Kepala Program Studi S2 kajian Asia Tenggara (Head of Southeast Asian Studies -Master degree) 2027-2019, Ketua departemen I. Susastra (Head of Department of Literature) 2011-2014, Koordinator program Studi Rusia (Coordinator of Russian Studies) 2007-2010
melfira@ui.ac.id
S1: Sarjana sastra (S.S.) FSUI (1988)
S2: Master by Research (M.A.) Faculty of Arts, the University of melbourne, Australia (1998)
S3: Ph.d program (Ph.D.) Faculty of Arts,The University of Melbourne Australia (2010)
Gender, Minangkabau, and Culture
Buku • Kritik Sastra Rusia: Diantara Belinskii, Marx, dan Bakhtin (Depok: Males Art Studio, Pusat Dokumentasi Seni Indonesia, 2022) • The lived experiences of Minangkabau Mothers and Daughters: Gender Relations, Adat and Family in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia (Germany: Scholar Press, 2015) • Sastra dan Masyarakat Rusia (Jakarta: Padasan, 2012) • Perempuan Rusia Pada Era Komunisme: Studi Kritis Terhadap Karya-Karya Terbaik A.M. Kollontai dan N.V. Baranskaia (Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya, Universitas Indonesia, 2002) • Anna Karenina: Perempuan Rusia Dimata Leo Tolstoy (depok: Ulinnuha, 2001)
Minangkabau mothers and daughters in contemporary rantau society: Regaining power with modified matrilineal principles and patriarchal rantau norms. Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia ,Vol 24 April 2023. • Elfira, Mina, Bambang Wibawarta, Rouli Esther, Fandra Febriand (2021). Working from home: Women between public and domestic spheres after the outbreak of COVID-19. International Reviews on Humanities Studies Vol.6, No.1 April 2021 • Elfira, Mina (2020). Gegar budaya perantau dalam sastra lisan Minangkabau Malin Kundang. Jurnal Pustaka Komunikasi , Vol.3, No.1. • Elfira, Mina, and Bambang Wibawarta (2019). ‘More like living with it than in it’: Modified function of Minangkabau Rumah Gadang of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Global Journal Al-Thaqafah (GJAT) Vol.9 Issue 1/ July 2019) • Elfira, Mina (2009). Not Muslim, Not Minangkabau: Interreligious Marriage and its cultural impact in Minangkabau society’. In Gavin W. Jones, Chee Heng Leng and Maznah Mohamad (eds.). Muslim-non-Muslim marriage: political and cultural contestation in Southeast Asia. Singapore: Institute of Asian Studies. • Elfira, Mina (2002). Gender and Kinship, Descent Systems and Islam: In East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific. In Suad Joseph et.al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Volume 2. Brill: Leiden- Boston.
Gender, Minangkabau, and Culture

