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Muhammad Zainiy Uthman (Prof. Dr.)

  • Professor at CASIS, UTM with decades of academic experience

  • Joined ISTAC in 1991 upon direct invitation from Professor al-Attas

  • Served as Curator of the ISTAC Library (2002–2003)

  • International exposure through prestigious fellowships and appointments at Oxford

Full Profile

Professor at the Center for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science and Civilisation (CASIS), Malaysia Technology University (UTM), obtained his B.Sc. (1986) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA).


After having completed his M.A. (1990) from the University of Chicago, he joined the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) in 1991 as Junior Research Fellow at the invitation of Professor al-Attas.


Upon the completion of his Ph.D. at ISTAC in 1997, he served as Research Fellow, then Senior Research Fellow.


He was Associate Professor and Curator of ISTAC Library from 2002-2003 and was later awarded the British Chevening Fellowship (2003-2004) where he spent an academic year at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. In 2005-2006 he returned to Oxford as Visiting Fellow at the same centre.

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