Welcome to Southeast Asian Studies @ NUS
Life isn't divided up into neat disciplinary boxes. Learning about the world shouldn't be boxed in either.
The Department of Southeast Asian Studies offers an ideal alternative to students who find disciplinary approaches to learning narrow or restrictive, and those who prefer a more subject-oriented curriculum. Our department aims to offer a truly inter-disciplinary approach to learning which draws on different perspectives and methodologies from the humanities and social sciences, all thoroughly informed by local experience and knowledge.
News
Congratulations to our administrative staff!
The Department’s office staff, Ms Sharifah Alawiyah, Mdm Rohani Sungib and Mdm Moli have been awarded the FASS Service Award 2012. This award provides recognition to administrative staff who demonstrates outstanding and exemplary performance in delivering consistent and high quality service to students, colleagues, and members of the public.Thank you for your efficient service over the years …
New Publication: Philippine Ancestral Gold by John N Miksic, Florina H. Capistrano- Baker and John Guy (eds.)
Miksic, John, Florina H. Capistrano- Baker and John Guy (eds.), Philippine Ancestral Gold, Singapore: NUS Press, 2012 Philippine Ancestral Gold is a spectacular publication in full-color that features more than 1,000 gold objects that were recovered in the Philippines from the 1960s to 1981 and now form part of the collection of the Ayala Museum …
New Publication: Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia: Preservation, Development, and Neglect by John Miksic, Goh Geok Yian and Sue O’Connor (eds.)
Miksic, John, Goh Geok Yian and Sue O’Connor (eds.), Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia: Preservation, Development, and Neglect , London: Anthem Press, 2011 Presenting both the need for – and difficulty of – introducing effective cultural resource management (CRM) in the region, ‘Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia’ explores the challenges facing …
Medals & Prizes Winners, AY2010-2011
Congratulations to the following students who were awarded medals & prizes for AY2010-2011: Special Book Prize (ARS 2) – Yue Jie Zheng Bryan The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Prize (ARS 3) – Tan Huiwen Marianne Kernial Singh Sandhu Prize (ARS 4) – Wee Feng Yi The Benjamin Batson Gold Medal (MA in Southeast Asian …
The New York Times: Glitter That Epitomized an Ancient Culture
By Sylviane Gold, Friday 22 July 2011 for The New York Times. Gold was so entwined with the ancient culture of Java, the chief island of the Indonesian archipelago, that even its dogs, it was said, wore golden collars. John Miksic reports the rumors just to debunk them in his book “Old Javanese Gold,” which has …
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New Publication: Decentring & Diversifying Southeast Asian Studies: Perspectives from the Region by Goh Beng Lan (ed.)
Goh Beng Lan (ed.) Decentring & Diversifying Southeast Asian Studies: Perspectives from the Region, Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 2011. Current critical thinking on regions outside the West appears to have shifted from a preoccupation with the limitations of Western discourse to endeavours in fostering inter-referencing in Asian contexts as a means to decentre and diversify knowledge …