News
Over the past years, people have became more and more curious about the role of local culture. Professor Wang Gungwu, the Chair of the East Asia Institute at the National University of Singapore pointed out that the significance of local heritage should be connected with the civilisational process. More information about the heritage issues can be found below:
Between 16-17 January 2014, the SRN was delighted to welcome delegates from many parts of the world to the International Conference on “State Policy and the Cultural Politics of Heritage-Making in East and Southeast Asia“. The two-day conference was co-hosted by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and the International Institute of Asian Studies. …
SRN co-hosts International Conference on Heritage in Asia Read More »
Recently, A/P Peter Borschberg from the Department of History, National University of Singapore, supplied an introduction and detailed notes about the book The Memoirs and Memorials of Jacques De Coutre: Security, Trade and Society in 16th-and 17th-century Southeast Asia. If you are interested in the topic, more details can be found below:
The Anthology of Chinese Dialect Nursery Rhymes in Singapore was released last month, and is a rich collection of 50 songs in 5 dialects: Cantonese, Hokkien, Hainanese, Teochew and Hakka. A/P Lee Cheuk Yin from the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore worked with Dr Kang Ger Wen to collect the dialect nursery …
You are cordially invited to the upcoming discussion and roundtable on “Domestic Violence in Asia: Law, Policing, Sexuality and Activism”. The event will be held on 20 Jan 2014 (Monday). If you are interested in the topic, more information can be found below.
Dr. John van Wyhe is a historian at the National University of Singapore and also a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum in London. After he moved to Singapore, he continued to explore Wallace’s world by going to the places he visited. More information about the science historian can be below:
Although few people realize that the graveyards at Tanah Kubur Diraja are related to Singapore history, A/P John Miksic at the department of Southeast Asian Studies from National University of Singapore holds that some tombs have been regarded as symbols with historical, spiritual significance, which will facilitate people’s understanding of the past. For instance, the graves in the Radin Mas area dating back to the early and mid-19th …
The Singapore Research Nexus, as part of the International Conference on State Policy and the Cultural Politics of Heritage-making in East and Southeast Asia organized by ISEAS, presents Heritage in Singapore: Challenges, Conversations and Consequences. Date: Friday, 17 January 2014 Time: 12:30pm to 5:15pm Venue: ISEAS Seminar Rooms I & II Seating is limited …
Heritage in Singapore: Challenges, Conversations and Consequences Read More »
Dr Chua Ai Lin (Assistant Professor in the Department of History) was recently elected President of the Singapore Heritage Society, the youngest elected President in the Society’s history. Looking through her research and teaching interests at NUS (the social and cultural history of Singapore/Malaya, heritage and museum studies and educational research) it is easy to see …