Newsletter Issues Historyogi Post Issue 95 6 Jul 202314 Apr 2024 The Historyogi Post turns five this month! I founded this newsletter as the Red Dot Digest in 2018 to anchor my effort to promote a greater understanding of Singapore’s past.…
Podcast #28 – The Beginner’s Guide to Singapore’s Queer history (with Roy Tan) 18 Jun 2023 Long before Pink Dot and the repeal of Section 377A, Singapore had a colourful Queer history of recreation, repression, and resistance during the 20th century. Today, we speak to Roy…
Podcast #27 – The story of Choo Seng Quee, Singapore’s greatest football coach 5 Jun 2023 Looking at Singapore’s football scene today, it is hard to imagine that we once enjoyed a golden age in football. But we did enjoy that golden age. The man often…
Podcast #26 – The history & cultural impact of Singapore’s early shopping malls (With Liew Kai Khiun) 18 Apr 2023 The physical shopping mall is increasingly seen as out of date with the rise of online shopping. However, shopping malls were once considered major symbols of Singapore’s rapid modernisation. They…
Newsletter Issues Historyogi Post Issue 94 29 Mar 202314 Apr 2024 Welcome to the Historyogi Post, now on Substack! You are receiving this issue because you subscribed previously via TinyLetter. Here is what you can expect in each issue going forward:…
Podcast #25- Journeying through Singapore’s little-known LGBT history (With Isaac Tng) 13 Mar 202313 Mar 2023 Singapore is a city renowned for its reputation as a stern, conservative environment. But history reveals a more colourful past, where queer people carved out spaces for their own voices…
Podcast #24 – Curating 135 years of student writing at Raffles Institution (With Theophilus Kwek & Lara Tan) 28 Feb 2023 Raffles Institution celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2023. The school is more than an institution, weaving itself into Singapore’s history through the decades. Nowhere is this documented better than in…
Announcements The Historyogi Post is now on Substack! 21 Feb 202321 Feb 2023 The Historyogi Podcast is now on Substack! All existing subscribers via TinyLetter will continue to receive future issues without further action. Newsletter Format Each monthly newsletter issue will include: Classroom:…
Podcast #21 – The Cold War history of the Philippine Chinese (A conversation with Chien-Wen Kung) 12 Sep 2022 From the 1950s to the 1970s, no Chinese community in Southeast Asia was more vigilant in identifying and rooting out suspected communists, and committed to mobilising against the People's Republic…
Announcements Top Historyogi Twitter Threads of 2021 29 Dec 2021 The History of Israel-Singapore Relations https://twitter.com/historyogi/status/1392025786157129728?s=20 The History of Gurkhas in Singapore https://twitter.com/historyogi/status/1364491504857714690?s=20 A Day-by-Day Account of the Battle and Fall of Singapore https://twitter.com/historyogi/status/1358620140888236032?s=20 The History of AIDS in Singapore…