Sheena Baharudin
Assistant Professor in Literature and Creative Writing, Faculty of Arts
Contact
- workRoom EA70 Block E
Malaysia Campus
Jalan Broga
43500 Semenyih
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia - work+6 (03) 8725 3564
- Sheena.Baharudin@nottingham.edu.my
Biography
Sheena Baharudin is an Assistant Professor in Literature and Creative Writing at the School of Humanities, 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Malaysia. She is the author of two bilingual collections of poetry Rhymes for Mending Hearts and All the Bodies We've Embraced. Her work has garnered international recognition, with translations into Spanish and French, and features in numerous local and international anthologies.
As both a poet and performer with over 15 years worth of experience in the verbal arts, her poetry is deeply rooted in Southeast Asian oral traditions while embracing contemporary spoken word forms. She has delivered solo and ensemble performances at events such as Urbanscapes, Iskarnival Festival, Melaka Arts Festival, Georgetown Literary Festival, Singapore Lit Up Festival, Kuala Lumpur Youth Literary Arts Festival, Poetry Festival Singapore, and London's National Poetry Library.
Expertise Summary
Dr. Sheena holds a PhD in Malaysian Literature in English from the 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Malaysia and an MA in English Literary Studies from the International Islamic 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Malaysia. Her expertise encompasses contemporary storytelling, spoken word poetry, performance studies, postcolonial studies, and postcolonial perspectives on oral traditions in Southeast Asia.
Her research interests include Literature and Performance, New Media in Contemporary Poetry, Multilingualism in Poetry, Malaysian and Singaporean Literature in English, and Creative Writing Theory and Practice.
Teaching Summary
Dr Sheena Baharudin is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. She contributes significantly to the English with Creative Writing programmes, educating students across both undergraduate… read more
Recent Publications
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN, 2020. 'Biarkan' and 'Buana'. In: WANI ARDY, ed., Untuk Perempuan yang Bernama HELIUM BOOKS. 104-107
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN, ed., 2018. Per.empu.an: An Anthology Sisters in Islam.
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN, 2017. 'A Conversation with Ustazi', 'Moles' and 'What to answer back when they say your dancing is haram'. In: MALACHI EDWIN VETHAMANI, ed., Malchin Testament: Malaysian Poems Maya Print. 290-299
Dr Sheena Baharudin is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. She contributes significantly to the English with Creative Writing programmes, educating students across both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and providing research supervision for Masters and Doctoral candidates.
Undergraduate Modules:
- HUMS1002 Drama, Theater, and Performance
- HUMS2002 Prose and Poetry Writing
- HUMS2003 Writing for Performance
- HUMS3005 Shakespeare and his Contemporaries on the Stage
Postgraduate Modules:
- HUMS4009 Poetry: Form & Context
188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Supervision:
Dr Sheena has co-supervised MPhil and PhD students on a wide array of topics within literature and creative writing. As a researcher-practitioner, she welcomes proposals aligning with her research interests, particularly those focusing on storytelling, oral traditions, and performance poetry. She is keenly interested in supervising projects that embrace an interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of theory and practice.
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN, 2020. 'Biarkan' and 'Buana'. In: WANI ARDY, ed., Untuk Perempuan yang Bernama HELIUM BOOKS. 104-107
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN, ed., 2018. Per.empu.an: An Anthology Sisters in Islam.
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN, 2017. 'A Conversation with Ustazi', 'Moles' and 'What to answer back when they say your dancing is haram'. In: MALACHI EDWIN VETHAMANI, ed., Malchin Testament: Malaysian Poems Maya Print. 290-299
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN, 2017. Letters. In: LAUREL FLORES FANTAUZZO and FRANCESCA RENDLE-SHORT, eds., PRESS: 100 Love Letters The 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of the Philippines Press. 14
- 2017. Tongue Tied Two: The Monsters from Our Fairytales: Spoken Word Cabaret Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 04/23/2017 00:00:00
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN, 2013. Breaking down the barriers with poetry: the spoken word artist as a cultural diplomat In: SEARCH Conference: Communicating Cultural Diplomacy through the Media.
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN, 2010. Apparent non-existence: The importance of paradox as a literary device in Ibn 'Arabi's Contemplations of the Holy Mysteries and the Rising of the Divine Lights In: The 2nd International Symposium on Mystical Aspects of Islamic Art & Literature.
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN, 2008. Book review: Salleh ben Joned, 'Adam's Dream' Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature. 2(2), 141-143
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN and HOMAM TABAA, 2008. Re-introducing Islamic Literature: A Case Study In: The Seminar of Higher Education in the Muslim World.
- SHEENA BAHARUDIN, Three. and Four.. In: CHARLENE SHEPHERDSON and MUSLIM SAHIB, eds., Rollercoasters & Bedsheets: An Anthology of Sex in Minutes Pillow Book Media. 36, 52
