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Women in waiting? Singlehood, Marriage, and Family in Singapore

November 7, 2017

If you are single, feel proud and celebrate Singles’ Day on November 11th. In Singapore single women face great social pressure to get married from the family as well as the state. The pressure to marry stems from a ‘family biopolitics’ to produce the right kind of family. The state, on the other hand, through …

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A Subaltern History of the Indian Diaspora in Singapore

November 3, 2017

“Haggling” by Kelman Chiang from SRN’s SG Photobank.Naraina Pillai (also known as Narayana Pillay) was the first Tamil on record to have arrived in Singapore. He came with Sir Stamford Raffles during Raffles’ second visit here in May 1819. Pillai settled in Singapore and established many businesses, also building Singapore’s first Hindu temple, the Sri …

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Homogenisation and fragmentation, inclusivism and exclusivism in the development of Hinduism in Singapore

October 27, 2017

How are religions affected when they are practiced and cultivated in diasporic communities? Diwali, celebrated this year on 6 November, is arguably the biggest Hindu festival, both in terms of its grandeur and the number of people who celebrate it all over the world. Known in Singapore as Deepavali, preparations begin months in advance, with …

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Tigers of Colonial Singapore

October 24, 2017

How do you catch a tiger in Singapore? Who could imagine that over a century ago, wild tigers roamed across Singapore, once a densely-forested island. However, on 26 October 1930, the last tiger on the island was killed near the old Chua Chu Kang village. A/P Timothy P. Barnard (Department of History) and his co-researcher, …

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Getting to the nub of homelessness

October 20, 2017

Existing policies that tackle homelessness must be improved – but how? Dr Neo Yu Wei, Research Fellow from the Social Service Research Centre at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Assistant Professor Ng Kok Hoe from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS tackle this question. Their findings show that …

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Before Biopolis: Representations of the Biotechnology Discourse in Singapore

October 17, 2017

Why was Biopolis established? Biopolis was launched on 18 October 2003 as an integrated cluster of research facilities, which A/P Axel Gelfert (Department of Philosophy) characterizes as a milestone in the push to integrate basic and applied research ‘under the paradigm of biomedical and molecular biotechnology’. Singapore’s industrial and economic policy has long focused on …

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Graduate/Undergraduate Student Researcher Position Available!

October 13, 2017

The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) is a unique academic resource covering the wide range of research on Singapore produced by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). It can be found at http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/srn/. SRN is currently engaged in a project to update and maintain a database of creative works such as fiction, poems, plays, …

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Graduate/Undergraduate Student Researcher Position Available!

October 13, 2017

Dear FASS Students, The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) is a unique academic resource covering the wide range of research on Singapore produced by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). It can be found at http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/srn/. SRN is currently engaged in a project to update and maintain a database of creative works such as …

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Two Asian Malls: Urban Shopping Centre Development in Singapore and Japan

October 10, 2017

What roles do mall developers play in shaping our urban and business landscapes? Malls seem to be sprouting up all over Asia! A/P Hendrik Meyer-Ohle (Department of Japanese Studies), in Two Asian Malls: Urban Shopping Centre Development in Singapore and Japan (2009), compared the development of two shopping malls, VivoCity launched in Singapore in October …

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Living Independently, Living Well: Seniors Living in Housing and Development Board Studio Apartments in Singapore

October 3, 2017

How does living in an HDB Studio Apartment impact the well-being of its residents? International Day of Older Persons is celebrated annually worldwide on 1 October to recognise the contributions of older persons to society. On this day, the National Council of Social Service seeks to debunk the myths of ageing by encouraging Singaporeans to …

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