
FASS Commentaries
Expert opinions and thought leadership from FASS faculty, researchers, students and alumni.
First volume of the series focuses on the history of TCM development in Singapore
NUS Chinese Studies has collaborated with the National Taiwan University Press to launch the “Overseas Chinese Academic Series” to jointly promote the diversified development of Chinese language and Sinology studies. The first monograph, published at the end of May this year, focuses on the historical development of traditional Chinese medicine in the local area.
Me-Carnival 2025: A day of hope, inclusivity and inspiration
By third-year student Ms Elyana Syazana Mohd Ridwan (NUS Geography)
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.
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.
Give more thought to lowering Singapore’s voting age to 18
By Dr Elvin Ong (NUS Political Science).