Graduate Students
Masters
MYSARA BINTE MOHAMAD ALJARU
Year of Intake: 2018
Research Topic: “Regardless of Progress”: An Analysis of the “Problematic Singaporean Malay” in Contemporary Mainstream Media
Thesis Advisor: Prof Syed Farid Alatas
DIYANAH NASUHA BINTE OMAR BAHRI
Year of Intake: 2019
Research Topic: Re(art)iculating the South Seas: Exploring Art Worlds of Alam Melayu through the 20th-Century Experiences of "First-Generation Nanyang Artists"
Thesis Advisor: Dr Suriani Suratman
NUR SYAFIQAH BINTE MOHD TAUFEK
Year of Intake: 2021
Research Topic: Fatwa amid the Pandemic in Southeast Asia
Thesis Advisor: Assoc Prof Noor Aisha A. Rahman
FARIS BIN RIDZUAN
Year of Intake: 2022
Research Topic: Self-Help Social Services for the Malays of Singapore: The Malay Intelligentsia's Role and its Impact on the Community
Thesis Advisor: Assoc Prof Noor Aisha A. Rahman
MUHAMMAD ILYIA BIN KHAMSANI
Year of Intake: 2022
Research Topic: From Dissent to Consent: A Study of A. Samad Ismail's Intellectuality and Oeuvre
Thesis Advisor: Dr Azhar Ibrahim
SAKINAH ARIF LIM
Year of Intake: 2023
Research Topic: The Reasons for the Over-Representation of Malays in Rental Flats
Thesis Advisor: Assoc Prof Noor Aisha A. Rahman
PhD
SYED MUHAMMAD HAFIZ BIN SYED NASIR
Year of Intake: 2017
Research Topic: (Dis)locating the Malay Artist from Singapore: A Critical Inquiry on Group and Discursive Dynamics
Thesis Advisors: Dr Suriani Suratman & Dr Azhar Ibrahim
CHABIB DUTA HAPSORO
Year of Intake: 2020
Research Topic: Depoliticization in the Cultural Field during the New Order: Decenta and Indonesia-ness Identity
Thesis Advisors: Dr Azhar Ibrahim & Dr Suriani Suratman
WAHYUDI
Year of Intake: 2020
Research Topic: Mediatization of Islam: New Media, Religious Authority, and Contestation
Thesis Advisor: Assoc Prof Noor Aisha A. Rahman
LIAW PEY WEN
Year of Intake: 2021
Research Topic: Media Representation of the Monarch in Malaysia: Political Contest of the Johor Royalty after General Election of 2013
Thesis Advisor: Prof Syed Farid Alatas
ANNALIZA BINTE BAKRI
Year of Intake: 2022
Research Topic: Contested Narratives of Malay Women: A Study of Malay Writers from 19th-20th Century Published Literary Text
Thesis Advisors: Dr Azhar Ibrahim & Assoc Prof Noor Aisha A. Rahman
HAN JUN BEOM
Year of Intake: 2022
Research Topic: Unpacking the Myth of the "Super Divers": Different Narratives of the Bajau in Sabah
Thesis Advisor: Prof Syed Farid Alatas
LIAO BOWEN
Year of Intake: 2022
Research Topic: The Making of Malaysian Buddhism: Doing Religion in an Islamizing Nation, 1957-2020
Thesis Advisors: Dr Azhar Ibrahim & Assoc Prof Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied
NOORAINN BINTE AZIZ
Year of Intake: 2022
Research Topic: In-Group Perception of Malays
Thesis Advisor: Prof Syed Farid Alatas
MUHAMAD SYAFIQ BIN MARDI
Year of Intake: 2023
Research Topic: The Ottoman Relation with the States in the Straits of Malacca (19th - 20th Century)
Thesis Advisor: Prof Syed Farid Alatas
LIU YUXUAN
Year of Intake: 2024
Research Topic: Alam Melayu and Hua Xia: Diplomacy and Political Interactions in the Pre-Colonial Era
Thesis Advisor: Assoc Prof Sher Banu AL Khan
UMANG KOCHHAR
Year of Intake: 2024
Research Topic: Dutch India, the Subcontinent and Batavia – A complicated ménage à trois
Thesis Advisor: Assoc Prof Sher Banu AL Khan