Curriculum Vitae

Name
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Place & Date of Birth
Convession
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Mohamad Nur Kholis Setiawan

Prof. Dr.phil.
Kebumen, November 10th 1969
Islam
Indonesian
Fakultas Syariah, UIN Sunan Kalijaga
Jl. Marsda Adisucipto 1, Yogyakarta
55281, Indonesia
Tel. +62 274 4333186
Fax. +62 274 586 117
E-mail : nkholissetiawan@uin-suka.ac.id
m.kholis@gmx.de

Language Proficiency
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Bahasa Indonesia (mother tongue)

English (very good)
Arabic (very good)
German (very good)
Persian (reading)

Area of Specialization
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Islamic Studies
Quranic Studies
Islam in Indonesia

Education
1983-1985
1985--1988
1988/89-1993
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1994-1996
1996
1998
1999
1999
2003

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Junior High School (SMP Negeri 2 Gombong, Kebumen)

Senior High School (SMA A. Wahid Hasyim, Jombang)
State Institute of Islamic Studies Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta.
IAIN Teaching Staff training for overseas studies, Jakarta
M.A. Program Islamic Studies, Leiden University, Netherland
Short course Kulliyat al-Adab Cairo University, Egypt
German Language Training Program, Goethe Institut Jakarta
German Language Training, Goethe Institut, Bremen, Germany
Ph.D. student Bonn University, Germany
Ph.D. Oriental and Islamic Studies, Bonn University Germany

Work experience
1992-----

: Teaching staff Wahid Hasyim Islamic Boarding School,Pesantren.

1994-----

: Lecturer, the Syariah Faculty, UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta

2004-----

: Lecturer, Graduate Program UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Graduate

Program IAIN Walisongo Semarang, Graduate Program IKH Tebu
Ireng, Jombang East Java.

2004

: Teaching Team, Graduate Program, University of Indonesia,

Jakarta

2004-----

: Executive Director, Dialogue Centre, Graduate Program UIN

Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta

2004-2007

: Editor in Chief, al-Jmiah Journal of Islamic Studies UIN Sunan

Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta.

2005-----

: Consultant for University Cooperation, Directorate General for

Islamic Education, Ministry of Religious Affairs, Republic of
Indonesia.

2006-----

: Editor in Chief, Electronic Research Network, Directorate General

for Islamic Education, Ministry of Religious Affairs, Republic of
Indonesia

2006

: Postdoctoral research, Bonn University with the DAAD

scholarship

2006-2007

: Fellow 2006-2007 of Europa im Nahe Osten, der Nahe Osten in

Europa, Wissenschaftskollege zu Berlin.

2007

: Visiting Professor, Georg-Eckert Institut fr Internationale

Schulbuchforschung, Braunschweig, Germany

2008/2009

: Fellow in Residence, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in

the Humanities and Social Sciences, the Netherlands.

2009--

: Professor of Islamic Studies, State Islamic University Sunan

Kalijaga Yogyakarta

2010 (April-May)

: Visiting Professor, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and

Societies, Frei University Berlin, Germany

Membership of Academic and non Academic Institution

1985-1988

: President, Kebumen Islamic Student Association, Persatuan

Pelajar Islam Kebumen (PPIK), Jombang, East Java.

1989-1992

: Research and Development Division, Indonesian Islamic Student

Movement (PMII) UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta

1997 ---

: Member of the Indonesian Alumni of the Dutch Universities

(IKANED)

2003 ---

: Member of the Indonesian Alumni for German Universities.

2005 ---

: Steering Comitte, Indonesian Annual Conference for Islamic

Studies

2005-2009

: Research Department, Institute for Human Resources Development

Studies (LAKPESDAM) Nahdlatul Ulama

Conferences and Workshops

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invited speaker: Deutsche Orientalistentag, Universitaet Bamber, 2003

invited speaker: Midrash, Tafsir and Exegesis, Summer School,

Wissenschaftskollege zu Berlin 2004

invited speaker: Workshop on Miraj al-Nab, Wissenschaftskollege zu Berlin

2007.

invited speaker : Islamic Penal Law in the Indonesian Legal System, Netherlands
Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wassenaar
the Netherlands 2009

invited speaker : Interreligoese Dialog und Kooperation in Indonesien, Basel

Switzerland 2009

invited speaker : workshop Islamische Theologie im Dialog. Grundlagen,

Herausforderungen, Perspektiven Hamburg 2010

invited speaker : Workshop on Challenges for Islamic Theology in Europe,

Muenster, Germany, 10-12 of June 2011.

Publication
i) English
1. Anti-Semitism in Indonesia: A Simplification of a Multi-Faced Islam in
Orientierungen Zeitschrift zur Kultur Asiens, 1/2007.
2. Disseminating Cultural Islam in Indonesian Context: NU Activists Wrote about
Themselves, in Taswirul Afkar Journal 2/2007.
3. Liberal Thought in Quranic Studies: Tracing Humanistic Approach to Sacred Text
in Islamic Scholarship in al-Jamiah Journal of Islamic Studies, vol. 45. Number 1,
2007/1428.
4. Reformation of Islamic Thought: A Critical Historical Analysis, co Author with Nasr
Abu Zaid & Katajun Amirpur, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press 2006.
5. In search of an ideal Islamic education: the contribution of pesantren, in Millah
Journal of Islamic Studies, June 2005

ii. Arabic

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In al-Syirah, vol. 43, nomor 2, 2009

iii). German
1. Interreligioese Dialog: Am Beispiel Indonesien, in Abdulkader Tayob & Wolfram
Weisse (eds.), Islamische Theologie im Dialog. Grundlagen, Herausforderungen,
Perspektiven, Hamburg: Verlaag 2010.
2. Intellektuelle sollten den religisen Aspek des Islam berdenken in Media Online
Jerman, www.sicherheit-heute.de 14.04.2007.
3. Das Zusammenbleiben von Hindu und Muslime in Indonesien, in portal GEI in der
Zusammenarbeit mit Agha Khan, 2007 di laman www.1001-idee.de

