Sultan Nazrin Shah’s book, Globalization: Perak’s Rise, Relative Decline, and Regeneration, launched on 6 July 2024 - Announcements

Sultan Nazrin Shah’s book, Globalization: Perak’s Rise, Relative Decline, and Regeneration, launched on 6 July 2024

Sultan Nazrin Shah’s latest publication ‘Globalization: Perak’s Rise, Relative Decline, and Regeneration’ was successfully launched on 6 July 2024 at The St Regis Kuala Lumpur. The event was attended by some 350 invited guests, including members of Perak’s royal family, senior federal and state government officials, the diplomatic corps, national and international agencies, academia, business, Oxford University Press, and the media.

The launch began with a short video capturing some of the main themes of the book:

https://www.ehm.my/updates/photos-and-videos/videos/globalization-peraks-rise-relative-decline-and-regeneration

Following that, presentations were made by two internationally renowned and distinguished professors, C. Peter Timmer, the Thomas D. Cabot Emeritus Professor of Development Studies at Harvard University, and Professor Tim Harper, the Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Director of the Centre for History and Economics at the University of Cambridge.

A video and text of Professor C. Peter Timmer’s presentation can be accessed at: https://www.ehm.my/updates/photos-and-videos/videos/launch-of-globalization-peraks-rise-relative-decline-and-regeneration

An Ode to Globalization as seen through the looking glass of Alice in Wonderland, written by Professor Timmer, which was read after his presentation, is reproduced below:

The time has come, the Sultan said
To speak of many things.
Of sailing ships, and rubber trees,
Tin mines and rice paddies.
The winds of commerce that shaped Perak,
Created fortunes and despair.
That rich history, now revealed for all to read,
Is Globalization, a force for ill or fair.
But with a firm hand on the tiller,
Perak will succeed.

The text of Professor Tim Harper’s speech can be accessed at: https://www.ehm.my/updates/speeches/launch-of-globalization-peraks-rise-relative-decline-and-regeneration-speech-by-professor-tim-harper-head-of-the-school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences-and-director-of-the-centre-for-history-and-economics-university-of-cambridge

In his Royal Address, HRH Sultan Nazrin Shah, observed that his book looks back over two centuries of globalization’s changing impacts—both positive and negative—on Perak, and on its towns and communities.

The text of HRH Sultan Nazrin Shah’s speech can be accessed at: https://www.ehm.my/updates/speeches/launch-of-globalization-peraks-rise-relative-decline-and-regeneration-speech-by-hrh-sultan-nazrin-shah

A summary video of the launch event can be viewed at: https://www.ehm.my/updates/photos-and-videos/videos/highlights-of-launch-of-globalization-peraks-rise-relative-decline-and-regeneration