SIRD
Strategic Information and Research Development Center, better known as SIRD, is an independent scholarly publishing house in Malaysia. We cater predominantly to the needs of academics; and occasionally, to a wider audience of activists and policy-makers. We are working towards expanding links between Malaysian and regional/international publishers with the aim of making non-mainstream writers more accessible to a local/international audience and vice-versa.
SIRD prefers to publish original monographs and not edited volumes but we will definitely consider edited volumes on topics which are under-represented. We will also consider dissertations on Malaysia or Southeast Asia although they have to be of exceptional appeal to a wider audience.
We publish books on Malaysian and Southeast Asian Studies that include:
- Current Affairs
- Economics
- Gender Studies
- Social Science
- Politics and International Relations
- Memoirs
Kaleidoscope: The Memoirs of P.G. Lim
Tan Sri P.G. Lim has led a remarkable and eventful life at the heart of Malaysian affairs, as personal friend and confidante of all of independent Malaysia’s prime ministers. This memoir starts with vivid images of her childhood in Penang during the years after the First World War, leading to three years at Cambridge University in the 1930s. The years of the Japanese Occupation were spent with her family in Penang, and after the war she qualified for the Bar. She found herself first thrust into the limelight when in 1953 she undertook the...
read moreMembina Bangsa Malaysia
Hasil kolaborasi enam orang penulis akademik dan bukan akademik, buku ini merupakan suatu usaha untuk mengupas cabaran dan hala-tuju rakyat Malaysia dalam membina identiti sebagai sebuah bangsa dari pelbagai aspek kenegaraan. Aziz Bari memberi analisa kritikal tentang undang-undang, hak asasi manusia dan demokrasi; sementara kebebasan media dan maklumat serta potensi teknologi baharu dibicarakan oleh Ooi Heng. Aida Idris merumuskan perkembangan serta masa depan ekonomi, manakala Dinsman merenung perkembangan seni-budaya dari perspektif seorang...
read moreMalaysia Road Map for Achieving Vision 2020
“Mr. Koon writes with perceptiveness and candour as well as with the voice of experience – qualities that are often missing in the writings of many political analysts that are provided with space in the mainstream media. This process of empowerment and simultaneous rejection of leaders who regard power and authority not as positions of trust and responsibility but to serve personal interest or as an opportunity for personal enrichment will be necessary if Malaysia is to prosper and move ahead to join the modern and progressive...
read moreMenyurat Kepada Sahabat: Warkah-warkah Peribadi 1975-2002
Buku ini merupakan genre yang jarang-jarang muncul dalam sejarah penerbitan tanah air. Surat-surat peribadi 1975-2002 Anwar Ridhwan dalam buku ini membicarakan pelbagai isu bahasa, sastera, penerbitan, budaya, politik dan sosioekonomi, termasuk yang ditulisnya ketika bermukim beberapa ketika di London, England. Ia mengandungi beberapa pandangan, fakta, data dan informasi yang boleh dijadikan renungan serta rujukan. Dengan menggunakan kandungan dalam buku ini sebagai rujukan, kita akan mengetahui beberapa kemelut masa lampau, dan akan menyedari...
read moreEquality Under Construction: Malaysian Women’s Human Rights Report 2010/11
Equality Under Construction: Malaysian Women’s Human Rights Report 2010/11 is a remarkable book. The authors examine Malaysia’s progress to date in meeting its obligations as a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The essays take the reader on a journey through the policy process, beginning with ratifying the United Nations convention. The essays demonstrate what a remarkable document CEDAW is. It has motivated policies to end gender discrimination, facilitated discussions...
read moreMemoir Perjuangan Politik Syed Husin Ali
Memoir ini merupakan kenangan hidup penulis tentang perjuangan politiknya untuk menegakkan keadilan, kebajikan dan kebenaran bagi rakyat. Ia menceritakan mengenai penyertaan, kegiatan, pengalaman dan pandangan beliau terutama berhubung beberapa peristiwa politik yang melibatkan rakyat. Pengalaman semasa kecil, pengaruh ibu-ayah serta suasana kekeluargaan, pendidikan, kegiatan akademik serta luar akademik diceritakan kerana sedikit sebanyak mempengaruhi sikap hidup penulis, terutama terhadap bidang politik yang lebih setengah abad...
read morePolicing Sexuality: Sex, Society and the State
Policing Sexuality explores the regulation of sexual behavior and identity, asking how and why nation-states have sought to influence and control the sexuality of their citizens. Julian C.H. Lee presents both theoretical and ethnographic literature, distilling common themes and causes, such as the influence of colonialism, class, religion, and national identity. Featuring crucial case studies from India, the US, Malaysia, Turkey, and Britain, this engaging comparative account examines the coercive control state authority exerts over...
read moreDancing The Malaysian
A first in Malaysia, this book investigates interculturalism from the point of view of a dance practitioner-academician whose interest in pursuing multicultural expressions in a multiracial country stems from the experience of living in a society that has assented to the duality of prescribed national cultural policy versus real artistic practices. This engaged writing opens new trajectories in intercultural studies within the domains of contemporary dance in Malaysia, and is a must read for dance and cultural studies readers. – Mohd...
read moreAn Uncommon Hero: M.K. Rajakumar in Politics and Medicine
Many witness momentous events in their lives, but few participate, much less leave their mark. Dr M.K. Rajakumar, on the contrary, left an indelible mark at every phase of his eventful life. As a medical student at the University of Malaya in Singapore, he co-founded the University Socialist Club and later landed himself in court on a sedition charge for an editorial that condemned Western imperialism and aggression in Asia. The victory of the eight students responsible for the club’s organ, Fajar, in the trial propelled them to fame,...
read more1Malaysia.con
“.. a style of writing that – trust us – will make you smile, laugh, sigh, curse or roll your eyes up as you go along. This is a book to be read once and taken out again at regular intervals by all those who wish to reminiscence, regret, rejoice and celebrate together with that curious species known as Malaysians. – S. Vicknesan, former Opinions/Features Editor, Malaysiakini.com “In years to come, scholars researching the tumultuous cultural, social and political transformations distinguishing the period leading...
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