Having completed my Bachelors and Masters degrees at the National University of Singapore, I went on to do my PhD in history at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. In late 2013, I was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at Columbia University, New York. From 2017-2018, I was appointed as Professor and Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia, Georgetown University, USA. My primary area of specialization is on the social and intellectual history of Islam in Southeast Asia. To date, I have published seven books touching on the themes of orientalism and colonialism, and more recently, on cosmopolitanism and reformism in Islam. I am currently working on a book that examines the long history of Sufism in Southeast Asia.
I welcome postgraduate students who are interested to work on any topics relating to the history of Islam in Southeast Asia, with a view of comparing the experiences of communities here with other groups in Asian and non-Asian societies.
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Publishers
Cornell University Press
Edinburgh University Press
Northern Illinois University Press
Amsterdam University Press
University of Chicago Press
Oxford University Press
Routledge
History of Ideas; Religious Cosmopolitanism; Social Movements
BOOKS
Reviewed in: Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 89, 1 (2016); Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, 17, 1 (2016), Choice, 53, 5 (2016) and Postcolonial Text, Vol 11, No 4 (2016).
“This new and very well-written history provides an incredibly useful resource for scholars working on Southeast Asia, and Malaysia in particular. The book examines the emergence of Malay left-wing or radical politics from the colonial period to independence, as well as its continuities and discontinuities. In writing this history, Aljunied (National Univ. of Singapore) reclaims what has often been overlooked or pushed aside in Malaysia’s history, i.e., a historical narrative outside of what the current United Malays National Organisation (UNMO) ruling elite have established over time.” - Professor Sarah Maxim, University of California, Berkeley, Choice, 53, 5 (2016).
Colonialism, Violence and Muslims in Southeast Asia: The Maria Hertogh Controversy and Its Aftermath (London: Routledge, 2009 [hardback] and 2010 [paperback]).
Reviewed in:
Aseasuk (Association of Southeast Asian Studies in the United Kingdom) Newsletter, 46 (2009);
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of Royal Asiatic Society (JMBRAS), 82, 2 (2009); Journal of Contemporary Islam, 1, 4 (2010); Journal of Islamic Studies (Oxford), 21, 3 (2010); Immigrants and Minorities, 26, 1 (2011); Asian Ethnicity, 12, 2 (2011); Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 43, 1 (2012)."...a timely contribution and represents a new approach to the Maria/Natra issue. Not only does the author's style convey the occasionally confusing and contingent nature of the case's ramifications, but the topics that interest him most reflect an engagement with contemporary scholarly theories.", Clive Kessler, American Historical Review, 166, 4 (2011).
EDITORIAL WORK ON BOOKS
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
“The Prison and the Anti-colonialist in British Malaya”, Journal of Historical Sociology, 25, 3 (2012), pp. 386-412.
“Micro-history and the Study of Minorities”, Social History, 35, 1 (2011), pp. 22-35.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
BOOK REVIEWS
SHORTER ARTICLES/COMMENTS IN JOURNAL
"On the Revival and Commitment to Malay Studies", Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 82, 2, 97 (2009), pp. 201-205.
1. EDUCATION
§ BA Hons (2nd Upper) and MA (National University of Singapore)
§ PhD (School of Oriental and African Studies)
2. WORK EXPERIENCE
§ General Education Officer, Ministry of Education (July 2003-July 2004)
§ Teaching Assistant, Department of Malay Studies (July 2004-April 2005)
§ Assistant Professor, Department of Malay Studies (April 2008-January 2013)
§ Associate Professor, Department of Malay Studies (January 2013-Present)
3. AWARDS, MEDALS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
§ Fulbright Visiting Scholar Grant, Columbia Univerisity, USA (2013)
4. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANCY WORK
§ Georgetown (Penang) Muslim Enclave Rejuvenation Project (2010- 2011)