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Workshop: Storytelling for Human Rights

by PSR | October 26, 2026 | Announcements, Events, Featured | 0 Comments

Workshop Abstract: Stories can do more than inform—they can foster empathy, challenge prejudice, preserve lived experiences, and inspire action. Behind every human rights issue are individuals, families, and communities whose voices deserve to be heard with dignity,...

Siri Syarahan Umum PSR x Mandiri x Under The Banana Tree #8 – An Agenda for Sejarah Rakyat in Indonesia

by PSR | June 30, 2026 | Events, Featured, Lecture / Syarahan, Lecture / Syarahan | 0 Comments

Lecture Summary by Abdul Rahman Shah and edited by Hyojin Pak Professor John Rossa is a historian of modern Indonesia, particularly on the 1965 massacres. He teaches at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Joining him as the moderator during the lecture...

PPSK USM x PSR Webinar: Education via Family Memories of National Development: The Suara (((Pembangunan))) Project in Malaysia

by PSR | April 16, 2026 | Announcements, Events, Webinars | 0 Comments

Discussion Abstract: What does “development” sound like across generations? How do young people narrate development from the ground up? Suara ((( Pembangunan ))) (Malay language, stylised to mean “Voices of Development”) is a participatory oral history and sonic...

Development, Displacement and Democracy: The Place of Eviction Protests in Malaysia

by PSR | February 10, 2026 | Announcements, DEMO | 0 Comments

By Jeremy Lim Jiang Shen, DEMO Project Researcher and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Asia This article is made possible with the support of APPGM-SDG Case Study Small Grants for Young Researchers Programme Abstract: Malaysia’s rapid urbanisation has...

Under The Banana Tree Archival Network x Scholar Chronicles x PSR Webinar #5 – Genocide in Indonesia and Beyond

by PSR | January 10, 2026 | Announcements, Events, Video, Webinars | 0 Comments

Abstract: Soe Tjen Marching joins Loh Kah Seng on the Scholar Chronicles podcast, co-organised with Under The Banana Tree Archival Network, to discuss the 1965-1966 mass killings in Indonesia. Soe Tjen will relate her efforts, along with others in Indonesia, to...

PSR x Under The Banana Tree Archival Network Webinar #4 – The Plantation Afterlives: Songs, Memories and Politics of Care

by PSR | November 19, 2025 | Events, Featured, Video, Webinars | 0 Comments

Discussion Abstract: This webinar takes as a point of departure from Gogularajaan Rajendran’s filmmaking practice at the intersection of Tamil indentured labourers and plantation folk songs. Through his exploration on the embodied archive of soundscape, memory, and...

Lee Kuan Yew and the PAP : Turning Singapore into a Portal for Israel in Southeast Asia – Amir Dastan

by PSR | November 10, 2025 | Announcements, Publications | 0 Comments

As Singapore marks the upcoming 71st anniversary of the People’s Action Party (PAP), established on 21 November 1954, former trade unionist, activist, and scholar Amir Dastan revisits Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy through a critical lens. In this book excerpt, he...

PSR x Under The Banana Tree Archival Network Public Webinar #3 – ‘Emotional’ Archives: Exploring Sense and Facts

by PSR | September 20, 2025 | Events, Featured, Video, Webinars | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/KMnbMD-Mfwc Discussion Abstract: Archives are often assumed to contain facts, but what kinds of facts reside within them? This webinar explores the idea of “emotional facts” that emerge when engaging with archival materials. Moving beyond the archive...

PSR x Under The Banana Tree’s Archival Network Webinar #1 – Archiving Mo(ve)ments: Archival Praxis as Social Movements

by PSR | June 25, 2025 | Events, Video, Webinars | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/mRk1ZPy-vGc Discussion Abstract: In exploring the evolving role of archives within social movements, the webinar focuses on the dialectic of moment and movement; how archival practices not only document historical struggles but also intervene in the...

[Forum PSR x PBMUM x NM] – Idea, Keintelektualan & Masyarakat: Merancang Masa Hadapan

by PSR | May 26, 2025 | Announcements, Events, Featured, Webinars | 0 Comments

Tarikh: 24 Mei 2025 (Sabtu) Masa: 9.00 pagi – 2.00 petang Tempat: Dewan Teratai, Fakulti Sains, Universiti Malaya Bersempena Sambutan 70 Tahun Penubuhan Persatuan Bahasa Melayu Universiti Malaya dengan kerjasama PSR serta Naratif Malaysia (NM), sebuah wacana...

Workshop: Storytelling for Human Rights

by PSR | October 26, 2026 | Announcements, Events, Featured | 0 Comments

PSR Webinar – Not Here, Not There: law, death and social disappearance in Southeast Asia

by PSR | August 17, 2026 | Events, Webinars | 0 Comments

Webinar Abstract: This webinar is concerned with the notion of social disappearance amongst those living in the peripheries of the law, specifically within the Singaporean and Malaysian legal context. It looks specifically at the experiences of death penalty...

