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Pink Dot is an annual lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride festival in Singapore, taking place in 2022 on 18 and 19 June. The community-based festival is named Pink Dot because the colour pink is often associated with LGBT, the pink colour of the Singapore identity card, and the city-state’s small dot size on …
Conjunctions of resilience and the COVID-19 crisis of the creative cultural industries Read More »
An important step in safeguarding workers against unfair and unlawful employment practices is for them to be aware of their rights under the Employment Act. Yet, in ‘New approach needed to protect young workers from exploitation’ (The Straits Times, June 2022), Dr Ong Qiyan (NUS Social Service Research Centre), Ms Evelyn Kok (NUS Social Service …
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On 13 June 2019, The Straits Times and Business Times podcast channel (ST & BT Podcasts) aired an episode on a guide to durian feasting. The durian is a fruit native to Southeast Asia, known for its pungent odour and thorny exterior. Its taste divides opinion, but it is popular eaten on its own, or …
Edible Heritage: Foodscapes and Sensory Heritage Making in Chinatown and Little India Read More »
The Straits Times coverage of the launch of the NUS South Asian Studies-led “Hidden Heritage: Minority South Asian Communities in Singapore” series.
Having clinched the Rhodes Scholarship, Brendan matriculated in October 2020 at the University of Oxford and undertook a Masters in World Literatures.
By Prof Chan Heng Chee, NUS Trustee and member of the Yale-NUS College Governing Board, Prof at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at SUTD and Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore.
Professor Audrey Yue (NUS Department of Communications and New Media) and Professor Helen Leung (Simon Fraser University, Canada) consider the different theoretical approaches by which to understand homosexuality in Asia in ‘Notes towards the queer Asian city: Singapore and Hong Kong’ (Urban Studies, 2017).
“Universities play a key role in shaping our community to be future champions and leaders of sustainability.”—NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye
On 26 May 2022, Associate Professor Chris McMorran (NUS Japanese Studies) spoke about his new book, Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan (University of Hawai’i Press, 2022), in an event organized by the FASS Research Division and Chaired by Assistant Professor Gabriele Koch (Yale-NUS). The book grew out of his participant observation research at ryokan …
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From 30 May, the UK’s High Potential Individual (HPI) visa is open to applicants who have completed a degree from top universities outside Britain within the last five years.