ALEXANDRE PELLETIER

ALEXANDRE PELLETIER
Department of Political Science
Sidney Smith Hall, Room 3018
100 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
[email protected]
EDUCATION
PhD, Political Science
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Dissertation: Markets for Moderation: Competition, Cohesion, and Intolerance in
Indonesia
Supervisor: Dr. Jacques Bertrand
Committee Members: Dr. Lee-Ann Fujii and Dr. Lucan Way
Area of Study: Comparative Politics
Fellow, Trudeau Center in Peace, Conflict and Justice
Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
Visiting Researcher, Sociology
Universitas Indonesia
2016
Toronto, Canada
2014
Depok, Indonesia
Visiting Researcher, Centre for the Study of Islam and Society
2013-14
Universitas Islam Negeri/Syarif Hidayatullah
Jakarta, Indonesia
MA, Political Science
University of Ottawa
2009
Ottawa, ON, Canada
BA, Political Science
Université du Québec à Montréal
2007
Montréal, QC, Canada
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
Dufresne, Yannick, Sanjay Jeram, and Alexandre Pelletier (2014) "The True North
Strong and Free Healthcare? Nationalism and Attitudes Towards Private Healthcare
Options in Canada." Canadian Journal of Political Science 47/03, pp. 569-595.
Alexandre Pelletier and Philippe Cousineau-Morin (2012) « ‘Échanger pour s’entendre?’
confiance et méfiance dans les mémoires deposés à la Commission Bouchard-Taylor »,
In Quebec Studies, 53, Spring/Summer, pp. 181-210
Book Chapters
Alexandre Pelletier and Richard Simeon. (forthcoming). “Linguistic Groups and Civil
Society: Trust, Cooperation, and Accommodation in Canadian Voluntary Associations”.
In F. Rocher and D. Karmis. The Dynamic of Trust/Distrust in Multinational
Democracies. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
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Translation of: Alexandre Pelletier and Richard Simeon (2012) « Groupes
linguistiques et société civile: confiance, coopération et accommodements au
sein des associations volontaires au Canada » In F. Rocher and D. Karmis, La
Dynamique Confiance Méfiance dans les Démocraties Multinationales: Le
Canada en perspective comparée, Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval.
Alexandre Pelletier and Michael Morden (2013) « Exploring the Social Origins of Elite
Accommodation: Charting the Links between Recognition and Civil Society Integration
in Divided Societies » In The Ways of Federalism in Western Countries and the
Horizon of Territorial Autonomy in Spain, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
Book reviews
Alexandre Pelletier. (2008). Book review “Le nationalisme repensé : Essai d’ontologie
critique” (Gérard Boulet and Jean-François Payette), Canadian Journal of Political
Science, Vol. 43, No. 3, sept. 2008, pp. 811-4
Manuscript in Preparation
Jacques Bertrand and Alexandre Pelletier. (2015) “Violent Monks in Myanmar:
Scapegoating and the Contest for Power”
Alexandre Pelletier and Jessica Soedirgo. (2015) “Local Elites and Violence DeEscalation in Maluku, Indonesia”
MAJOR AWARDS
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
15,000$
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
15,000$
J.A. Bombardier Doctoral Scholarship
105,000$
(Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada)
FQRSC, Doctoral Scholarship
80,000$ (declined)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
15,000$ (declined)
2014-15
2012-13
2009-12
2009-13
2009-10
INTERNAL AWARDS
SGS Travel Grant, U. Toronto
A. W. Johnson Graduate Scholarship, U. Toronto
EDG International Summer Institute Scholarship, U. Toronto
Institute of Federalism Scholarship, U. Fribourg
F.L. Burton and W.L. Burton Graduate Scholarship, U. Toronto
C.B. Macpherson Graduate Admission Award
Dean’s scholarship, U. Ottawa
School of Political Studies Scholarship, U. Ottawa
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2009
2009
2007
RESEARCH GRANTS
United States Institute of Peace
89,000$
Title: “Institutionalizing Minority Representation in Myanmar”
Team: Jacques Bertrand (project director)
Ardeth Thawnghmung (UMass Lowell)
Alexandre Pelletier (UToronto)
2014-15
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Course Instructor
POL 381H: Topics in Political Theory: Religion and Politics
University of Toronto, Department of Political Science
• Designed the syllabus and assignment
• Approved by the Department (July 2016)
2016
POL 429/2429Y: Democracy and Ethnic Conflict
2015
University of Toronto, Department of Political Science
• Taught one section – “Democracy, Identity and Diversity” – of the graduate
seminar.
