About the event:
In conjunction with the ‘Oceans That Speak’ exhibition, the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia invites you to attend a talk on the historical mosques of maritime Southeast Asia, particularly those in port cities and other locations connected to various networks, are the products of multiple influences, marked by numerous additions and renovations over time. This talk also examines how these interactions are reflected, from abstract aspects such as spatial configurations and building types to more tangible details like carved motifs and immured plates. As well as exploring the evolution of ideas surrounding mosque spaces, forms, and ornamentation throughout history.
The Speaker:
Dr Imran Bin Tajudeen
Dr. Imran bin Tajudeen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Malay Studies and the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore. He teaches topics related to identity and representation through the arts, urban history, and built cultural heritage in maritime Southeast Asia. His research focuses on cultural encounters through architecture over time, with a particular interest in the vernacular city and its heritage tropes. His doctoral dissertation on this subject (NUS, 2009) won the ICAS Book Prize in 2011. Dr. Tajudeen is also the co-editor of Southeast Asia’s Modern Architecture (2018) and has held postdoctoral fellowships at MIT’s Aga Khan Program (2009–10) and the International Institute for Asian Studies in Leiden (2010–11). Additionally, he was a Mutawa Visiting Fellow at OXCIS (Oxford) in 2019-2020 and 2022. His published works include studies on Southeast Asia’s mosques in transregional and vernacular-Indic translations, and he is currently working on a monograph on this subject.
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