The videos of our last 2 talks are now available for viewing on YouTube.
TALK 1
Title: “Rereading the “Hikayat Melayu” (the Raffles Manuscript No. 18): Was the Sejarah Melayu written in Aceh?” Speaker: Professor Ahmat Adam. The link is https://youtu.be/-uLbnM2gbYE
TALK 2
Title: “British Plans to Annex the Siamese-Malay Peninsula: A longue durée of competitive colonialisms between the nineteenth century and 1950s” . Speaker: Dr. Christopher M. Joll. The link is https://youtu.be/HKJQWirXW3A
Videos of other past talks are also available :
1. “Transformation of Kampong Ayer in Brunei Darussalam: Changes and Development” by Dr Haji Tassim Abu Bakar, from the Academy of Brunei Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, held on 23 October 2021 (https://youtu.be/s5Do9-ueRu0)
2. “Violent White Men and Heroic Asian Women: The American Attack on Sumatra in 1832 and the Themes of Race and Gender during the Rise of American Power in Asia” by Professor Dr Farish A Noor, Department of History, University Malaya, which was held 20 November 2021 (https://youtu.be/uq0ywd72_aw)
3. “The Appendices of Empire” by Professor Dr Farish A Noor, Department of History, University Malaya, which was held 28 July 2022 (https://youtu.be/4lKIjiD3Bkc)
4. “Reviewing Islamization in the Malay world – timing, process, impact” by Professor Anthony Milner on 10 December 2022 (https://youtu.be/OMVWaVcWvK0)
5. “Discussion of Methods and Sources for a Book on Horace Sta. Maria and his World” by Professor Margaret Sarkissian on 14 July 2023 (https://youtu.be/fWkJvrfYU48)
6. “Discussion of methods and sources for a book entitled Between Heaven and Earth: Learning, Faith, Power, and Performance in the Chinese community of Malacca, 1795-1945” by Professor Jerry Dennerline on 14 July 2023 ( https://youtu.be/KWGgLFWHjbg).
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