Over a period of 17 weeks during a semester, you’ll be attending classes taught by our team of lecturers. While many of our lecturers often have a hectic schedule of teaching, research and meetings, it is important to remember that our doors are open for conversation and discussions if you make an appointment. To do so, simply send us an email.
Getting to know and meeting lecturers is important for numerous reasons. Here are some:
| MUSIC DEPARTMENT | | | --- | --- | | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. LOO FUNG YING PhD (University of Sheffield); Master of Music (University of Wales); Bachelor of Music (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
Ethnomusicology; Piano Performance | [email protected] | | DR. POON CHIEW HWA (Postgraduate Program Coordinator) DMA (University of Arizona); Master of Music (Missouri State University); Bachelor of Performing Arts (Music) (Universiti Malaya)
****Piano Performance, Piano Pedagogy, Keyboard Literature, Music and Movement **** | [email protected] | | DR. BEH WEN FEN PhD (Universiti Malaya); Master of Performing Arts (Music) (Universiti Malaya)
Musicology, Interdisciplinary Research (Music & Education, Music & Psychology, Music and Medicine) | [email protected] | | DR. LEE FENG-HSU DMA (The Hartt School); Master of Music (Eastman School of Music); Master of Fine Art (National Taiwan Normal University); BL, Music (Soochow University)
Music Composition; Music Theory, Contemporary Music History, Orchestration, Piano Performance | [email protected] | | DR. MARZELAN SALLEH PhD (Music), University Of Bristol; MA (Arts), University of Salford, UK
Music Composition, Orchestration, Post Tonal Music, Popular Music, Saxophone, Woodwinds | [email protected] | | DR. WONG KWAN YIE PhD (Universiti Malaya); Master of Performing Arts (Music) (Universiti Malaya); Bachelor of Performing Arts (Music) (Universiti Malaya)
Multicultural Music Education, Choral Music | [email protected] | | DR. WANG I-TA DMA, Music Arts (University of Minnesota); M.Mus (Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University), B.Mus (National Taiwan Normal University)
Piano Performance, Piano Literature, Piano Pedagogy, Keyboard Skills, Ensemble Arts | [email protected] | | DR. YI-LI CHANG PhD (Music), University of National Taiwan Normal, MA (Music), University of National Taiwan Normal
Violin, Viola da Gamba, String Ensemble, String Pedagogy | [email protected] | | DR. ADIL JOHAN PhD (King’s College London); Masters in Music (UNSW, Sydney); BFA with Honours (York University)
Music History, Music Performance, Anthropology of Music, Popular Music, Music Production | [email protected] | | DR. MOHD FAIRUZ BIN ZAMANI PhD (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris); Master of Performing Arts (Music)(Universiti Malaya); Bachelor of Music Composition (Universiti Teknologi MARA)
Music Performance (Malaysian contemporary composers, solo and collaborative piano works), Music Analysis (Music materials and structures), Musicology (Musico-literary, music storytelling) | [email protected] | | DR. HAIRUL HASNAN PhD (University of York); Master in Music Production (University of York); BA (Hons) Music Studies (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)
Music Production, Nonlinear Mixing, Audio Engineering, Studio Recording, Digital Audio Workstations | [email protected] |
| DRAMA DEPARTMENT | | | --- | --- | | DR. SHAHNAZ MOHD BALDEV SHAH (Postgraduate Coordinator) PhD in Theatre Studies (Warwick University, UK); Master of Performing Arta (Drama) (Universiti Malaya); Bachelor of Performing Art (Dance) (Universiti Malaya)
Drama/Theatre in Education, Management in the Performing Arts, Cross/Interdisciplinary Exchange | [email protected] | | DR. MARLENNY DEENERWAN PhD (Monash University, Australia); Master of Performing Arts (Drama) (Universiti Malaya); BA Hons (Universiti Malaya); Dip. Creative Writing (Akademi Seni Kebangsaan)
Asian and Malaysian Theatre (Modern & Traditional); Script Writing; Stage Acting and Directing; Theatre Production | [email protected] | | DR. ROSDEEN SUBOH PhD (Universiti Malaya); Master of Performing Arts (Drama) (Universiti Malaya); Bachelor of Performing Arts (Drama) (Universiti Malaya); Dip. (Teater) (ASWARA)
