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Bibliographies of Speakers of NIE Professorships Summit 2025

Bibliographies compiled in conjunction with the NIE Professorships Summit.

Professor Arndt Graf: A Select Bibliography

This bibliography is compiled in conjunction with the inaugural Dr. Muhammad Ariff Ahmad Professorship and the NIE Professorships Summit 2025.
It is based on the NIE Library's collection. Access to licensed resources is only available to NIE staff and students. 


Professor Graf is Inaugural Chair of the Dr Muhammad Ariff Ahmad Professorship in Malay Studies at the National Institute of Education, Singapore, and Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at Goethe-University Frankfurt. He leads the Africa’s Asian Options (AFRASO) project and is a renowned expert in Malay and Indonesian languages, literature, and culture. His international work spans leading institutions and includes influential publications and awards recognising his global impact on Malay Studies.

Books

Graf, A. (2008). Bibliografi retorik Melayu beranotasi. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Graf, A., & Chua, B. H. (Eds.). (2009). Port cities in Asia and Europe. Routledge. 

Mohamad Rashidi Pakri & Graf, A. (Eds.). (2012). Fiction and faction in the Malay world. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Book Chapters

Graf, A. (2011). Humour among Indonesian Muslims: A neglected genre in Malay-Indonesian studies. In L. Sinha (Ed.), Rainbows of Malay literature and beyond: Festschrift in honour of Professor Md. Salleh Yaapar (pp. 201-212). Universiti Sains Malaysia Press.

Graf, A. (2013). Takkan Melayu hilang di dunia: Realiti dan harapan. In Ceramah Arif Budiman 10 (pp. 30-63). Kementerian Pendidikan Singapura, Pusat Bahasa Melayu. https://mlcs.moe.edu.sg/files/mlcs_cab_10_-_prof_arndt_21_sep_2013.pdf

Graf, A. (2014). Yang diulangi dan yang berbeza: Imej Sangeetha di internet. In S. H. C. Man (Ed.), Sangeetha dalam Kritikan (pp. 41-56). Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Graf, A. (2015). Malay linguistics and the challenge of Isi (Web of Science) . In Zulkifli Osman, Sanat Md. Nasir, Siti Saniah Abu Bakar, Adenan Ayob, Raja Nor Safinas Raja Harun, & Dahlia Janan (Eds.), Bahasa Melayu dalam konteks budaya (pp. 1-22). Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris.

Graf, A. (2025). Burung garuda dan burung serandit: A textual enquiry of avian culture in Brunei Darussalam. In K. G. Ooi & Kathrina Mohd Daud (Eds.), The literature of Brunei: History, culture, and challenges (pp. 83-95). Routledge. 

Conference Papers

Graf, A. (2022). Strategies for cultural transformation: Indonesian debates of the 1970s and 1980s revisited. In A. Graf, F. Al Fariz, M. R. K. Khasri, R. Hidayat, R. Sairah, & Z. Ahmad (Eds.), Proceeding of 9th International Conference on Nusantara Philosophy (ICNP). UGM Digital Press. https://digitalpress.ugm.ac.id/article/414

Journal Articles

Graf, A. (1995). Attitudes towards the rain forest in the literary works of Mochtar Lubis. Indonesia Circle, 23(65), 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/03062849508729832

Graf, A. (2002). Konzepte von Mensch, Person und Selbst in Java: Eine historische perspektive [Concepts of man, person, and self in Java: A historical perspective]. Asien, 82, 22-34. https://asien.asienforschung.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/05/ASIEN_82_Graf.pdf

Graf, A. (2003). Structural arithmetic metaphors in the editorials of Kompas. Indonesia and the Malay World, 31(90), 190-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/1363981032000165886

Graf, A. (2005). The traditional image of Indonesian Islam in German newspapers. Südostasien aktuell: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 24(4), 30-36. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-339171

Graf, A. (2010). Electronic Orientalism? The afterlife of Syed Hussein Alatas’ The Myth of the Lazy Native in electronic databases. New Media & Society, 12(5), 835-854. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444809342739

Graf, A. (2011). Beyond 2020: Indonesian and Malay in a new linguistic world order. Kemanusiaan: The Asian Journal for Humanities, 18(1), 77-100. http://web.usm.my/kajh/vol%2018.1.2011/KAJH%2018.1.2011%205.pdf

Graf, A. (2011). Rhetoric and politics at the international speech competitions in Malay language (PABM). Indonesia and the Malay World, 39(114), 295-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639811.2011.575625

Graf, A. (2015). A collection, a collector, a scholar: E. Ulrich Kratz and his library of Malay and Indonesian literature. Indonesia and the Malay World, 43(125), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639811.2015.1008258

Graf, A. (2019). Linguistic diversity in book and journal publications on Sarawak, 1810–2016. Borneo Research Journal, 13(1), 63-80. https://doi.org/10.22452/brj.vol13no1.4

Graf, A. (2021). New grounds for Malay: Intercultural implications of Malaysia’s emerging role as hub for international higher education and Industry 4.0. InContext, 1(1), 141-159. https://doi.org/10.54754/incontext.v1i1.7

Graf, A. (2021). Pengajian Malaysia dan penerimaan bahasa Melayu di peringkat antarabangsa dalam era “Wawasan Global”: Malaysian studies and the international acceptance of Malay in the era of “Global Horizons.” PENDETA - Journal of Malay Language, Education and Literature, 12(2), Feature Article, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.37134/pendeta.vol12.2.fa.1.2021