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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 […]
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 […]
Associate Professor John Miksic from the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, NUS, dubbed Singapore’s answer to Indiana Jones, holds up fragments of a rare 14th century ceramic compass he unearthed at Fort Canning Hill. This discovery proves that the history of Singapore dates back further than many may think. “I’ve been trying to tell people […]
With the prevalence of the Internet, more concerns about the protection of the young netizens from inappropriate sites have arisen. A/P Chitra Sankaran from the Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, said that Singaporeans should not depend on the state alone to safeguard youth from objectionable material. […]
Kamalini Ramdas, an instructor at the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, will deliver a talk about the single Singaporean-Indian women. More details can be found below: