Chandra Muzaffar

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL

• B.S.Sc. (Hons) (Singapore) 1970
• M.S.Sc. (Malaysia) 1974
• Ph.D. (Singapore) 1977
  
• President, International Movement for a Just World (JUST)
• Founder-president of Aliran from 1977 to 1991
  

OTHER NGO/ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• Consultant, UN Conference on Human Rights, Vienna (1993)
• member, International Tribunal on the G7, Tokyo (1993)
• Member, International Advisory Board, Cambridge University - Asia-Pacific Studies Series, Canberra, Australia (1994 -- )
• Member, Board of Directors, International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination & Racism (IMADR) Brussels, Belgium.(1995 -- )
• Member, Editorial Board, Clarity Press, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. (1995 -- )
• Advisory Board Member, Search for Common Ground: Islamic-Western Dialogue & Cooperation Program, Washington D.C. (1998 -- )
• Member, Board of Advisors, Religion and Human Rights series, Emory University, USA (1998 -- )
• International Advisory Board of Global Encounters, University of Notre Dame, USA (1998 -- ).
• Member, The Council of the Asia-Australia Institute (1998 -- ).
• Member, International Inter Faith Peace Council, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (1998 -)
• Member, Toda International Advisory Council, Hawaii, (2000 --)
• Member, International Council, Asia Society, New York (2000 -- )
• Member, Charter 99 Democratic Accountability Index Independent Panel (2001 -- )
• Member, Board of Advisors, Edden International University of London, London (2001 -- )
• Member, Board of Trustees, Association for the Advancement of Religion and Secular Humanism, Mumbai, India (2001 -- )
  

PUBLICATIONS

Books (English)

• Protector? A study of leader-led relationships in Malay society1) (Penang, Aliran, 1979).
  
• Universalism of Islam (editor) (Penang, Aliran, 1979).
  
• Five Controversies (together with Khoo Yoke Kuan) (Penang, Aliran, 1983)
  
• Freedom in Fetters (Penang, Aliran, 1986).
  
• Islamic Resurgence in Malaysia (Petaling Jaya, Fajar Bakti, 1987).
  
• The NEP: Development & Alternative Consciousness (Penang, Aliran, 1989).
  
• Challenges & Choices in Malaysian Politics & Society (Penang, Aliran, 1989).
  
• Human Rights & the New World Order (Penang, Just World Trust, 1993).
  
• Dominance of the West over the Rest (editor) (Petaling Jaya, JUST, 1996).
  
• Human Wrongs (editor) (Petaling Jaya, JUST, 1996)
  
• Globalisation: the Perspectives and Experiences of the Religious Traditions of Asia Pacific (editor) (together with Joseph Camilleri) (Petaling Jaya, International Movement for a Just World, 1998)
  
• Alternative Politics For Asia: A Buddhist-Muslim Dialogue (together with Sulak Sivaraksa) (Petaling Jaya, International Movement for a Just World, 1999)

Books (Malay)

• Islam Yang Tulen (editor) (Penang, Aliran, 1979).
  
• Lima Persoalan (co-editor) (Penang, Aliran, 1987).
  
• Kebangkitan Semula Islam translated by Adibah Amin (Petaling Jaya, Fajar Bakti, 1988).
  
• Pelindung? (Penang, Aliran, 1992).
  
• Hak Asasi Manusia Dalam Tata Dunia Baru (Indonesia, Bandung, MIZAN, 1995).
  
• Keadilan Sosial (co-editor) (Kuala Lumpur, Institute for Policy Research, 1996)

Articles

Has contributed numerous articles in English & Malay in various popular and academic journals at national, regional & international levels.

Conferences

Has attended a number of NGO and academic conferences and seminars on inter-religious dialogue, human rights and international politics in different parts of the world.

AWARDS

• Rockefeller Social Science Fellowship in Development Studies for Southeast Asia (1984-1985).
• Monitor, Human Rights Watch (1988).
  
• The Harry J. Benda Prize for distinguished scholarship on Southeast Asia awarded by the Association of Asian Studies, North America, (1989).
  
• The Weigand Distinguished Visitor Fellowship Duke University (2000).
  
• Presidential Citation from Xavier University, United States in recognition of scholarship and leadership in the area of human rights (2000).

MEMORIAL LECTURES DELIVERED

• The Alan Missen Memorial Lecture, 'The Human Rights Situation in Asia Today', Amnesty International Australia, Canberra, 11 October 1990.
  
• Senden Memorial Lecture, 'The Spiritual & Intellectual Basis of a Just World Order', Asian Social Institute (ASI), Manila, Philippines, 27 September 1993.
  
• Penman Memorial Lecture, 'Religions & Human Dignity: Rights & Responsibilities', World Conference on Religion & Peace, WCRP, Melbourne, Australia, 29 July - 1 August 1994.
  
• The Ismail al-Faruqi Memorial Lecture, 'Morality in Public Life: the Challenge before Religion', 30th Annual Conference of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS), University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, 26-28 October 2001.
  

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