry of Osama ben Laden as a signifier in Malay-Muslim political discourse. Franklin Centre, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
• March 21st-22nd Confronting Terrorism: New Challenges and Prospects of the Future in ASEAN. Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), Nanyang University of Singapore, Singapore.
• March 7th-11th Muslim Perceptions of the US-led War in Afghanistan. Conference on Muslim networks and Challenges to State Capacity. Centre for Global and Regional Studies (CGRS), University of California, Santa Cruz, California.
• February 27-29th Understanding the Politics of Islamist Movements and the Response to September 11 in ASEAN. Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Roundtable (ACAP), Siem Riep, Cambodia.
• Februar 25th International Politics After September 11: Is Malaysia a Target? Organised by the International Movement for a Just World (JUST), Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
• February 21st Kebebasan Berfikir dan Bersuara Dari Sudut Islam (Freedom of Thought and Expression from an Islamic Perspective). Organised by Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM- Islamic Youth Movement of Malaysia), ABIM Educational Outreach Institute, Kajang, Selangor.
• February 20th The West and Islam: Heading to a Clash of Civilisations? Organised by the Malaysian Graduate Movement, Nanyang Siang Pao Auditorium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
• February 5th Counter-Terrorism and Security in Asia after September 11. Asia-Pacific Security Council Roundtable (CSCAP), Regent Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
• January 27th-29th Annual Malaysia Brief, Organised by Singapore Straits Times Publishing, Singapore.
• January 17th-19th Mister Osama Comes to Town: The Contestation Over the Meaning of Osama ben Laden in Malaysian-Muslim political discourse. Conference on Theatre and Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London.

2001

• December 20th Malay-Muslim Response to the September 11 tragedy and its Impact on Malaysian Politics. Talk at the Institute for Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), National University of Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor.
• December 19th Is Malaysia an Islamic State? Talk organised by the Democratic Action Party (DAP), Malaysian Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur. December 12-15: Human Rights and Civil Society: The Challenges for the Muslim World. Organised by the Goethe Institute and Conrad Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin.
• December 7th Islam and Politics in Malaysia. Talk organised by Sin Chew Jit Poh, Sin Chew Hall, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
• December 4th-5th Plenary meeting for Conference on Progressive Islam. Bogor, Java.
• November 24th Introduction to Discourse Analysis, with special reference to Islamist Discourse. Organised by Sisters in Islam (SIS), Kuala Lumpur.
• November 16th The Impact of September 11 on Southeast Asia. Talk at the conference on Terrorism, Organised by the Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Kuala Lumpur.
• November 2nd The Developments in Afghanistan: Geo-Political Impact. Talk on the Afghan issue, Malaysian Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur.
• October 23rd The Islamic State issue: Future Implications for Malaysian Politics. Sin Chew Forum discussion, Sin Chew Jit Poh Hall, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
• October 16th-17th Understanding the Implications of September 11. Conference organised by the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.
• October 11 Islam as Political Ideology. Forum organised by the Malaysian Chinese Assembly party (MCA), MCA hall, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.
• Oktober 3rd Religion and Politics in Malaysia: Past, Present and Future. Talk to Malaysian Cultural Group, Conlay Hall, Kuala Lumpur.
• September 27th-28th Communication and the Practice of Politics. Conference organised by the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.
• September 18th-20th Post September 11: Terrorism and its Implications for ASEAN. Conference organised by the Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), Nanyang University of Singapore, Singapore.
• August 22nd The Erasure of the History of Malay-Muslim women and their role in Muslim History. Talk given to Kuala Lumpur Speakers' Club, Kuala Lumpur.
• August 8 Remembering the Other Malay: The Erasure of the pre-Islamic past in Contemporary Malay-Muslim Islamist scholarship. Paper given at the 2nd Annual Malay Studies Conference, organised by the Malaysian Social Science Research Council and the Institute for Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), National University of Malaysia (UMK), Bangi, Selangor.
• May 28th An Islamic State in all but name? Paper given at the Institute for Ethnological Studies, Free University of Berlin.
• May 17th The Islamic State debate in Malaysia: Present State of Affairs. Talk at department of Southeast Asian Studies, Humbolt University, Berlin.
• May 3-5th Islamisation by Degrees: The Islamisation of Malay-Muslim Students in America and Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. Talk at the conference Cosmopolitanism, Human Rights and Sovereignty. Organised by the Centre for European Studies and Centre for Regional and International Studies (CGRS), University of California, Berkeley, California.
• April 20th -21st Human Rights and Cultural Difference. Conference organised by the Goethe Institute, Goethe Institute Conference Centre, Munich.
• March 26th The Historical Development of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Talk given at the Syed Maudoodi Education Centre, Mansoorah, Lahore. Organised by the International Bureau of the Jama'at-e Islami, Pakistan.