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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...

泰菲民间博物馆及档案馆：记录抵抗作为一种抵抗作者李成钢

by PSR | April 7, 2025 | Announcements, Featured | 0 Comments

一月中旬，出席由人民历史中心（Pusat Sejarah Rakyat）、英国布里斯托大学历史系、荷兰国际社会历史研究所和马大社科院联办的工作坊，工作坊主题是“东南亚劳工史和社会史的纪录与传播”。席中，除了有上述四个单位的学者、研究员外，也有来自泰国、菲律宾、印尼、新加坡和马来西亚不同组织的参与者。各组织代表在工作坊中分享他们收集史料、建立档案、传播资讯的理念，以及具体操作方法，同时也讨论实际个案，谈论彼此如何松动既有的官方叙事，争夺历史诠释权。笔者从中受益良多，也得到很大的精神鼓舞，在此略记关于泰菲组织的一些工作内容。...

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

Siri Syarahan Umum PSR x UoB x IISH #7 – Transnational Activism: From Bandung to Now by Professor Su Lin Lewis

by PSR | January 21, 2025 | Featured, Lecture / Syarahan, Lecture / Syarahan | 0 Comments

Organised by Pusat Sejarah Rakyat (PSR), History Department, University of Bristol & International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, we are proud to present a public lecture entitled 'Transnational Activism in the Bandung Era'. The lecture is presented by...

Workshop: Documenting and Disseminating – Histories of Labour and Social History in Southeast Asia

by PSR | January 21, 2025 | Announcements, Events, Featured | 0 Comments

Workshop Abstract: The region is currently witnessing a flowering of new cultural organisations devoted to engaging the public with history that challenges official historical narratives and recovers marginalised histories. This includes the collection of oral...

Forum & Anugerah Wartawan Muda Said Zahari 2023/24

https://youtu.be/ceNIHoNFP8w?si=Riy6_4Fzn6yz9-CN Dijalankan buat tahun kelima berturut-turut, Anugerah Wartawan Muda Said Zahari 2023/24 yang dijalankan pada tarikh 16 Mac 2024 (Sabtu) pada jam 2:00 Petang secara dalam talian cukup hangat dengan penyertaan ketiga-tiga...

[PSR Webinar] – Narrating the Chinese Kongsi: Unraveling the Moral Economy in Overseas Chinese Communities during Colonial Expansion

Date / Tarikh: 6 February 2024 (Tuesday / Selasa) Time / Waktu: 8:30 PM Platform: Zoom Discussion Abstract: The Chinese kongsi or “secret societies” was in theory supposed to be an economic cooperative that served also as an important socioeconomic institution,...

[Diskusi Buku PSR x TOKOSUE] – Yang ‘Notional’, Yang Nasional, Dalam Arus Sejarah Rakyat

Tarikh / Hari: 21 Oktober 2022 (Sabtu) Waktu: 2 Petang Lokasi (secara fizikal): TOKOSUE Indie Book and Art Shop, 3.40, Wisma Central, Kuala Lumpur. Abstrak Diskusi: Dengan memfokuskan judul terbaru terbitan Pusat Sejarah Rakyat iaitu 'Tokoh-Tokoh Pejuang Rakyat''...

[Webinar PSR x PBCKL] – Photography and “Chineseness” in Southeast Asia

Day / Date: Wednesday / 23 August 2023 Time: 8:30 PM Platform: Zoom Abstract: Since 2005, Zhuang Wubin has been using photography, oral history and archival work to unpack the experiences of “Chineseness” in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. In this sharing session,...

[Rakaman Siniar Kawah Buku] – Syed Husin Ali mengulas Tokoh-Tokoh Pejuang Rakyat

Di dalam rakaman siniar anjuran Kawah Buku bersempena minggu memperingati Profesor Cheah Boon Kheng, Azan Safar, pendiri Kawah Buku, mewawancara Dr. Syed Husin Ali, selaku Ahli Lembaga Pengarah Pusat Sejarah Rakyat serta salah seorang penyunting bagi terbitan baru...

