Sai Siew Min
Title
Sai Siew Min
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Singapore
Primary Sources
Sai, S. M. (2023). Becoming Chinese in the Malay world: colonialism, migration and history in Singapore. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 24(4), 606–624. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2023.2221491
Sai, S. M. and Hoon, C., Y., (Eds). (2022) Reassessing Chinese Indonesians: History, Religion and Belonging , Ruotlwedge, https://www.routledge.com/Chinese-Indonesians-Reassessed-History-Religion-and-Belonging/Sai-Hoon/p/book/9781138815612
Sai, S. M. (2019). Dressing Up Subjecthood: Straits Chinese, the Queue, and Contested Citizenship in Colonial Singapore. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 47(3), 446–473. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2019.1576835
Sai, S. M. (2016). Mandarin lessons: modernity, colonialism and Chinese cultural nationalism in the Dutch East Indies, c.1900s. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 17(3), 375–394. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2016.1217635
Sai, S. M., & Hoon, C. (2013). Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging. Routledge.
Sai, S. M. (2013). Educating multicultural citizens: Colonial nationalism, imperial citizenship and education in late colonial Singapore. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 44(1), 49–73. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463412000616
Sai, S.,M with Lim, C., T. (2008) Archive Fever … in Singapore: An Interview with CC Chin s-pores 2.1, Accessed 10 May 25 https://s-pores.com/2008/ 01/ CCChin/
Sai, S. M. and Hoon, C., Y., (Eds). (2022) Reassessing Chinese Indonesians: History, Religion and Belonging , Ruotlwedge, https://www.routledge.com/Chinese-Indonesians-Reassessed-History-Religion-and-Belonging/Sai-Hoon/p/book/9781138815612
Sai, S. M. (2019). Dressing Up Subjecthood: Straits Chinese, the Queue, and Contested Citizenship in Colonial Singapore. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 47(3), 446–473. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2019.1576835
Sai, S. M. (2016). Mandarin lessons: modernity, colonialism and Chinese cultural nationalism in the Dutch East Indies, c.1900s. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 17(3), 375–394. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2016.1217635
Sai, S. M., & Hoon, C. (2013). Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging. Routledge.
Sai, S. M. (2013). Educating multicultural citizens: Colonial nationalism, imperial citizenship and education in late colonial Singapore. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 44(1), 49–73. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463412000616
Sai, S.,M with Lim, C., T. (2008) Archive Fever … in Singapore: An Interview with CC Chin s-pores 2.1, Accessed 10 May 25 https://s-pores.com/2008/ 01/ CCChin/
Secondary Sources
Thum, P. (2024). Nationalism and decolonisation in Singapore : the Malayan generation, 1953-1963. Routledge.
(2024). Racing whiteness in Asian bodies: The influence of American conservatism on Singaporean anti-colonial nationalism. Nations and Nationalism, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.13080
Barr, M. D. (2022). Singapore comes to terms with its Malay past: the politics of crafting a national history. Asian Studies Review, 46(2), 350–368. https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2021.1972934
Sa'at, A,. Joramimi, F., and Sai, S. M. (Eds) Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History,Ethos Vooks, https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/rafflesrenounced
(2024). Racing whiteness in Asian bodies: The influence of American conservatism on Singaporean anti-colonial nationalism. Nations and Nationalism, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.13080
Barr, M. D. (2022). Singapore comes to terms with its Malay past: the politics of crafting a national history. Asian Studies Review, 46(2), 350–368. https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2021.1972934
Sa'at, A,. Joramimi, F., and Sai, S. M. (Eds) Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History,Ethos Vooks, https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/rafflesrenounced
Extra Resources
Min, S. S. (2021, September). Updating the Narrative: a Dialogue Between the Former Coloniser and Colonised by Sai Siew Min. s/pores journal. Accessed September 24, 2025. https://s-pores.com/2021/09/updating-the-narrative-a-dialogue-between-the-former-coloniser-and-colonised-by-sai-siew-min/
Min, S. S. (2021, June 17). Why there is Chinese privilege in Singapore, but it’s not analogous to White privilege. Academia Views SG. Accessed August 28, 2025. https://www.academia.sg/academic-views/why-there-is-chinese-privilege-in-singapore-but-its-not-analogous-to-white-privilege/
Min, S. S. (2021, June 17). Why there is Chinese privilege in Singapore, but it’s not analogous to White privilege. Academia Views SG. Accessed August 28, 2025. https://www.academia.sg/academic-views/why-there-is-chinese-privilege-in-singapore-but-its-not-analogous-to-white-privilege/
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“Sai Siew Min,” 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/775.