BERITA is the official publication of the Malaysian/Singapore/Brunei (MSB) Studies Group. A part of the Association of Asian Studies, the group is a cross-disciplinary network of scholars, students, and observers with research and other professional interests in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei.
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Berita Summer 2021
Dominik M. Müller
Letter from the Chair ... 2
John A. Lent Prize and Provencher Travel Prize ... 4
Announcement: MSB panel "Haze, Sand, Fire, Water" Environmental Crises in Southeast Asia" at AAS 2022 Hawaii ... 6
Article: Educating the Sultanate: The Melding of Higher Education and Islam in Brunei Darussalam, by Moez Hayat ... 10
Book Review: Local Democracy Denied: A Personal Journey into Local Government in Malaysia (Lim Mah Hui) by Koay Su Lyn ... 14
Book Review: The Roots of Resilience: Party Machines and Grassroots Politics in Singapore and Malaysia (Meredith L. Weiss) by Mohamed Salihin Subhan ... 17
Review Essay: Multispecies and post-humanist work in Borneo - Recent Contributions and Possible Futures, by Asmus Rungby ... 20
Publications and Articles ... 28
Editorial Information ... 32
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Berita Summer 2020
Dominik M. Müller
Letter from the Chair ... 2
John A. Lent Prize 2020 ... 3
Article: “Pieter J. Veth on the Tabut Feast: Judaic and Persian-Shīʿī Traces of a Tradition in Java” (Majid Daneshgar) ... 4
Article:”‘The 2020 Singapore General Elections: Moving Away from a One-Party-Dominant State” (Kay Key Teo) ... 10
Book Review: 90 Years in Singapore (Irene Lim) by Margaret Sarkissian ... 15
Publications ... 20
Job Opportunities ... 21
Editorial Information ... 23
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Berita Winter 2019/2020
Dominik M. Müller
Table of Contents
Letter from the Chair ... 2
MSB Group Events at the AAS Conference 2020, Boston, MA (March 19-22) ... 3–4
Article: ‘A Fresh Look at Fish Through a Brief History of Fish Head Curry’ (Geoffrey K. Pakiam) ... 5–10
Article: ‘‘My Second Home’: An Interview with Rose Chew,Ticketing Officer of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, 1990–2016’ ... 11–13
MSB Member News ... 14
Publications ... 14–16
Job Opportunities ... 16
Call for Applications: M.A. and PhD Programs ... 17–18
Call for Papers ... 18
Editorial Information ... 18
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Berita Summer 2019
Dominik M. Müller
Letter from the Chair ... 2
Announcement ... 3
Prizes: John A. Lent Prize 2019 Commendation & Ronald Provencher Grant ... 3–4
Panel Reports: AAS Annual Conference 2019 (Denver, CO) ... 5–12
Article: “To Harmonize or Not Harmonize? Shariah Criminal Law in Malaysia” (Kerstin Steiner) ... 12–14
Article: “Reflections from the Field: On a Quest to Save the Poor: a Day in a “Zakat Camp” (Tímea Gréta Biró) ... 14–17
Article: “A Contemporary Ghost Story: The Tale of the Pontianak” (Rosalia N. Engchuan) ... 17–19
Book Review: Through Turbulent Terrain: Trade of the Straits Port of Penang (Loh, Wei Leng & Jeffrey Seow) by Cheong-Soon Gan ... 20–22
Publication: Michael G. Peletz (2020, forthc.) Sharia Transformations: Cultural Politics and the Rebranding of an Islamic Judiciary ... 22–23
Publication: Mareike Pampus (2019) Heritage Food: The Materialization of Connectivity in Nyonya Cooking ... 23–24
Job Opportunities ... 25
Call for Papers ... 25–26
Member Notes ... 26
BERITA History Reprint: John A. Lent (2002) “History of Berita and Malaysia/Singapore /Brunei Studies Group” ... 27–28
Editorial Information... 28
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Berita Winter 2018/2019
Dominik M. Müller
Letter from the Chair ... 2
Announcements ... 3–5
Article: “Memories of Rollei Singapore” (Loh Kah Seng, Nguyen Ngoc Luu Ly) ... 6–15
Article: “Encountering Communism in a Cosmopolitan City: The Ducroux Case in the Eyes of the Singapore Press” (Kankan Xie) ... 16–21
MSB Studies News: Guangxi University for Nationalities (GXUN) establishes China’s first Brunei Studies Center ... 22–23
Publications ... 23
Job Opportunities ... 23
Call for Papers ... 24
Call for Applications: Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute ... 25
