PoP Blog

Their contributions were fundamental to shaping Vietnam’s early modern social, religious, and economic society, but historical scholarship has neglected their experiences for centuries.

Proactive engagement, people-to-people connections, developing mutual trust and respect is essential to protect Perth for the future.

Why, after such a long hiatus, is underwater cultural heritage is once again being considered as an economic, not an archaeological or historical, resource?

For better or worse, players and game designers are part of the project of making Southeast Asian history.

The materiality of writing has major implications for the practice of history...When you look at a ‘medieval’ Javanese manuscript, it is almost always an 18th or 19th century copy of a copy of a copy ... and so on.

A critical reflection on the emergence, dominance and legacy of Java’s historic ‘empire’.

What does world heritage inscription mean in a country where human rights abuses are ongoing?

Ann Ang discusses the historical context, origins and identity of the Straits Chinese.

Medieval artefacts and manuscripts are explored by Alex West to give insight on the deep past of Southeast Asia.

On what translation can tell us about Thai society and its perspectives on its regional neighbours.

Nien Yuan Cheng continues her commentary on how Singapore artists are responding to the Bicentennial.

Part 2 of this 3-part series on the SG Bicentennial explores MY Bridge of Light, a community play sponsored by the official bicentennial fund.

PoP's Cheng Nien Yuan continues her commentary on Singapore's Bicentennial.

A personal reflection on the importance of academic freedom

Notes on the first joint meeting of the Asian Society for the History of Medicine & History of Medicine in Southeast Asia, Jakarta, 27-30 June 2018

The most important conference for Asia-Pacific archaeology, heritage & museums is in Vietnam from 23 to 28 September. PoP takes a look at the Southeast Asia sessions & papers we are most excited about.

Isla Winarto talks to PoP about the Indonesian Heritage Society's efforts to promote heritage conservation at Jakarta's Museum Tekstil

Writing history in the Indian Ocean world was the result of a complex interplay of global norms and local conditions of textual production.

PoP's completely biased top picks for the 2018 Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) conference

New research on an ancient wreck raises important questions about protection and preservation

A commentary on the Sufi poem of the peculiar whale, by the 16th-century Malay poet Hamzah of Barus.

A new book on West Sumatran 'angkot' reveals the complex tensions between tradition and modernity in contemporary Minangkabau society

The fall of great premodern Southeast Asian settlements offers hints about what climate change has in store for today's megacities.