Dr Kathrina Mohd Daud

Kathrina Mohd Daud is an Assistant Professor in the English Studies programme at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She is happy to supervise undergraduate and graduate theses and invites applications on popular fiction, Southeast Asian literature, global Muslim fiction and creative writing. Kathrina's current research projects include an edited collection of critical essays on Norsiah Gapar's "Pengabdian" (1987), a monograph on new critical approaches to Bruneian literature, and a study of Muslim representation in popular romance.

In 2016, Kathrina co-founded Salted Egg Theatre, a local all-female theatre troupe. She has previously been an art critic for local media outlet The Scoop, and was the Festival Director for The Tiny Lit Fest 2019 and 2020, a local literary festival aimed at amplifying connections between local literary communities, celebrating local writers, and creating conversations about the state of literature.

Kathrina's debut novel, The Fisherman King, was shortlisted for the Epigram Books 2020, and her second novel, The Witch Doctor's Daughter, was longlisted for the same prize in 2021. In 2013, she won the Judges' Pick for her short story "I am a Bird" in the Asia-Europe Short Story Contest.

Fellowships and Research positions
2012 U.S State Department Scholar at the Study of the U.S Institute for Contemporary American literature
2013 Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
2014 Visiting Research Scholar, Southeast Asian Center, University of Washington
2017-2018 Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University
2017-2018 Research Associate at the UBD Center for Advanced Research
2017-18,2020-present Research Associate UBD-Institute of Asian Studies

Joint Appointments
2014-2017 Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Center for Islamic Studies
2014-2017 UBD Institute of Asian Studies

EDUCATION

PhD in Creative Writing, University of Manchester (2011)
MA in Writing (Distinction), University of Warwick (2007)
BA in English Literature (1st Class), University of York (2006)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Bruneian Literature, Popular Fiction, Global Islamic Literature

FUTURE PROJECTS

GRANT DETAILS

2012 PI, The Invisible Engine UBD RG
2014 co-PI, Women in Postcolonial Southeast Asian Literature UBD RG
2015 co-PI, Modern Muslim Literature in the Nusantara UBD RG
2016, PI, Interfaith Dialogue and Religious Diversity in HEIs in Brunei Darussalam
2020 PI, "Pengabdian: Critical Edition" UBD FIC RG

RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)

Ampuan Hj Brahim bin Ampuan Hj Tengah & Kathrina Mohd Daud. (2022) An Overview of Bruneian Literature: History, Historiography and Critical Approaches. In Victor T King and Ooi Keat Gin (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Brunei. Routledge

Kathrina Mohd Daud (2021) Translating Islam: Conversion and Love in Bruneian Fiction. In Grace V.S Chin (Ed) "Translational Politics in Southeast Asian Literatures: Contesting Race, Gender, and Sexuality". Routledge: Oxford.

Kathrina Mohd Daud (2020) Gema Dari Menara (1968), Brunei’s first feature film. South East Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 20(2), 1–4.

Kathrina Mohd Daud (2020) In response to Harlequin: Global Legacy, Local Agency. In Jayashree Kamble, Eric Murphy Selinger, Hsu-Ming Teo (Eds.) "The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction" Routledge: Oxford.

Kathrina Mohd Daud (2019). Packaging MIB: Representations of Islam in Anglophone Bruneian Fiction. In Johan Fischer and Jeremy Jammes (Eds.), "Muslim Piety as Economy: Markets, Meaning and Morality in Southeast Asia". (pp.193-210) Routledge: Oxford.

Kathrina Mohd Daud (2018) "Battling Ephemera: Bruneian Narratives, Public Record, the need for a critical middle." Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, Young Academics Voice, April 2018.

