Zi Hao Tan
Biographic Data
| ID | 747201 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zi Hao Tan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zi Hao |
| FAMILY NAME | Tan |
| SIGNATURE | TAN Z H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malaya |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0071-0956 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Unexpectedly sacred: Islamic conversion narratives as sacred historiography in West Java
In the traditional historiography of Islamic South East Asia, conversion to Islam is portrayed not merely as a shift in belief but as a paradigmatic turning point heralding a new mode of being. If Islamic conversion is a watershed in history, how is this transition articulated to evoke its full significance? This article examines the narrative form of Islamic conversion tales gathered from eighteenth- to twentieth-century historical chronicles of…
The Forest Withdrawn: A Historiographical Trope for Mediating Change in Cirebonese Chronicles
Historical chronicles in Southeast Asia often designate the forest as an area where animals and spirits prowl, where heroes meditate or journey across. But the forest is neither a mere setting nor a passive witness to the unfolding of events. Using nineteenth- and twentieth-century historical chronicles from Cirebon, West Java, this article examines how the forest is storied to mediate the past. Discussion is centred around three narrative topoi:…
Bags of Stories: Thinking with Household Casebearers in the Anthropocene
Household casebearers are a genus of moths primarily distinguished by the spindle-shaped cases they carry and live in throughout their larval life. The cases, woven from household dust, typically comprise an array of materials from textile fibers to dead insect parts. As they thrive in domestic spaces in tropical climates, they are commonly viewed as a domestic pest. Anthropocentrism as such has led to a fundamental imbalance of knowledge concern…
The fall of Singapura: The necessity of unjust violence in the Sejarah Melayu
In the Sejarah Melayu or Malay Annals , the fall of Singapura is widely appraised as an act of divine retribution unleashed upon rulers who have committed injustice. Implicit in this theodicy is the promise of moral justice enshrined in the Bukit Siguntang covenant, which ensures mutual reciprocity between the rulers and the ruled. But a cautious approach to the narrative of Singapura's demise reveals how justice is suspended, rather than upheld,…
The Chimeric Trace: The Makara and Other Connections to Come
The makara is a chimeric creature composed of parts from an elephant, a crocodile, a fish, and others. As an iconography derived from early Indian traditions, the makara has traversed the Indian Ocean, making its mark principally on Hindu-Buddhist monuments and ceremonial paraphernalia in South and Southeast Asia. Looking at select objects spanning centuries, a longue durée approach to the makara is conceived to attend to the migration of an icon…
Raja Bersiong or the Fanged King: The abject of Kedah’s geopolitical insecurity
Raja Bersiong, the Fanged King, is a cannibal monarch in the Kedah epic literature Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa (HMM). By looking closely into the character of Raja Bersiong, this article examines the underlying ambition of the Kedah Sultanate in commissioning the HMM as a rhetorical statement of power, presumably around the early 19th century. By the late 18th century, Siamese predation had greatly destabilised Kedah. Lacking military capacity to d…
Xenophobic Malaysia, Truly Asia: Metonym for the invisible
10.1080/14649373.2020.1835101
The Forest Withdrawn: A Historiographical Trope for Mediating Change in Cirebonese Chronicles
Historical chronicles in Southeast Asia often designate the forest as an area where animals and spirits prowl, where heroes meditate or journey across. But the forest is neither a mere setting nor a passive witness to the unfolding of events. Using nineteenth- and twentieth-century historical chronicles from Cirebon, West Java, this article examines how the forest is storied to mediate the past. Discussion is centred around three narrative topoi:…
Xenophobic Malaysia, Truly Asia: Metonym for the invisible
10.1080/14649373.2020.1835101
Raja Bersiong or the Fanged King: The abject of Kedah’s geopolitical insecurity
Raja Bersiong, the Fanged King, is a cannibal monarch in the Kedah epic literature Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa (HMM). By looking closely into the character of Raja Bersiong, this article examines the underlying ambition of the Kedah Sultanate in commissioning the HMM as a rhetorical statement of power, presumably around the early 19th century. By the late 18th century, Siamese predation had greatly destabilised Kedah. Lacking military capacity to d…
Xenophobic Malaysia, Truly Asia: Metonym for the invisible
10.1080/14649373.2020.1835101
The Chimeric Trace: The Makara and Other Connections to Come
The makara is a chimeric creature composed of parts from an elephant, a crocodile, a fish, and others. As an iconography derived from early Indian traditions, the makara has traversed the Indian Ocean, making its mark principally on Hindu-Buddhist monuments and ceremonial paraphernalia in South and Southeast Asia. Looking at select objects spanning centuries, a longue durée approach to the makara is conceived to attend to the migration of an icon…
Bags of Stories: Thinking with Household Casebearers in the Anthropocene
Household casebearers are a genus of moths primarily distinguished by the spindle-shaped cases they carry and live in throughout their larval life. The cases, woven from household dust, typically comprise an array of materials from textile fibers to dead insect parts. As they thrive in domestic spaces in tropical climates, they are commonly viewed as a domestic pest. Anthropocentrism as such has led to a fundamental imbalance of knowledge concern…
The fall of Singapura: The necessity of unjust violence in the Sejarah Melayu
In the Sejarah Melayu or Malay Annals , the fall of Singapura is widely appraised as an act of divine retribution unleashed upon rulers who have committed injustice. Implicit in this theodicy is the promise of moral justice enshrined in the Bukit Siguntang covenant, which ensures mutual reciprocity between the rulers and the ruled. But a cautious approach to the narrative of Singapura's demise reveals how justice is suspended, rather than upheld,…
The Forest Withdrawn: A Historiographical Trope for Mediating Change in Cirebonese Chronicles
Historical chronicles in Southeast Asia often designate the forest as an area where animals and spirits prowl, where heroes meditate or journey across. But the forest is neither a mere setting nor a passive witness to the unfolding of events. Using nineteenth- and twentieth-century historical chronicles from Cirebon, West Java, this article examines how the forest is storied to mediate the past. Discussion is centred around three narrative topoi:…
Unexpectedly sacred: Islamic conversion narratives as sacred historiography in West Java
In the traditional historiography of Islamic South East Asia, conversion to Islam is portrayed not merely as a shift in belief but as a paradigmatic turning point heralding a new mode of being. If Islamic conversion is a watershed in history, how is this transition articulated to evoke its full significance? This article examines the narrative form of Islamic conversion tales gathered from eighteenth- to twentieth-century historical chronicles of…
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