Papers presented at a colloquium, "The Iberian powers in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, and in Southeast Asia," held in Singapore, May 13-14 2002, organi

Singapore gained independence in 1965, a city-state in a world of nation-states. Yet its long and complex history reaches much farther back. Blending modernity

Over the past two decades, Singapore has advanced rapidly towards becoming a both a global city-state and a key nodal point in the international economic sphere

The Singapore and Melaka Straits are a place where regional and long-distance maritime trading networks converge, linking Europe, the Mediterranean, eastern Afr

This book addresses the topic of humanities education fieldwork using the Singapore context as its primary focus. It explores how the thought processes behind a