Time

Programme

1400-1410h

Welcome Address by Mr Michael Koh
Chief Executive Officer, National Heritage Board

1410-1420h

Opening Remarks by Mr Kwa Chong Guan
Head (External Programmes),S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
Chairman, National Archives Board

Session 1:
Preserving and Accessing Cold War Records and Archives

1420-1435h

Country Report from PARBICA (Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives) Representative:

Mr Ross Gibbs
Director-General, National Archives of Australia

1435-1445h

Country Report from EASTICA (East Asian Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives) Representative:

Dr Sang Min Lee
Director, Fawoo Technology RIM Research Center, Korea

1445-1455h

1455-1505h

1505-1515h

1515-1525h

1525-1535h

Country Reports from SARBICA (Southeast Asian Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives) Members:

Awang Bantong bin Antaran
Director of Brunei Museums, Brunei Museums Department

Mrs Chhem Neang
Director, National Archives of Cambodia

Mr Tulkhah Mansyur
Deputy Director for Archives Management, National Archives of Indonesia

Mrs Thongchanh Keosenhom
Acting Head Division, Archives Department of Laos

Mr Ahmad Shukri Abdul Kadir
Archivist, National Archives of Malaysia

1535-1605h

Tea Break

1605-1615h

1615-1625h

1625-1635h

1635-1645h

1645-1655h

Country Reports from SARBICA members:

Mr Kyaw Win
Director, National Archives Department of Myanmar

Mrs Marietta Chou
Acting Director, National Archives of the Philippines

Mr Kevin Khoo
Assistant Archivist, National Archives of Singapore

Mrs Sureerat Wongsangiem
Director, National Archives of Thailand

Ms Nguyen Thi Tam
Deputy Director-General, The State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam

1655-1730h

Panel Discussion

Chairperson: Mr Pitt Kuan Wah
Director, National Archives of Singapore

Time

Programme

Session 2:
Cold War: A Historical Perspective

0830-0845h

Professor Tan Tai Yong
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
National University of Singapore

Paper Title: Cold War in South Asia

0845-0900h

Professor Prasenjit Duara
Director of Research, Humanities and Social Sciences,
National University of Singapore
Emeritus Professor of History and East Asian Languages
and Civilizations, University of Chicago

Paper Title: Periodizing the Cold War in World History

0900-0915h

Professor Anthony Reid
Founding Director, Asia Research Institute (ARI),
National University of Singapore
Currently Research Leader of Southeast Asia-China Interactions Cluster at the ARI

0915-0945h

Tea Break

0945-1000h

Dr Michael Montesano
Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Paper Title: Thailand's Cold War Through Fiction: Counter-Insurgency and Loyalty in the Writings of Pol Gen Vasit Dejkunjorn

1000-1015h

Dr Christian Ostermann
Director, Cold War International History Project
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Paper Title: In from the Cold: The Importance of Archives

1015-1030h

Mr Malcolm Byrne
Deputy Director and Director of Research, National Security Archive at George Washington University

Paper Title: Cold War Research in the United States

1030-1130h

Panel Discussion

Chairperson: A/P Ang Cheng Guan
Head, Humanities and Social Studies Education Academic Group of the National Institute of Education (HSSE/NIE)

1130-1200h

Closing

1200-1300h

Lunch