Farid Mohammadi is a Lecturer at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, specialising in 19th-century British literature, travel narratives, and environmental aesthetics. His research focuses primarily on British aesthetic traditions of the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly the Sublime, the Picturesque, Victorian material culture, and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. He completed his PhD at the University of Malaya with a dissertation on Tolkien’s literary landscapes. Since 2023, Farid has served as Deputy Editor for the English Department’s journal, SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English.Farid has published several papers on Tolkien, with manuscripts appearing in leading WoS-indexed journals including Oxford University Press’s British Journal of Aesthetics, Wiley’s Literature Compass, Routledge’s Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, The Explicator, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Johns Hopkins University Press’s Victorian Review, Routledge’s Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Edinburgh University Press’s Victoriographies, and the Oxford Literary Circle’s Journal of Inklings Studies. He is currently working on two monographs: one on Tolkien’s literary landscapes and another on Tolkien’s engagement with philosophy.

2005- 2007 : PhD Degree in Islamic Philosophy, Faculty of Usul al-Din, Academy of Islamic Studies. University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia.2000 – 2003 : Master Degree in Usul al-Din with CGPA of 81% and a rating of very good. Faculty of Islamic Studies. Islamic University Baghdad, Iraq.1996-2000 : Bachelor Degree in Islamic Shari'ah with CGPA of 80.52% and a rating of very good, Faculty of Islamic Studies. Islamic University Baghdad, Iraq.WORKING EXPERIENCES • Assistant Lecturer (Part-timer) at Mu'ta University taught Islamic civilization (From 2003 to 2005).• Assistant lecturer (Part time) at University of Malaya (UM), teaching • Professor Assistance (Lecturer) in King Faisal University / KSA from 2008 till now 2018. • Professor Assistant in Islamic University of Minnesota‎‏.• Senior Lecturer in University of Malaya (UM) from 2019 till now.

Specialising in practice-related research methodology, Wong Jyh Shyong (JS) brings his artistic practice into academia as a practitioner-researcher. His research interests encompass dance performance, choreography, pedagogy in dance technique and composition, and the development of contemporary dance in Malaysia. He received his Doctor of Philosophy from Universiti Malaya (2023), a Master of Fine Arts from the Graduate Institute of Choreography, Taipei National University of the Arts (2013) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (2005). Previously, he was a dancer with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan from 2005 to 2009. In Malaysia's 9th and 11th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards, he received the Best Featured Performer award for his homecoming performance in 2011 and 2013.