Syed Muhd KHAIRUDIN ALJUNIED

Khairudin Aljunied is a tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore. He specializes on the history of Southeast Asia, covering topics such as the Intellectual History, Religious Cosmopolitanism and Social Movements within and beyond the region. He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees at the National University of Singapore and completed his PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. In late 2013, he was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at Columbia University, New York. More recently in early 2015, he was a Visiting Professor at the Universiti of Brunei Darussalam (UBD). Dr Khairudin is currently working on two research projects. The first is a study of a renowned Southeast Asian scholar, Hamka, and his ideas on reforming Muslims in Southeast Asia. The second project explores Malay-Singaporean diaspora in Melbourne, London, Dubai and Toronto.

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