Anthony Stockwell is Emeritus Professor of Modern History, Royal Holloway, University of London. He was joint editor of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (1989-2007) and his publications include British Policy and Malay Politics during the Malayan Union Experiment (1979), Malaya (1995) and Malaysia (2004) in the series, British Documents on End of Empire. A Fellow of the Society since 1990, he was President in 2000-03, Vice-President in 2003-06 and President in 2006-09.