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It was reported that study findings released by the NUS Centre for Sustainable Asian Cities, FASS Sociology Department and the HDB showed that residents’ interactions in HDB estates tend to be incidental and minimal. Displays of trust, such as safekeeping of house keys and lending or borrowing of household items are seldom heard of, probably because […]
The current dry season in Singapore fuels concerns of whether there would be a repeat of last summer’s unprecedented haze levels. The health, social and economic losses incurred from the haze make people question how haze affects Singaporeans and what policies Singapore should pursue. In a Straits Times article from June 05, 2014 titled ‘Multilateral […]
Building on the imperative to promote region-based Southeast Asian Studies, the Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia (SEASIA) is organizing its inaugural biennial conference in Kyoto, Japan on December 12-13, 2015. The conference will be the first biennial meeting that will be organized in the region during the coming years. SEASIA 2015 welcomes panel proposals dealing with […]
A wealth of FASS Professors feature in a recent article in the New York Times by journalist Jane A. Paterson. The article, ‘In New Textbook, the Story of Singapore Begins 500 Years Earlier’ describes how A/P John N. Miksic (Department of Southeast Asian Studies) is behind the revision of the new Singapore school text, “Singapore: The […]
Inaugural AAS-in-Asia Conference ASIA IN MOTION HERITAGE AND TRANSFORMATION Date : 17-19 JULY 2014 Venue : NUS UTown, National University of Singapore Town Plaza, CREATE TOWER Level 2, 1 CREATE WAY, Singapore 138602 The Asia Research Institute (ARI) and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) of the National University of Singapore, […]
It was reported that a study by two NUS researchers has found that patients with conditions that affect the muscles, bones and joints or those with cancer or heart disease face the highest risk of racking up large hospital bills. Associate Professor Tilak Abeysinghe from the Department of Economics at the NUS Faculty of Arts […]
This was an article contribution by Mr Lin Yuhui, a Masters student at the Department of Chinese Studies of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS, on the decline of Singapore literature. He noted that the decline may reflect certain shortcomings in our society that requires deeper reflection. He hoped that Singapore literature […]
Recently, Singapore has rewritten the history taught in secondary textbooks to expand the story of the island state’s birth, mainly because A/P John Miksic from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore provided detailed archaeological evidence of the settlement’s early importance and prosperity. For instance, his team found that “among 30,000 […]
Paul Rae, an Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at FASS, and his wife, Kaylene Tan, will shut down the theatre group spell#7 to enter a new chapter as they move to Melbourne, Australia. The duo’s Duet series have evolved into a total of five shows, including Sky Duet (2008) and Tree Duet (2009), nominated for […]
FASS Faculty Research Visibility Workshop Presented by NUS Libraries and the Singapore Research Nexus Venue: FASS RD Seminar Room (AS7 Shaw Foundation Building, level 6, room 42) Date & Time: 9:00am-12:45pm on May 21st, Wednesday As an academic, are you frustrated with journal paywalls that limit readers’ access to your work? Do you want to […]