Curriculum Vitae

DR. ADIL BIN JOHAN

Senior Lecturer
  • Music Department
    Faculty of Creative Arts
  • adiljo
  • 0379325500

BIOGRAPHY

ADIL Johan is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Malaya (UM). His research on music and popular culture intersects with issues of interculturalism, cosmopolitanism, intimacy, affect and gender, focussing on the Malay world and Southeast Asia. He is author of Cosmopolitan Intimacies, a book on Independence-era Malay film music (NUS Press, 2018); was an invited special section editor for the Journal of Intercultural Studies (2019); published a study on Malaysian popular music and social cohesion in Kajian Malaysia (2019); and is co-editor of Made in Nusantara: Studies in popular music (Routledge, 2021). He is the current Chair for the Southeast Asian branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-SEA). As a performing and recording artist he sings and plays saxophone for AYOP, Nadir and the Adil Johan Quintet (AJQ). 

ADIL Johan merupakan seorang pensyarah kanan Fakulti Seni Kreatif Universiti Malaya (UM). Penyelidikan beliau mengenai muzik dan budaya popular mendalami isu silang budaya, kosmopolitanisme, keintiman, affect dan gender yang bertumpuan kepada alam Melayu dan Asia Tenggara. Beliau adalah pengarang Cosmopolitan Intimacies, sebuah buku mengenai muzik filem Melayu era Kemerdekaan (NUS Press, 2018); editor undangan bahagian khas untuk Journal of Intercultural Studies (2019); menerbitkan kajian tentang muzik popular Malaysia dan kesepaduan sosial dalam Kajian Malaysia (2019); dan merupakan penyunting bersama buku Made in Nusantara: Studies in popular music (Routledge, 2021). Sejak 2022, beliau memegang jawatan Pengerusi cawangan Asia Tenggara bagi International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-SEA). Sebagai artis rakaman beliau menyanyi dan bermain saksofon untuk AYOP, Nadir dan Adil Johan Quintet (AJQ).

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • MODERN MUSIC
    POPULAR MUSIC

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • IJAZAH MUDA, (Music / Education)
    University of New South Wales, Australia
  • PhD, (MUSIC RESEARCH)
    King's College London
  • M.ME, (Music / Education)
    University of New South Wales, Australia
  • Dip (Recording Arts Technology), (Teknologi Audio Visual)
    Toronto University, Canada
  • B.FA, (MUSIC PERFORMANCE)
    York University, Canada

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Deputy Executive Director (Academic & Student Affairs)
    01 Jul 2024 - present (Asia-Europe Institute (AEI), Asia-Europe Institute)
  • Taskforce Member
    17 Jun 2023 - 17 Jun 2024 (National)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • IASPM-SEA, CHAIRMAN
    2022 to 2024 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Johan, Adil (2023). Crossing Borders and Crossing the Line Nusantara mobilities of Search and the Malay rock phenomenon (1980s and 1990s), INDONESIA AND THE MALAY WORLD. 51(151), 257-278. doi:10.1080/13639811.2023.2257468
  2. Johan, Adil (2023). Sonic city: Making rock music and urban life in Singapore, JOURNAL OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES. 54(1), 165-167. doi:10.1017/S0022463423000206
Scopus
  1. Liu M., Ismail R., Johan A. (2024). Sartorial Strategies of Female Punks in Malaysia s Socio-Religious Landscape, Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture. . doi:10.1080/1362704X.2024.2401652
  2. Johan A. (2023). Crossing Borders and Crossing the Line: Nusantara mobilities of Search and the Malay rock phenomenon (1980s and 1990s), Indonesia and the Malay World. . doi:10.1080/13639811.2023.2257468
Others
  1. Adil, J. (2022). Transnational Mobilities, Intercultural Rhythms: The Journey of a Drummer in Malaysian Popular Music, 1980s and 1990s, JATI-Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 27(1), 127 151.
  2. Adil, J. (2020). Intercultural Intimacy: Malaysian Popular Music as an Expression of Social Cohesion (1970s and 1980s), Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics & Strategic Studies. 47(3): 191 213.
  3. Shazlin, A.H., Adil, J. (2020). Malaysian Music and Social Cohesion: Contemporary Responses to Popular Patriotic Songs from the 1950s 1990s. JATI-Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 25 (1): 191 209.
  4. Adil, J. (2019). Cosmopolitan Sounds and Intimate Narratives in P. Ramlee's Film Music. Journal of Intercultural Studies 40 (4): 474 90.
  5. Adil, J., Shazlin, A.H. (2019). Malaysian Popular Music and Social Cohesion: A Focus Group Study Conducted in Kuching, Kota Kinabalu and Klang Valley. Kajian Malaysia 37 (2): 173 195.
  6. Adil, J. (2017). Scoring Tradition, Making Nation: Zubir Said s Traditionalised Film Music for Dang Anom. Malaysian Journal of Music, 6(1), 50 72.
Chapter in Books
  1. Adil, J. (2023). Sustaining adaptability: the impact of Covid-19 on independent Klang Valley musicians. In V. Somiah & N.D.M Ariffin (Eds.), Revisiting Covid-19 in Malaysia: Plight and Perseverance. (pp. 243-267). University of Malaya Press: Kuala Lumpur.
  2. Azmyl, Y. Adil, J. (2023). "Somewhere they belong: Metal, ethnicity, and scenic solidarities in Malaysia's underground scenes (1990s to 2000s)". In Varas-Díaz, N., Wallach, J., Clinton, E., & Nevárez Araújo, D. (eds.), Defiant sounds: heavy metal music in the global south. Rowman & Littlefield: London. pp.259-280.

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Keintiman Silang Budaya Muzik Popular Malaysia 1970an dan 1980an, Ipoh Music Symposium, PORT Ipoh (National) (06 Oct 2023 - 08 Oct 2023)
  2. Malaysian Music: Confluence of Diversity, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Nusantara Music, Monash University Malaysia (National) (05 Sep 2023 - 05 Sep 2023)
  3. What's So Great About P. Ramlee? Demythifying National Narratives, P. Ramlee Research Symposium, Monash University Malaysia (National) (15 May 2023 - 15 May 2023)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES

Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2024) Ahli Jawatankuasa Petugas Royalti dan Hak Cipta Industri Muzik, National, (Expert Advisor)
  2. (2023) Fasilitator Sambilan Bagi Mesyuarat Semakan dan Penstrukturan Program Pengajian Fakulti Muzik Aswara, National, (Expert Advisor)

TEACHING

Bachelor
  1. (2023) RIA3002 - Computer Music Ii
  2. (2023) RIA2026 - Music Appreciation
  3. (2023) RIX2001 - Performing Arts Theory
  4. (2023) RIA2006 - World Music Culture
Others
  1. (2024) FAG1022 - Asas Praktis Muzik

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal / External Course
INTERNAL COURSE- ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. BENGKEL PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING DAN FLIPPED LEARNING, Universiti Malaya (11 Jul 2023 - 13 Jul 2023)
  2. EMERALD RESEARCH AND SUPERVISION 2023, Universiti Malaya (15 Aug 2023 - 17 Aug 2023)
  3. EMERALD TEACHING AND LEARNING 2023, Universiti Malaya (07 Aug 2023 - 11 Aug 2023)
RESEARCH
  1. INTER-ASIAN INTERSECTIONALITIES OF MALAYSIA POPULAR MUSIC, (21 Aug 2023 - 29 Sep 2023)