Call for Applications: Monash University Malaysia ... 25
Member Profile: Margaret John ... 26
Editorial Information ... 27
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Berita Summer 2018
Dominik M. Müller
Table of Contents
Letter from the Chair ... 2
Announcements ... 3
John A. Lent Prize 2018 Commendation ... 4
Ronald Provencher Travel Grant Commendation ... 4–5
Panel Report: Food, Belonging, and Identity in Colonial and Post-Colonial Malaysia/Singapore ... 7–8
Article: Social Categorization and Religiously Framed State-Making in Brunei... 9
Article: A New Dawn for Malaysia: The Election that Tipped the Balance ... 22
Project Report: Project M: Campaigning with a “Dictator” ... 29
Book Review: Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects: British Malaya, 1786-1941... 31
Call for Panelists and Book Chapters: Revisioning 2020 ... 32–33
Call for Book Chapters: Malaysian Politics and People, Vol. 3 ... 33–34
Job Opportunities ... 34
Call for Papers: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs ... 34
Member Notes ... 35
Editorial Information ... 35
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Berita Spring 2017
Eric C. Thompson
Table of Contents
Chair’s Address ... 2
Editor’s Foreword ... 3
John A. Lent Prize Commendation ... 4
Ronald Provencher Travel Grant Commendation ... 5
Announcements ... 5
“Democracy and Development at Risk” – A Panel Report (J. Saravanamuttu) ... 7
Field Report: Kebun Culture (E.C. Thompson) ... 11
Remembering J. Norman Palmer (C.A. Lockard) ... 16
Member Notes ... 17
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Berita Autumn 2017
Eric C. Thompson
Table of Contents
Chair’s Address...2
Editor’s Foreword ...3
Announcements ...3
Research Report: Mahathir’s 2018 Campaign ...4
Book Review: Taming the Wild ...9
Call for Papers: AAS 2020 (REVISIONING 2020) ...12
Call for Papers: Performing Citizenship in Singapore ...13
Call for Papers: Malaysian Politics and Peoples ...14
Call for Papers: Database of Religious History ...16
AAS 2018 Conference Panels with MSB Content ...17
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Berita Autumn 2016
Eric C. Thompson
Table of Contents
Chair’s Address ... 2
Editor’s Foreword ... 4
John A. Lent Prize ... 5
“After Decolonization” – A Panel Report ... 6
Association for Asian Studies 2017 (Toronto) – Panels with Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Content ... 8
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Berita Autumn 2015
Eric C. Thompson
Table of Contents
Chair’s Address ... 2
Editor’s Foreword ...3
John A. Lent Prize ...4
Ronald Provencher Travel Award ...5
Rabbits or rebels? Making sense of Singapore’s 2015 elections ...6
Greening the glass ceiling? Shaping of Malaysian women’s Shariah expertise as global Islamic financial expertise...10
Mr. Teh-o-ais kurang manis...17
Review of the Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies Library ... 21
Association for Asian Studies 2016 (Seattle) – Panels with Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Content ... 23
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Berita Special Spring Issue 2015
Timothy P. Daniels
Table of Contents
Editor’s Foreword...2
Members’ Updates...4
Special Articles Modernities Through Art and Design: Printing Press as a Resource of Examining Penang’s Modernity by Sarena Abdullah...6
Malaysia's New “Culture of Entrepreneurship”: Bumiputera Agendas and Dilemmas by Sarah Kelman...19
Meanings of Traditional Textiles Consumption in Brunei Darussalam by Siti Norkhalbi Haji Wahsalfelah...27
Book Reviews....40
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Berita Autumn 2014
Timothy P. Daniels
Table of Contents
Chair’s Address ... 2
Editor’s Foreword...4
Members’ Updates...5
Prizes ... 8
Announcements...10
Malaysian Chinese Muslims in Search of an Identity...11
Brunei’s Syariah Penal Code and Secular Fundamentalism...14
A comparative analysis of online and print media during the 2013 Malaysian General Election: A Research Note...22
Book Review...36
Obituary...39
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Berita Autumn 2013
Derek Heng
Table of Contents
Chair’s Address...2
Editor’s Foreword...3
Members’ Updates...4
