ARIFF HAFIZI RADZI
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
E-mail: ariff.hafizi@hu-berlin.de
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Schönhauser Allee 10-11
10119 Berlin
The socio-cultural dimension of China’s growing presence in Malaysia
Research Interests
- Southeast Asia-China Relations
- Southeast Asia-Middle East Relations
- Anthropology and Sociology of Religion and Spirituality
- Global Asia, Inter-Asian Connections, and Transnational Religious and Cultural Circulations
Project Description
Ariff Hafizi Radzi investigates the socio-cultural dimension of China’s growing presence in Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia, within the context of the New Silk Road Initiative. His research examines local cultural encounters and the ways ideas of “Chinese modernity” intersect with existing socio-political realities, networks, values, and beliefs. Focusing on Malaysia, including Borneo, the project explores how China’s increasing visibility is expressed through higher education, cultural exchanges, and religious connections.
Vita
Ariff Hafizi Radzi is a Research Associate with the De:link//Re:link research consortium. He is completing his PhD in Southeast Asian Studies at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, and is a doctoral fellow at the Berlin Graduate School of Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität Berlin. His doctoral research examines Muslim internationalism during the long global sixties (1960s–1980s), tracing transregional connections, networks, and political encounters between Southeast Asia and the Middle East. His research interests include Global Asia, particularly transregional relations between Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and China; epistemic decolonisation; and cultural heritage.
He holds master’s degrees in Manuscript Cultures from Universität Hamburg, Germany and Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Malaya, Malaysia as well as a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.