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Inaugural AAS-in-Asia Conference ASIA IN MOTION HERITAGE AND TRANSFORMATION Date : 17-19 JULY 2014 Venue : NUS UTown, National University of Singapore Town Plaza, CREATE TOWER Level 2, 1 CREATE WAY, Singapore 138602 The Asia Research Institute (ARI) and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) of the National University of Singapore, …
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It was reported that a study by two NUS researchers has found that patients with conditions that affect the muscles, bones and joints or those with cancer or heart disease face the highest risk of racking up large hospital bills. Associate Professor Tilak Abeysinghe from the Department of Economics at the NUS Faculty of Arts …
Musculoskeletal patients face highest risk of large hospital bills, 13 May 2014, Page 6. Read More »
This was an article contribution by Mr Lin Yuhui, a Masters student at the Department of Chinese Studies of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS, on the decline of Singapore literature. He noted that the decline may reflect certain shortcomings in our society that requires deeper reflection. He hoped that Singapore literature …
Recently, Singapore has rewritten the history taught in secondary textbooks to expand the story of the island state’s birth, mainly because A/P John Miksic from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore provided detailed archaeological evidence of the settlement’s early importance and prosperity. For instance, his team found that “among 30,000 …
In New Textbook, the Story of Singapore Begins 500 Years Earlier Read More »
FASS Faculty Research Visibility Workshop Presented by NUS Libraries and the Singapore Research Nexus Venue: FASS RD Seminar Room (AS7 Shaw Foundation Building, level 6, room 42) Date & Time: 9:00am-12:45pm on May 21st, Wednesday As an academic, are you frustrated with journal paywalls that limit readers’ access to your work? Do you want to …
Paul Rae, an Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at FASS, and his wife, Kaylene Tan, will shut down the theatre group spell#7 to enter a new chapter as they move to Melbourne, Australia. The duo’s Duet series have evolved into a total of five shows, including Sky Duet (2008) and Tree Duet (2009), nominated for …
Recently, a multidisciplinary team that included A/P Paulin Straughan from the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore, and scholars from Shanghai University and the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, conducted a cross-cultural comparison of cities facing similar ageing issues as Singapore. They found that family and friends contributed to seniors looking after …
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Does traffic congestion influence the price of housing? Dr Eric Fesselmeyer and A/P Haoming Liu from the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore attempted to explain the correlation at the online forum “Ask NUS Economists” in The Straits Times. More information can be found through the link: http://blog.nus.edu.sg/fassnews/files/2014/04/040413-22mu2ti.pdf
As the elderly who live alone can hardly care for their health, some researchers claim that the society should be responsible for taking care of them. On 31 March 2014, A/P Straughan from the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore pointed out that “When you have a strong pool of volunteers to step …
Study highlights need to help ‘socially isolated’ elderly folk Read More »
On 7 March 2014, there will be a workshop “Making Space for Migrant Workers in Multicultural Singapore” among scholars. The venue is the Shaw Foundation Building, AS7 Seminar Room B #01-17. More information can be found through the link: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/research/researchclusters/ssp/poster.making.space_finalv2.pdf