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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Professor B. A. HUSSAINMIYA, Ph.D. Contact: Email; [email protected] Phone/Whatsapp: +94766387116 1. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA Titles Dr. Haji. Professor Date & Place of Birth 11 December 1946, Colombo, Sri Lanka Religion Islam Natiuonality Sri Lanka (Malay) Civil Status Married Address in Sri Lanka: 33, 1st Cross road, Dalugama Kelaniya, 11630 Sri Lanka . Current Engagement Visiting Professor Dept. of History Southeastern University of Sri Lanka Oluvil Sri Lanka Email: [email protected] And Research Fellow Sri Lanka Institute of Ethnic Studies 2, Kynsey Lane, Colombo 7 Sri Lanka Last Overseas Employment (1988-2016) Assoc. Professor Historical and International Studies Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Tungku Links, BE 1410. Brunei Darussalam 1 2 Citation Index for B. A. Hussainmiya Google Scholar Citation Index 10, Citations 392-- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=enppoGIAAAAJ, Accessed on 22 July 2019 2. EDUCATION Ph. D. History University of Peradeniya, January 1981-September 1984. {M. A. Transferred to Ph. D. Programme)}1975 Indonesian and Malay Studies, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia. March 1974 –June 1978}. B. Ed. (Hons), Second Class (Upper) Division University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, October 1964 to July 1968. B. A. (Hons), History, Second Class (Upper) Division University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. March 1970- July 72. University Entrance Examination and Higher School Certificate, 1963 , 1st Division Pass Maradana Central College, Colombo, Sri Lanka January 1956- April 1963. Denham English School, Colombo, Sri Lanka January 1951- December 1955. 3. Employment History July 2017 – Visiting Professor, Southeastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil July 2003 to 2016 Associate Professor of History, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Sept. 1993 –July 2003 Senior Lecturer in History, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei. August 1988 to August 1993 Lecturer in History,Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei. 2 3 August 1971 to August 1988 Lecturer in History, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. January 1972 to June 1973 Visiting Lecturer in Applied Sociology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. August 1969- July 1971 Assistant Lecturer in History, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. September 1968 to June 1969 Tutor in Education, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. August 1988- to March 2016 Associate Professor, Historical Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 4. ADMINSTRATIVE DUTIES 1. Member of the Main Library Committee, 1992-95 2. Computer Consultative Committee, 1994-97 3. FASS Research and Consultative Committee, 2001-2005 4. FASS Ad Hoc Committee on 10 Year Plan,.2000 5. FASS representative at the Faculty of Education, 2002-2004 6. Managing editor, ‘Sumbangshih UBD’ 1992 7. Member and Co-Editor of the ‘Ungkayah’ Publications committee, 1997-2005 8. Member of the UBD ten year anniversary Publications Committee, 2000 9. Member of the FASS Committee on Learning Improvement, 1999- 2001 10. Consultative committee on policy on Malay Manuscripts, 1992- 11. Member of the organizing committee of several workshops and conferences in the university, especially sponsored by the Department of History, 1993- 12. Liaise between UBD and the University of Auckland to produce an MOU. 1997 13. 2000-2006 14. Co-ordinator, Introduction to Brunei Darussalam, Course for Foreign Students at UBD. 15. Faculty Research and Consultative Committee, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 2004- 16. Member of the Faculty Post-Graduate and Research Committee, 2007- 17. Member of the The Library Manuscripts Acquisition Committee, 2009- 2010 18. Member of the Facukly Represntative, University Library Committee- 2011- 3 4 5.A ACDEMIC/SOCIAL/COMMUNITY SERVICE 1. Helping the Brunei Historical Centre in training its staff as well as in searching, identifying, and collecting of historical documentation on Brunei Darussalam available in the Archives of Public Record Office, Kew, UK, American National Archives, USA, and Australian National Archives and other relevant places. The last Trip was made in June/July 2003. In July/August 2005 I accompanied my HOD. Dr Hj Asbol Mail, and two History Center Officers to collect historica; records available in the Indian Archives of Gia, Chennai, and New Delhi. 2. Periodical lectures to the Visiting ASEAN Interpol Officers to Bandar Seri Begawan, 1992 3. Advisor to the Chancellery of Universiti Brunei Darussalam on the collection and purchase of Malay/Islamic manuscripts and relevant Brunei material for preservation in the Library's Brunei Collections. 4. Offered courses in History to young cadets at Brunei Military Training College at Berakas, Brunei. 1995-98 5. Member of the Translation Committee for Brunei Annual Teachers’ Day 1997-2004. 