Teaching Assistant
POL 224Y1: Canada in Comparative Perspective
POL 224Y1: Canada in Comparative Perspective
POL 214Y1: Canadian Government and Politics
POL 214Y1: Canadian Government and Politics
POL 214Y1: Canadian Government and Politics
POL 214Y1: Canadian Government and Politics
2015-16
2014-15
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
Mentorship
Myanmar Election Watch
2015
Asian Institute, University of Toronto
• Mentor for an undergraduate students’ project of election internet monitoring
and the organization of a workshop at the Asian Institute
Writing a Doctoral Exam (workshop organization)
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
2012
Writing Grant Application (speaker)
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
2012
SUMMER UNIVERSITIES / DISSERTATION WORKSHOP
AAS-SSRC - Dissertation Workshop (2015 Competition)
Religion and the State in Asia
Social Science Research Council, Chicago, United States
2015
EDG - International Summer Institute
Diversity and Democracy: Self-Rule, Shared Rule and Secession
Universidad de Guadalajara, Chapala, Mexico
2011
Institute of Federalism - International Summer University
Federalism, Decentralisation and Conflict Resolution
University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
2010
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
Invited Speaker
Workshop for the Ethnic Political Parties
2013
Yangon, Myanmar
• Title: Democratization Through Decentralization in Indonesia: Any Lessons for
Myanmar?
Panels Organized
The State and Religious Leadership: Empowerment, Disempowerment,
and its Consequences
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference
Seattle, United States of America
2016
Myanmar at a Crossroads: Ethno-Religious Dynamics and Transition
2016
to Democracy
Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs
Toronto, Canada
Thinking Canada With or Without Quebec?: Francophone and Anglophone
Scholarly Relationships since Laurendeau-Dunton
Canadian Association of Political Science Annual Conference
Wilfred-Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada
2011
Papers Presented
“The Political Economy of Islamic Solidarity in Late Colonial
Indonesia,” Annual Conference of the Association of Asian Studies,
Seattle, March 31st, 2016
2016
“Anti-Muslim mobilization in Myanmar: Buddhist Monks’ radicalism
and the 969 movement”, with Jacques Bertrand, Workshop on
Religion and Right-Wing Movements in Asia, McGill University, 29
May 2015
2015
“Local Elites, Intergroup Networks and the De-escalation of Violence
in Maluku, Indonesia”, with Jessica Soedirgo, Conference of the
Canadian Political Science Association, University of Victoria, 4-6
June 2013
2013
“Nationalism and Support for Private Healthcare: A Québec Puzzle?”
with Yannick Dufresne, Conference of the American Council for
Québec Studies, Sarasota FL, 8-11 November 2012
2012
“De-Escalating Violence: Local Elites and Political Stability in
Indonesia”, with Jessica Soedirgo, Conference of the Canadian Asian
Studies Association (CASA), Université du Québec à Montréal, 2-4
November 2012
2012
“Fixity against Flexibility: Trust Mechanisms in Intercultural
Contexts”, Congrès de la recherche étudiante en science politique
2012, Université de Montréal, 3-4 May 2012
2012
“Civil Society and Consociationalism: Charting the Links between
Political and Social Unity in Divided Societies”, with Michael
Morden, Power-Sharing: Empirical and Normative Critiques
workshop, University of Toronto, 18-19 November 2011
2011
“Linking Multinational State and Civil Society: Theoretical Issues and
Evidence from Canada”, International Conference: The Ways of
Federalism and the Horizons of Spanish State of Autonomies, Bilbao,
Spain, 19-21 October 2011
2011
“Multinational Studies and the Problem of Unity: Bringing the
Citizens In” avec Michael Morden, CPSA Annual Congress 2011,
Wilfrid Laurier University, 16-8 May 2011
2011
“Language and Civil Society: The Dynamic of Trust and Distrust in
the Accommodation of Language in Voluntary Associations in
Canada” with Richard Simeon, La Dynamique confiance/méfiance
dans les démocraties plurinationales, Université du Québec à
Montréal, 5 November 2011
2011
“Les canadianismes ‘a priori’ et ‘a posteriori’: repenser la «
conversation canadienne » et son ordre symbolique”, Congrès de la
recherche étudiante en science politique 2010, Université du Québec à
Montréal, 6-7 May 2010
2010
“Quebec Identity and Politics of Integration in Quebec” (in French)
avec Philippe Cousineau-Morin, Journée de la Recherche émergente,
organisée par le GRSP, Université du Québec à Montréal, 27 February
2009
2009
“Quebec Identity and National Projects: Integration Policies under the
Scope of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission” (in French) avec Philippe
Cousineau-Morin, Université de l’Alberta, Les nationalismes au
Canada: État des lieux, Edmonton, 21 November 2008.
2008
“Quebec Identity: Between Majority and Minority” (In French) avec
Philippe Cousineau-Morin, Congrès annuel de la Société québécoise
de science politique, Montréal, 9 mai 2008 and 76e Congrès de
l’ACFAS, Québec, 8 May 2008.
2008
SERVICE
Studia Islamika – Jakarta, Indonesia
Language editor
since 2013
LANGUAGE
French (native)
English (fluent)
Bahasa Indonesia (excellent)