Chua Ser Koon (,1944 - ) is a Singapore
historian, who specialise in the
Japanese occupation of Singapore
, officially , was the name for Singapore when it was occupied and ruled by the Empire of Japan, following the fall and surrender of British military forces on 15 February 1942 during World War II.
Japanese military forces occupied it after ...
and
Japan–Singapore relations
Japan–Singapore relations or Singapore–Japan relations ( ja, 日本とシンガポールの関係 ) refers to the bilateral relations between Japan and Singapore, two highly developed Asian countries which share historical, economic, and pol ...
or
Japan–Malaysia relations. Known for her editorial of the book titled ''Xin Ma Huaren Kangri Shiliao (Malayan Chinese Resistance to Japan) 1937-1945''.
Early life and education
Chua was born in Singapore in 1944. In 1963, she entered the
Nanyang University and major in history and graduated in 1967.
Chua also studied in Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology and Faculty of Letters,
The University of Tokyo, Japan. She mainly studied history of Japan - South East Asia relations. Then in doctoral course, she major in history of Japanese military administration during the
W.W.II period.
Career
Chua worked at
National Archives and Oral History Center of Singapore and took charge of the theme "
Japanese Occupied Singapore".
Later she taught students in
Reitaku University
is a private university in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders ...
and
Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword
, type = Private research coeducational higher education institution
, established = 1858
, founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa
, endowmen ...
. In 1997, she became the Professor of
Tsuda University and taught
international relations.
She mainly took charge of teaching and study of South East Asian history and overseas Chinese history.
Books
Chua with
Hsu Yun Tsiao edited the book titled ''Xin Ma Hua Ren Kang Ri Shi Liao (Singapore and Malayan Chinese Resistance to Japan)'' and the book later partly translated to Japanese language version.
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1944 births
Singaporean historians
Singaporean women historians
Living people