1. “Islam
and Europe: Cycles of Resurgence”, Vienna Forum on Post-Christian Europe and
Resurgent Islam, Castle Neuwaldegg, Vienna,
30 May – 1 June 2008
2. “Shari’ah-Mindedness
In The Malay World And The Indian Connection: The Contribution Of Nur Al-Din
Al-Raniri And Nik Abdul Aziz Bin Haji Nik Mat”, Conference On Re-Centering Islam: Islamic Linkages Between South And Southeast Asia,
Institute
of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. 4–5 June 2007
3. “Aid
and Development in Islamic Contexts”, annual conference of the Tyndale Fellowship Religion, Culture and
Communication Group, Regents Park Conference Centre, Nantwich, 3-6 July
2006
4. "The
Turks in History ", Spring Symposium 2006, London School of Theology
Centre for Islamic Studies and Muslim-Christian Relations, 22 April 2006
5. “The Life and Works of `Abd al-Ra’uf
al-Singkili”, public lecture in the series Islam
in Southeast Asia: Universality and Particularity, Oxford Centre for
Islamic Studies, 1 June 2005, http://www.oxcis.ac.uk/about/index.html
6. “Varieties
of Christian-Muslim Encounter in Malaysia since 9/11”, Conference on Christian Responses to Islam, Centre for
Christianity and Interreligious Dialogue, Heythrop College, University of
London, 13 May 2005, http://www.heythrop.ac.uk
7. “Cambridge
MS Or. Ii.6.45: the Commentary on Sura
al-Kahf”, annual conference of the Association
for South East Asian Studies, United Kingdom, University of Exeter, 2005
(29 April – 1 May), http://www.ex.ac.uk/geography/research/aseasuk05/panel5.html
8. "Jerusalem
in History: The City of Peace", Spring Symposium 2005, London School of
Theology Centre for Islamic Studies and Muslim-Christian Relations, 19 March
2005
9. "Islamic
Perspectives on Globalisation", Department of Philosophy and Religion,
James Madison University (Harrisonburg, USA), 16 February 2005
10.
“From Kitab Malay to Literary Indonesian: A Case Study in Semantic Change”, paper delivered (in absentia) at
a conference on Indonesian manuscripts held at Wisma Syahida, Universitas Islam
Negeri, Jakarta, 26-28 Juli 2004, http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:T5d_QPo_gEUJ:www.tufs.ac.jp/21coe/area/news/jakarta-symposium.id.pdf+riddell+kitab+malay+Wisma+Syahida+2004&hl=en
11. “From
Death to the Judgement: Islamic Perspectives from Arabic and Malay Contexts”,
annual conference of the Tyndale
Fellowship Religion, Culture and Communication Group, Regents Park
Conference Centre, Nantwich, 30 June - 2 July 2004, http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Tyndale/conference_2004.htm
12. “‘Serambi Mekkah’ as a literary phenomenon:
Aceh in the 16th and 17th centuries”, International Conference
on The Historical Background of the Aceh
problem, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 28-29
May 2004, http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/conf2004/aceh.htm
13. “Streams
of Islamic Thought in Southeast Asia”, Asia Research Institute, National
University of Singapore, 16 April 2004, http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/sem2003/040416.htm
14. “Contemporary
Themes in Christian-Muslim Relations”, Conference on Christianity in the Middle East: Contemporary Explorations in Politics
and Theology, Centre for Christianity and Interreligious Dialogue, Heythrop
College, University of London, 11 December 2003, http://www.heythrop.ac.uk,
http://www.ctbi.org.uk/index.php?op=modload&name=knowledge&file=kbasepage&LinkID=38
15. “Muslim
responses to Globalisation, with particular reference to Southeast Asia”,
International Conference on Financial
Growth and Institutions of the Muslim Diaspora in South East Asia, 1830 to the
present, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 5
December 2003, http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/conf2003/financial.htm
16. “Can
Christianity and Islam Co-exist in the 21st Century?”, the London
Lectures 2003 (October 16, 23, 30, November 6), the London Institute for
Contemporary Christianity, http://www.licc.org.uk
