About

Dr. Saenong is a lecturer and the Director of the Center for Islam and Global Challenges at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII). He earned his PhD from the Australian National University, and his MA degrees from the University of Manchester and Leiden University.

Dr. Saenong has served as a lecturer and researcher at Binus International University, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Waikato, and the University of New South Wales in Canberra. His research interests encompass Islamic studies, the anthropology of Muslim societies, deradicalization studies, and text criticism. He has published numerous book chapters and journal articles in these fields, contributing significantly to academic scholarship on contemporary Muslim societies and Islamic thought.

Publication

Relegitimizing Religious Authority: Indonesian Gender-Just ?Ulam?? Amid COVID-19 (2022)

Islam in History and the Future (2019)

Becoming Long-life Learner: Muslims and Pedagogic Tradition. Conference “Religion and Religious Education in Post-modern Era” (2018)

Vernacularising The Holy Scripture: The Translation of the Qur’an in Bugis Makassar Realm (18th-21st Centuries) (2018)

Poppo, Parakang, and the Likes: Cross-generational Treatments on Creatures and Monsters in Bugis- Makassar Realm. The 2017 Anthropology Symposium “Living with Monster” (2017)

Fighting Extremism, Empowering Moderatism: Presenting Moderate Ulama on Social Media. European Association of Southeast Asian Studies (2017)

Maintaining Virtual Home: Social Media and Pesantren Family and Communities. Workshop “Multimedia, Mobility,and the Digital Southeast Asian Family” (2017)

Revisiting the Anthropology of Religion: Towards the Anthropology of Muslim Societies. (2016)

Fighting Violent Extremism: Deradicalisation Projects in Indonesia. Islamic Studies Group Seminar Series (2016)