[Webinar PSR x Kawah Buku] – Menyelak Legasi Cheah Boon Kheng

Hari / Tarikh: Khamis / 27 Julai 2023 Waktu: 8:30 Malam Pelantar: Zoom Abstrak Diskusi: Mendiang Profesor Cheah Boon Kheng (1939 - 2015), seorang sarjana serta sejarawan sohor yang cukup penting. Disiplin pensejarahan Malaysia barangkali canggung tanpa penulisannya...

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Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah Rakyat

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...

10 Ogos 1947

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1947, persidangan delegasi PUTERA-AMCJA telah sebulat suara meluluskan sebuah Perlembagaan Rakyat sebagai alternatif kepada Perlembagaan Federation of Malaya ciptaan penjajah British bersama UMNO. Perlembagaan ini dicipta untuk sebuah negara...

2 Mac 1950

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1950, seorang pejuang kemerdekaan berusia 17 tahun telah dihukum gantung sampai mati oleh kerajaan penjajah British. Rosli Dhoby merupakan seorang anak muda keturunan Melanau yang berasal dari Kampung Pulo, Sibu, Sarawak. Beliau merupakan...

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...

22 Julai 1963

Hari ini dalam tahun 1963, Gabenor penjajah British di Sarawak, Sir Alexander Waddell telah melantik Stephen Kalong Ningkan sebagai Ketua Menteri Sarawak yang pertama, selepas parti beliau, Parti Perikatan Sarawak telah memenangi Pilihanraya Negeri Sarawak yang...

20 Mei 1972

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1972, Kerajaan Malaysia telah mengumumkan persetujuan mereka terhadap tuntutan gerakan pekerja untuk menjadikan tarikh 1 Mei sebagai Hari Pekerja dan hari kelepasan am di seluruh Malaysia. Pengumuman itu telah dibuat oleh Timbalan Perdana...

20 Julai 1961

Hari ini dalam tahun 1961, seramai 115 orang pekerja & wartawan Utusan Melayu telah melancarkan mogok bagi memperjuangkan kebebasan akhbar dan membantah pengambilalihan akhbar Utusan Melayu oleh parti pemerintah, UMNO. Wartawan dan pekerja-pekerja kilang Utusan...

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...

23 Julai 1948

Hari ini dalam tahun 1948, Kerajaan penjajah British telah mengharamkan Parti Komunis Malaya (PKM) di Malaya dan Singapura. PKM telah diharamkan sebulan selepas penjajah mengisytiharkan undang-undang darurat di seluruh Malaya. Tetapi PKM bukanlah parti politik pertama...

18 Jun 1948

Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1948, Pesuruhjaya Tinggi penjajah British, Sir Edward Gent telah mengisytiharkan "Darurat" di seluruh Malaya. "Darurat" ini telah berlarutan selama 12 tahun. "Undang-undang Darurat" yang diumumkan telah memberi kuasa kepada polis dan tentera...

Nadi Insan

Nadi Insan, Bil. 46 (Feb. 1983)

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Nadi Insan, Bil. 45 (Jan. 1983)

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Nadi Insan, Bil. 44 (Dis. 1982)

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Nadi Insan, Bil. 43 (Nov. 1982)

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Nadi Insan, Bil. 41 (Sept. 1982)

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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 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,...

Anugerah Wartawan Muda Said Zahari 2020

Tahun lalu, Pusat Sejarah Rakyat melancarkan sebuah anugerah untuk wartawan muda sebagai penghormatan kepada mendiang Said Zahari, wartawan dan aktivis kebebasan media yang tidak kenal lelah. Pemenang anugerah ini pada tahun 2019 adalah jurnalis Malaysia yang berbasis...

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,...

Book Launching & Discussion : Growing Up in Malaysia – Musings of A Common Man – Khong Kim Hoong

In conjunction with the publication of the memoir entitled Growing Up in Malaysia: Musings of a Common Man by Dr Khong Kim Hoong; academician, former student activist, and PSR's Director, a book launching and discussion was held on 25th October 2024 at HELP...

Introduction to PSR Oral History Project

Oral history is about telling stories and listening to stories and documenting and disseminating these stories. Such stories, we have come to recognize, are not just individual histories, or family histories, but belong to the rich and intricate fabric of national...

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...

Forum & Anugerah Wartawan Muda Said Zahari 2023/24

Bengkel Sejarah Lisan 28 Mei 2022

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

[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...