FASS Commentaries
Expert opinions and thought leadership from FASS faculty, researchers, students and alumni.
EPL app trial signals final whistle for telco middleman model. A plus or minus for football fans?
By Asst Prof Tiffany Tsai (NUS Economics)
Dikir barat activist and outstanding youth award recipient calls for creative courage to try
About Muhammad Ilyia Kamsani postgraduate student at NUS Malay Studies.
With AI translation tools, what’s the point of learning different languages?
By Dr Daniel Chan, Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Studies), Office of Programmes, FASS, and Senior Lecturer in French at the NUS Centre for Language Studies.
NUS has become a tourist attraction and a showcase of imagined success
By Xiao Siming, an undergraduate student majoring in Economics and Political Science.
Arrogant leadership should not be promoted
By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies)
When seniors live alone, it doesn’t mean that they’re lonely
By Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Sociology and Anthropology), Professor Elaine Ho Lynn-Ee (NUS Geography) and Associate Professor Feng Chen-Chieh (NUS Geography).
The flower of language blooms with human care
By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies)
Hidden suffering of Malay women as caretakers caught between two generations
NUS research reveals three major burdens on Malay women caring for the young and old.
Muhammad Ariff Ahmad – a wise and exemplary figure
By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies).
After 60 years of Singapore’s nationhood, multiculturalism has become its defining trait – but not without some house rules
Dr Rebecca Grace Tan (NUS Political Science) and NUS colleagues from the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy discuss multiculturalism and the Singaporean identity.
NUS Songket Day explores historical and cultural significance of traditional Malay textile
Featuring NUS Malay Studies and the NUS Malay Studies Society.