Mirjam Lücking
Indonesia and the Middle East
Globalization
Transnational South-South connections
Social Anthropology
Asian Studies
Religious Studies
Email: mirjam.lucking@mail.huji.ac.il
Personal website: Mirjam Lücking
Current Projects:
My current research interest concerns the relationship between Indonesia and the Middle East. After I researched Indonesians’ ideas of ‘Arabness’ in the context of pilgrimage and labor migration to the Arabian Peninsula, I am now working on religious tourism from Indonesia to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
Curriculum Vitae
Fellowships and Grants (selection)
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2019: Dissertation Prize of the German Anthropological Association (DGSKA), October 1, see: https://www.pr.uni-freiburg.de/pm-en/personalia-en/dissertation-prize-for-mirjam-lucking?set_language=en
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2017-2019: Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Centre for the Study of Conversion and Inter-Religious Encounters at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, funded by the I-CORE Program of the Planning and Budgeting Committee and the Israel Science Foundation (grant No 12/1754).
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2016: STAY! Bridging Stipend for excellent research of early career researchers, by the New University Foundation (Neue Universitätsstiftung) of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität. See: http://www.diversity.uni-freiburg.de/news/drei-forscherinnen-der-universitaet-freiburg-erhalten-das-brueckenstipendium-stay?set_language=en
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2015: German-Australian research cooperation of early-career researchers, by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Group of the Eight (Go8). See: https://alliance.anu.edu.au/web/social.identities/pu/index.htm
Education
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PhD in Social Anthropology 1/2013 – 2/2017
PhD Thesis: Indonesians and their Arab World: Guided Mobility among Labour Migrants and Mecca Pilgrims
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, date of conferral: 09.02.2017 -
Master of Arts in Social Anthropology 10/2010 – 12/2012
MA Thesis: Between ‘Good’ and ‘Real’ Governance – An Anthropological Perspective on Public Service Delivery in Indonesia.
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, date of conferral: 19.12.2012 -
Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies 10/2007 – 9/2010
BA Thesis: Muslimische Predigerinnen in Marokko. Die Mourchidat als Gestalterinnen einer ‚Islamischen Moderne‘? (Female Muslim Preachers in Morocco. The Mourchidat as Designers of an Islamic Modernity?)
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, date of conferral: 06.09.201
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles
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Lücking, Mirjam (forthcoming). "Israeli Dead Sea Cosmetics and Charity for Palestinian Children: Indonesian Women’s Shopping Activities on Pilgrimages to Jerusalem." In: Reconfiguring Muslim pilgrimage through the lens of women’s new mobilities, edited by Buitelaar, Marjo; Stephan-Emmrich, Manja; Thimm, Viola. London: Routledge.
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Lücking, Mirjam. (2019) 'Travelling with the Idea of Taking Sides. Indonesian Pilgrimages to Jerusalem', Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 175 (2): 196–224, available at: https://brill.com/view/journals/bki/175/2-3/article-p196_4.xml?language=en
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Lücking, Mirjam (2019) 'Reciprocity in Research Relationships: Learning from Imbalances', In: Affective Dimensions of Fieldwork and Ethnography, edited by Stodulka, Thomas; Dinkelaker, Samia; Thajib, Ferdiansyah. New York: Springer.
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Lücking, Mirjam (2017) ‘Working in Mecca. How Informal Pilgrimage-Migration from Madura, Indonesia, to Saudi Arabia Challenges State Sovereignty’, In: European Journal of East Asian Studies. Volume 16, Issue 2, Special Issue: Challenging State Sovereignty: A multi-level approach to Southeast and East Asian migration. pp: 248–274.
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Lücking, Mirjam and Evi Eliyanah (2017) ‘Images of Authentic Muslim Selves: Gendered Moralities and Constructions of Arab Others in Contemporary Indonesia’, In: Social Sciences 6(3): 1-20.
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Lücking, Mirjam (2016) ‘Beyond Islam Nusantara and ‘Arabization’: Capitalizing ‘Arabness’ in Madura, East Java’, in: ASIEN. The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 137 (April): 5-24.
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Lücking, Mirjam (2014a) ‘Making ‘Arab’ One’s Own. Muslim Pilgrimage Experiences in Central Java, Indonesia’, in: Internationales Asienforum. International Quarterly for Asian Studies 45 (1-2): 129-152.
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Lücking, Mirjam (2014b) ‘Arabness’ as Social Capital in Madura’, in: Islamika Indonesiana. Vol. 1 (2): 37-46.
