DoctorNaimah Talib

Dr Naimah Talib holds a PhD in History, and has also worked for many years in Political Science. She is currently an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Political Science and International Relations Department, a member of the Bercovitch Data Centre on Conflict, Mediation and Peace-Building and an executive committee member of the New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA). Before coming to New Zealand, she worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. She has taught numerous courses on Islam and politics, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, mentoring both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Her research focuses on the politics of Islamization, the responses of governments to rising Islamic conservatism, ethnic relations and Muslim minority issues, Muslim insurgencies, conflict and peacebuilding.

Recent Publications
• Talib, N. Refashioning the Monarchy in Brunei: Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin and the Quest for Royal Absolutism. In R Aldrich and C McCreery, eds. Monarchies and Decolonisation in Asia, Manchester: Manchester University Press, in preparation.
• Talib, N. (2018) Making Peace in the Southern Philippines: Negotiated Settlements and the Search for a Durable Peace. In J. Ockey and C. Lutmar, eds., Peace Building in the Asia Pacific: 1-21. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Talib, N. (2018) ‘Bread and butter issues’ drive history-making change in Malaysia. Asia Media Centre, Asia New Zealand Foundation. https://www.asiamediacentre.org.nz/opinion/bread-and-butter-issues-behind-malaysia-vote-naimah-talib/
• Talib, N. (2016) The Politics of Sharia Law in Malaysia. Asia New Zealand Foundation. https://www.asiamediacentre.org.nz/opinion/the-politics-of-sharia-law-in-malaysia/
• Talib, N. (2015) Islamising Politics, Politicising Islam: The Introduction of Sharia Law in Brunei, New Zealand Asian Studies Conference, University of Canterbury, 29 Nov-1 Dec, 2015.