Sociology & Anthropology Homecoming
27/06/2026
The NUS Alumni Network of Sociology & Anthropology Homecoming took place on 27 June 2026. The graduating class and alumni from across generations gathered for an evening of celebration, reflection, and reconnection over dinner supported by the department.
In his welcome address, our Head of Department, Professor Kelvin Low, welcomed alumni across generations and highlighted several milestones for the department, including the graduation of our first batch of Anthropology majors and the inaugural cohort of students joining the Master of Arts in Global Sociology and Anthropology programme.
Centred on the theme “Graduating in Crisis,” the evening’s panel brought together alumni from the Classes of 1969 (Mr Yap Boh Tiong and Mr K. Ilangovan), 2005 (Mr Elvin Xing), 2021 (Ms Xin Lin Hoo), and the graduating Class of 2026 (Ms Amber Adduru). Through their stories, the panel explored what it meant to graduate during the defining crises of their respective eras.
By bringing together voices from different generations, we hoped to remind graduates that every generation has faced its own uncertainties and graduated in their own era of crisis—whether the challenges of the postcolonial period, the global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, or today’s rapidly changing world shaped by AI and geopolitical conflicts. While each crisis has been unique, none has defined or defeated those who came before us. Instead, our alumni have forged meaningful and inspiring paths in their own ways.
As Emeritus Professor Chua Beng Huat aptly concluded in his closing remarks, many memories of university life may fade with time, but what remains is the sociological and anthropological way of thinking that we have internalized. It is this way of seeing and understanding the world that stays with us long after graduation, guiding us wherever life takes us.