Traditional Performance in Southeast Asia; Acting & Directing (Traditional & Modern) **** | [email protected] | | DR. FARIDEH ALIZADEH PhD (Universiti Malaya); MA (IAUCTB) Iran
Eclecticism (Art &Science), Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Studies (Art &Science), Drama (Eclectic Theater, Neo-Traditionalism and Modern Performing Arts, Art Theory) | [email protected] | | DR. SYAFIQ FALIQ ALFAN PhD (Hiroshima University); Master of Performing Arts (Drama)(Universiti Malaya); Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Universiti Teknologi Petronas)
Motion Capture in Performing Arts; Mime Theatre; Traditional Malay Theatre, Main Puteri and Mak Yong; Noh Theatre, Theatre and Technology | [email protected] | | DR. RAJA FARAH RAJA HADAYADANIN PhD (Universiti Malaya); ****MA Comm (USM), BA Design & Digital Media (Limkokwing);, Dip. Creative Writing (ASK)
Video/TV Script Writing and Directing, Film Studies | [email protected] |
| DANCE DEPARTMENT | | | --- | --- | | DR. TAN CHAI CHEN (Postgraduate Coordinator) PhD (Universiti Malaya); MFA (Taipei), BSc. Information Systems, Technology & Management (UTM)
Choreography, Dance Pedagogy, Laban Movement Analysis, Dance Technique | [email protected] | | DR. PREMALATHA THIAGARAJAN PhD (UC Riverside); MA (UM); BSc Resource Economics (UPM)
****Dance Ethnology; Gender Studies; Indian Classical Dance **** | [email protected] | | DR. HA SANG WOO (Postgraduate Program Coordinator) PhD (Critical Dance Studies), UC Riverside, U.S.A., M.Ed (Physical/Dance Education) & BA (Dance), Ewha Woman's University, South Korea
Dance/Cultural Studies, Dance Anthropology, Dance Sociology, Dance Education | [email protected] | | DR. WONG JYH SHYONG PhD (Universiti Malaya); MFA (Taipei); BA Fine Arts (HKAPA, Hong Kong)
Choreography, Contemporary Dance Technique, Dance Composition & Improvisation, Repertory, Ballet | [email protected] | | DR. MOHAMMAD KHAIRI MOKTHAR PhD (Universiti Malaya); MFA (Korea); BA Dance (ASWARA)
Dance Technique (Contemporary/Modern), Dance Choreography, Malay Traditional Dance, Bharatanatyam | [email protected] |
| ART AND VISUAL CULTURE PROGRAM | | | --- | --- | | DR. WAHYUNI MASYIDAH BINT MD ISA (Postgraduate Coordinator) PhD, Universiti Sains Malaysia; MA Fine Arts (Universiti Sains Malaysia); Bachelor of Art and Design Industrial Design (Universiti Institut Teknologi MARA)
Visual Culture, Aesthetic, Malay Traditional Exercise Movement, Motion Capture Technology, Product Design & Ergonomics | [email protected] | | DR. ROSLINA ISMAIL PhD (Universiti Malaya), MA Fine Arts (UiTM), MEng. Sc. (UM), BSc (Hons) Chemistry
Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross-cultural Studies Humanities (Convergence Of Art And Science); Painting; Malaysian art; Practice-led research | [email protected] | | DR. WANG JIABAO PhD, National University of Singapore; MA (Cultural Studies), The University of Nottingham; BA, North China University of Technology
Cultural history of modern and contemporary China; Folk or minjian studies; Contemporary art; Cultural Studies; Museum Studies, Heritage Studies, Art fairs | [email protected] | | DR. DZUL AFIQ BIN ZAKARIA PhD, Universiti Malaya; Master of Arts and Design (Universiti Institut Teknologi MARA); BA Design (Curtin University, Australia)
Fine Arts Visual artist, Islamic and Malay Art, Art Philosophy, Graphics & Design thinking, Visual imaging & photography | [email protected] | | DR. SIMON SOON (Postgraduate Program Coordinator) PhD (University of Sydney); BA (Hons) (University of Melbourne)
19th and 20th Century Art in Southeast Asia; Discourses on Postcolonialism and the Cultural Left in Art; Social Art History; Art Historiography; Spatial-Visual Studies; Digital Humanities | [email protected] |
| RESEARCH FELLOW | | | --- | --- | | MR. KHALED RAMADAN MA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art; MArch, Heriot-Watt University
Filmmaking, curatorial studies, art theory, artistic research, media theory | [email protected] |
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