PSR Webinar – Language & emotion in cultivating the Malay women leaders of rural Malaya, 1950-63

by PSR | July 29, 2026 | Events, Webinars | 0 Comments

Webinar Abstract: This webinar examines the history of RIDA’s national ‘kampong leaders’ programme, a series of experimental home economics classes for rural Malay women in Peninsular Malaya. The programme was a site of Cold War debates aimed to reform domestic labour...

Siri Syarahan Umum PSR x Mandiri x Under The Banana Tree #8 – An Agenda for Sejarah Rakyat in Indonesia

by PSR | June 30, 2026 | Events, Featured, Lecture / Syarahan, Lecture / Syarahan | 0 Comments

PPSK USM x PSR Webinar: Education via Family Memories of National Development: The Suara (((Pembangunan))) Project in Malaysia

by PSR | April 16, 2026 | Announcements, Events, Webinars | 0 Comments

Under The Banana Tree Archival Network x Scholar Chronicles x PSR Webinar #5 – Genocide in Indonesia and Beyond

by PSR | January 10, 2026 | Announcements, Events, Video, Webinars | 0 Comments

PSR x Under The Banana Tree Archival Network Webinar #4 – The Plantation Afterlives: Songs, Memories and Politics of Care

by PSR | November 19, 2025 | Events, Featured, Video, Webinars | 0 Comments

PSR x Under The Banana Tree Archival Network Public Webinar #3 – ‘Emotional’ Archives: Exploring Sense and Facts

by PSR | September 20, 2025 | Events, Featured, Video, Webinars | 0 Comments

PSR x Under The Banana Tree’s Archival Network Webinar #1 – Archiving Mo(ve)ments: Archival Praxis as Social Movements

by PSR | June 25, 2025 | Events, Video, Webinars | 0 Comments

[Forum PSR x PBMUM x NM] – Idea, Keintelektualan & Masyarakat: Merancang Masa Hadapan

by PSR | May 26, 2025 | Announcements, Events, Featured, Webinars | 0 Comments

PSR Webinar – Language & emotion in cultivating the Malay women leaders of rural Malaya, 1950-63

PPSK USM x PSR Webinar: Education via Family Memories of National Development: The Suara (((Pembangunan))) Project in Malaysia

Under The Banana Tree Archival Network x Scholar Chronicles x PSR Webinar #5 – Genocide in Indonesia and Beyond

PSR x Under The Banana Tree Archival Network Webinar #4 – The Plantation Afterlives: Songs, Memories and Politics of Care

PSR x Under The Banana Tree Archival Network Public Webinar #3 – ‘Emotional’ Archives: Exploring Sense and Facts

PSR x Under The Banana Tree’s Archival Network Webinar #1 – Archiving Mo(ve)ments: Archival Praxis as Social Movements

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Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah Rakyat

22 Februari 1947

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1947, telah berlangsung sebuah persidangan besar pertubuhan-pertubuhan politik kiri Melayu di Kuala Lumpur bertempat di Ibu Pejabat PKMM (Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya) di Batu Road (kini Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman). Lebih dari 100...

12 September 1947

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1947, "Malayan Teachers' Union", sebuah kesatuan sekerja peringkat kebangsaan untuk cikgu-cikgu sekolah di Malaya dan Singapura telah ditubuhkan. Pada 12 September 1947 di Kuala Lumpur, guru-guru di seluruh Malaya dan Singapura telah bersatu...

26 Januari 1962

Tahukah kamu 54 tahun dahulu di ibukota Kuala Lumpur telah berlangsung sebuah persidangan yang buat pertama kali menghimpunkan golongan sosialis di Malaya? 'Malayan Socialist Conference' pada 26-28 Januari 1962 di Dewan Chin Woo, Kuala Lumpur yang telah dihadiri oleh...

28 Mei 1954

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1954, seramai 8 orang mahasiswa Universiti Malaya (UM) telah ditangkap oleh polis di bawah Ordinan Hasutan (kini Akta Hasutan) di atas perintah kerajaan penjajah British. Pada jam 5 pagi tanggal 28 Mei 1954, lapan orang aktivis mahasiswa UM...

2 Februari 1963

Hari ini dalam tahun 1963, lebih 100 orang aktivis kiri, aktivis kesatuan buruh dan pemimpin politik pembangkang telah ditahan dalam operasi besar-besaran yang dinamakan "Operation Coldstore". Operation Cold Store telah dilancarkan mulai 2 Februari 1963 oleh Kerajaan...

27 Mei 1966

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1966, sekumpulan mahasiswa di Universiti Malaya (UM) telah mengasaskan Sudut Pidato (Speakers’ Corner) di dalam kampus UM di Kuala Lumpur. Sudut Pidato yang asal terletak di luar pintu belakang perpustakaan UM sekarang. Setahun kemudian,...

