Staff Directory

Academic Qualification
- Ph.D in English & American Studies - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Manchester
- Master in Literature - Masters Degree, Arizona State University, Arizona
- Bachelor in English Language Literature - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
Aimillia Binti Mohd Ramli (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
Associate Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
ABDULHAMID ABUSULAYMAN KULLIYYAH OF ISLAMIC REVEALED KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN SCIENCES
aimillia@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Dr. Aimillia has academic qualifications from both sides of the Atlantic , namely the United States and the United Kingdom and, hence, has benefitted from two different systems of higher education. She has worked in IIUM for twenty years and coordinates the postgraduate English literary studies programme for her department. Her specialization includes British literature, in particular, Orientalism in British Literature. Her interests have also grown to include comparative literature, literary criticism and Malaysian Literature in English. She has produced articles for top-ranking journals such as Bronte Studies and Cultura: International Journal of Philosophy and Axiology as well as for the E-Journal for Perintis and Intellectual Discourse amongst others. She is currently co-editing a book on Islamicisation of English Literature.A member of Modern Languages Association (MLA) and Malaysian English Language Teacher Association as well as Australasian Victorian Studies Association (AVSA), she is also a member of the Editorial Board for Intellectual Discourse.
She has presented papers at the International Conference for Comparative Literature (ICLA) held at the University of Sorbonne, France as well as at a seminar at Keele University, United Kingdom. Her earlier research interest had led her to present at The Soutwest Symposium, held at the Arizona State University. These are in addition to papers presented all over Malaysia.
Dr. Aimillia Mohd Ramli is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences.
She has presented papers at the International Conference for Comparative Literature (ICLA) held at the University of Sorbonne, France as well as at a seminar at Keele University, United Kingdom. Her earlier research interest had led her to present at The Soutwest Symposium, held at the Arizona State University. These are in addition to papers presented all over Malaysia.
Dr. Aimillia Mohd Ramli is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences.
Professional Membership
- 2013 - 2016: Member of Profesional Body / Association, MLA (Modern Language Association)
- 2014 - 2020: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), MELTA (Malaysian English Language Teaching Association)
- 2014 - 2030: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (member), AVSA (Australasian Victorian Studies Association)
Research Projects
Completed
2021 - 2023 | ONLINE POETRY WRITING PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERACY AND CREATIVITY IN UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN AND ORPHANS |
2018 - 2018 | Islamicisation of Knowledge and English Literary Studies in the Age of Islamophobia and Westernophobia |
2016 - 2019 | Exploring Magical Realism in Children's Literature- Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990) and Luka and the Fire of Life (2011) by Salman Rushdie |
2013 - 2016 | A Study of Romanticism and Modernism in English Literature from an Islamic Perspective |
2012 - 2013 | From Decolonising to Islamicing The Study of English Literature: An Argument for A Comparative Paradigm |
2009 - 2011 | Multiculturalism in Malaysian Short Stories in English |
On-Going
2021 - Present | Translation of the book "Dzulkifli Abdul Razak dan Percambahan Konsep Pengajian Tingginya" |
2010 - Present | Malaysian Literature & Culture Research Unit (MLCRU) |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
Book
2017 | Representations of orientals in selected novels by Marmaduke Pickthall. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-418-766-8 |
2016 | Islamicisation of knowledge and English literary studies: in the age of Islamophobia and Westernophobhia. One Global Publications Sdn. Bhd. and The International Institute of Islamic Thought, ISBN: 978-967-14480-0-7 |
Book Section
2016 | Free-will as self assertion: a comparative study of selected poems by Muhammad Iqbal and Robert Browning. In: One Global Publications Sdn. Bhd. in collaboration with The International Institute of Islamic Thought, ISBN: 978-967-14480-0-7, pp. 92-111 |
2011 | "Narrating 1Malaysia": nationalism in Malaysian literature in English. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181468, pp. 73-82 |