Researching History: List of Academic Exercises (Honours) – 2000s
compiled by Ho Chi Tim and Hu WenÂ
The following is a list of academic exercises completed by honours students graduating from AY (academic year) 1999/2000 to the present. Aside from showcasing student works which may otherwise go unnoticed, we also hope that such a compilation will aid historical research and stimulate ideas for further study.
This list hopes to continue to collect academic exercises (1) submitted to the Department of History (NUS) for the Honours degree, and (2) concerning Singapore / Malaysia history from other colleges and universities (indicated after title). Titles concerning Singapore and Malaysia are marked with an asterix (*).
The list is not exhaustive and is put together by using information made available online by the Library INtegrated Catalogue (LINC) of NUS Libraries as well as personal communication with alumni from the history department.
2006 / 2007
Alagirisamy, Darinee, Defining the diasporic Dravidian: poetry and the Malayan Tamil identity 1952-1963 *
Chia, Meng Tat Jack, Buddhism in Singapore-China relations: Venerable Hong Choon and his visits, 1982-1990 *
Ekaterina, Dynina, Legally Malay?: ethnic politics in Malaysian courts in the 1970s and 1980s *
Guo, Jing Yu, Yuan Shikai in western and PRC historiography: revolution, modernization and beyond
He, Qingli Wendy, The struggle for youth: the institutional contest between the Italian Church and Fascist state
He, Yanying Laurelle, Bilingual dreams: River Valley High School and educational change in post- 1945 Singapore *
Ho, Jia Jian Paul, From SEMS to SGX: politics, culture and the formation of a financial institution *
Huang, Hongda, Apocalypse at the doorstep: ’80s slasher films and “the war within” in Reagan’s America
Kumari, Sheena, Historicizing Indians in colonial Burma
Liao, Bolun Edgar, The Enright Affair (1960): student activism and the politics of culture in Singapore *
Lin, Sida, Circumstances, intentions and capabilities: the failure to create a “real” Australian Air Force 1921-1942
Liu, Guoyi, Empress Orchid: Anchee Min and the feminist turn in Western historiography on the Empress Dowager Cixi
Mohammad Najib Moch Siddik, “Enemy of the state”?: perspectives concerning Haji Sulong and the Dusun Nyor incident
Mok, Mei Feng, Rehabilitation, revisitation and implications: the historiography of Ngo Dinh Diem, 1964-2006
Poh, Zhongming, Spirits and deities: a study of religious beliefs in Nanzhao beyond the Buddhist tenet
Selvakumar, Denise Lavinia, Finding laughter in the midst of tragedy: contrasting perspectives on the Holocaust in motion pictures
Teo, Yi Lin Bernice, Germany’s Holocaust Memorial problem: the memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe
Teo, See Eng Rachel, Staging resistance: the Singapore Theatre Festival and political discourse in Singapore *
Yong, En En, CLARET operations 1964-1966: balancing political and military imperatives in Britain’s secret war
Yoong, Gee Kee Jackie, Exhibiting history: a study of the Asian Civilisations Museum of Singapore*
2005 / 2006
Chui, Yongtai Nick, Catholic Students in the National University of Singapore: Ideas and Identity 1951-1985 *
Ho, Endian Eunice, Re-examing Racial Uplift: Through the eyes of Maria W. Stewart, Jarena Lee and Rebecca Cox Jackson
Ho, Shu Huang, Culture, Institutions and Agency in Civil War Firearms: Brigadier-General James W. Ripley and the Breech-Loader, 1861-63
Lit, Ee Jay Jebro, “The People That Time Forgot”: Male Witches in England from 1560 – 1620 and a Re-Conceptualization of the Witch-Hunts
Ng, Yinghui Karen, Networking Corporations: the OCBC Story *
Sathisan, Dinesh, When Ethnicity Meets Nationality: Malayness in Southern Thailand in Historical Perspective
Tan, Li Ming Sherwin, Hooligans, Hillsborough and Hyperinflation: an Inquiry into the State of British Football in the Decade after the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium Disaster
Teo, Zhen Wen, King of the Battlefield?: Artillery in the Malayan Campaign 1941-1942 *
William, Daniel Jebaraj, Why Didn’t Rolling Thunder end the Vietnam War?
