Events

SCHOLARLY & PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Polarization in Plural Southeast Asian Societies: The Case of Malaysia
Association of Southeast Asian Studies Annual Conference, September 8-10, 2022.

Prospects for Decolonial Indigenous Feminism in the Making of an Asian Common: Women’s Advocacy Groups in Malaysia
International Conference on Multiple Decolonialities and the Making of Asian Commons, Christ University, India and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, February 11-18, 2022.

Feminisms(s) and Mitigating Identity Politics in Malaysia
22nd Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia, Asia Institute, University of Tasmania, November 11-12, 2021.

Decolonising Feminism(s): Islamic Feminists and Islamist Women Activists in Malaysia
11th European Association for Southeast Asian Studies, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, September 7-10, 2021.

Constructing the ‘Liberal’ Muslim Other: Ethnic Politics, Competition, and Polarisation in Malaysia
26th IPSA World Congress of Political Science, July 10-15, 2021.

Islam and Social Change in Malaysia
10th European Association for Southeast Asian Studies, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany, 10-13 September, 2019.

Higher Education and Muslim Women Activism in Malaysia
International Conference on Gender and Politics convened by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ibn Zohr University, Ouarzazate, Morocco, October 24-26, 2017.

The State and Religion in Malaysia: Politics of Deviant Muslims
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 16-19, 2017.

The Secular Versus the Religious: Challenges to Religious Freedom and the Rise in Inter-Ethnic Tensions in Malaysia
Association of Southeast Asian Studies Annual Conference, SOAS University of London, September 16-19, 2016.

Multiculturalism and the Secular State: Assessing Religious Freedom in Singapore and Malaysia
Third Law and Religion Research Meeting & Oxford Journal of Law and Religion Colloquium: Religious Freedom, Discrimination and Equality, Uberlandia, Brazil. October 14-15, 2015.

CONVENER AND CHAIR OF CONFERENCE PANELS

Panel: Identity Politics in Southeast Asia
11th European Association for Southeast Asian Studies, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, September 7-10, 2021.

Panel: Sectarian Identity Formation and Intra-Group Muslim Rivalries in Southeast Asia
10th European Association for Southeast Asian Studies, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany, September 10-13, 2019.

Panel: The State and Religious Actors in South Asia and Southeast Asia: Differing Motivations and Implications
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 16- 19, 2017.

INVITED ACADEMIC TALKS

Women, Gender & Sexuality Faculty Panel
Boston University
Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
September 21, 2023

Trust Building, Social Learning, and Women’s Groups in Malaysia
Boston University
Center for the Study of Asia & Institute on Religion, Culture, and World Affairs
December 7, 2022

Faith and Feminism: Changing Roles of Women in American Judaism and Malaysian Islam (with Professor Karla Goldman)
University of Michigan
Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
November 15, 2022

Sectarianization in Southeast Asia
Lancaster University, UK
Richardson Institute
Sectarianism, Proxies & De-Sectarianisation (SEPAD)
July 28, 2021

Special Issue Launch: Sectarianization in Southeast Asia and Beyond
University of Michigan
Global Islamic Studies Center
May 27, 2021

INVITED PUBLIC TALKS

Constructing the ‘Liberal’ Muslim in Malaysia
Monsters Against Us (Civil Society Organization), Malaysia
August 6, 2021

MEDIA APPEARANCES

Analysis on Malaysia GE-15 Election Outcomes
MediaCorp 93.8 (Radio)
November 25, 2022

Analysis on Malaysia GE-14 Election Outcomes
Channel News Asia (Television)
May 10, 2018

Analysis on Pre-Election Political Configurations in Malaysia
Channel News Asia (Television)
April 28, 2018

Analysis on Malaysia-Saudi Arabia Relations
BFM 89.9 (Radio)
March 6, 2017

SELECTED EXPERT COMMENTS TO MEDIA