Tag: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre SIRD
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#BacaMerdeka: Batu Bersurat Terengganu Menurut Prof Ahmat Adam
Prof Ahmat Adam mungkin dikenang oleh khalayak peminat sejarah dan sejarawan untuk dua perkara. Pertama, pandangan beliau mengenai Hang Tu-Ha dan seterusnya perbezaan pandangan beliau mengenai tarikh dalam Batu Bersurat Terengganu dengan pandangan Prof. Syed Naquib Al-Attas. Kebetulan ketika polemik-polemik ini mulai tumbuh sewaktu beliau menjadi Karyawan Tamu Jabatan Sejarah UM, saya mengikuti pembentangan beliau seputar polemik tersebut dan perbahasan akademik yang ditimbulkan oleh rakan sejawat beliau. Walaupun demikian, tulisan ini tidak menolak wujudnya bukti-bukti kedatangan awal Islam di Asia Tenggara lebih awal daripada zaman Melaka. Selain daripada batu bersurat ini, turut dinyatakan bukti-bukti lain seperti kubur di Campa (431H/1039M),…
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Some Thoughts on Reading Anthony Milner’s Kerajaan
This is a guest post written by one of my friend, Kaif who also attended the book launching at GerakBudaya with slight editing for reading purpose. The only force that brought me to the book launch for Prof. Milner’s second edition of Kerajaan nearly three weeks ago was sheer curiosity. And as always, it didn’t disappoint: the panel discussion which included the author himself was absolutely eye-opening, at least to a complete neophyte of Malaysian politics, history and anthropology. Two weeks and a little more later, I’ve finally finished it and cannot recommend it enough to anyone (Malay or otherwise)…