Asian Studies and History

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In this chapter, we present a study on the (re)presentations of women of various cultural origins within the scope of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century studio photography in the Malay world. The focus is on the patriarchal male gaze, typically the privileged observation of the white coloniser/photographer a…

In this introductory chapter, we present the context of the study in curating and interrogating a collection of colonial photographs to uncover how femininities in the Malay world are evinced through visual representations. It lays down the theoretical, conceptual and methodological basis towards understanding how pho…

This final chapter serves as a tribute to women whose femininities were shaped not through dress, fashion or demeanour but by the sheer burden of labour, exuding heaviness on their heads and shoulders. Photography, in all its multitudinous possibilities, enabled the recording of many everyday scenes of people toiling…

This study examines the historical evolution of the Zikri sect in Makran during the 15th century, tracing its roots to Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri’s Mahdavi movement. It explores how Mahdavi teachings, brought by preachers such as Mulla Usman bin Qasim Makrani, Sheikh Jalal Herati, and Qazi Nasiruddin, merged with local Ba…

22-24 Ekim 2025 tarihleri arasında Endonezya’nın Yogyakarta şehrindeki Universitas Sanata Dharma’da Pop, Power, Politics temasıyla düzenlenen Punk Scholars Network Indonesia 6th Annual Conference & Postgraduate Symposium ile ilgili izlenimlerimi, gözlemlerimi ve aldığım notları paylaştığım bu metin, kendin-yap ethosun…

This study examines how Muslim K-pop fans in Indonesia navigate their religious identity in the digital sphere through the YouTube channel LearningByFasting. Using Norman Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis approach and Gary R. Bunt’s Cyber-Islamic Environments framework, this study explores the relationship betw…

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Utku Balaban’s Industrial Islamism is a striking and ambitious intervention into debates on the political economy of Islamism, class formation, and authoritarianism in Turkey and the wider Muslim-m...

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This article examines the functions of religion in political governance within authoritarian regimes through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Situated in the broader context of comparative politics, the study aims to understand how religious discourses contribute to regime durability beyond symbolic legitimation…

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This article examines the scholarly interactions between the Indian Subcontinent and the Ḥaramayn during the eighteenth century through the musnid identity of one of the most prominent figures of the period Abū ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Quṭb al-Dīn Shāh Walī Allāh Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Wajīh al-Dīn al-Dihlawī al-Fārūqī (d. 11…