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DR. MALA A/P RAJO @ SATHIAN

Department of South East Asian Studies

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

malarajoum.edu.my
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Mala Rajo Sathian is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies and the founding coordinator of the Thai studies programme, both at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. She previously held visiting research affiliations at Prince of Songkla University, Pattani campus, Thailand, and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, US. Her areas of research include Thailand, south Thailand and north Malaysia, relating to ethnicity and marginalisation, diasporas, conflict, governance and histories of nation building. Her publications include: Siamese in Malaysia: Beyond sixty years of heritage (2018) and various articles and chapters on ethnic minorities, identity, conflict and methodology in area studies.  She hopes to advance a message of peace and tolerance towards minority communities living in multicultural Southeast Asia through her research and writing.


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The Role Of Malaysia And The Patani Diaspora In Peacebuilding In Thailand's Southern Conflict
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Activism, Technology And Politics
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Siamese Heritage In Malaysia : 60 Years And Beyond
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2025

Interrogating Ideologies in Thai Language Textbooks: Phasaphathi and the Protest for Reform

2024

REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ELDERLY IN MALAYSIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL NATIONAL LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS

2024

Gender Biases Represented in Malaysian and Thai National Language Textbooks for Primary Schools

2024

Mitigating pedagogical challenges through culture-based approach: Javanese language learning in rural Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2018

Siamese in Malaysia:Beyond Sixty Years of Heritage

2023

India-Malaysia Relations: Strategic Engagement in the Context of the Act East Policy

2021

Writing the 'Local', Provincial and Public into Area Narratives

2021

Women, Peace and Security in Southern Border Provinces of Thailand

2020

Contested Identity, Negotiated Rights: The Muslim Minority of South Thailand.