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#6 – A Beginner’s Guide to the Five Power Defence Arrangements (A Conversation with Euan Graham)

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…

#5 – The History of Singapore’s Fight Against AIDS (A Conversation with Roy Chan)

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…

Behind Barbed Wire: Chinese New Villages During the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960

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…

#3 – What should Stamford Raffles’ place be in Singapore’s history?(A conversation with Faris Joraimi)

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…

Amazons of the Huk Rebellion: Gender, Sex and Revolution in the Philippines

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…

#2 – Understanding the History of Disease Control in Singapore (A conversation with Loh Kah Seng & Hsu Li Yang

24 Jan 202128 Jan 2021

As Singapore and the rest of the world battle the covid 19 pandemic, the history of infectious diseases provides some lessons on how their spread is affected by social and…

#1 – Behind the History in Charlie Chan Hock Chye (A conversation with Sonny Liew)

24 Jan 202128 Jan 2021

In 2015, the graphic novel The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye captured public attention when its grant was withdrawn by the National Arts Council. Despite this, the book gained…

Announcing the new Historyogi Podcast

6 Jan 202124 Jan 2021

I'm launching a new podcast series that will accompany the Historyogi Post newsletter. Named the Historyogi Podcast, the series will seek to highlight lesser known aspects of local and regional history…