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Winners of AY2020-21 Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards Unveiled

January 6, 2022

The NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is proud to announce the 37 winners of the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for their work in AY2020‐21, 16 of which have also been nominated for the Annual Teaching Excellence Award(ATEA) and Annual Digital Education Award (ADEA).

Rethinking University Education

January 6, 2022

Computers know everything and artificial intelligence is acquiring the skills to apply that knowledge. What is there left to teach? Newly appointed Dean of NUS College Professor Simon Chesterman, answers that question in this opinion piece.

Prof Simon Chesterman Named Inaugural Dean of NUS College

January 4, 2022

Current Dean of NUS Law Professor Simon Chesterman, has been appointed the Dean of Singapore’s first honours college, formed through the merger of the University Scholars Programme (USP) and Yale-NUS College — NUS College.

FASS Announces New Additions to Leadership Team

January 3, 2022

The NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to announce the most recent appointments to the Faculty’s leadership team.

New Book: Migration and Marriage in Asian Contexts

December 27, 2021

Migration and Marriage in Asian Contexts (Routledge, 2021), edited by Assistant Professor Zheng Mu (NUS CFPR and Sociology) and Professor Jean Wei-Jun Yeung (NUS CFPR and Sociology) and originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, analyses how Asian migrants adapt and assimilate into their host societies, and how this assimilation …

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December 23, 2021
ryokan

Kurokawa Onsen is a hot springs village resort in Japan with more than twenty traditional inns, otherwise known as ryokan. In ??????: ?????????? ??????????? ?? ????? ?????, Associate Professor Chris McMorran (NUS Department of Japanese Studies) explores the ins and outs of ryokan work, explaining how Kurokawa’s ryokan serve as a form of rural escape …

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Looking to 2022: Celebrating the Year’s Three Anniversaries by Prof Tommy Koh

December 22, 2021

In 2022, we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the 30th anniversary of the Forum of Small States and the 25th anniversary of the Asia-Europe Foundation.

SRN Virtual Event: Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism, Religion and Place, and Language and Multiculturalism in Singapore and the Region

December 22, 2021

The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Division, NUS invites you to a Virtual Event featuring recent research in the humanities and social sciences on Singapore. Academics from NUS will present their studies on the themes of 1) Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism, 2) Religion and Place, and 3) Language …

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NUS Bags Major PR Award for College of Humanities and Sciences Campaign

December 21, 2021

One year since the official inauguration of the NUS College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS), the publicity campaign for the new College has gained recognition at the recent Public Relations in the Service of Mankind (PRISM) Awards. The University bagged a Distinction Award in the category “Outstanding Campaign by a Non-Government Organisation or Not-For-Profit Organisation” for …

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December 21, 2021
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