Ping Tjin Thum
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Ping Tjin Thum
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Primary Sources
Thum, P., J. (2024). Nationalism and decolonisation in Singapore : the Malayan generation, 1953-1963. Routledge.
Thum, P., J. (2019). Independence: The Further Stage of Colonialism in Singapore. In L. Z. Rahim & M. D. Barr (Eds.), The Limits of Authoritarian Governance in Singapore’s Developmental State (pp. 49-69). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1556-5_3
Thum, P., J. (2017). The Malayan vision of Lim Chin Siong: unity, non-violence, and popular sovereignty. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 18(3), 391–413. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2017.1346167
Tjin, P., J., Low, D., Vadaketh, S. T., & Lim, L. (Eds). (2014). The Old Normal is the New Normal. In Hard Choices: Challenging the Singapore Consensus (pp. 139–167). NUS Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1ntgrm.17
Thum, P., J. (2013, November). 'The Fundamental Issue is Anti-colonialism, Not Merger’: Singapore’s “Progressive Left”, Operation Coldstore, and the Creation of Malaysia. (Asia Research Institute Working Paper Series No. 211). https://ari.nus.edu.sg/publications/wps-211-the-fundamental-issue-is-anti-colonialism-not-merger-singapores-progressive-left-operation-coldstore-and-the-creation-of-malaysia/
Thum, P. J. (2012). The Limitations of Monolingual History. In N. Tarling (Ed.), Studying Singapore’s Past: C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore (pp. 87–109). NUS Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1qv2wb.7
Thum, P., J. (2019). Independence: The Further Stage of Colonialism in Singapore. In L. Z. Rahim & M. D. Barr (Eds.), The Limits of Authoritarian Governance in Singapore’s Developmental State (pp. 49-69). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1556-5_3
Thum, P., J. (2017). The Malayan vision of Lim Chin Siong: unity, non-violence, and popular sovereignty. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 18(3), 391–413. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2017.1346167
Tjin, P., J., Low, D., Vadaketh, S. T., & Lim, L. (Eds). (2014). The Old Normal is the New Normal. In Hard Choices: Challenging the Singapore Consensus (pp. 139–167). NUS Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1ntgrm.17
Thum, P., J. (2013, November). 'The Fundamental Issue is Anti-colonialism, Not Merger’: Singapore’s “Progressive Left”, Operation Coldstore, and the Creation of Malaysia. (Asia Research Institute Working Paper Series No. 211). https://ari.nus.edu.sg/publications/wps-211-the-fundamental-issue-is-anti-colonialism-not-merger-singapores-progressive-left-operation-coldstore-and-the-creation-of-malaysia/
Thum, P. J. (2012). The Limitations of Monolingual History. In N. Tarling (Ed.), Studying Singapore’s Past: C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore (pp. 87–109). NUS Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1qv2wb.7
Secondary Sources
Seng, L. K., Tjin, T. P., & Chia, J. M. (2017). Living with Myths in Singapore. Ethos Books.
Curless, G. (2016). ‘The people need civil liberties’: trade unions and contested decolonisation in Singapore. Labor History, 57(1), 53–70. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2016.1140623
Aljunied, S. M. K., & Heng, D. (2012). Singapore in Global History. Amsterdam University Press.
Tarling, N. (Ed.). (2012). Studying Singapore’s Past: C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore. NUS Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1qv2wb
Curless, G. (2016). ‘The people need civil liberties’: trade unions and contested decolonisation in Singapore. Labor History, 57(1), 53–70. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2016.1140623
Aljunied, S. M. K., & Heng, D. (2012). Singapore in Global History. Amsterdam University Press.
Tarling, N. (Ed.). (2012). Studying Singapore’s Past: C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore. NUS Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1qv2wb
Extra Resources
Thum, P. J. (n.d.). The History of Singapore. Accessed October 28, 2025. https://thehistoryofsingapore.com/
Thum, P. J. (n.d.). The Show with PJ Thum. Accessed October 28, 2025. https://newnaratif.com/theshowwithpjthum/
Singapore: The House that Lee Built | People and Power. (2018, March 2). Al Jazeera English. YouTube. Accessed March 20, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c27vAhUJQdc
Apa itu Activist - "Revisionist" Historian, Thum Ping Tjin. (2016, August 23). The Online Citizen. YouTube. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CZ6N7neoZw
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“Ping Tjin Thum,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed December 6, 2025, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/774.