FASS Commentaries

Expert opinions and thought leadership from FASS faculty, researchers, students and alumni.

July 2, 2025

Writer Na Tien Piet, a Peranakan Chinese, skilled in verse

By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies).

June 30, 2025

NUS students’ production ‘Memori’ explores grief and loss of loved ones; nearly all tickets sold

A review of “MEMORI”, a performance staged by the NUS Malay Language Society (PBMUKS, Persatuan Bahasa Melayu University Kebangsaan Singapore) on 20 and 21 June 2025, by Mediacorp producer Syazwani Sanep (alumna, NUS Malay Studies ’22).

June 16, 2025

Hari Raya Haji, a pinnacle of spiritual and humanitarian struggle

Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee, NUS Malay Studies.

June 13, 2025

Give more thought to lowering Singapore’s voting age to 18

By Dr Elvin Ong (NUS Political Science).

June 4, 2025

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.

June 2, 2025

Me-Carnival 2025: A day of hope, inclusivity and inspiration

By third-year student Ms Elyana Syazana Mohd Ridwan (NUS Geography)

May 21, 2025

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.

May 16, 2025

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.

May 5, 2025

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.

April 30, 2025

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).

April 25, 2025

Malay world: Batik Day, Stirring Heritage, Poetry in Pattern

By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwie (NUS Malay Studies).

April 23, 2025

Of state and society: Does Singapore have social capital?

By Dr Georgios Georgiou (NUS Economics).