Abdul Hair

Abdul Hair is a Lecturer at the Department of Communication Studies, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia, and a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. His research examines nationalism, diasporic media, and decolonial approaches, with a focus on Indonesian colonial-era history.

Education:

• B.A. in Communication Studies, Universitas Brawijaya (2014)
• M.A. in Media and Cultural Studies, Gadjah Mada University (2017)

His PhD research, supervised by Jonathan Hearn and Ross Bond, investigates the role of Indonesian diaspora media in shaping nationalism between 1903-1933. He teaches courses in Media and Cultural Studies, Introduction to Media Studies, and New Media Studies at Universitas Brawijaya.