Grace VS Chin and Kathrina Mohd Daud (2017) Introduction. In Grace V.S. Chin and Kathrina Mohd Daud (Eds.), The Southeast Asian Woman Writes Back: Gender, Nation and Identity in the Literatures of Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines, (pp. 1-17). Singapore: Springer

Kathrina Mohd Daud (2017) Articulating Female Citizenship in Norsiah Gapar's Pengabdian,. In Grace V.S. Chin and Kathrina Mohd Daud (Eds.), The Southeast Asian Woman Writes Back: Gender, Nation and Identity in the Literatures of Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines, (pp. 41-54). Singapore: Springer

Kathrina Mohd Daud (2016) Bruneian Literature in English: An Observation. Open Brunei (https://openbrunei.org/2016/11/bruneian-literature-in-english-an-observation/#Bruneian-ness_as_represented_in_Bruneian_novels)

Kathrina Mohd Daud (2016). The ghosts of Islam and the unseen world in Bruneian horror stories. World Englishes, 35(4), 602-611.

Kathrina Mohd Daud, Chin, G. V. S., & Maslin Jukim (2016). Contemporary English and Malay literature in Brunei: A comparison. In Noor Azam Haji-Othman, J. McLellan & D. Deterding (Eds.), The use and status of language in Brunei Darussalam: A kingdom of unexpected linguistic diversity (pp. 241-251). Singapore: Springer.

Chin, G. V. S., & Kathrina Daud (2014). Negotiating Difference: The Trope of Anak Derhaka and Ideological Endings in Bruneian writings. The Journal of Commonwealth Literature.

Kathrina bte DP Haji Mohd Daud (2013). Review of The Garden of Evening Mists, by Tan Twan Eng. South East Asia 13, 35-36.

Creative
Kathrina Mohd Daud (2022). After the End, in "Destination: SEA 2050 A.D." Penguin Randomhouse Southeast Asia
Kathrina Mohd Daud (2022). The Witch Doctor's Daughter. Singapore: Epigram (Longlisted, 2021 Epigram Books Fiction Prize)
Kathrina Mohd Daud (2020). The Fisherman King. Singapore: Epigram (Finalist, 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize)
Kathrina Mohd Daud, Jacqueline Liew and Zuliana Masri (2020). Sticky Ladies: A Play. Performed in Feb 2020 and Aug 2021, Salted Egg Theatre.
Kathrina Mohd Daud (2017). The Halfling King. Bandar Seri Begawan: Heartwrite Co.
Kathrina Mohd Daud (2017). The Tudong Monologues: A Play. Performed in May 2017, Salted Egg Theatre.

CONSULTANCY

Yes, provides consultancy

Industry, Institute, or Organisation Collaboration

Previous
1. U.S State Department Scholar at the Study of the U.S Institute for Contemporary American literature, 2012
2. Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, 2013
3. Visiting Research Scholar, Southeast Asian Center, University of Washington, 2014
4. Joint Appointment, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Center for Islamic Studies, 2014-2017
5. Joint Appointment, UBD-Institute of Asian Studes, 2014-2017
6. Research Associate, UBD Center for Advanced Research (CARe) 2017-2018
7. Visiting Research Scholar, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University 2017-2018
8. UBD Representative to the ASEAN University Network-Culture and the Arts (AUN-CA), 2019-2022
9. Research Associate, UBD Institute of Asian Studies (UBD-IAS) 2017-2018, 2020-2023
10. Core member, International and Comparative Education Research Group, 2020-2021

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Art critic for The Scoop (2017-)
Editor for Heartwrite Co (2019-)
Festival Director, The Tiny Lit Fest (2019,2020)
Shortlisted for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2020
Longlisted for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2021

SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, or ACADEMIC BENEFITS

Fiction Editor, PR&TA Journal (https://www.pratajournal.com/)
Editorial Board, Journal of Popular Romance Studies (https://www.jprstudies.org/)
International Advisory Board, Indonesia and the Malay World (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cimw20/current)
International Advisory Editorial Board, JAWAB (https://jawab.web.id/journal/index)
Deputy Editor, Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal (https://fass.ubd.edu.bn/SEA/index.html)
Series Editorial Board, Asia In Transition, Springer