Head of Department
B.A. (University of Singapore); M.A. (Yale); Ph.D.
(Sing.)
Tel: (65) 6516 3848
Office: AS1 05 - 17
I
have been teaching in the Department of History
for many years while simultaneously serving the
faculty and the university in other capacities.
This means that I'm seldom seen in the corridors
of the Department of History. However, my heart
and mind continue to be fascinated by history, especially
the history of Southeast Asia. I also continue to
be interested in disciplines that give substance
to the many dimensions that characterise a complex
region such as Southeast Asia. You see, I started
as a student of multi- and inter-disciplinary studies
on Southeast Asia before focusing on its history.
Currently, my interests have again extended to cross-disciplinary
topics.
TEACHING
AREAS:
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Southeast
Asian History |
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American
History |
CURRENT RESEARCH:
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The
Indonesian Revolution in Singapore |
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Singapore-Indonesia
relations |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
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H
J Van Mook and Indonesian Independence: A
Study of His Role in Dutch-Indonesian Relations,
1945-48. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1982.
255 pp. |
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The
Indonesian Revolution and the Singapore Connection,
1945-1949. Verhandelingen 208, Leiden: KITLV
Press, 2003. 210 pp. |
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"The
political structures of the independent states."
The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia (Vol.
2), The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
Edited by Nicholas Tarling, pp. 387-465. Victoria
(Oakleigh): Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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"Singapore:
on being small". In Ariels: Departures
& Returns - Essays for Edwin Thumboo.
Edited by Tong, C K, Pakir A, Ban K C, Goh
R B H, Singapore: Oxford University Press,
2001, pp. 184-197. |
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"Southeast
Asian History, Literary Theory and Chaos".
New Terrains in Southeast Asian History. Edited
by Abu Talib and Tan Liok Ee. Athens: Ohio
University Press, 2003, pp. 82-103 |
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"... I started as a student of multi-
and inter-disciplinary studies on Southeast
Asia before focusing on its history. Currently,
my interests have again extended to cross-disciplinary
topics..."
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