Chan, Soon Onn, American Missionary Mentalities in Thailand (1858-2004)
Chia, Wei Li Bernissa, The ‘Value’ of the Past: History Education and National Education in Singapore *
Hendri Adriadi Bin Rizal Ismunandar, Rules, Rulers and Reforms: Islam in Nineteenth Century Riau
Khoo, Teng Yang Kevin, Rethinking Portrayals of the Frankish Crusaders in Usamah ibn Munqidh’s Kitab al-I’tibar
Lee, Fang Kwang Derrick, Evaluating Alternative Histories: Chinese Middle School Student Movements and Leftist Leaders in Pre-Independence Singapore *
Lee, Mei-Ying Nadine, The Making of an Athlete in Singapore: the Individual in Collective Memory *
Loke, Aimei Sophia, Death of a City?: The Internationalisation of Venice as a Heritage Cause, 1851-2000
Loo, Ching Ling, From Hunter to Prey?: Tanks and the Battle of Stalingrad
Oon, Shu Hui Celine, Winning Friends and Helping People: the Peace Corps in Thailand during the Johnson Era
Seah, Yunxin Leonora, The Japanese Cultural Society in Singapore, 1964-1990: a Study of Japan-Singapore Relations *
Soenarto, Ermita, From Saints to Warriors: Wali Songo in Contemporary Popular Genres
Tan, Chye Guan, Disraeli’s Direction, Disraeli’s Play: Explaining British Foreign Policy during the Eastern Crisis 1875-8
Tan, Lin Teck, Understanding the Chinese Rites Controversy through Chinese Eyes
Tay, Wei Leong, Reinventing the Millennium: the Origins of White Lotus Uprisings in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century North China
Teo, Joo Cheong, Funerals in Late Imperial Fujian: Reconsidering Uniformities and Variations
Teo, Shue Mei Michelle, Keeping the Faith: the Continuity of a Christian Perspective in the Historical Writing of Herbert Butterfield
Yang, Shao-yun, Making Sense of Messianism: Buddhist Political Ideology in the Mahayana Rebellion and the Moonlight Child Incident of Early Sixth-Century China
2003 / 2004
Chua, Xue Li Shirley, Colonial Postcards: Representations of Singapore 1898-1914 *
Fu, Shufen, Reconsidering Missionaries: a Study of William Milne and his Interaction with the Chinese
Grosse, Shaun Philip, Changi Revisited, 1942-1945: Demystifying the ‘Most Notorious POW Camp in Asia’*
Khoo, Sheng Li David, Winning Hearts and Souls: Missionaries in the New Villages during the Malayan Emergency *
Koh, Kai Beng Gabriel, The Development of the Mandarin and Dialect Church in Singapore 1950-2003 *
Lawrence, Kelvin, Reconsidering Portrayals of Raja Abdullah, Sultan of Perak (1874-1877)
Lim, Jiang Ling Jane, Negotiating Modernity: an Advertising History of the Telephone and the Radio, 1900-1940
Lim, Leong Thye Benny, Relations between the United States and Siam in the Reign of King Chulalongkorn (1868-1910)
Loh, Ver-May, Working through Guilt: Böll, Grass and the Politics of Vergangenheitsbewältigung
Mohamed Nawab bin Mohamed Osman, Activism of Ulama in Singapore *
Poon, Siew Ping Christine, Politics and Polemics: Responses to Democratic Kampuchea
Shu, Sheng-Chi, Ng Poon Chew and the Chung Sai Yat
Po, 1900-1904: the Nationalist Discourse of an American Chinese Intellectual-Elite
Sim, Meijun Sophie, Righting Myths: Singapura Dilanggar Todak in History *
Syed Danial b. Syed Taha, The Hegemonic Business State: a History of State Intervention in Singapore, 1959-2002 *
Tan, Chor Suan Donald, Imperial Thoroughfare: a History of Roads in British Malaya 1874-1942*
Teo, Hwee Ping, Unequal Judgment: Albert Speer and Fritz Sauckel at Nuremberg Compared
2002 / 2003
Ang, Suet Lin Gillian, Travellers’ Representations of Colonial Singapore 1876-1914 *
Chew, Yong Jack, Militaristic Propanganda in the Syonan Times *
Ho, Chi Tim, Water Supply & Consumption in Singapore (1945-1986) *
Koh, Tyng Yuann Fiona, Exhibiting History: a Study on the Singapore History Museum *
Koh, Yihan, Ma Yinchu and the Chinese Population Controversy
