Department of Malay Studies – NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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What is Malay Studies?

The Department of Malay Studies at the National University of Singapore produces undergraduate and graduate students of high quality with broad knowledge of the developments and problems in the Malay world of Southeast Asia and beyond. The department also actively engages in research on a wide range of issues concerning the Malay world from a multi-disciplinary perspective, promotes exchanges with centres of Malay studies worldwide, and encourages the development of new and alternative approaches to the understanding of Malay history, economy, politics, society and culture.

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News and Recent Posts

July 2, 2025

Writer Na Tien Piet, a Peranakan Chinese, skilled in verse

By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies).

June 30, 2025

NUS students’ production ‘Memori’ explores grief and loss of loved ones; nearly all tickets sold

A review of “MEMORI”, a performance staged by the NUS Malay Language Society (PBMUKS, Persatuan Bahasa Melayu University Kebangsaan Singapore) on 20 and 21 June 2025, by Mediacorp producer Syazwani Sanep (alumna, NUS Malay Studies ’22).

June 16, 2025

Hari Raya Haji, a pinnacle of spiritual and humanitarian struggle

Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee, NUS Malay Studies.

May 13, 2025

The Cultural Mosaic of the Archipelagic World: Malay World Ideas and Practices

April 28, 2025

#Minimosque: Cov-Eid as Image, Event, and Archive

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of mosques in Singapore, preventing Muslims from gathering for communal prayers and rituals. Projects such as “Living with COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Personal and Visual Experiences of Crisis, Control, and Community”, the NUS Asia Research Institute’s crowdsourced visual archive on pandemic life in Southeast Asia attempted to organise the …

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