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SRN would like to congratulate the filmmakers of “Alien”, a runner up for the Singapore on Screen II FASS Short Film Competition! The film has been selected by public sector organizations in Singapore to be shared among staff working on the integration of international students in mainstream schools. “Alien” depicts the challenges and difficulties faced […]
Professor Kenneth Dean (FASS Chinese Studies) has been appointed the head of the Chinese Studies department, becoming the first non-Chinese to do so in the history of the department. A fluent Mandarin speaker, Professor Dean, whose interest interests include Chinese religions and local temples, will take up the post in January. He desires to teach […]
Rachel Oh (FASS Geography, MA student) competed against almost 100 other presenters and won the Best Oral Presentation Award for her talk during the recent 3rd International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Antalya, Turkey. Her presentation was based on her ongoing Master’s research project, “Restoring abandoned shrimp ponds to mangrove forests: a potential […]
The Singapore Economic Policy Forum is a leading platform for economic policy discussion that brings together policymakers, academics, students and interested members of the public to exchange views on critical economic issues facing Singapore. Organized jointly by NUS Economics department and the Economic Society of Singapore, this year’s forum will be held on 31 October […]
Led by FASS Professor Mohan J. Dutta (Head, Communications & New Media Department), CARE (Centre for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation) launched their first campaign, to create awareness among Singaporeans about the rights of the Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) in Singapore. “Respect Our Rights” is held in collaboration with NGOs such as Humanitarian Organisation […]
Venue: Bookhaven, Stephen Riady Centre, University Town, NUS Date & Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm on 11 November 2014 (Tuesday) Please RSVP with the title “DYNAMIC” to nexus@nus.edu.sg by 7 Nov. 2014. On 11 November 2014 (Tuesday), Dynamic Environments of Singapore by Dr Daniel Friess and Dr Grahame Oliver (FASS Geography Department) will be featured at […]
Two FASS alums, Daniel Boey and Catherine Lim, are featured in a Straits Times article (21 October 2014) on Singaporeans putting their life stories in print. Celebrated fashion director Daniel Boey graduated with a BA in Geography and English Literature in 1989 and, on 1 November, will launch his autobiography, The Book of Daniel, at […]
In an article contribution to Lianhe Zaobao, Adjunct Assistant Professor Chew Moh Yuen (FASS Chinese Studies department) shares her opinion on the role of music as an instrument of expression in humans, in light of cultural and social developments in Hong Kong and mainland China. To read the article (in Chinese), click here:
In Remembering the Samsui Women Migration and Social Memory in Singapore and China, Assistant Professor Kelvin Low (FASS Sociology department) explores the lives and legacy of the Samsui women, both through media and state representations and through the oral histories of the women themselves, and sheds light on issues of their identity, both publicly constructed and […]
Photo Credit: ST Featured in two recent Straits Times articles (15 & 16 October 2014), Mr Alvin Tan (Alumni, Department of Sociology), founder and artistic director of The Necessary Stage, is one of the three respected artists to receive the Cultural Medallion at the Istana. Mr Tan is known for his honest depictions of Singaporean […]