Podcast #9 – The history & effects of Singapore’s media regulation policies (A conversation with Cherian George) 24 May 2021 Singapore Press Holdings recently announced major structural changes to its media business, which has suffered losses for many years. Today, we speak to Professor Cherian George, a media scholar from…
Reviews Railroad Radicals in Cold War Mexico: Gender, Class and Memory 16 May 2021 This book is a unique contribution to Cold War discourse in that it is not about landless peasants or factory workers in sweatshops but about those who kept the transportation…
Podcast #7 – The history & significance of The Substation in Singapore (A conversation with T Sasitharan) 3 May 202116 May 2021 The Substation, an independent arts venue at Armenian Street, recently announced its impending closure to much dismay after operating for 31 years. Today, we speak to Mr T Sasitharan, Cultural…
Newsletter Issues Historyogi Post Issue 84 16 Apr 202116 May 2021 The 84th issue of The Historyogi Post is out! - Listen to podcast episodes on the history of AIDS & the Five Power Defence Arrangements - Devan Nair's shock resignation…
Podcast #6 – A Beginner’s Guide to the Five Power Defence Arrangements (A Conversation with Euan Graham) 21 Mar 202116 May 2021 The Five Power Defence Arrangements turn 50 this year. However, the FPDA, which brings together Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, is little known by the public…
Podcast #5 – The History of Singapore’s Fight Against AIDS (A Conversation with Roy Chan) 21 Mar 202116 May 2021 AIDS is an illness that still carries social stigma and moral indignation. The situation was especially worse during the 1980s and 1990s when most patients died painful deaths and moral…
Reviews Behind Barbed Wire: Chinese New Villages During the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 25 Feb 2021 This book’s main contribution to the wide variety of existing scholarship on the Malayan Emergency is that it centres the voices who were affected most but featured least in previous…
Podcast #3 – What should Stamford Raffles’ place be in Singapore’s history?(A conversation with Faris Joraimi) 15 Feb 202116 May 2021 In recent years, there has been a growing movement to confront the ugly history of colonialism. In particular, activists have targeted enduring symbols of colonialists & slave traders, such as…
Newsletter Issues Historyogi Post Issue 82 29 Jan 202116 May 2021 The 82nd issue of The Historyogi Post is out! - Listen to the first two Historyogi Podcast episodes - The curious origins of Section 377A - The Bukit Brown champion…
Reviews Amazons of the Huk Rebellion: Gender, Sex and Revolution in the Philippines 28 Jan 2021 This book by Vina Lanzona contributes to the history of revolutionary Cold War politics in Asia by highlighting the role of female revolutionaries. Focusing specifically on the Huk Rebellion in…
