Draft:Khairudin Aljunied

Khairudin Aljunied (PhD SOAS, London) is a tenured Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. . He is concurrently a Senior Fellow (formerly and Professor as well as Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia at the Alwaleed Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University). He has held visiting professorships at Columbia University, USA (Fulbright Program) in 2013, University of Brunei Darussalam in 2021-2022 and the University of Malaya in 2022-2023. In 2024, he is listed as one of the 500 influential Muslims in the world in 2024.

A recognized specialist in the field of intellectual history, Khairudin Aljunied’s research focuses on the connections between Southeast Asia and Global Islam. He is the author and editor of thirteen books and more than thirty internationally refereed articles. Recent publications include Muslim Cosmopolitanism: Southeast Asian Islam in Comparative Perspective (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), Hamka and Islam: Cosmopolitan Reform in the Malay World (Cornell University Press, 2018) , Islam in Malaysia: An Entwined History (Oxford University Press, 2019) , and Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022). His upcoming book is entitled Contemplating Sufism: Dialogue and Tradition Across Southeast Asia (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2024).

Education
Ph.D., 2008, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

M.A., 2004, National University of Singapore.

B.A. Honours (2nd Upper), 2001, National University of Singapore.

Employment
2013-: Associate Professor (with tenure till July 2042), National University of Singapore.

2022-2023: Professor of History, University of Malaya.

2021-2022: Professor of Islamic and Intellectual History of Southeast Asia, University of Brunei Darussalam.

2018-: Senior Fellow, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

2017-2018: Professor and Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

2013: Visiting Professor, Columbia University, USA.

2008-2013: Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore.

2004-2008: Full-time Teaching Assistant. National University of Singapore (on study leave from 2005-2008).

2003-2004: General Education Officer. Ministry of Education, Singapore.

Books (Single-Authored)
1. Contemplating Sufism: Dialogue and Tradition Across Southeast Asia (Oxford: Wiley-

Blackwell, 2024).

2. Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022).

3. Islam in Malaysia: An Entwined History (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019).

4. Hamka and Islam: Cosmopolitan Reform in Southeast Asia (Ithaca: Cornell University

Press, 2018).

Translated into Indonesian: Hamka dan Islam: Reformasi Kosmopolitan Di Dunia Melayu (Yogyakarta: Suara Muhammadiyah, 2019).

5. Muslim Cosmopolitanism: Southeast Asian Islam in Comparative Perspective (Edinburgh:

Edinburgh University Press, 2017).

Translated into Indonesian: Kosmopolitanime Islam: Islam Asia Tenggara Dalam Perspektif Komparatif (Yogyakarta: Suara Muhammadiyah, 2019).

6. Radicals: Resistance and Protest in Colonial Malaya (Dekalb: Northern Illinois University

Press, 2015).

7. Colonialism, Violence and Muslims in Southeast Asia: The Maria Hertogh Controversy

            and Its Aftermath (London: Routledge, 2009 [hardback] & 2010 [paperback]).

8. Muslims as Minorities: History and Social Realities of Muslims in Singapore (Bangi:

National University of Malaysia Press, 2009) [co-written with Kamaludeen Mohamed

Nasir].

9. Rethinking Raffles: A Study of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles’ Discourse on Religions

            amongst Malays (Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2005).

Books (edited)
1. Knowledge, Tradition, and Civilisation: Essays in Honour of Professor Osman Bakar

(Manchester: Beacon Press, 2022).

2. Routledge Handbook of Islam in Southeast Asia (London: Routledge, 2022).

3. Melayu: The Politics, Poetics and Paradoxes of Malayness (Singapore: Singapore

University Press, 2011). [Editor with Maznah Mohamed]

4. Singapore in Global History (ICAS Series) (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press,

2011). [Editor with Derek Heng]

5. Reframing Singapore: Memory, Identity and Trans-Regionalism (ICAS Series)

(Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2009). [Editor with Derek Heng].