Who arrived first on the Malay Peninsula? That depends on whether you’re Indian or Malay
via South China Morning Post, 19 Feb 2019: I've covered a number of stories about Malaysian nationalism and archaeology; this ...
Tag: Nationalism
An idea advocating identity and interests of a nation or people.
Rebutting the myth that Malays have the second oldest genes in the world
Last week, a historian speaking at the ominously named “The Origins of the Malay” forum "quoted" the work of the ...
CFP: Archaeology, Heritage, and Nationalism in Southeast Asia
Rising Voices in Southeast Asian Studies – A SEAC / AAS Initiative with Support from the journal, TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National ...
In Malaysia, attempts to use archaeology to uncover the origins of race
Once again, the debate in Malaysia of the origin of the 'Malay' 'race' using poorly understood and misused archaeology. REALLY? ...
Untangling myth and reality from Malaysia's history
Besides the "startling" news about the origins of the human race, another stir over the history of Malaysia was raised ...
The human race from proto-Malays? Prove it.
Sometimes a story appears that is so stupid, so inane, that you just have to rant about it. The Malaysian ...
Wednesday Rojak #43
Only three features in this week's rojak, but all quite worthwhile reads covering the Hobbit and the human shoulder, Cham ...
Relooked: The Chams, identity and archaeology
Last week I featured a piece on the Phnom Penh post by anthropologist David Lempert about the Cham and statelessness, ...
Differing concepts of "Malay"-ness
I mentioned in the previous post about the Negara Kertagama about how Malaysia and Indonesia are embroiled in a dispute ...
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