The Convenience of Digital Resources in Southeast Asian History during Isolation

It is an understatement to say that these are exceptional times. The spread of Covid-19 and the havoc it has wreaked on our healthcare systems and the political landscape has greatly limited our ability to meet and to travel. For those in academia, this means that many of us have had to cancel plans to... Continue Reading →

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An Ambonese Account on the Arrival of the Portuguese

There are relatively few local non-European written sources on the history of Maluku and Ambon in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that themselves can be traced to those centuries. The seventeenth century Malay-language Hikayat Tanah Hitu written by the Hituese imam Rijali is one of those few written sources. Composed while Rijali was in exile... Continue Reading →

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An Ambonese Account on the Arrival of the Portuguese

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