Moh Zaimil Alivin
Thesis title: Muslims in the Periphery: Intersectionality of Religion, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Middle Eastern Diasporic Novels

PhD Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Year of study: 2
- Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
- School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
- The University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Email: moh.alivin@ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
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50 George Square
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
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Qualifications
PhD, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Edinburgh: 2022-
MA, Literature, Universitas Indonesia: 2019-2021
BA, English Literature, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang: 2013-2017
Research summary
My research analyses the dynamic interrelation of identities often associated with gender and sexual minorities in Muslim societies. It is also to look at the complexity of the issues and to study their interconnectedness with each other as represented in contemporary Anglophone novels by diaspora writers with Muslim heritage in Middle Eastern contexts.
Current research interests
Transnational Literature; Middle Eastern Diasporic Novels; Gender and Sexuality in Muslim Societies; Anglophone Novels.Affiliated research centres
Participant
2021: The 3rd Annual International Conference of Language, Literature, and Media (AICoLLiM), Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang.
2021: International Conference on Linguistics and Literature (InCOLL), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Ampel Surabaya.
2017: International Students Forum: Issues on Humanities for Community Advancement, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.
Papers delivered
2021: Identity Negotiation in the Age of Global Migration in Exophonic Novels. NOBEL: Journal of Literature and Language Teaching, 12(2), 168-187.
2021: Contesting Ignorance and Remembrance: The Identity (Re)Construction of Turkish Characters in The Bastard of Istanbul. In The 3rd Annual International Conferences on Language, Literature, and Media (No. 1, pp. 212-228).