FASS Commentaries
Expert opinions and thought leadership from FASS faculty, researchers, students and alumni.
Alamak… Don’t get it? Good communication is more than grammar
By Professor Lionel Wee, Dean, and Adj Prof Low Ee Ling, Dept of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies, both from NUS FASS, and Ms Nora Samosir, Lecturer, Acting and Musical Theatre at Lasalle College of the Arts, University of the Arts, Singapore.
Has China’s great relocation helped Southeast Asia industrialise?
By Adj Asst Prof Maria Monica Wihardja (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) and Ms Midzuki Low, Analyst in the Industry Research Dept at Mizuho Bank based in Singapore.
Seniors are taking the kampung spirit beyond the neighbourhood
By Professor Elaine Ho (Senior Research Fellow at the NUS Asia Research Institute and Vice Dean – Research at FASS), Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Sociology and Anthropology), and Associate Professor Feng Chen-Chieh (NUS Geography).
Malay world: Batik Day, Stirring Heritage, Poetry in Pattern
By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwie (NUS Malay Studies).
Of state and society: Does Singapore have social capital?
By Dr Georgios Georgiou (NUS Economics).
The AI-fuelled child exploitation crisis is global – so must be our response
By Dr Chew Han Ei, Senior Research Fellow from the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS, and Assoc Prof Carol Soon, from the Dept of Communications and New Media, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS — on CNA Online (15 April 2025)
Make the library a modern kampung
By Associate Professor Thang Leng Leng, Deputy Head of NUS Japanese Studies.
Malaysia won’t be able to solve its traffic woes without better bus networks
Dr Timothy Wong, NUS Economics,.
Ghost, supernatural class at NUS receives positive response
A feature on Dr Noorman Abdullah (NUS Arts and Social Sciences – Assistant Dean of External Relations and Student Life, Senior Lecturer at NUS Sociology & Anthropology and NUS Malay Studies, and alumnus – BSocSci ’02 and MSocSci ’05) and one of his more popular courses, GEH1062/GEC1024: Ghosts and Spirits in Society and Culture.
Why are the videos you see getting more extreme?
By Associate Professor (Practice) Carol Soon (NUS Communications and New Media and Dr Chew Han Ei (Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.