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

Sheila de Costa, President, Selangor and Federal Territory Eurasian Association | Dennis De Witt, independent historian

31-Jan-20 15:00

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

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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 third episode, we speak with Sheila de Costa, President of the Selangor and Federal Territory Eurasian Association, and Dennis De Witt, independent historian. Together, we explore the historical impact of the Portuguese and Dutch in the Malay Peninsula, focussing on the communities they built and their continued legacies today.

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 #4: Nineteenth-Century Women of Malaya

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: Politics, Law and Legal Matters, History, People and Places, Education

Tags: The Bigger Picture, Live and Learn, History on Repeat, Malaysian history, Portuguese Melaka, Dutch Melaka, Melaka, Eurasians, Portuguese Eurasians, Dutch Eurasians, Portugal, the Netherlands, VOC, Dutch East India Company, Ceylon, Batavia, Indonesia, trade, Portuguese India, Melaka Sultanate, 1511, 1641,

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