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Issue no. 4 | 2020

International Putra The Research Panel of the University of Malaya Centre for

InnoCreative Poster the Study of of Democracy and Elections Awang Pawi
(UMCEDEL)
Prof.
Assoc.
Dr.
Azman
Awang
consisting
Competition (UM); Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zulkanain Abdul Rahman (UM); Dr
Amer Saifude Ghazali (UM); and Dr Sufian Mansor
(Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) has won a Bronze Medal
in the International Putra InnoCreative Poster Competition
organized by Universiti Putra Malaysia from 27 to 30
October 2020.

A total of 66 teams participated in the poster competition
for the category 'Inter disciplinary Approach in Teaching
and Learning'. The title of the poster that won the Bronze
Medal in the 4-day competition was 'Malaysian Politics Pre
and Post 14th General Election'. The Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences congratulates the UMCEDEL Research
Panel on this success.
Book Chapter Symposium on “Marginalisation

and Human Rights in Southeast Asia

BY DR KHOO YING HOOI
On 2 December 2020, the University of Malaya Research
Group on Human Rights, Power and the Politics of Global
Order (GPF035A-2020) in partnership with the Centre for
Human Rights Multiculturalism and Migration (CHRM2),
Universitas Jember co-organised an online Book Chapter
Symposium on “Marginalisation and Human Rights in
Southeast Asia”. This symposium witnessed 11 book
chapters’ contributors with four discussants including Dr
Chong Wu Ling and Dr Mala a/p Rajo@Sathian from the
Department of Southeast Asian Studies. Dr Khoo Ying
Hooi from the Department of International and Strategic
Studies and Dr Al Khanif, the Director of CHRM2 are the
co-editors of this edited book that will be published by an
Dr Iwan Taruna, Rector of the Universitas Jember delivered the
international publisher. welcoming speech.
Deepavali Celebration Celebration online. It was held on the 11th of November,

Online 2020 in the month of Kartika according to the Hindu
calendar. The celebration started off with members of the
department, both academic and non-academic staff with
their pre-recorded well wishes. Later, representatives from
previous batches excitedly took turns to express their
Deepavali greetings to everyone.

The celebration then continued with a surprise gift
ceremony Deepavali Angpau giving to current students
via online bank-in, of which the money was pooled by
lecturers and donors. Even though this year’s Deepavali
celebration was conducted online in accordance with the
SOP for Covid-19, spirits were still high and the
60 lecturers, students and parents from the Indian Studies department was able to capture great memories with all
Department came together to celebrate the Deepavali who came.

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