Shamsul A.B.

Shamsul A.B. is one of the five Distinguished Professors in Malaysia appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education in 2010. He is Founding Director of the National Institute of Ethnic Studies at the National University of Malaysia (UKM) and a frequent commentator on current affairs on Malaysia and Southeast Asia at local and overseas media outlets. In 2008, he was awarded the prestigious Academic Prize, Fukuoka Cultural Award, Japan, for successfully promoting Southeast Asian Studies globally. In 2019, he was awarded the UNESCO Chair (Communications and Social Cohesion) located at UKM. In 2020-2022, he was Unity Adviser, Ministry of National Unity, Government of Malaysia. See more on his work at: http://ukm.academia.edu/ShamsulAB.