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 […]

‘Estranged from the Ideal Past: Historical Evolution of Madrasahs in Singapore’ (Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 2005), by A/P Khairudin Aljunied (Dept of Malay Studies) and Mr Dayang Istiaisyah Hussin, Alumnus (Dept of Sociology), examines the historical evolution of the madrasah in Singapore as against its ideal Islamic past. The authors argue that a few […]

An article titled “Interdependence in Asian Families: The Singapore Case” by A/P Thang Leng Leng (NUS Dept of Japanese Studies) and former FASS faculty member A/P Kalyani Mehta explores the dynamics of “interdependence” between generations of Asian families. Published in the Journal of Intergenerational Relationships in 2006, the qualitative research study involved 30 interviews conducted […]

‘Mothers, Maids and Tutors: An Empirical Evaluation of their Effect on Children’s Academic Grades in Singapore,’ published in Education Economics (2005), is authored by Dr Euston Quah, former FASS faculty member, and Dr Roland Cheo, teaching faculty at the Department of Economics. In this paper, the authors explain how the basic economic unit—the home—has become […]

Dr Edwin Thumboo is one of Singapore’s most acclaimed poets. An Emeritus professor (1997) at NUS, he was the Head of Department of English Language and Literature from 1977-1993, and our first Dean of FASS from 1980-1991. With his wealth of contributions made to the Arts and Literature scene in Singapore, it is no surprise […]

‘The conservation-redevelopment dilemma in Singapore: The case of the Kampong Glam historic district’ (Cities, 1996) by Prof Brenda Yeoh and A/P Shirlena Huang (Dept of Geography), discusses the ‘Conservation-Redevelopment’ conflicts that are increasingly gaining prominence in the urban agendas of cities in the developing world. The study examines the role urban conservation plays within the […]