27 Jun 1950

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1950, telah tertubuhnya sebuah badan perjuangan bernama Kesatuan Malaya Merdeka yang bergerak di Indonesia. Badan ini telah ditubuhkan oleh Ibrahim Yaakob untuk menyambung perjuangan Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya (PKMM) yang terpaksa...

11 Ogos 1963

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1963, lebih 1,000 orang "amah" (pembantu rumah / pekerja domestik) telah berhimpun di ibu kota Kuala Lumpur dalam sebuah perarakan protes untuk menuntut hak mereka sebagai pekerja. Pekerja-pekerja domestik dari seluruh Malaya yang menjalankan...

21 Mei 1949

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1949, sebuah pasukan tentera gerila Melayu anti-British telah didirikan di Kerdau, Temerloh, Pahang. Pasukan bersenjata khas Melayu ini telah dirasmikan sebagai Rejimen Ke-10 Tentera Pembebasan Nasional Malaya (TPNM). TPNM telah didirikan...

21 September 1974

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1974, aktivis-aktivis mahasiswa Universiti Malaya (UM) telah mengambil-alih kampus universiti daripada pentadbiran UM. Rampasan kuasa ini bertahan selama satu hari. Akhbar Berita Harian melaporkan: “Persatuan Mahasiswa Universiti Malaya...

Nadi Insan

Nadi Insan, Bil. 52 (Ogos 1983)

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Special Projects

Majlis Memperingati Allahyarham Profesor Dr Syed Husin Ali

Pada 21 September 2024, sebuah Majlis Memperingati Allahyarham Profesor Syed Husin Ali telah diadakan di Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Sebagai sarjana aktivis tersohor di bidang sains sosial, Dr. Syed Husin Ali juga merupakan seorang insan luar biasa. Seperti...

Anugerah Wartawan Muda Said Zahari 2019

Dalam perjuangan anti penjajahan dan pembentukan negara baru, akhbar memainkan peranan penting dalam menggerakkan kaum muda untuk mengambil tindakan dan menentang ketidakadilan. Salah seorang tokoh penting kewartawanan tanah air adalah wartawan, penyair, dan aktivis...

Archival Exhibition ‘Mari Ber-Lenso!’

Archival Exhibition 'Mari Ber-Lenso!' In conjunction with DeCoSEAS Fellowship Program, our program coordinator, Zikri Rahman, embarked in a three months archival research project with the Jakarta based music archive organisation, Irama Nusantara. In relation to that,...

Anugerah Wartawan Muda Said Zahari 2022

2022 tahun yang cukup berwarna - hitam, putih atau kelabu - bagi kita semua di Malaysia. Dengan Covid yang masih membelenggu serta krisis sosio-politik yang dialami, begitu banyak perkara yang membangkitkan rasa ingin tahu dan keterlibatan masyarakat. Sekaligus,...

Bengkel Sejarah Lisan 28 Mei 2022

Pada 28 Mei 2022 lalu, pihak Pusat Sejarah Rakyat bersama dengan Jabatan Sejarah & Tamadun UIA, VIRTUE...

Bengkel Sejarah Lisan – Suara ((( Pembangunan ))): Sejarah Sonik Pembangunan Nasional di Malaysia

FOR ENGLISH VERSION, KINDLY SCROLL DOWN: Penerangan Projek: Bengkel Sejarah Lisan - Suara ((( Pembangunan ))): Sejarah Sonik Pembangunan Nasional di Malaysia ini merupakan sebuah projek penyelidikan perintis bertujuan untuk menghasilkan dokumentasi cerita tentang...

[TERBITAN] TOKOH-TOKOH PEJUANG RAKYAT

Mempersembahkan buku terbitan baharu Pusat Sejarah Rakyat (PSR) berjudul Tokoh-Tokoh Pejuang Rakyat. Naskhah suntingan oleh Dr. Syed Husin Ali, Prof. Rahman Embong serta Zikri Rahman ini menampilkan 19 pengarang menulis tentang 27 tokoh pejuang politik dan aktivis...

Anugerah Wartawan Muda Said Zahari 2021

Tahun 2021, genap 60 tahun peristiwa mogok terpanjang dalam sejarah Malaysia melibatkan 115 pekerja akhbar Utusan Melayu. Peristiwa mogok lebih 100 hari ini penting dalam membulatkan tekad Said Zahari (1928 - 2016) selaku wartawan, penyair, aktivis serta sosok ahli...

2019 Submission Form: Said Zahari Young Journalist Award

During the anti-colonial struggle and the process of creating a new nation-state, newspapers played an important role in mobilising the youths of the time to take action and resist oppression. One important figure in the history of local journalism is journalist,...

Forum & Anugerah Wartawan Muda Said Zahari 2022

Pada 18 Mac 2023 jam 2 Petang, dianjurkan sebuah majlis Anugerah & Forum Wartawan Muda Said Zahari 2022 oleh Pusat Sejarah Rakyat serta waris keluarga Said Zahari bagi meraikan para wartawan muda yang mengarang berita sepanjang tahun lalu. Bersama dengan kita di...