4. Zum Umgang mit dem Anderen: Nahdlatul Ulamas Beitrag fr das Religise Leben
in Indonesien. In Manfred Hutter (ed.) Religionsinterne Kritik des Sdostasien,
Harrasowitz, December 2006.
5. Die Literarische Koraninterpretation: Eine Analyse Ihrer Frhen Elemente und Ihrer
Entwicklung, Ph.D. Thesis, Universitas Bonn, Jerman.
6. "Frhe Elemente der literarischen Hermeneutik des Koran", dalam Ihya Ulumuddin,
vol 4. Nr.1, July 2002.

iii) Bahasa Indonesia

1. Pribumusasi al-Quran; Tafsir Berwawasan Keindonesiaan, Yogyakarta: Kaukaba

2012.
2. Kerukunan Umat Beragama dan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat dalam Abdurrahman
Masud (ed.), Kerukunan Umat Beragama dalam Sorotan, Jakarta: PKUB 2011.
3. Keberadaan dan Kiprah Dialogue Centre, dalam Ahmad Baidowi & Agus M. Najib
(eds), Merajut Perbedaan Membangun Kebersamaan, Yogyakarta: Dialogue Centre
Press 2011.
4. Emilio Betti dan Hermeneutika sebagai Auslegung, dalam Syafaatun al-Mirzanah
& Sahiron Syamsudin (ed.); Upaya Integrasi Hermeneutika dalam Kajian al-Quran
dan Hadis, Yogyakarta: LPM UIN Sunan Kalijaga 2009.
5. Meniti Kalam Kerukunan: Beberapa Istilah Kunci Islam dan Kristen, Jakarta: BPK
Gunung Mulia 2010.
6. Kata Allah dalam Tradisi Agama Semitik, dalam Hendri Wijayatsih et al. (ed).
Memahami Kebenaran Yang Lain Sebagai Upaya Pembaharuan Hidup Bersama,
Yogyakarta: Taman Pustaka Kristen 2010.
7. Al-Quran dan Ketenagakerjaan Kelompok Difabel, Tafsir Tematik al-Quran III,
Jakarta: Balitbang Kementerian Agama RI, 2010.
8. Al-Quran dan Pembangunan Generasi Muda, Tafsir Tematik al-Quran III,
Jakarta: Balitbang Kementerian Agama RI, 2010.
9. Al-Quran dan Ketahanan Bangsa, Tafsir Tematik al-Quran III, Jakarta
Kementerian Agama RI, 2010.

10. Al-Quran dan Hubungan Antar Agama di Indonesia, Tafsir Tematik al-Quran II,
Jakarta: Balitbang Departemen Agama RI, 2009
11. Al-Quran dan Keluarga Harmonis, Tafsir Tematik al-Quran II, Jakarta: Balitbang
Departemen Agama RI, 2009
12. Pemikiran Progresif dalam Kajian al-Qur'an, Jakarta: Prenada Media 2008
13. Tafsir Mazhab Indonesia, Yogyakarta: Nawesea Press 2008
14. Akar-Akar Pemikiran Progresif dalam Kajian al-Quran, Yogyakarta: eLSAQ Press
2007
15. Orientalisme al-Quran dan al-Hadith, Yogyakarta: Nawaesea Press 2007.
16. Al-Quran Kitab Sastra Terbesar Yogyakarta: eLSAQ Press 2005.
17. "Keilmuan Humaniora versus Teks Keagamaan: Peluang atau Tantangan?" Journal
Taswir al-Afkar, 2005.
18. "Nasr Abu Zaid; Beberapa Pembacaan terhadap Turath Arab", kata pengantar edisi
bahasa Indonesia Isykaliyat al-Qira'ah wa-Aliyat al-Ta'wil (Problematika Pembacaan
Turath dan Mekanisme Ta'wil), Jakarta: ICIP 2004.
19. Pesan Tuhan Yang Tertulis: Wahyu Dalam Bingkai Teori Komunikasi, Pengantar
Buku Menggugat Otentisitas Wahyu Tuhan: Kritik Nalar Tafsir Gender, Yogyakarta:
Safirina Insania Press 2004.
20. Menggugat Kearaban al-Quran melalui Qiraah Syiro-Aramaic, dalam
Jmiah Journal of Islamic Studies, vol. 41/2/ Juni-Desember 2003

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21. Memahami al-Quran bersama Hassan Hanafi, di Visi Islam Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu
Keislaman, vol. 1/1/Januari 2002
22. Para Pendengar Firman Tuhan; Telaah terhadap Efek Estetik al-Quran, dalam alJamiah Journal of Islamic Studies, vol. 39/ 1 Januari-Juni 2001.