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Congratulations to Professor William Bain (NUS Political Science), Assistant Professor Senhu Wang (NUS Sociology and Anthropology), and Assistant Professor Sahana Ghosh (NUS Sociology and Anthropology), for winning the FASS 2022/23 Award for Excellent Researcher (awarded to Prof Bain), and the FASS 2022/23 Award for Promising Researcher (awarded to Asst Profs Wang and Ghosh)! The Award for […]
The Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre was officially opened on 19 May 2017, with the express mission to nurture Singapore Chinese culture and enhance social harmony. On the academic front, however, Associate Professor Xu Lanjun (NUS Chinese Studies) argues that there is a lack of knowledge in Chinese Studies about non-elite cultures. Specifically, the study of […]
Stepping into a home, being greeted by an unfamiliar but friendly face and escorted to the dining room – this is what you usually expect at the start of a private home dining (PHD). In Singapore, PHD refers to a setting where guests enter the homes of amateur chefs for a shared experiential meal. Given […]
A steady stream of prospective students and their families invested came to explore their future education and career possibilities at the FASS@NUS College of Humanities and Sciences Open House 2023 (13 May 2023), and some of them have already made up their minds to join us.
Our students are our lifeblood! And to the general public nowhere is this more obvious than at our major outreach events throughout the year, including the just-concluded NUS College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS) Open House 2023.
You have seen them around: food delivery riders on mobility scooters and electric wheelchairs ferrying food across Singapore’s streets and malls. In 2021, I had the opportunity to meet Adam and nineteen other individuals with disabilities to discuss their firsthand experiences in this line of work. Adam, born with cerebral palsy, arrived to the interview […]
The 1st SR Nathan Fellow of the Institute of Policy Studies (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy), prominent businessman and FASS alumnus Ho Kwon Ping (Economics, History and Political Science, ’78) suggests that Singapore’s large transient community of foreign workers could be a future source of permanent residency or citizenship.
Mother’s Day is celebrated on 14 May in 2023. Studies have shown that among the financially disadvantaged, women are more vulnerable to a public health emergency, and those with children suffered more severe mental health issues during COVID-19 lockdowns. Whether poor mothers in Singapore have encountered similar difficult times during the pandemic is an important […]
Associate Professor Chris McMorran (NUS Japanese Studies) worked 14 hours a day at a traditional inn in a Kyushu onsen town for a year, and six other inns, as part of research for ‘Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan’.
Support for the disadvantaged and vulnerable segments of Singaporean society has long been an issue of great importance. In response to recent parliamentary debates on this issue, Associate Professor Irene Y H Ng (NUS Social Work & Social Service Research Centre (SSR)), Senior Lecturer Dr Ong Ee Cheng (NUS Economics, SSR), and their co-author Michael […]