【Topic:】Translocal Encounter: Hui Mobility, Place-making and Religious Practices in Malaysia and Indonesia Today(跨界互動：馬來西亞和印尼的回族移動，空間創生和宗教活動)
■Time：12:30-14:00, Tue. September 24, 2019
■Venue：Room319,Department of Sociology
■Speaker：Hew, Wai Weng(Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS))
■Moderator:Shu-Mei Huang(Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, NTU)
Abstract：
Hui Muslims have a long existence in Southeast Asia, yet the recent increase and visibility of their presence in Malaysia and Indonesia started since 1990s. Many Hui Muslims, primarily from the Northwestern parts in China, arrive in Malaysia to further study. Some of them also come as businessmen or religious scholars. They run shops selling Islamic clothes which are imported from China, open restaurants serving Hui cuisine, operate a website on Islam in Mandarin and participate in the activities of Chinese-style mosques. For many Hui migrants, mobility goes hand in hand with business, and their business activities intersect with their religious commitments. This seminar aims to examine the intersection between translocal movements, economic aspirations and religious activities of contemporary Hui migrants in Malaysia and Indonesia. It investigates how and under what conditions, the negotiation between Islamic religiosity and Chinese ethnicity, the interaction between Hui migrants and local Chinese converts, as well as the intersection between translocal flows and local dynamics take place in Hui restaurants, Chinese-style mosques and an online radio station.