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NUS NEWS Research – Prof John Miksic: Unearthing Singapore’s forgotten treasures
By NUS Office of Corporate Relations, Friday 21 June 2019 for NUS News Professor John Miksic’s love of archaeology began as a small boy. Growing up on a farm in the United States, his grandfather would often find arrowheads from the Native American Iroquois that used to live there. These artefacts from a different time …
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Javanese Gamelan for Beginners Workshop
The NUS Singa Nglaras Gamelan Ensemble will be conducting a Javanese Gamelan for Beginners Workshop on 20 July 2019. Limited places available. Please email to SingaNglaras@gmail.com to register.
New Publication: Wayang and Its Doubles: Javanese Puppet Theatre, Television and the Internet by Jan Mrazek
Mrazek, Jan, Wayang and Its Doubles: Javanese Puppet Theatre, Television and the Internet, Singapore: NUS Press, 2019 Much has been said about how Javanese puppet theatre, wayang kulit, richly reflects the Javanese world, and how changes and tensions in performance practice mirror those in culture and society. For decades, television has been as intensely part of …
Sea storms that could have cut short Singapore’s port history
Wednesday, 24 April 2019, Straits Times Online by Melody Zaccheus, Heritage and Community Correspondent Singapore, a renowned ancient port for Asian trade, could have failed numerous times after Sir Stamford Raffles’ arrival. The Dutch could have attacked and wiped out the outpost; pirates could have driven merchants away; and a blight which wiped out nutmeg …
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Study on life of ex-villagers on Southern Islands
Friday, 29 March 2019, Home, The Straits Times by Melody Zaccheus, Heritage and Community Correspondent Two-year project documents heritage and little-known stories from former islanders.
New Publication: Independent Timor-Leste Between Coercion and Consent by Douglas Kammen
Kammen, Douglas, Independent Timor-Lest Between Coercion and Consent, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019. This Element explores the primary modes by which rulers have exercised power and shaped political relations in Timor-Leste across four distinct periods. The contrast between coercion under colonial rule and consent expressed through the 1999 referendum on independence exerted a powerful influence …
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