6. Consultant for various national agencies in assessing and purchasing Brunei historical and Malay manuscripts including Pusat Sejarah, UBD and Yayasan Sultan haji Hassanal Bolkiah. 7. Researching History of the 50 years of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. Commissioned by the Brunei Ministry of Defense. 8. Since 1988 I was member of various organizing committees for conferences, and symposiums in History sponsored by Universiti Brunei Darussalam 9. Deliver periodical talks and seminars to History Teachers in Brunei, organized by the Curriculum Department of Brunei Ministry of Education. 10. Talks on the Brunei Constitution to Visiting Singapore Civil Servants to Brunei, 2006. 11. Periodical speech writer to the Ministry of Education. 12. Member of the Curriculum Committee for producing History books for the primary and secondary schools in Brunei. 13. Regular Participant in panel discussions in Brunei television and radio on matters of public and community interest. 14. Popularization of History through regular contributions of articles on History to Borneo Bulletin, Brunei’s only newspaper. (later turned into published monographs) 5.B Archives and Museum Experience 4 5 a. Discovery of major and hitherto unknown Malay/Arabu-Tamil/ and Arabic Manuscripts in Sri Lanka from 1975 onwards b. Officer in charge and adviser on Malay/Indonesian Manuscripts to the Indonesian and Malay Studies Department at Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 1975- 1978 c. Attendance and an organizer at major conferences and workshops on Malay/Islamic manuscripts in various forums in the world including, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Penang, Landon, Hull , Colombo etc; d. Adviser and consultant to Malay/Islamic Manuscripts collection in the Institute of Malay Language, Literature and Culture at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1985-1987. e. Member of the Committee on manuscripts classification and cataloguing in the main library of the University of Brunei Darussalam and the State history Centre at Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, 1990-2015 f. Advisor to Sri Lanka National Archives on Malay/Islamic / Manuscripts, 1980- g. Publisher of several articles on the discovery and preservation of Malay Manuscripts in Sri Lanka 6 Fellowship And Awards University Monash (University) Graduate Scholar, 1974-78. Senior Research Fellow, (IBKKM) Institute of Malay Language, Literature and Culture, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, August 1985 to March 1987. Visiting Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan, August 1997 to November 1997. Visiting Fellow, Northern Illinois University, June-July 2004 Visiting Scholar, New Zealand Asia Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand, June 2005 Reserch Fellow, Sri Lanka Institute of Ethnic Studies, 2016-- Pre-University 5th Std.Government scholar (Selection based on an all Island Competitive Examination, October 1955. 1st Division Pass, High School Certificate, August 1963. University Entrance Examination, Exhibition Prize,October 1963. Placed 1st in the Honours list of B.Ed. Final Examination, University of Ceylon (Peradeniya Campus) 1968. ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP 5 6 Asian Studies Association of America. Royal Asiatic Society of (Ceylon) Sri Lanka Branch. Royal Asiatic Society of Malaysian Branch. Brunei Historical Society. 7. CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS AND INTERESTS: History of Brunei; History of South and South-East Asia; Southeast Asian Politics and International Relations, Malay Manuscripts Studies; Classical Malay Literature; Malay Diaspora; Comparative Education-South and Southeast Asia. ONGOING RESEARCH The Sri Lankan Malay Ethnicity Diaspora Malay Communities and their literature Classical Malay Literature Studies Editing and publishing od selected Malay Mss from Sri Lanka Brunei’s Claim to Limbang Brunei in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia International Relations ASEAN Studies Editing Brunei State Council Minutes, 1907-1951. Various topics relating to Modern Brunei History. Comparative Study of Malay Ethnicity in Sri Lanka and Brunei Darussalam 8. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND GRANTS IBKKM, UKM sponsorship to deepen research on Classical Malay Literature with emphasis on Sri Lanka’s Contributioin to the Malay manuscripts tradition of the 19th century. 1985-1987 Since 1992 until about 2004 my researches on Brunei History have been funded largely by the Ministry of Education and Brunei’s History Centre which resulted in the wrting and publication of five books and several research papers on modern Brunei History. In 1997, UBD Research grant was provided for research and completion of a book of R. H. HIckling’s Memorandum which was duly completed with the collaboration of Professor Emeritus Nicholas Tarling in 2012. 9. Teaching Areas/Interests Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 1988 to Present. 6 7 State & Government