With the increasing interest in Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship (DS), more and more scholars are now trying to use new digital tools and methods for their research. Some researchers may be interested to embark on their first digital project or data visualisation but may be unsure where to begin. To that end, NUS Libraries […]
Prisoners Their Own Warders
Prisoners Their Own Warders is an 1899 publication which sketches the lives led by the prisoners in Bencoolen, Penang, Old Malacca and Singapore prisons during the 19th century. The writer, J.F.A. McNair, was a British Indian. A colonial official, his career took him from England to India, Malacca and Singapore. During his service in Singapore, […]
A History of the Educational Policy of the Straits Settlements with Recommendations for a New System Based on Vernaculars
Published in 1947, A History of the Educational Policy of the Straits Settlements with Recommendations for a New System Based on Vernaculars was originally a thesis submitted to the University of London in 1940. Authored by Dr David D. Chelliah, the book charts in detail the progression of education in the Straits Settlements from the […]
150 Years of Education in Singapore
150 Years of Education in Singapore was published by the Teaching Training College (TTC) in 1969 to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of Singapore. Edited by T. R. Doraisamy, then principal of TTC, the book served to highlight the important turning points since its founding in 1819, and how education was co-entensive with the […]
Study on Perceptions of Singapore’s Built Heritage & Landmarks
We are pleased to launch an interactive web exhibit for the Study on Perceptions of Singapore’s Built Heritage and Landmarks. In collaboration with the IPS Social Lab team from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, the web exhibit complements the study by highlighting its key findings and visualising the respondents’ perceptions of 53 […]
Journal of the Indian Archipelago & Eastern Asia
In 1847, a landmark scholarly journal — Journal of the Indian Archipelago & Eastern Asia (JIAEA) — was published in Singapore. At that time, scientific and literary knowledge was mainly disseminated via the medium of periodicals and journals. Such publications in the region then were dominated by missionary-related magazines and scientific journals of Java produced […]
Modern Singapore
In 1919, on the centenary of the founding of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles, two books were commissioned to commemorate the occasion. They were One Hundred Years of Singapore edited by Walter Makepeace, Gilbert Brooke and Roland St John Braddell and One Hundred Years’ History of the Chinese in Singapore by Sir Song Ong Siang. […]
新加坡华人: 从开埠到建国 (The Chinese in Singapore: Past & Present)
新加坡华人: 从开埠到建国 (The Chinese in Singapore: Past and Present) was published in 1994 for the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations by a local publisher, the Educational Publishing House. It was written by Chui Kwei-Chiang (崔贵强) who was then teaching in the National University of Singapore. Chui had written extensively on the Chinese community in […]
Pantun Champor-Bawor (A Variety of Malay Quatrains)
Pantun Champor-Bawor (A Variety of Malay Quatrains) was published in 1908 by the local Batu Gantong Press. These quatrains were compiled by Chan Kim Boon (1851-1920), well-known for his Baba Malay translations of Chinese classics such as Chrita dahulu-kala di triak Song Kang, 108 p’rompak atau Swui huoh di zaman “Song Teow” (Shui Hu Zhuan; Water […]
Finding Francis: A Poetic Adventure
Finding Francis: A Poetic Adventure is a slim tome that recounts Eriko Ogihara-Schuck’s quest to find the lost poet, Francis P. Ng. Francis wrote F.M.S.R., a poem that was regarded as “the first notable work of English poetry produced by a Singaporean writer”. Drawing inspiration from T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, it described a train […]