17. "Schools
of Islamic Thought in Southeast Asia", International Conference on Islam in Southeast Asia and China, City
University of Hong Kong, 28 November – 1 December 2002, http://www.islamsymposium.cityu.edu.hk/abstract/04Riddell.pdf;
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityutoday/news/category/ideas/isconference/n20030401_55.htm
18. “Literary
Windows into Sumatran Islam in the Late 16th Century”,
conference on Islamic Culture in Sumatra,
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1-2 November 2002
19. “Different
faces of Southeast Asian Islam with reference to Islamic Law Debate”, Malaysia
Theological Seminary, Seremban, Malaysia, 5 September 2002, http://www.seminary-stm.com.my
20. “Doctrinal
and Strategic Implications of Global Islam”, Public Forum on Doctrinal and Strategic Implications of Global Islam,
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 4 September 2002, http://www.iseas.edu.sg/4sep2a.html
21. “Islamisation,
Civil Society and Religious Minorities in Malaysia”, Islam in Southeast Asia: Political, Social and Strategic Challenges for
the 21st Century, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,
Singapore, 2-3 September 2002, http://www.iseas.edu.sg
22. “Indonesia
and Malaysia”, Prospects for Human Rights
and Democracy under Extreme Sharia, Center for Religious Freedom,
Washington DC, 10 July 2002, http://cbn.org/cbnnews%2Fcwn%2F071902sharia%2Easp;
http://cbn.org/CBNNews/CWN/071902Sharia.asp
23. “Translating
the Qur’an into Indonesian Languages”,
colloque international Histoire De La
Traduction En Indonésie Et En Malaisie, Paris, Centre international
d'études pédagogiques (CIEP), 2-5 avril 2002, organisé par l'UMR 8093 (CNRS -
EHESS) et l'École française d'Extrême-Orient, http://www.efeo.fr
24. “Islamic Responses to Globalisation”, annual
conference of the Tyndale Fellowship
Religion, Culture and Communication Group, Tyndale House, Cambridge, 12-14
July 2001, http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Tyndale/conference_2001.htm#RCC
25. “Sealed
with a Qur’an: A Muslim-Christian Alliance in early 17th Century
Southeast Asia”, Study Day on Indonesian
manuscripts, the British Library, 15 February 2001
26. "Malay
Islam in the late 16th Century ", Centre for South-East Asian Studies Seminar,
School of Oriental and African Studies,
19 October 2000
27. “From
Qur’an to Contemporary Politics: Hamas’ First Ten Years (1988-1998)”, annual
conference of the Tyndale Fellowship
Religion, Culture and Communication Group, Tyndale House, Cambridge, 24-26
June 1998, http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Tyndale/Home2002.htm
28. “Instruments
for Government controlled Islamisation in Indonesia: Devotional Columns in
Periodicals”, conference entitled Inside
the Mosque, Outside the Mosque at Maison de France, Oxford, 1998 (21-22
March), http://www.geocities.com/peter_riddell/REPUB98.htm
29. “Arab
Minorities and the Islamisation of the
Malay-Indonesian World in the light of Ferré’s Islamisation Paradigm”,
conference on The Arabs in Southeast Asia
(1870 – c. 1990), The Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology
(KITLV) Leiden University, Holland,
1997 (8-12 December), http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/16/regions/sea7.html
30. “Popular
Preaching in Indonesia and Malaysia”, annual conference of the Association for South East Asian Studies,
United Kingdom, School of Oriental and African Studies,
London, 1996 (25-27 April), http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/iiasn9/soueasia/aseasuk.html,
http://www.geocities.com/peter_riddell/aseasuk-96.htm
31. “Religious
Links between the Hadhramaut and the Malay-Indonesian World, c. 1850 to c.
1950”, conference on South Arabian
Migration Movements in the Indian Ocean: The Hadhrami Case, c. 1750-1967, School
of Oriental and African Studies, London, 1995 (27-29 April), http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/iiasn6/esf/hadhram.html