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What is Malay Studies?

The Department of Malay Studies at the National University of Singapore produces undergraduate and graduate students of high quality with broad knowledge of the developments and problems in the Malay world of Southeast Asia and beyond. The department also actively engages in research on a wide range of issues concerning the Malay world from a multi-disciplinary perspective, promotes exchanges with centres of Malay studies worldwide, and encourages the development of new and alternative approaches to the understanding of Malay history, economy, politics, society and culture.

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November 9, 2022

HSA1000 Poster Symposium (Cherishing the Neighbourhoods We Live In)

Year 1 College of Humanities and Sciences students taking HSA1000: Asian Interconnections are displaying the depth and breadth of their classroom learning at a Central Library poster symposium. As the group project requirement for completion of the #NUSCHS Common Curriculum module, the students researched a Singapore neighbourhood and produced the distillation of their knowledge and …

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November 5, 2022

The Half-life of Knowledge

How should a fresh graduate, filled with aspirations to change the world, deal with the harsh reality that a significant portion of their undergraduate training may be rendered irrelevant by the simple passage of time?

October 17, 2022

Seeing the World Through Different Lenses: NUS Malay Studies

𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀: 𝗡𝗨𝗦 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 “I think the multi-disciplinary approach that I am introduced to in Malay Studies is really helpful because the discipline does not use just one lens to view different issues, but rather it utilises different lenses, exposing me to a wide array of methods and methodologies.”-Nur Hikmah …

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October 6, 2022

Call for Nominations | FASS Inspiring Mentor Award 2022

We invite NUS FASS members of staff to nominate the colleagues who have served as their truly inspiring mentors – who have gone beyond the call of duty to positively impact their work and life – for FIMA 2022 honours.

October 5, 2022

Visionary Culture will Nourish the Thoughts and Minds of the Community

In this commentary piece for Suria News Online, Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies) looks at the value and role of films and how they function as channels of the arts and cultural education that are highly influential and effective in shaping the perspectives of society.

August 30, 2022

Last Convocation of Nanyang University 16 August 1980

The National University of Singapore (NUS) that we are familiar with today is the product of a merger between two predecessor tertiary education institutions. Nanyang University, which was Singapore’s only private university that employed Chinese as a medium of instruction, was first set up with the purpose of providing tertiary education to Chinese-educated students in …

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