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Dr. Jessica Pan, an assistant professor of economics at the National University of Singapore, led a discussion about the gender equality in education. She argued that the gender gap in education was likely to narrow thanks to the improvement of job market. In the past years, women were reluctant to persue higher education due to labour …
Boo Junfeng is a Singaporean film maker well known for his award-winning short films, which often deal with topics such as identity, memory, sexuality. Sandcastle is his first feature-length film, which made its international premiere Cannes Film Festival in 2010. Details can be found here.
In February, Bee Thiam will talk to us about why he makes films and how keeping film in our conversation helps keep our history alive. Details can be found here.
On Wednesday 13th February all of the local media’s eyes were on Prof Wolfgang Lutz, demographer and Founding Director of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital. Prof Lutz’s was giving a seminar in FASS, hosted by the Department of Sociology, where he discussed Singapore’s fertility rate, a topic which has been widely debated in the wake of the …
“Is Singapore’s Birth Rate Too Low?” – Prof Lutz captures Singapore’s zeitgeist Read More »
Recently, Mr CHAN Kok Hoe, who teaches in the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore, tried to explain why Singapore had experienced large trade surplus in recent years.
Singapore’s population has increased by over 25% in the last decade. Not surprisingly, the tectonic shift in the demographic landscape has unnerved some Singaporeans. In the meanwhile, the policymakers closely monitor the emerging social fractures and where necessary, implement concrete measures to correct the imbalances. More details can be found here.
Citizenship and its links to the rights of individuals have become increasingly complex. The impact of globalization has fundamentally transformed the conceptualization of citizenship, the rights and responsibilities accruing to individuals, and the obligations of states who oversee increasingly diverse populations. More details can be found here.
You are invited to watch the final eight shortlisted films, all produced in 2012, and see the judges decide who wins the $500 prizes! Click here to view a trailer of these eight short films. NUS Open Day, 16 March 2013, 1.30pm – 4.30pm, UTown, Global Learning Room (Seminar Room 12), Level 2, Town Plaza. …
FASS Undergraduate Short Film Competition: Singapore on Screen – Final Round Live! Read More »
Conducted by Professor Wolfgang Lutz of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, this seminar entitled “Is Singapore’s Birth Rate Too Low?” aims to examine the question from various perspectives. Professor Wolfgang Lutz proposes that a fertility level somewhat below replacement level may be optimal for a highly educated modern society such as Singapore’s. More details …
Is Singapore’s Birth Rate Too Low? An FASS Sociology Seminar by Professor Wolfgang Lutz Read More »
Singapore poet Boey Kim Cheng is an alumnae from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at National University of Singapore. He returned for the Singapore Writers Festival last November and spoke about his latest book of poems at Select Books.