Newspaper Articles and Radio Podcasts
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Lücking, Mirjam and Erika Tritle (2019): ‘Contemporary Saint Veneration in Israel and Beyond: What we Learn from Moments of Surprise and Discomfort.’, Center for the Study of Conversion and Inter-Religious Encounters, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, available at: http://in.bgu.ac.il/en/csoc/pages/events/BabaSalyArticle.aspx
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Deutschlandradio (2018): Radio Feature: Interview about Indonesian Muslim pilgrims in Jerusalem, 27 June 2018, Podcast available at: http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/tag-fuer-tag.885.de.html
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Lücking, Mirjam (2018): ‘Dampak Krisis Visa Antara Indonesia dan Israel’, in Tempo, 11 June 2018, available at: https://kolom.tempo.co/read/1097346/dampak-krisis-visa-antara-indonesia-dan-israel
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Lücking, Mirjam (2017): ‚Pilgerreise in Flip Flops. Zum Arbeiten nach Mekka‘, in: iz3w (Juli/August 2017): 361.
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Süd-Nord-Funk (2017): Radio Feature: Interview about Indonesian labour migrants in Saudi Arabia, 1 August 2017, Podcast available at: https://soundcloud.com/suednordfunk/interview-pilgerreise-in-flipflops#c=0&t=0:00
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University of Freiburg (2017): ‘Making music together, learning from one another’, Report about interactive seminar on popular Muslim cultures, Freiburg, 20 June 2017, see: http://www.pr.uni-freiburg.de/pm-en/online-magazine/teaching-and-learning/making-music-together-learning-from-one-another
Presentations
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“Indonesians in Jerusalem: Pilgrimage, Conversion and Competition” The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Humanities, Sternberg Prize Awarding Ceremony, Jerusalem, 12 March 2019
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“Food unites us… not anymore.” – Indonesian pilgrims eating kosher and halal in Jerusalem
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Ben Gurion University of the Negev, ISF Workshop, Eating Religiously: Food and Faith in the 21st Century, Beer Sheva, 23 May 2019
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“Mecca Selfies and Images of Jerusalem. Indonesian Pilgrims’ Online Performances of ‘Having Been There’”
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Annual Assembly of the Israeli Anthropological Association, Beer Sheva, 27 May 2019
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“The Mount of Olives as a site of sacred separation? Experiences of tourists and residents”
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Conference on “Sacred Spaces”, Center for the Study of Conversion and Interreligious Encounters, Beer Sheva, 4 June 2019
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“Narratives of separation, pragmatic cooperation and surprising similarities: Movement between Israel, Indonesia and Palestine”
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EuroSEAS Humboldt-University Berlin 10-13 September 2019
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“Israeli Dead Sea Cosmetics and Charity for Palestinian Children: Feminized Inter-Religious Competition among Indonesian Jerusalem Pilgrims”, Biennial conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, Stockholm, 15 August 2018
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“Untold Stories from Israel and Palestine”, Islamic Boarding School Pondok Pesantren Al-Kahfi Somalangu, Kebumen, 28 July 2018
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“Ziarah Persaingan – Perjalanan Orang Indonesia ke Yerusalem”, Fakultas Adab, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, 25 July 2018
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“Contemporary Journeys of Conversion from Indonesia to Israel”, International Conference on “Conversion, Then and Now”, Center for the Study of Conversion and Interreligious Encounters, Beer Sheva, 28 May 2018
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“Asian Values and Islamic Piety among Female Migrant Workers in Java and Madura, Indonesia”, biennial conference of Asian Studies in Israel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 24 May 2018
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“Indonesians’ Competitive Pilgrimages to Mecca and Jerusalem”, Israeli Anthropological Association, Annual Conference, Dimona, 23 May 2018
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“Between Arab-Phobia and Pop-Arabness: Ambivalent Muslim lifestyles in Contemporary Indonesia”, Jerusalem 30 November 2017, “Introducing Indonesia” – International Conference, The Hebrew University 29/30 November 2017
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“Islam und Demokratie in Südostasien“, Seminar: Südostasien – Ein Einblick in die Tigerstaaten, Baden Württembergischen Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Studienhaus Wiesneck, Buchenbach, 25 March 2017
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“Academic and Religious Pilgrimages from Indonesia to the Middle East”, with Judith Schlehe, Conference “Trans-l Encounters: Religious Education and Islamic Popular Culture in Asia and the Middle East”, University of Marburg, Marburg, 26 May 2016
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“Labour Migrants in Central Java and Madura: Between K-Pop and Piety”, Workshop “EuroSEAS PhD Master Class”, EuroSEAS Conference, Vienna, 10 August 2015
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“Making ‘Arab Others’: Gendered Moralities, Identities and Journeys to the Middle East among Indonesian Muslims”, with Evi Eliyanah, Workshop “Social Identities in Indonesia”, Australian National University, Canberra, October 2015