Discover our services

Propel your project into the past with our bespoke historical and political consultancy. We provide rigorous, research-driven services to inform and enrich your work, with a deep understanding of Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Historical Research
& Archival Work

I provide detailed, multilingual research support for exhibitions, publications, and media projects.

    • Specialised in Cold War Iran, modern Middle Eastern history, and Southeast Asian maritime heritage

    • Experienced in French, Persian, Malay, and English source materials

    • Archival retrieval, verification, and contextual analysis

Museum &
Exhibition Consulting

For curators, heritage boards, and cultural institutions seeking meaningful historical narratives.

    • Content development, interpretive text writing, and script consultation

    • Curation support for digital and physical exhibitions

    • Cultural sensitivity and regional accuracy advisory, with expertise in Islamic and Middle Eastern heritage

    • Support for exhibitions or public programming dealing with politically sensitive historical material

    • Custom workshops on narrative building, hot topics in museum studies such as decolonisation and being tone-sensitive

Historical & Cultural Consulting for Film, TV & Games

    • Historical accuracy review of scripts, treatments, and worldbuilding

    • Cultural consultation to avoid stereotyping, anachronism, or tonal missteps

    • Contextual research for character backstories, visual design, setting, and timelines

    • On-call advising during production or development

    • Language, dress, and custom review (especially for Middle Eastern, Malay, Arab, Persian/Iranian and Islamic settings)

I work with writers, directors, producers, and game developers to ensure their stories set in the Middle East and Southeast Asia are culturally sensitive, historically grounded, and dramatically compelling.

Contemporary Middle East & SEA Briefings

I offer up-to-date analysis and advisory services on current Middle Eastern and ASEAN affairs.

    • Custom briefings for NGOs, journalists, policy groups, and cultural organisations

    • Political-historical context reports on the Middle East and Southeast Asia

Corporate History
& Legacy Projects

    • Tailored historical services for company anniversaries or milestone commemorations

    • Internal knowledge-building for employees and leadership

    • Public-facing publications, documentaries, or exhibitions

    • Archival development and historical asset curation from company records, press coverage, and oral histories.

    • Support to produce booklets, monographs, digital timelines, internal storytelling assets (scripts, speeches, exhibitions, videos, or intranet articles)

I help companies and institutions uncover, refine, and communicate their histories—internally and externally—through rigorous research and thoughtful storytelling.