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The inaugural Singapore Prize will award its winner with a sum of money to support his or her research efforts. The prize seeks to encourage research and publishing on topics significant for Singaporean communities; rather than being seen as competition among universities or individuals, but rather celebrate outstanding work by recognising and honoring it with this prize. It will be announced sometime around 2023.
This year’s shortlist for the National University of Singapore History Prize shines the spotlight on everyday people’s stories, with several books taking a more humanistic approach to historical events than is usually found. An example is Kamaladevi Aravindan’s Sembawang (2020; available here), which follows an estate family across five decades.
This year’s prize, first launched to commemorate Singapore’s 50th anniversary of independence, saw one book out of five contenders from across five nationalities competing. Prof Vijay Mahbubani from NUS East Asian Institute was one of four judges that selected their winner and announced them at an awards ceremony held this October.
Archaeologist John Miksic’s book Singapore And The Silk Road Of The Sea, 1300-1800 earned him the gong after synthesizing 25 years of archaeological research into this 14th-century port city. The award comes with a cash prize of S$50,000. Miksic, also an assistant professor in NUS’ Department of History, first came to Singapore for Fort Canning test excavation in 1984; since then he has taken part in archeological projects at Empress Place and Old Parliament House as well.
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