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Professor Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf, currently the Deputy Rector of Internationalisation and Global Network at IIUM, has over 31 years of teaching experience. She is also a bilingual creative writer whose short stories and poems are studied both in Malaysia and abroad.
Her research and publication include those on women's writing, prison writing, Islamisation of Knowledge, English Renaissance Literature and post-colonial studies.
Some of her books include Imagined communities revisited: critical essays on Asia-Pacific literatures and cultures (co-edited, 2009), Writing a nation: essays in Malaysian literature (co-edited, 2011), Tirai Besi: Anthologi cerpen dari penjara (2016), Islamisation of English Literary Studies in the Age of Islamophobia and Westernophobia (co-edited, 2016), Bridge: Emerging writers from Malaysia and Pakistan (co-edited, 2019) and Travel Poetry (2019). A historical novel entitled Wanita Rawa Terakhir has been published (2022).
Prof Faridah won Gold award for leadership by Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences in 2020.She is also actively involved in community services working with urban poor and underprivileged communities and have been organising forums on Islam and women, Black Lives Matter, Islam and environmentalism and in the pipeline, topics on Islamic legal framework to protect women's rights and issues on domestic violence and sexual harassment.
| > | Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Philosophy ~ Islamisation of Knowledge - Islamisation of English Language and Literature |
| > | Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Arts and Culture ~ Culture, Gender and Sexuality |
| > | Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Linguistics and Literature ~ Asian Languages and Literature (Including ASEAN Languages) - Malaysian &Singapore Literature |
| > | Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Linguistics and Literature ~ Applied Linguistics - 16th century English Literature,Women's Writing,World Literature |
| > | Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Arts and Culture ~ Post and Colonial and Global Culture Studies |
| > | BRITISH LITERATURE UP TO THE 19TH CENTURY | 2014/2015 |
| > | COMPARATIVE/WORLD LITERATURE | 2003/2004 |
| > | CREATIVE WRITING | 2017/2018 2021/2022 2020/2021 2016/2017 2018/2019 |
| > | ENGLISH LITERATURE III | 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002 1998/1999 |
| > | ENGLISH RENAISSANCE LITERATURE | 2008/2009 2004/2005 2005/2006 2003/2004 2006/2007 2007/2008 2010/2011 … |
| > | FINAL YEAR PROJECT I | 2020/2021 |
| > | FINAL YEAR PROJECT II | 2020/2021 |
| > | ISLAMISATION OF ENGLISH STUDIES | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| > | ISLAMIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE | 2011/2012 |
| > | ISSUES IN WORLD LITERATURE | 2017/2018 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
| > | LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 1999/2000 |
| > | LITERARY GENRES I : POETRY | 1997/1998 |
| > | LITERARY GENRES II : INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA | 2000/2001 1998/1999 |
| > | MALAYSIAN & SINGAPOREAN LITERATURE | 2015/2016 2005/2006 2001/2002 2017/2018 2007/2008 2006/2007 2003/2004 … |
| > | RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (LITERARY STUDIES) | 2013/2014 2014/2015 |
| > | RESEARCH PAPER 2 | 2018/2019 |
| > | RESEARCH PAPER II (LITERARY STUDIES) | 2017/2018 |
| > | RESTORATION & 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH | 2001/2002 |
| > | STUDIES ON ISLAMIZATION IN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE | 2009/2010 2015/2016 2013/2014 2012/2013 |
| > | STUDIES ON ISLAMIZATION IN LANGUAGE&LITERATUR | 2011/2012 2010/2011 2007/2008 2009/2010 2001/2002 2008/2009 |
| > | THEORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM | 2017/2018 |
| > | WOMEN IN ASIAN LITERATURE | 2010/2011 |
| > | WOMEN'S WRITING AROUND THE WORLD | 2000/2001 |
| > | WORLD LIT.III:WOMEN'S WRITING AROUND THE WORL | 2008/2009 2004/2005 2006/2007 2005/2006 2009/2010 2003/2004 2010/2011 2007/2008 |
| > | WORLD LITERATURE | 2003/2004 2015/2016 |
| > | WORLD LITERATURE II | 2004/2005 |
| > | WORLD LITERATURE II : WOMEN'S WRITING AROUND THE WORLD | 2018/2019 |
| > | WORLD LITERATURE II:MAJOR AUTHORS & WORKS | 1998/1999 |
| > | WORLD LITERATURE III: WOMEN'S WRITING AROUND THE WORL | 2013/2014 2016/2017 2012/2013 2017/2018 2011/2012 |
| > | WORLD LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | 2007/2008 1999/2000 2005/2006 2001/2002 2000/2001 2003/2004 1998/1999 |
| > | Year | Subject Matter |
|---|---|---|
| > | 2016-Present | Reinterpreting Malaysian History Through Historical Analysis Of Early Rawa Settlers In Malay Peninsula In The 19th Century |
| > | 2021-Present | Impact Study in LMS Education Perak District. |
| > | 2021-Present | Online Poetry Writing Programme For The Development Of Literacy And Creativity In Underpriviliged Children and Orphans |
| > | - | Women for Progress Research Unit (WPRU) |
| > | 2010 - Present | Malaysian Literature & Culture Research Unit (MLCRU) |
| > | 2018 - 2018 | Islamicisation of Knowledge and English Literary Studies in the Age of Islamophobia and Westernophobia |
| > | 2016 - 2017 | A Critical Analysis of Bloom's Taxonomy in Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking Skills in English Literature Classes in Selangor |
| > | 2014 - 2017 | Muslim Diaspora in the West: A Postcolonial Study of Selected Post - 9/11 Literary Works |
| > | 2014 - 2015 | A Preliminary Survey on Employees' Expectation of IIUM Bachelor of Human Sciences (English Language & Literature) / BENL Graduates |
| > | 2014 - 2016 | Development of Faith-Based Creative Writing Module for Female Inmates |
| > | 2011 - 2012 | Imagined Communities Revisited: Asia Pacific Literature And Cultures (KVC Project 2011) |
| > | 2011 - 2015 | Farid ud- Din Attar's Conference of the Birds, Digitalised in English: A Multicultural Lesson for the Asia-Pacific Rim (RU 2011) |
| > | 2010 - 2012 | The Politics of Boarding: Promotion of Selected Muslim Writers in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei |
| > | 2009 - 2010 | In the Absence of a Mystic Voice "Contemporary Muslim Writers Problematising the Ummah" |
| > | 2008 - 2010 | In defense of national literature: The Malaysian, Thai and Filipino experiences |
| > | 2006 - 2008 | Gender, Ethnicity and Nationalism in Malaysian Post-colonial Literature |
| > | 2005 - 2008 | The Changing Structure of Urban Families in Post Independent Malaysia |
| > | Date | Award/Recognition | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| > | 18-May-18 | Outstanding Performance 2017/18 - KIRKHS | KCDIO |
| > | 18-May-18 | Outstanding Performance - KIRKHS | KCDIO |
| > | 16-Oct-12 | IRIE Silver Medalist for Research - IRIE | University |
| > | 19-Aug-05 | Best Teacher Award for English Language and Literatre Dept for 2004/5 - Kulliyyah of IRKHS | University |
| > | 30-Nov-00 | Consolation Writing Prize - Public Bank-Utusan Malaysia | National |
| > | 28-Nov-97 | Literary Writing Award - Public Bank-Utusan Malaysia | National |
| > | 30-Nov-95 | Consolation Writing Prize - Public Bank-Utusan Malaysia | National |