ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Research Workshop on Gender, Youth and Media in Asia
The Research Workshop on Gender, Youth and Media in Asia spans over 3 days in February 2024. The conference features prominent international speakers representing a variety of approaches to the study of gender (and sexuality) concerning youth and media topics. It provides a forum for academic exchange between NUS researchers and international scholars, and enhances the reputation of NUS as a global centre for gender and sexuality research with a special focus on Asian contexts.
APPROACH
The workshop focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to gender and sexuality research, and features papers from scholars whose work connects to disciplines such as geography, linguistics, anthropology, communications, and media studies. In particular, the workshop will highlight research within three key streams (Media and Discourse, Youth and Society, and Borders and Boundaries), and explore how these streams might intersect.
About the Gender & Sexuality Research Cluster
The Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster (GSRC) is housed in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore. Our vision is to develop a dynamic, vibrant and timely space for intellectual conversations and engagements focused primarily on genders and sexualities, especially in the context of and from within Asia.
We have developed three streams: Borders and Boundaries, Media and Discourse, Youth and Society. In each of these streams, we examine: the localised and global experiences of borders and boundaries that impact on everyday realities of possibilities and constraints; what and how things, ideas and practices are articulated and circulated; the anxieties and aspirations expressed by young people in the region. These are designed to facilitate interdisciplinary engagement and expertise as well as capture timely issues and concerns that require our intellectual and socio-political attention.
Mie Hiramoto
Associate Professor, English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies
Research Interests
Contact linguistics; Language, gender, and sexuality; Linguistic Anthropology; Austronesian languages
Rebecca Lurie Starr
Associate Professor, English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies
Research Interests
Sociolinguistics; Language Variation and Change; Multilingual Acquisition
Michelle Ho
Assistant Professor, Communications & New Media
Research Interests
Transnational feminism; Queer studies; Affect and emotion; Digital ethnography; East Asian media and popular cultures
Yuen Shu Min
Lecturer, Japanese Studies
Research Interests
Contemporary Japanese society; Gender and Sexuality; Transgender Studies; Popular culture; Migration and mobilities; Social movements
Veronica L. Gregorio
Lecturer, Sociology and Anthropology
Research Interests
Gender and Sexuality; Family Sociology; Southeast Asia; Ethnography; and Visual methods
Please find below a list of accommodation recommendations that you may consider for your stay due to their proximity to the workshop venue. The list is arranged in alphabetical order.
This list is non-exhaustive and serves mainly as a recommendation. Please feel free to book your desired accommodation that may, or may not be on the list.
432 Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore 118773
From SGD$130/night
12 minute walk to NUS Central Library (Bus-stop 16181), or take a 5 minute walk to Kent Ridge Bus Terminal (Bus-stop 16009) and take Bus 151, to Information Technology (Bus-stop 16189).
418 Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore 118759
From SGD137/night
18 minute walk to NUS Central Library (Bus-stop 16181), or take a 8 minute walk to Kent Ridge Bus Terminal (Bus-stop 16009) and take Bus 151, to Information Technology (Bus-stop 16189).
80 Nepal Park, Singapore 139409
From SGD128/night
40 minute walk to NUS Central Library (Bus-stop 16181), or take a 3 minute walk to Essec Business School (Bus-stop 18149) and take Bus 95 to NUS Central Library (Bus-stop 16181).
428 Pasir Panjang Rd, Singapore 118769
From SGD128/night
15 minute walk to NUS Central Library (Bus-stop 16181), or take a 2 minute walk to Aft Palm Green Condo (Bus-stop 16081) and take Bus 200, to Kent Ridge Bus Terminal (Bus-stop 16009), then take a 10 minute walk to NUS Central Library (Bus-stop 16181).
From Kent Ridge MRT Station
Take the NUS Internal Shuttle Bus A1, BTC or K from Kent Ridge MRT station (Bus-stop 18331). Alight at NUS Central Library (Bus-stop 16181). Alternatively, take Bus 95 and alight at NUS Central Library (Bus-stop 16181).
From Buona Vista MRT Station
Exit from Exit D and take Bus 95 from outside The Metropolis (Bus-stop 11369). Alight at NUS Central Library (Bus-stop 16181).
From Clementi MRT Station
Exit and walk to Clementi Bus Interchange and take Bus 96 (Bus-stop 17009). Alight at Information Technology (Bus-stop 16189). Cross the road to NUS Central Library (Bus-stop 16181).
The Research Workshop on Gender, Youth and Media in Asia is a fully in-person event.Â
You may still register your interest, however, priority will be given to applicants who can commit fully for all three days.
Have a question or feedback?
Check out our FAQs or fill in the following enquiry form to reach us.
Alternatively, email us directly at gsrc@nus.edu.sg