Ariff Hafizi Radzi
Southeast Asia and Beyond: Mapping Muslim Solidarities and Transregional Connections during the Long Sixties (1960s-1980s)
Southeast Asia and Beyond: Mapping Muslim Solidarities and Transregional Connections during the Long Sixties (1960s-1980s)
Ariff Hafizi Radzi is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, and a Doctoral Fellow at the Berlin Graduate School of Muslim Cultures and Societies. His doctoral research focuses on Muslim/Islamist internationalism during the global sixties (1960-1980s), exploring the transregional connections and networks among Islamic activists in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. His broader research interests include:
a) the cultural histories and contemporary politics of Southeast Asia and the Middle East,
b) epistemic decolonization and transregional Asian studies, and
c) heritage studies, with a focus on written artifacts and manuscript culture in the Muslim world.
Before moving to Berlin, Ariff earned two master’s degrees: one in Manuscript Cultures (with a focus on Islamic and Southeast Asian traditions) from Universität Hamburg, Germany, and another in Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He also holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
Ariff’s research takes a transdisciplinary approach, combining his training in law, contemporary Southeast Asian studies, history, and manuscript studies. He has conducted extensive archival and field research in various countries, including Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia, as well as at institutions like the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Leiden University Library in the Netherlands, and the British Library and National Archives in London.