Complex sentence: In 1950, he was appointed Raffles professor of history at the newly established University of Malaya in Singapore, and while there initiated an important series of historical monographs on the history of Malaya, publishing the very first of the series in 1960.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1950, he was appointed Raffles Professor of History at the newly-established University of Malaya in Singapore. While there, he initiated an important series of historical monographs on the history of Malaya, publishing the very first of the series in 1960.