Dr. Shakila Parween Binti Yacob

Biography

Professor Dr Shakila Yacob is the Director of the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, University of Malaya and is also a lecturer at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya. She is also an associate of the International Institute of Public Policy and Management (INPUMA).  She was recently awarded the FY2015-2016 Fulbright Malaysian Scholar Program and was based at the University of Maryland, USA from October 2015 until July 2017. After receiving her Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Southeast Asian Studies) from University of Malaya, she pursued a Master of Arts in Political Science at Western Michigan University, United States. She received her doctorate (PhD) in Management at the University of Reading Business School, United Kingdom. Her research interests are in the areas of business history, international business as well as in comparative politics. She began her work on the US foreign direct investment in colonial Malaya and postcolonial Malaysia and presently, on the history of international business in Malaysia. Her secondary interests are in the areas of history and new media, which includes critical thinking skills in the teaching and learning of history. These ieas could be found in her most recent book is Sejarah dan Media Baharu (History and the New Media) published by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2015. She also published her book on The United States and the Malaysian Economy (2008) by Routledge, under the Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia series. In addition to various publications on business history in local journals, some of her selected international publications include Shakila Yacob, ‘Trans-generational renewal as managerial succession: the Behn Meyer story (1840 – 2000)’, Business History (1-20): 2-20; Shakila Yacob and Khadijah Md. Khalid, ‘Adapt or Divest? The New Economic Policy and Foreign Businesses in Malaysia (1970-2000)’, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 40:3, 459-482 (2012); and Shakila Yacob and Nicholas White, ‘The unfinished business of Malaysia’s decolonisation: the origins of the Guthrie Dawn Raid’, Modern Asian Studies 44.5 (September 2010).

Research Interest

Higher Education, History and The New Media (Internet, online and digital sources) Early and Modern American History, Politics and Government (American History, Politics and Government) Business History (Business History, International Business)