oAntara Kita Online Issue 7.10

Dr. Eve Mullen, evemullen@post.harvard.edu
February 11 - July 11, 2006:
Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies

Pascasarjana, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Jl. Teknika Utara, Pogung
Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
Tel. and Fax (+62) 27 454 4976

I am a Traditional US Scholar with Fulbright, working on curriculum development and teaching/advising graduate studentsat Universitas Gadjah Mada's Center for Religious

and Cross-cultural Studies (CRCS) in Yogyakarta. This work, a continuation of my work
there with various grants since 2003, begins again in February 2006 for a five-month duration. The Master's programs at CRCS cater to students planning to enter careers in education, politics, non-governmental agencies and more; our students are future policy-makers, teachers, and leaders in Indonesia. The course I am teaching at CRCS is

"Chinese Philosophies and Religions" which covers Confucian and Taoist philosophical traditions, Buddhism in China, and religion in modern China. In addition, I have a
special interest in Buddhism and Buddhist identity construction in Indonesia; my research focuses upon official governmental "Pancasila" views of Buddhism as a monotheistic or monistic religious tradition and the influence these views exert upon Buddhist identity in

the Indonesian context. CRCS has a small library with a decent collection of works on
especially religion in Indonesia, peace studies and conflict resolution, gender studies,

world religions, and also recently completed theses on such topics. If I may, I'd like to extend a humble invitation to scholars looking for resources on these topics to visit CRCS while I am teaching there in 2006. Most importantly, I invite scholars to donate any
materials they can for the growing library and program. Thank you.
 

Yours sincerely,
Eve

Eve Mullen
Assistant Professor of Religion, Department of Philosophy and Religion
Mississippi State University
http://www.geocities.com/evemullenphd
http://socrates.philosophy.msstate.edu/pr