Prizes...4
Announcements...6
Competitive Elections and Ethnic and Religious Politics...7
Malaysia's 2013 Election: The Nation and the National Front...14
Transforming Melayu Identities in Maritime Southeast Aia ... 21
What Islam, Who's Islam?...25
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Berita Autumn 2012
Derek Heng
Table of Contents
Chair’s Address...2
Editor’s Foreword...3
Members’ Updates...4
John A. Lent Prize...5
Breaking from the Past? The 2012 Hougang By-‐Elections ...7
Book Review: Student Activism in Malaysia...12
Reframing the Singaporean Political Discourse...16
Limits of the Developmental State...20
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Berita Spring 2012
Derek Heng
Table of Contents
Chair’s Address ...2
Editor’s Foreword...3
Members’ Updates...4
History as Controversy (Conference Report)...6
The Hickling Report on Brunei...9
Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going (Review)...13
Queenstown in Singapore and the Interstices of National History...16
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Berita Autumn 2011
Derek Heng
Chair’s Address... 2
Editor’s Foreword...3
Members’ Updates...4
Announcements...5
John A. Lent Prize...6
Islam, Corporatization and Economy in Southeast Asia...8
Singapore’s Democratic Opening? 2011 Elections...12
What is National Education in Singapore?...15
Researching the Colonial Ethnology of British Malaya & the Netherlands Indies...20
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Berita Spring 2011
Derek Heng
Table of Contents
Chair’s Address .…...2
Editor’s Foreword...3
Members’ Updates...4
Announcements ...6
The State of Malaysian Studies in Germany...7
Whither Identity Politics: The Rise of Multi-Ethnic Opposition in Malaysia...9
Singapore Revs up for Elections...13
Methodology and Fieldwork: A Guide to Research Fieldwork in Kelantan …..16
Microhistory, Legal Records and Minorities in Singapore and Malaysia .…..21
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Berita Volume XXXIII, Number 1 (2009)
Ronald Provencher
Table of Contents
Editor’s note... 1
Periodicals...1
Books...7
Conferences, Papers, Manuscripts, Positions ….10
Amnesty International...11
Prospectus...12
Research Staff...12
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Berita Volume XXXIII, Number 2 (2009)
Ronald Provencher
Table of Contents
Editor’s note... 1
AAS – Malaysian R T...1
Working Papers…... 1
Periodicals...2
Books...6
Amnesty International ….. 11
Prospectus...12
Research Staff...12
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Berita Volume XXXIII, Number 3 (2009)
Ronald Provencher
Table of Contents
Editor’s note...1
Periodicals...1
Books....5
Websites & opportunities…11
Amnesty International...12
Prospectus…...12
Research Staff...12
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Berita Volume XXXIII, Number 4 (2009)
Ronald Provencher
Table of Contents
Editor’s note...1
Periodicals...1
Books...5
Websites... 11
Positions/Opportunities .. 11
Amnesty International...11
In Memoriam…...12
Prospectus...12
Research Staff...12
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Berita Volume XXXII, Number 1 (2008)
Ronald Provencher
Table of Contents
Editor’s note... 1
Periodicals...1
Books...7
Conferences, Papers, Manuscripts, Positions .….11
Amnesty International...12
Prospectus...12
Research Staff...12
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Berita Volume XXXII, Number 2 (2008)
Ronald Provencher
Table of Contents
Editor’s note... 1
Periodicals...1
Books...8
Websites...11
Conferences, Papers, Manuscripts & Positions…12
Amnesty International...12
Prospectus...12
Research Staff...12
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Berita Volume XXXII, Number 3 (2008)
Ronald Provencher
Table of Contents
Editor’s note... 1
Periodicals...1
Books...9
Websites...12
Conferences, Papers, Manuscripts & Positions…12
Amnesty International...12
Prospectus...12
Research Staff...12
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Berita Volume XXXII, Number 4 (2008)
Ronald Provencher
Table of Contents
Editor’s note... 1
Periodicals...1
Books...7
Conferences, Papers, Manuscripts & Positions…11
Amnesty International...12
Prospectus...12
Research Staff...12