The NUS History Alumni Association is hosting (for the first time) a Mad Hatters Party at the new NUS Alumni House next Friday.
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Editorial
Editorial: Telling Stories
by Ho Chi Tim
I’ve always loved stories. This one is mine.
I started young with History, chancing upon the standard secondary-level history texts – Social and Economic History of Modern Singapore (Two Volumes – 1984) – in my nanny’s home while in primary school.
So I began reading about the founding of Singapore in 1819 by Sir… »
Talking Race in Singapore History
by Sarah Ismail
The Singapore History Gallery in the new National Museum of Singapore tells the Singapore story, or rather, the Singapore stories – as one of the gallery’s features is the use of multiple narratives to form an overarching meta-narrative to tell the island’s tale. Still, the flowing lines converge at points, sectioning history… »