Loh, Chih Hui, The Myth of the Forerunner: Major Trends in the Interpretation of Vico’s Philosophy of History, 1911-1946
Mao, Ren Chieh Lincoln, The History of the Varsity Christian Fellowship 1952-1990 *
Mohamed Shahrom bin Mohamed Taha, The Orang Laut: 19th Century British Perceptions of a Changing Community *
Pannu, Paula, The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Colonial Malaya *
Seah, Tze Ling Leander, Once upon a Time in China: Jonathan Spence and the Art of History-Telling
Song, Wei Lin Lynn, Winning the “Hearts and Minds of the People”: the People’s Action Party’s Ideas of Democracy *
Vlado, Vivoda, Croatian Spring: Causes, Course, Consequences
2001 / 2002
Aljunied, Syed M. Ali, HDB and public housing: through the ages *
Chong, Chew Luan, Contesting in an open-field: the Spanish presence in Taiwan
Chua, Jun-Mei Valerie, Authority and influence: aspects of the matrix of power relations in the British governance of the Chinese in Colonial Singapore *
Goh, Chuen Rurn Eugene, Iridium: the history of a global communication system
Lee, Kum Chuen Keith, Collaboration and co-dependence: Portuguese relations with the Indian and Chinese communities in Malacca *
Lim, Kah Kiat, A study of the south Vietnamese monk activist: Thich Nhat Hanh
Ng, Geok Peng, The Green Bus Co. Ltd. (1919-1971): a Chinese family business in Singapore *
Ng, Liang Meng Augustine, The historiography of the battle of Hong Kong
Oliveiro, Vernie Alison, Reconsidering the Opium Commission of 1908: British perspectives on opium in the Straits Settlements *
Osman, Suhaili, Language, education and Singapore national identity *
Quek, Kwan Chern Matthew, Khong Guan: the entrepreneur, organisation and networks in historical context *
Saparudin, Kartini, A self more refined: representations of women in the Malay magazines of the 1950s and 1960s *
Seow, Tien Ghin Darren, A naval history of Singapore: the Syonan-to-Episode, 1942-1945 *
Singh, Rajpal, Street naming and the construction of the colonial narrative in Singapore: 1819-1942 *
Tan, Hong Ngoh Edna, ‘Official’ perceptions of student activism on Nantah and SU campuses 1965-1974/5 *
Tan, Sze Ming Mary-Ann, Representations of Indian women by British travel writers: 1818-1856
2000 / 2001
Aljunied, Syed Muhd Khairudin, “Peaceful natives” and “fanatic rebelsâ€: western images of Meccan pilgrims (hajjis) in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1900
Burhanudin Buang, Pop Yeh Yeh music in Singapore: 1963-1971 *
Chia, Yin Shian, Ping Pong diplomacy in Singapore (1972) *
Foo, Say Liang Daniel, A short history of a long tradition: the resilience of Chinese medicine in Singapore *
Gan, Teng Kiat, Defying voices: representation of civil disobedience in the American civil rights movement
Ghalpanah Thangaraju, Leprosy in British Singapore 1890-1905 *
Goh, Yen Tien Eileen, Dolls in the sky: images of economic pragmatism in post-independence Singapore *
Harminder Kaur, Western perceptions of Japanese women, c.a. 1868-1912
Lee, Thiam Siew Alvin, Samuel von Pufendorf and the Just War
Lee, Wei Tat Eric, A historiography of the debate on the involvement of Pope Pius XII during World War II
Lim, Ting Hong Willis, Rebellion and counter-rebellion: the suppression of the Lin Shuangwen rebellion in Taiwan
Ling, Yin Peng Joyce, Intelligent island: Singapore and IT *
Moo, Yubin, A comparative study of Lee Kuan Yew and Sihanouk during the early years of independence *
Nur Azlin Salem, The “effeminate” nation: seventeenth century Siamese (Ayudhyan) relations with the Malay Kingdom of Patani
Ong, Teng Kwee, Being born: a history of midwifery in Singapore *
Ong, Wee Teck, Japanese maritime trade with Singapore from 1910 to 1936 *
Phan, Choon Chieh Nicholas, The historiography of operation Barbarossa
