School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics & Department of Literature and Translation

Dr Mulaika Hijjas

Key information

Roles
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Reader in South East Asian Studies
Qualifications
BA (Harvard), MPhil (Oxford), PhD (London)
Subject
Literature and translation
Building
Russell Square: College Buildings
Office
454
Email address
mh86@soas.ac.uk
Telephone number
+44(0) 20 7898 4253

Biography

Dr Mulaika Hijjas is a reader in South East Asian Studies at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics.

Research interests

The Malay manuscript tradition; Islam in South East Asia; gender in the Malay world; modern literatures of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

  • Didactic literature for women in the Malay manuscript tradition
  • The Malay manuscript tradition
  • Islam in South East Asia
  • Gender in the Malay world
  • Modern literatures of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

PhD Supervision

Name Title
Raisa Kamila Space, Society, and Colonial Infrastructure in 19th- and 20th- Century Aceh

Publications

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