Webinars

PSRJune 22, 2021
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[Webinar] WRITING HIS OWN CULTURE: AKIYA – a postcolonial indigenous storyteller on Orang Asli enslavement in the Malay World (video)

Date: 21st June 2021 (Monday)Time: 8:30pmPlatform: Zoom & FB Live Abstract: This discussion explores a postcolonial indigenous storyteller from the historic margins of the Malaysian nation-state- AKIYA. Akiya (Mahat Anak…
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PSRJune 16, 2021
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[Webinar] “Chinese Go Home” – The Malayan Emergency between history and memory (video)

Speaker:Dr. Rachel Leow is a Senior Lecturer (Assoc. Prof.) in Modern East Asian History at the University of Cambridge, and author of Taming Babel: Language in the Making of Malaysia.…
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PSRMay 17, 2021
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[Webinar] Student Activism: Reclaiming the Narrative (video)

Date: 20 April 2021Time: 8:30pmPlatform: Zoom Abstract: Student activism is not a new topic of interest for advocates of reform and groups working towards a more empowered electorate. In 2020,…
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PSRMay 17, 2021
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[Webinar] Representation of Cosmopolitan Malays in 1930s Newspapers (video)

Date: 23 February 2021Time: 8:30pmPlatform: Zoom and FB Live Speaker: Razan RosmanCommentator: Dr. Simon SoonModerator: Adriana Nordin Manan Abstract: The term “sporting spirit” was largely used by Kajai and people…
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PSRMay 17, 2021
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[Webinar] Stories of History from a Borneo Longhouse: Genre and Method (video)

Date: 23 February 2021Time: 8:30pmPlatform: Zoom and FB Live Abstract: I was given by chance three historical narratives on cassette to listen to while visiting my husband’s longhouse at the…
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PSRJanuary 20, 2021
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[Webinar] Oral history, testimony, and memory (video)

Date: Tuesday, 19 January 2021Time: 8:30pm to 10:00pmVenue: Online Oral history is more than just a tool for collecting historical “data”. Through conversation with a narrator, oral historians collect the…
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PSRDecember 1, 2020
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[Webinar] Hartal 1947 & Lessons for Young Activists (video)

Date: Tuesday, 15 December 2020Time: 8:30pm to 10:00pmVenue: Online The 1947 hartal played a significant role in Malaya’s anti-colonial struggle. However, its mention in our official history has been seriously…
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PSRNovember 17, 2020
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[Webinar] Apa itu Sejarah Rakyat? Dr. Syed Husin Ali (video)

Terdapat beberapa pendekatan kajian sejarah yang digunapakai oleh ahli-ahli akademik dan sejarawan. Namun, sejarah rakyat sebagai satu metode tidak popular di Malaysia. Apakah itu sejarah rakyat dan bagaimana cara mendapatkannya?…
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PSRNovember 10, 2020
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[Webinar] History from Below by Prof. Diana Wong (video)

PSR welcomes Prof. Diana Wong for a lecture on the concept of “history from below”. Many dream for a democratisation of history for the masses, to truly become a scholarly…
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