Prof. Dato Dr. Othman Yatim |
OTHMAN YATIM holds a Bachelor degree in History from the University
of Malaya (1974), Master in Oriental Art (Ceramics) and a Ph.D degrees in
Islamic Art both from University of Durham in England in 1978 and 1985
respectively. Currently he is attached to the Academy of Malay Studies,
University of Malaya which he joined since 1996. Before this he served as the
Director of Research at the Malaysian Museums Department (1974-1993) and Associate
Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) from 1993 to 1996. He travelled
extensively in the Malay world to conduct research on Malay and Islamic Art and
authored a number of books on the subject. He had attended and presented papers
at various seminars, workshops and conferences locally and internationally. He
contributed and edited a number of articles for academic journals both at local
and international levels. He retired from an active Malaysian goverment service
in 2005 and since then was reemployed as a Contract Professor of Islamic Art at
the University of Malaya until today. In 2007-2008 he was appointed by the
Goverment of Malaysia to be the 4th Chairholder of the Chair of Malay Studies
at the Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. He services other local universities
in various capacities such as Programmes and Courses Evaluator, Part Time
Lecturer, External Examiners for Masters and Ph.D degrees and as a Referee for
the promotion of Lecturers from Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor and from
Associate Professor to full Professor. In recognition of his service and
dedication to the States and Country he was awarded various titles and honours.
The highest was Dato’ Paduka Mahkota
Perak (DPMP) by the Sultan of Perak in 1977 which carries the title of
Dato’.
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