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)
Teaching Responsibilities
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE | 2022/2023 2020/2021 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH NOVEL | 2017/2018 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 |
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH POETRY & CRITICAL PROSE | 2008/2009 |
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH POETRY AND CRITICAL PROSE | 2017/2018 2016/2017 2013/2014 2012/2013 |
20TH CENTURY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE | 2018/2019 2016/2017 2015/2016 2012/2013 2010/2011 |
20TH CENTURY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 2017/2018 2016/2017 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2009/2010 |
AMERICAN LITERATURE I | 1999/2000 |
BRITISH LITERATURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY | 2013/2014 2012/2013 2010/2011 2009/2010 |
BRITISH LITERATURE UP TO THE 19TH CENTURY | 2012/2013 2011/2012 2009/2010 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE II | 2007/2008 2006/2007 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY | 2017/2018 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE: BEOWULF TO JOHNSON | 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 |
ENGLISH LITERATURE: ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN | 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 |
FINAL YEAR PROJECT I | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
INTENSIVE EXPOSITORY WRITING | 1999/2000 |
LANGUAGE FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES | 2008/2009 2007/2008 2000/2001 1999/2000 |
LITERARY CRITICISM | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2008/2009 |
MALAYSIAN AND SINGAPOREAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | 2018/2019 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
RESEARCH PAPER 1 | 2022/2023 2020/2021 |
RESEARCH PAPER 1 (LITERARY STUDIES) | 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES, POLICIES AND PRACTICES | 2020/2021 |
THEORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM | 2015/2016 |
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 |