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Delve into Southeast Asia’s early history with Prof. John Miksic (NUS Dept of Southeast Asia) and Assoc. Prof Goh Geok Yian’s (NTU, School of Humanities and Social Sciences) latest publication – Ancient Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2016). Launched on 11 November at the National Library, the authors explained their motives for writing the book and […]
‘Performing the ‘Lifeworld’ in Public Education Campaigns’ (Pragmatics and Society, 2010) by A/P Michelle M. Lazar (NUS Dept of English Language & Literature) explores the Singapore government’s use of a popular local television character, Phua Chu Kang, to address and connect with the public as someone belonging to the ‘lifeworld’. The government used Phua Chu […]
Deepavali is an important event marked by Hindus which symbolises the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and hope over despair. In the days leading up to Deepavali, Singapore’s vibrant Indian arts scene celebrates the festivity of the holiday season. A major and world-renowned Indian performing arts company in Singapore is Apsaras Arts. […]
‘The Reduplication of Chinese Names in Singapore English’ (RASK, 2003), by Dr Jock Wong, Lecturer at the Centre for English Language Communication, discusses how one can find a range of culture-specific address forms in Singapore English that are not found in any other culturally Anglo variety of English (i.e. Australian English, British English, etc.). These […]
Professor John N. Miksic (NUS Dept of Southeast Asian Studies) and Associate Professor Goh Geok Yian (NTU HSS) will talk about their latest book, Ancient Southeast Asia, published by Routledge Area Studies, on Fri, 11 Nov, at Level 16, The POD, National Library Building. Discounted copies of the book will be available at the launch. […]
A journal article by A/P Gregory Clancey (NUS Dept of History), ‘Intelligent Island to Biopolis: Smart Minds, Sick Bodies and Millennial Turns in Singapore’ (Science, Technology & Society, 2012), traces the cultural and political history of biomedicine in Singapore, and the country’s emergence as ‘The Biopolis of Asia’. A/P Clancey’s story begins with Singapore’s branding […]
In ‘Singapore youth: The impact of social status on perceptions of adolescent problems’ (1990), Prof Richard E. Isralowitz (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Dr Ong Teck Hong (Dept of Social Work, NUS) investigate if social class has any effect on a youth’s perception of problems. Surveying 220 lower and middle class youths between the […]
‘Contributions to Charitable Organisations in a Developing Country: The Case of Singapore’ (International Journal of Social Economics, 1998) by Dr Chung Ming Wong, former faculty member at the Department of Economics, Dr Vincent C.H. Chua, Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, and Dr S. Vasoo, Associate Professor at the Department of Social Work, investigates […]
This week, we feature a short story “Two Among Many” by Prof Philip Holden (NUS Dept of English Language & Literature) that revolves around the lives of two people as their paths intersect in Singapore. The first character is a woman who smuggles drugs across national borders in order to save her brother from overwhelming […]
In ‘Singapore’s Cinema-Age of the 1930s: Hollywood and the Shaping of Singapore Modernity’ (2012), Former faculty member Chua Ai Lin (Dept of History) brings to light the underplayed role of Hollywood cinema in shaping the identity and the cultural landscape of Singapore we see today. The allure of Western popular culture can be accounted for […]