[1-Day Short Course] The Cultural World of Nusantara
About the course
This course delineates the major cultural worlds of Nusantara (Malay-Indonesian World) focussing on three aspects. Namely (1) the historical evolution and major development of the Nusantara cultural actors, such as its elites and intelligentsia; (2) The phases and layers, categorised as Indianisation, Islamisation, including how colonialism and modernity have made tremendous impact on cultural history of the Malay-Indonesian world ; (3) an appreciation of major cultural icons and events will be highlighted.
The course is not about an exhaustive encyclopaedic coverage of the people’s cultural world, but to delineate the importance of understanding the cultural agency, institutional, and global dynamics that shape a particular cultural region.
This kind of knowledge is useful for those in the teaching service, community management, cultural and curatorial professionals and activists. What this course could offer is the approach of reading cultural traditions and history in the light of sociological analysis, which avoid the simplification of cultural essentialism and reductionism.
Medium of Instruction: English
Who Should Attend
Teachers, civil servants, and officers in various ministries and agencies like museums, libraries and cultural centres, including social volunteers, journalists, cultural activists and the general public.
Course Fee
| Fees Description | Total Payable (incl. GST) |
| Full course fee | S$926.50 |
About the Instructor
Dr Azhar Ibrahim
Senior Lectuer
Department of Malay Studies
Dr Azhar Ibrahim ialah Pensyarah Kanan di Jabatan Pengajian Melayu, Universiti Nasional Singapura (NUS). Beliau mengajar kesusasteraan Melayu klasik, termasuk sastera Melayu moden dan Indonesia, serta wacana pembangunan. Antara buku beliau yang pernah terbit adalah: Memikir-ulang Tradisi untuk Pembaharuan (2018), Historical Imagination and Cultural Responses to Colonialism and Nationalism: A Critical Malay(sian) Perspective (2017), Menyanggah Belenggu Kerancuan Fikiran Masakini (2016), Utopia Masyarakat Lambak (2015), Cendekiawan Melayu Penyuluh Emansipasi (2014), Bahasa dan Tantangan Intelektualisme (2014) Contemporary Islamic Discourse in the Malay-Indonesia World ( 2014) dan Narrating Presence: Awakening from Cultural Amnesia. (2014).
Dr Azhar Ibrahim is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore (NUS). He teaches Malay-Indonesian literature and ideologies of development at the Department. His research interest includes sociology of literature, critical literacy, and the Malay-Indonesian intellectual development. Amongst his published works are: Emancipated Education (2020), Historical Imagination and Cultural Responses to Colonialism and Nationalism: A Critical Malay(sian) Perspective (2017), Contemporary Islamic Discourse in the Malay-Indonesia World (2014) and Narrating Presence: Awakening from Cultural Amnesia. (2014).