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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?
Monsoon season in Malaysia: Disaster is about to strike or is it just a political warning?
IN BRIEF | 6 min read A commentary by Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) in Suria News Online. Click through to read this article. This story first appeared in Suria News Online on 16 Oct 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.
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’.