{"id":3,"date":"2020-01-09T07:36:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T07:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/hist\/home-page\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:18:08","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/hist\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/hist\/faculty\/\" title=\"Our Faculty\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\tOur Faculty\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/hist\/undergraduate-programmes\/\" title=\"Undergraduate\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\tUndergraduate\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/hist\/graduate_programmes\/\" title=\"Graduate\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\tGraduate\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/hist\/contact-us\/\" title=\"Contact Us\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\tContact Us\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><strong>For a student of History,<\/strong> it is important to learn to handle, criticise and analyse large volumes of information. Such skills are more relevant than ever in our big-data and social-media driven times, as information and dis-information spread in professional circles and in public discourse.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/hist\/events\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView All Events\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video muted class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/hist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/NUS-FASS-2020-Department-of-Hist.mp4?_=1\" \/><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/hist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/NUS-FASS-2020-Department-of-Hist.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/hist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/NUS-FASS-2020-Department-of-Hist.mp4\">https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/hist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/NUS-FASS-2020-Department-of-Hist.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h2>\n\t\tNews\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/hist\/news\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVIEW ALL NEWS\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Faculty Undergraduate Graduate Contact Us For a student of History, it is important to learn to handle, criticise and analyse large volumes of information. 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