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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.
Fragments of the Past
A story about what the artefacts unearthed on Fort Canning by Emeritus Professor John Miksic (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) and alumna Associate Professor Goh Geok Yian (NUS Southeast Asian Studies, ’95), who is Director of the History Major Program at Nanyang Technological University, tell us about Singapore’s history.
What is the fate of the children of Malaysian women born abroad?
IN BRIEF | 6 min read Commentary by Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) on what happens to the children of Malaysian women who are born abroad. Click through to read this piece on Beritamediacorp. This article first appeared on Beritamediacorp on 4 September …
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Abdullah al-Misri and why Hikayat Mareskalek is Still Relevant to this Day
Commentary by Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies) on Abdullah al-Misri’s ‘Hikayat Mareskalek’.
NEW PUBLICATION: Internationalising Higher Education in the Asia Pacific
Internationalising Higher Education in the Asia Pacific Case of Australia, Japan and Singapore With his many years of overseas experiences as an international student, educator and scholar, Teofilo C Daquila has conducted his research on the internationalisation of higher education (IHE), as it has become an important policy issue and research topic for governments and …
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Commencement 2022: Kickstarting a Season of Celebration and Achievement
NUS celebrates the milestone accomplishments of 13,975 graduates through 28 in-person ceremonies.