Check out the photos from our Singapore Heritage Roundtable!
The roundtable was chaired by FASS Assistant Dean of Research and Foo Hai Associate Professor in Buddhist Studies Jack Meng-Tat Chia and opened by Ms Melissa May Tan, Director of Heritage Policy & Research at the National Heritage Board.
The programme featured four National Heritage Board Heritage Research Grant recipients from FASS:
Dr Yang Yan (NUS Chinese Studies) – In Their Own Ways: Identification and Documentation of Singapore’s Chinese Medicine
Dr Clay Eaton (NUS Japanese Studies) – Mapping Middle Road: Prewar Japanese Community in Singapore
Dr Jinna Tay (NUS Communications and New Media) – Re-Interpreting Fashion Narratives in Singapore: De-colonising the Modern
Assistant Professor Guo-Quan Seng (NUS History) – Small Businesses and Shops of Chinatown, 1819–1980s
You can also watch the full video recording here, and download the programme booklet here.
Assoc Prof Jack Meng-Tat welcomes attendees to the Singapore Heritage Roundtable.Ms Melissa May Tan delivers the opening remarks at the Singapore Heritage Roundtable.Dr Yang Yan introduces her project, “In Their Own Ways: Identification and Documentation of Singapore’s Chinese Medicine”.Dr Yang Yan’s slide outlining theoretical concepts, specifically differentiating between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the localisation of Singapore’s Chinese Medicine (SCM).Dr Yang Yan’s presentation slide displaying historical texts and book covers illustrating regional schools of thought in Chinese Medicine and the Ming Dynasty.Dr Yang Yan shares specific examples of local medicinal adaptations, such as “Cooling Water” and “Cat Whisker Tea”.Dr Clay Eaton presents the “Mapping Middle Road” project.Dr Clay Eaton discusses the “Curiocity Map”, developed in collaboration with the National Library Board, as part of the “Mapping Middle Road” project.Dr Clay Eaton highlights a digital article in MUSE SG titled “Mapping the Prewar Japanese Community in Singapore”.Dr Jinna Tay introduces the Singapore Fashion Histories Website using a slide featuring archival photography of women’s fashion in Singapore.Dr Jinna Tay examines cultural history through vintage covers of Her World magazine.Asst Prof Guo-Quan Seng presents the opening slide for the project titled “Small Businesses & Shops of Chinatown, 1819–1980s”.Asst Prof Guo-Quan Seng acknowledges the collaborators involved in the project.Asst Prof Guo-Quan Seng discusses the history of remittance shopkeepers in Chinatown, referencing Wong Chin Soon.Asst Prof Guo-Quan Seng explains the historical density of tailor shops on Pagoda Street.Asst Prof Guo-Quan Seng reflects on a past panel discussion about small businesses and shops in Chinatown.
