SCHOLAR · RESEARCHER · EDUCATOR
Mohd Muzhafar Idrus, PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty of Major Language Studies
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
Literary Studies · Literature in English · Literary Discourses
An academic and researcher specializing in literary studies, literature in English, and literary discourses, with scholarly work spanning postcolonial literature, popular culture, cultural identity, psychogeography, and language-related inquiry.
About
Mohd Muzhafar Idrus is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Major Language Studies, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. His academic specialization is in literary studies, literature in English, and literary discourses. His work spans research, publication, teaching, supervision, consultancy, academic evaluation, and service to scholarly and professional communities.
His scholarship engages with postcolonial literature, cultural identity, popular culture, psychogeography, literary discourse, language, and the relationship between literature and social experience. His work examines Malay cultural identity, television fiction, diasporic identity, literature and place, gender, marginality, family narratives, and discourse.
Research Interests
- Literary Studies
- Literature in English
- Postcolonial Literature
- Literary Discourses
- Popular Culture
- Cultural Identity
- Psychogeography
- Language and Narrative
Selected Publications
Artistic Aisthesis: Malay-Muslim and Japanese philosophies in Malaysian dusun photovoice situated production
Mohd Muzhafar Idrus · 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies · Accepted, 2027 · Web of Science · Scopus
Narratives, emotions, and languages in universalized adaptations
Mohd Muzhafar Idrus · 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 32(2) · 2026 · Web of Science · Scopus
“Notice me, notice me”: Power, Precarity, and Diasporic Loneliness in Kamila Shamsie’s Best of Friends
Moussa Pourya Asl & Mohd Muzhafar Idrus · 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies · Accepted, 2026 · Web of Science · Scopus
Reimagining de-urbanised madrasa and self-place interaction through the lens of psychogeography
Mohd Muzhafar Idrus, Normazla Ahmad Mahir, Habibah Ismail & Norhaili Massari · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · 2025 · Q1 · AHCI · SSCI · Scopus
Selected Academic Activities
Royal Geographical Society–Institute of British Geographers Annual International Conference
London, United Kingdom · 2026
Revisioning the Madrasa amidst Viral Claims: Critical Discourses, Marginal Women, and Psychogeographical Empowerment
International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities
Bangkok, Thailand · 2026
Reimagining the Madrasa: Marginal Women’s Agency and Discourses of Psychogeographical Insights
Konferensi Nasional Lalonget V
Indonesia · 2024
Knowledge syncretism, ethopolitics, and spaces in 21st century
Academic Background
PhD
Postcolonial Literature in English
National University of Malaysia
MA
Foreign Languages (TESOL)
West Virginia University, USA
BA
English
National University of Malaysia
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