Seah, Bee Leng, Sewers and sanitation in Singapore, 1930s-1950s *
Seah, Yoke Ching Cheryl, Wielding the scissors: the history of film censorship in Singapore since 1960 *
Setiawan, David, The opium issue and protestant missionaries in China, 1867-1911
Suraj Padman, Feature film representations of the Vietnam war post 1975
Tan, Chee Peng, A history of electrification in Singapore *
Tan, Kay Gek Charlene, The restructuring of health services in Singapore 1983-1993: significance and impact *
Tan, Kean Wei, Rhetoric of historical relations among Vietnam, Cambodia and China from 1975 to 1979
Tan, Li-Jen, Cinematic representations of partition: the meshing of art, memory and history
Tang, Wai Loong, World or worldly: the writing of world history 1960-2000
Tay, Hock Chye Benson, Touching politics, diffusing bombs royal “intervention” in Thai politics
Tay, Yong Seah Melvin, Western perceptions of the hundred-day reform, 1898
Wong, Hong Suen, A taste of the past: historically-themed restaurants and social memory in Singapore *
Wong, Kok Loon Benjamin, History of the Jansenites
Wooi, Lian Choo, Reassessing King Chulalongkorn: the historiographical debate about the fifth reign
1999 / 2000
Chan, Chee Leong William, An inquiry into Perestroika and the Collapse of the Soviet Union
Chang, Yueh Siang, For the glory of the empire: the history of Botanical Gardens in British Malaya *
Chia, Gee Wan, Nuremberg trials: the three acquittals
Chin, Kuok Sheung Quentin, History of crime prevention in Singapore *
Fong, Kum Kuen, The Cuban missile crisis: a historiographical study in three keys
Foo, Ee June, Historical representations of Brunei: 1970s to present
Han, Chieh Yuen Jeremy, The Nanjing massacre 1937: a historiographical study
Koh, Sock Seah Jaime, Outside China: the Shanghai culture in Singapore, 1920s-1930s *
Lam, Sin How, The Methodist movement in Singapore since 1976 *
Lim, Gim Hwee, Lorry transport in Singapore, 1950s-90s: lorry owners in focus *
Lim, Li Huang Doreen, Designing commerce: national imagery in Singapore’s narratives of modernity *
Lim, Loo Hui, Trade, politics and the treaty port impact: Canton as a case study (1890-1900)
Low, Choon Sai James, Kept in position: the labour front-alliance government of chief minister David Marshall in Singapore, April 1955-June 1956 *
Ng, Sue Ching Carolyn, An analysis of American women 1940s to 1960s
Ng, Yeen Chern, Nutrition and health: milk in British Malaya *
Ong, Wei Kei, Haicheng-Manila trade connections 1567-1644
Pereira, Mischa Leigh, Papal politics and colonialism in the early modern period
Png, Thian Ching Lamech Gevin, Service to the community: history of the Young Men’s Christian Association in Singapore 1802-1986 *
Pritam Singh Khaira, Suez crisis or leadership crisis?: Britain and the road to Suez 1951-56
Siah, Kang Li Cindy, History of the Chinese development assistance council, an ethnic based self-help group *
Sim, Whay Huong John, The Huk rebellion: propaganda in an insurgency movement
Sinasamy, Latha, Tamil Malar: voice of the Tamil community (1964-1980)
Singh, Paviter, The church and commerce in the Spanish Philippines 1581-1659
Tan, Ee Seong, The poltergeist of regret: a historiography on the lessons of Vietnam
Tan, Hong Boon, Regicide in Caroline England 1625-1649
Thirunavukarasu, Kulandayan, The Indian national army in Malaya 1941-1942 *
Toh, Ling Lee, The amahs in Singapore, 1930s to 1990s: from resilience to resignation *
Varughese, Theresa, The Catholic missions and the Colonial order in Singapore, 1822-1887 *
Woo, Tsung Liang, Ideology of the Khmer Rouge
Yang, Chao Kai Victor, Aesthetic sources and social criticism: the social implications of John Ruskin’s view of the English picturesque
Yeo, Wee Seng, The end of Diem’s revolution
Yoong, Yin Meng Jonathan, Tanks in the Malayan campaign 1941-1942 *