History on Repeat is an eight-part miniseries that aims to delve into key aspects of Malaysian history. While we won’t be able to cover every period and topic in our vast and complex past, we will be having a series of conversations on key subjects, places and themes, and discussing why our history still matters today. For our fourth episode, we speak with Dr Mulaika Hijjas, Lecturer in South East Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, about the history of women in nineteenth-century Malaya.

History on Repeat #1: Archaeology and the Roots of the Malay World

History on Repeat #2: Rethinking Melaka and the Sejarah Melayu

History on Repeat #3: Portuguese and Dutch Legacies in the Malay Peninsula

History on Repeat #5: British Malaya through the Lens of Architecture

History on Repeat #6: Migration and the Making of Chinese and Indian Diasporas in Malaysia

History on Repeat #7: Malaya and the Second World War

History on Repeat #8: The Making of Malaysian Identities

Produced by: Chase Caldwell Smith

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan

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Categories:  Education,  Performing Arts,  History,  People and Places

Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  Live and Learn,  History on Repeat,  Malaysian history,  history of Malaya,  nineteenth-century history,  twentieth-century history,  history of women,  literacy,  reading,  writing,  storytelling,  syair,  publishing,  gender roles,  hikayat,  court of Penyengat,  urbanisation,  modernity,