🎧 Listen: Sally Low, author of "Colonial Law Making" (NUS Press, 2023) was interviewed on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. They discuss the story of the encounter between Cambodia’s indigenous legal tradition and modern French legal thinking. newbooksnetwork.com/colonial-law...
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#NewBook: "Being Present" is a showcase of ethnographic research on Laos, a rapidly transforming country at the heart of mainland Southeast Asia and a southern gateway to China.
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Our biggest sale of the year is almost over! If you haven't yet, now's the chance to get that missing book for your shelves: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/collections/...
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#NewBook: Prof Tan Yock Lin (1953–2023) was a prominent figure in Singapore’s legal community. "A Gentleman of the Law" honours the legacy of a scholar whose impact will long continue to shape the legal landscape in Singapore and beyond.
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Just 6 days left until our end-of-year sale is over!
From "Wanderlust", the biography of the world's first female solo traveller, to "lives & times of hrh" & "Not for Circulation", tales of two Singapore originals, discover their stories & more here: buff.ly/RuQPSUU
From "Las Vegas in Singapore", which looks at the collision of the histories of Singapore and Las Vegas via Marina Bay Sands, to "Divine Custody" & "Traces of the Sage" which uncover the history & material culture of temples, discover our books on places!
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Grab books for your coffee table at discounted prices, including "Marjorie Doggett’s Singapore" which "features a treasure trove of previously unpublished photos of the island", and "Art & Trousers", an ArtNews Top Art Book of 2021.
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Our #EOYSale2025 $10 and Under highlights: "It's a Living" about the world of work in Vietnam, "Hard Choices" which the Business Times described as "arguably the most stimulating and provocative book ever written on public policy in Singapore", & many more!
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The use of the new technology of light detection and ranging (‘lidar’) in the past decade has revealed that the Cambodian royal city of Angkor was one of the world’s largest pre-industrial urban centres.”
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[Early Southeast Asia] highlights the region’s importance to theories of human evolution due to vital discoveries such as ‘Java Man’, Homo floresiensis (aka ‘the Hobbit’), and the recently discovered Homo luzonensis on the island of Luzon... (contd.)
.@historytoday.com the world's leading pop history magazine, included "Early Southeast Asia" in its Books of the Year list!:
“Southeast Asian history sometimes seems at the periphery of mainstream historical interest [not to us!], but two books this year are exceptions... (contd.)
Charles Higham was interviewed on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about his book "Early #SoutheastAsia". Interviewer Patrick Jory speaks to Higham about the recent discoveries that are revealing remarkable new insights into the region’s early history.
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"In the Mirror" will be launched at the George Town Lit Fest! Editors Brandon Liew and Daryl Lim Wei Jie will discuss literary legacies, tradition, and the future of poetry in English.
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When: 29 Nov, 10-11am
Where: Wawasan Reading Room
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#NewBook: How did Bangkok, once a modest riverside town, transform into the vibrant capital of a modern nation? This book explores the dynamic forces that reshaped Bangkok between the late 18th and mid-20th centuries.
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📸: Launch of “In the Mirror: New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam" yesterday. Editors Brandon K. Liew & Daryl Lim Wei Jie are pictured here with our guests-of-honour Prof Wang Gungwu & Mr Robert Yeo, and moderator @psmedia.asia.
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Also - until this Friday only, all purchases of "In the Mirror" made on our website will come with a free copy of "Collected Poems of Arthur Yap!"
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Reminder: Join us for the launch of "In the Mirror: New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam"!
When: Sunday (Nov 2) at 11 am, registration from 10:30 am
Where: Programme Room 2, Central Public Library (B1 of National Library Building)
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NUS Press mourns the passing of our author John Miksic, renowned archaeologist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at NUS.
Read more: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/blogs/news/i...
Checking in from the Frankfurt Book Fair, where the Philippines are the Guest of Honour! Here are Lisandro Claudio (Liberalism and the Postcolony) & Filomeno Aguilar Jr. (Migration Revolution) at the Philippines pavilion with our Director Peter Schoppert.
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You are warmly invited to the launch of "In the Mirror", the first comprehensive collection of the poems and critical essays of Wong Phui Nam.
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Date: Nov 2 (Sun), 11AM
Time: Programme Room 2, Central Public Library
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For a limited time and while stocks last, all orders of "In the Mirror" in Singapore/Southeast Asia will get a FREE copy of "The Collected Poems of Arthur Yap"!
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#NewBook: "In the Mirror" is the first comprehensive collection of the poetry and essays of Wong Phui Nam (1935–2022), a foundational poet of Malaysian literature in English. Edited by Brandon K. Liew & Daryl Lim Wei Jie, with an afterword by Edwin Thumboo.
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Look who came by NUS Press today! When hornbills drop by your office window, you stop everything to watch. 🍃
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Dr Sud Chonchirdsin, author of "Vietnam Documented" (NUS Press & the @britishlibrary.bsky.social, 2023), is pictured here with his book!
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📸: Annabel Gallop, author of "Malay Seals" (NUS Press &
@britishlibrary.bsky.social, 2019), at the 80th #NationalDayOfVietnam celebrations in London presenting "Vietnam Documented" (2023) to Vietnam's Ambassador to the UK, H.E. Mr Do Minh Hung, and H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member.
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“[The author] has extremely interesting sections on coinage, the make-up of the trade (tea replaced porcelain and silk as the most profitable product) and a deep-dive into the commercial organization of Batavia…. the wealth of data makes it palpable and the details bring out nuance...”
Timothy Barnard is interviewed on the
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about his book "Imperial Creatures" (NUS Press, 2019). Host Faizah Zakaria & Barnard discuss the question of animal agency, the performative aspects of animal welfare & more.
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#ColonialHistory
#NewBook: A major new work on Asian trade and empire, "The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia" draws on VOC records to show how Chinese merchants in 17th century Batavia and Southeast Asia emerged as central players in global trade.
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