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kepercayaan menangani penerbitan pengarang- Franke, Professor Roland Werner, Professor
pengarang terkenal seperti Ybhg. Datuk Mohammad William Roff, and Professor James C. Scott.
Nordin Sophiee, Profesor Wolfgang Franke, Profesor
Roland Werner, Profesor William Roff dan Profesor Dr. Azizah Hamzah played a pivotal role in the
James C Scott. establishment of Universiti Malaya’s Media Studies
programme. With her expertise in both academic
Dr. Azizah Hamzah memainkan peranan penting and professional domains, she spearheaded
dalam penubuhan program Pengajian Media di efforts in elevating the program’s academic
Universiti Malaya. Dengan kepakaran dalam bidang standards to the point of being ranked in the QS
akademik dan profesional, beliau memimpin usaha World University Rankings. She was instrumental
untuk meningkatkan standard akademik program in positioning Universiti Malaya as a preferred
tersebut hingga memperoleh penarafan QS World choice for postgraduate studies in Media and
University Rankings. Beliau berperanan penting Communication. As a testament to her academic
dalam meletakkan Universiti Malaya sebagai pilihan leadership in Malaysia’s Media and Communication
utama untuk pengajian pascasiswazah dalam Media studies space, she was appointed as Head of
dan Komunikasi. Kepimpinan akademiknya dalam the Department for three terms, from 2001-
bidang pengajian Media dan Komunikasi di Malaysia 2003, 2006-2009 and 2013-2014. At the Faculty
diperakui dengan pelantikan sebagai Ketua Jabatan of Arts and Social Sciences, she was Deputy
selama tiga (3) penggal, dari 2001-2003, 2006-2009, Dean (Postgraduate) from 2004-2006. She was
dan 2013-2014. Di peringkat Fakulti pula, beliau telah promoted to the post of Associate Professor in
dilantik sebagai Timbalan Dekan (Pascasiswazah), 1999 and to Professor in 2006.
Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial pada tahun 2004-
2006. Beliau menerima kenaikan pangkat sebagai With a career spanning 40 years, she has
Profesor Madya pada tahun 1999 dan sebagai dedicated her efforts to developing research
Profesor pada tahun 2006. projects, advancing postgraduate programs, and
fostering academic connections with universities
Kerjaya selama 40 tahun dipenuhi oleh Dr. across Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia,
Azizah Hamzah dengan usaha membina program Europe and the United States. Her expertise
penyelidikan, pengajian pascaijazah dan penjaringan and international exposure were key in bringing
dengan universiti-universiti di Asia Tenggara, Asia research and academic programs in emerging
Timur, Australia, Eropah dan Amerika Syarikat. conventional and digital cultural and creative
Antara program perintis termasuk penyelidikan industries to Malaysia. These fields, gaining
bidang industri budaya dan kreatif yang konvensional traction in Western universities, were established
dan digital yang merupakan bidang yang sedang locally through her guidance. She was awarded the
aktif diperkenalkan di negara Eropah Barat, Amerika Fellowship of the Japanese Society for Promotion
Syarikat dan di Asia. Beliau dianugerahi Fellowship of Science (JSPS) in 1999. In subsequent years,
Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) she forged numerous international partnerships,
pada tahun 1999 dan dari sini memperkukuhkan establishing joint research collaborations across
reputasi Jabatan dengan penubuhan kumpulan East Asia, including Korea and Japan, as well
penyelidikan bersama dengan universiti-universiti as throughout Southeast Asia, with universities
di Asia Timur seperti Korea dan Jepun serta Asia in Indonesia, the Philippines, Laos, Thailand,
Tenggara seperti Indonesia, Filipina, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. Her collaborative efforts
Vietnam, Cambodia, selain Australia dan United also extended to universities in Australia and the
Kingdom. United Kingdom. She also secured funding for pilot
Beliau juga diberi kepercayaan untuk menerajui projects initiated by UNESCO and the Malaysia
kajian rintis oleh UNESCO, MDEC untuk mengkaji Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), especially
perkembangan ICT serta dampaknya dalam kalangan in the area of ICT and its impact on Malaysian
masyarakat Malaysia. Selaku Fellow Penyelidik society. While serving as a Research Fellow at the
di Korean Research Initiatives (KRI), University of Korean Research Initiatives (KRI), University of
New South Wales, Australia dan KOSASA (Korean New South Wales, Australia, as well as the Korean
Studies Association of Southeast Asia) beliau berjaya Studies Association of Southeast Asia (KOSASA),
she compiled an impressive array of publications,
including WoS articles, Scopus-indexed journal

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