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Since the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in modern Singapore on 29 January 1819, Singapore has progressively formed closer political ties with various European countries. Though established by the British East Indian Company as a favourable trading port in the Malay peninsula, Singapore has since garnered global repute in fields spanning from politics to education. […]
The Flying Inkpot was a volunteer-run website which published theatre reviews from 1996 to 2015 in Singapore. Since 1st January 2016, the website’s maintenance has been taken over by Centre 42. All reviews in the site were submitted on a voluntary basis by a core group of reviewers. In a country like Singapore where an active […]
On 1 January 2016, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came into effect. High levels of transboundary atmospheric pollution pose a severe challenge towards meeting the SDGs. Given that the SDGs are evaluated on a regional scale, with Southeast Asia (SEA) forming one such region, regional cooperation is required. However, effective cooperation on environmental […]
Although only one-sixth of the resident population in Singapore is Christian, Christmas is still a well celebrated holiday. Many celebrate with church services, or with Christmas themed foods, decorations, gift-giving and shopping sales across Singapore. Another role of Christianity in Singapore can be found in the chapter “Mission Schools in Singapore: Religious Harmony, Social Identities, […]
The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Division, NUS invites you to a Virtual Event featuring recent research in the humanities and social sciences on Singapore. Academics from NUS will present their studies on the themes of 1) Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism, 2) Religion and Place, and 3) Language […]
One year since the official inauguration of the NUS College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS), the publicity campaign for the new College has gained recognition at the recent Public Relations in the Service of Mankind (PRISM) Awards. The University bagged a Distinction Award in the category “Outstanding Campaign by a Non-Government Organisation or Not-For-Profit Organisation” for […]
Migration is a commonplace phenomenon in a globalised world, as people move in search of better opportunities for economic and social improvement. Created by the United Nations, International Migrants Day on 18 December recognises the human rights of all migrants. In the same vein, Assistant Professor Hong Renyi (NUS Department of Communications and New Media) […]
In ‘Is it frivolous to learn Korean to appreciate Squid Game and K-drama shows?’ (Channel News Asia, 2021), Dr Daniel Chan (NUS Centre for Language Studies) argues that learning new languages for entertainment purposes should not be dismissed as being frivolous. With the rise in popularity of Korean entertainment culture all around the world came […]
Migration and Marriage in Asian Contexts (Routledge, 2021), edited by Assistant Professor Zheng Mu (NUS CFPR and Sociology) and Professor Jean Wei-Jun Yeung (NUS CFPR and Sociology) and originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, analyses how Asian migrants adapt and assimilate into their host societies, and how […]
Chineseness and the Cold War: Contested Cultures and Diaspora in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong (Routledge, 2021), edited by Associate Professor Xu Lanjun (NUS Chinese Studies) and Associate Professor Jeremy E. Taylor (University of Nottingham), explores the different notions of “Chineseness” during the Cold War through the examination of specific case studies of the “Chinese […]