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Michael D Barr | |
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| Born | Michael Dominic Barr[1] |
| Employer | Flinders University |
Michael D Barr is an Australian academic who is known for his work on the study of Singapore and founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
Academic career
[edit]Barr is a historian of Singapore.[2][3][4][5]
An article written by Barr for the East Asia Forum was issued issued a correction order under Singapore's fake news law, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA).[6][7] The publication's website was later blocked in Singapore for non-compliance with the order.[8][9]
He is currently Associate Professor at Flinders University.[6] He was described in the London Review of Books as "the leading historian of modern Singapore" and in Channel News Asia as an "expert on Singapore politics and history".[10][11]
Barr was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2018.[12]
Bibliography
[edit]Articles
[edit]- Barr, Michael D. (January 1999). "Lee Kuan Yew: Race, culture and genes". Journal of Contemporary Asia. 29 (2): 145–166. doi:10.1080/00472339980000291. PMID 21980641. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- Barr, Michael D. (2000). "Lee Kuan Yew's Fabian Phase". Australian Journal of Politics & History. 46: 110–126. doi:10.1111/1467-8497.00088.
- Barr, Michael D. (2000). "Trade Unions in an Elitist Society: The Singapore Story". Australian Journal of Politics and History. 46 (4): 480–496. doi:10.1111/1467-8497.00109.
- Paths Not Taken: Political Pluralism in Post-War Singapore (2008), eds Michael D. Barr and Carl A. Trocki, Singapore: NUS Press.
- Michael D. Barr (2010), "Marxists in Singapore? Lee Kuan Yew's Campaign against Catholic Social Justice Activists in the 1980s", Critical Asian Studies, 43(3), 335–362.
Books
[edit]- Barr, Michael D. (2000). Lee Kuan Yew: The Beliefs Behind the Man. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-0878408160.
- Rahim, Lily Zubaidah; Barr, Michael D., eds. (2019). The Limits of Authoritarian Governance in Singapore's Developmental State. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-1556-5. ISBN 978-981-13-1555-8. S2CID 239112493.
- Barr, Michael D. (2014). The Ruling Elite of Singapore: Networks of Power and Influence. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780857723680. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- Barr, Michael D. (2019). Singapore: A Modern History. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-350-13387-7. OCLC 1097575328.
References
[edit]- ↑ Barr, Michael Dominic; Skrbis, Zlatko (2008). Constructing Singapore: Elitism, Ethnicity and the Nation Building Project. NIAS Press. ISBN 978-87-7694-029-4.
- ↑ Quan, Seng Guo (2019). "Review of Singapore: A Modern History". Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 92 (2 (317)): 140–142. ISSN 0126-7353.
- ↑ "Book Review: The Ruling Elite of Singapore: Networks of Power and Influence". Sage Journals. doi:10.1177/186810341503400306. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ Liao, Edgar (2020-04-28). "SINGAPORE: A Modern History | By Michael D. Barr". Pacific Affairs (UBC Journal). Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ Barr, Michael D. "Medical Savings Account in Singapore: A Critical Inquiry." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 26, no. 4 (2001): 715-716
- 1 2 "East Asia Forum issued Pofma order over multiple false statements relating to S'pore governance". The Straits Times. 2025-01-22. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ Barr, Michael (2025-01-14). "Singapore's new prime minister entangled in old politics | East Asia Forum". Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ "Singapore blocks access to East Asia Forum for second time over POFMA order". CNA. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ "MDDI Directs IMDA to Block Access to East Asia Forum for noncompliance with CD under POFMA". Ministry of Digital Development and Information. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ Meaney, Thomas (2021-03-18). "The Bayswater Grocer". London Review of Books. Vol. 43, no. 06. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ "More than 130 academics sign open letter in support of historian Thum Ping Tjin, academic freedom". CNA. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ "Fellow Profile: Michael Barr". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
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