Nia Deliana was born and raised in Aceh. She completed her master and doctoral programs in Malaysia. Currently she teaches at the social sciences faculty of the Indonesian Islamic International University (UIII), Depok, Indonesia.
Before joining UIII she worked as part time teacher in Malaysia and Turkey, and was a humanitarian aid worker post the 2004 Aceh Tsunami and Earthquake disaster where she dedicated her times in Bumi Sehat Bali non-profit disaster relief organization presided by the CNN Hero of the year winner, Robin Lim, and Aceh Cultural Institute led by the late Human Right Minister of Indonesia, Hasballah M Saad. She co-founded a non-profit organization, Aceh and Turkey Cultural Centre, domiciled in the capital of Aceh province for ten years.
Besides engaging in community programs, she writes commentaries and journal papers diversely in multidisciplinary approach on history, politics, and international relations with the focus geography of the historical Indian Ocean. Her writings can be viewed at
https://niadeliana.com/.
Work Experience
Lecturer
Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia
(2022 - PRESENT)
Education
PhD, Southeast Asian History
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA (IIUM)
2021
MHsc, Southeast Asian History
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA (IIUM)
2014
S.Ag, English Learning and Literature
Islamic state institute of al-raniry, indonesia
2007
Publication
Deliana, Nia. (2024). "Stereotyping the Turks: Images from Dutch Colonial Newspapers in Indonesia" in Dünya Tarihi, XIX. Türk Tarih Kongresi: Kongreye Sunulan Bildiriler (V. Cilt), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu. DOI: 10.37879/9789751756466
Deliana, Nia. (2023), "Covid 19 and the Rohingyas: Islamic Solidarity and the Bottom up Initiatives in Aceh", in Emily Zoe Hertzman , Natalie Lang , Erica M. Larson and Carola E. Lorea (eds), Coronasur: Asian Religion in the Covidian Age, University of Hawai'i Press.
Deliana, Nia. & Arshad Islam. (2022). Colonial Civilisation: Consolation and Iron Fist within the Dutch Ethical Policy in Aceh. IIUM Journal of Religion and Civilisational Studies, 5(1), 45–65. https://doi.org/10.31436/ijrcs.v5i1.214
2021, Pendidikan Islam, Modernisasi Dan Kolonialisasi: Transformasi Lembaga Pendidikan Jam’iyatul Washliyah Tahun 1930-1942, TADRIS: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam 16 (1), 157-174.
2020, Grassroots Religio-cultural Elements Protect Rohingya Refugees During Covid-19 in Aceh, CoronAsur, Asia Research Institute-National University of Singapore, https://ari.nus.edu.sg/20331-37/
2018, Aceh and the Council of Eight 1872-1876 in Insan Ve Toplum, Vol 8, No 3, pp. 73- 92, DOI: dx.doi.org/10.12658/M0266.
