Visualizing Nationalists in 1945 Vietnam
I came across a report from October 1945 that was created by the US State Department. It contains biographies of nationalists in Indochina. In the fall of 1945, Ho Chi…
Korea, Vietnam and Area Studies
[A few days ago I posted this piece, but then I deleted it because I thought people might see it as too negative. My intent in writing this piece, however,…
Watching (a Curveless Version of) 42nd Street at the Sala Chalermkrung in 1933
In 1933, Warner Brothers released a musical film called 42nd Street. The film has been called a “backstage musical” as it focuses on a group of dancers and actors who…
A Chinese College in Late-19th-Century Singapore
The internationalization of higher education is a major trend around the globe at the moment. One of the manifestations of this phenomenon is that Western universities are setting up programs…
King Mindon’s 1856 Letter to the US President
The US National Archives has digitized a letter that was sent by Burmese king, Mindon Min, to the US president in 1856. In that year, Franklin Pierce was the president,…
Music and Power in Mainland Southeast Asia
Recently I’ve been reading and listening to a new book with accompanying CDs called Longing for the Past: The 78 rpm Era in Southeast Asia. In the early 20th century,…
Humor at the Biên Hòa Insane Asylum in 1934
I was looking at an issue of Phụ nữ tân văn (Women’s News) from 1934 and came across an article written by a certain Nguyễn Thị Manh Manh about a…
Prince Maung Maung Gyi, Emperor Bảo Đại, and the Women They Loved
I came across a wonderful picture on Facebook today. This is Prince Maung Maung Gyi, a member of the (deposed) royal family of Burma. Not knowing anything about this man,…
Mixed Messages about Sex in Advertisements from 1930s Singapore
I like to relax by looking through old newspapers from Singapore (that have been beautifully digitized by NUS). In doing so today, I just realized that there is something odd…
Seeing Tai in Nanzhao
The effort of scholars in the People’s Republic of China to discredit the claim that the kingdom of Nanzhao (~8th-9th cents.) had been Thai/Tai culminated in 1990 with the publication…
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