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Malay Manuscript Lecture - Speakers Bio

Speaker 1: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ozay

Topic: “A new era in Ottoman civilizational dimension: İbrahim Müteferrika collection”

Academic qualifications:

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology of Religion – Doctor of
Philosophy, Marmara University
Master of Sociology and Anthropology – Master’s Degree, Marmara University
Bachelor of English Teaching – Bachelor Degree, Marmara University

Expertise:
Malay History and Civilization; Malay-Ottoman Relationships, Aceh History, Political and Intellectual History of Malay World, Ottoman Political and Social Thought (16th -19th Centuries), Contemporary Asia-Pacific Region

Current Position: Lecturer ISTAC-IIUM

Speaker 2: Wan Jumanatun Nailiah binti Wan Muhd Syahrir

Topic: “A core segment of Malay manuscript collection in Khazanah Fathaniyah”

Academic qualifications:

PhD students, Centre of Islamic Manuscripts Studies, Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA)
Guest Fellow, Institute for Research of Products and Islamic Civilization, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)
Master of Library and Information Science, International Islamic University Malaysia – graduated October 2022
Title of dissertation: Users’ Perceived Viability Towards Jawi Imprints Digitization
Bachelor’s Degree in Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (major in Usuluddin and Comparative Religions, minor in Economics), International Islamic University Malaysia – graduated 2014

Expertise:
Digitization, collection development and documentation, printing and publication related, management of Malay Jawi old imprints and manuscripts, reference services.

Current Position: Entrepreneur & Collection Keeper KHAZANAH FATHANIYAH

Speaker 3: Dr. Suryadi

Topic: “Malay Manuscript Collections in Leiden University: Legacy and Research Opportunities”

Academic qualifications:

PhD in media culture studies, focusing on regional recording industry and local identity in West Sumatra, Graduate Grogram, Leiden University (2014)
Master of Arts (MA) in classical Malay literature, focusing on Minangkabau-Malay manuscripts, Graduate Programme, Leiden University (2002)
Bachelor of Arts, Department of Regional Language and Literature (Minangkabau), Faculty of Arts, Andalas University, Padang (1991) with thesis on Minangkabau oral tradition and literature

Expertise:
His academic interests focus on media culture, oral tradition, and cultural and historical narratives in classical and contemporary Malay and Indonesian writings.

Current position:
Lecturer in Indonesian studies at Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Humanities (Faculteit Der Geestesweten- schappen), Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Moderator: Prof. Ahmad Murad Merican

Academic qualifications:

PhD (History and Philosophy of Science) – Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Malaya (UM)
MA (Mass Communication) – Masters Degree, Minnesota
BA (Political Science) – Bachelor Degree, Minnesota
Dip in Mass Communication (Journalism) – Diploma, Institut Teknologi Mara

Expertise:
Professor Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican is professor of social and intellectual history, Centre for Malay-Islamic Civilizational Studies, International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, International Islamic University Malaysia (CMICS-ISTAC). He is a senior fellow at the Center for Southeast Asia Research and Hub (Search), De La Salle University, Manila, The Philippines. He was a visiting professor at Universitas Andalas in West Sumatera in 2006 at the Faculty of Social and Political Science, involved in establishing the media and journalism program. Professor Ahmad Murad was the first recipient of the Honorary President Resident Fellowship, Perdana Leadership Foundation 2009-2011. He has a PhD in the history and philosophy of science (University of Malaya), and baccalaureates in Political Science (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) and Journalism (Institut Teknologi MARA) respectively. He obtained a Master of Arts (Mass Communication) from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Minnesota. He has written more than 26 books on his subjects of interest. He was a Vice President of the Pacific Asia Communication Association (PACA) and a life member of the Malaysia Historical Society. His academic and research interests include journalism and media studies, epistemology, history of social science, intellectual history, colonialism, and Kedah-Penang history and heritage. He engages in public advocacy through essays, commentaries and columns in the op-ed pages as well as through visual art. He started his academic career in 1986. Some of his books include Media History: World Views and Communication Futures (2005), In Other Words: Ideas on Journalism, Social Science and Society (2017), Tanah Air: Passing Through the Malay Archipelago (2022), and Countering the Western Canon: Other Ways of Knowing Journalism and Media (2023). He is a columnist contributing for the daily the New Straits Times, the national opinion journal, Dewan Masyarakat, and the Jakarta Post.

Current position: Professor ISTAC-IIUM