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‘China, Asean and the new Maritime Silk Road’ (The Straits Times, 2021) features edited excerpts of University Professor Wang Gungwu’s (NUS Department of History) keynote speech from a recent webinar organized by the Academy of Professors Malaysia. After World War 2, the only people who thought about South-east Asia as a region were those from […]
The Little Nyonya, a critically acclaimed drama serial following the lives of an extended Peranakan family in Malacca, made its debut on Singapore’s airwaves on 25th November 2008. Produced by Mediacorp, Singapore’s state-owned media conglomerate, The Little Nyonya received praise for its writing and direction. The show also sparked an interest in Peranakan culture […]
Singapore’s Smart Nation Initiative was launched on 24th November 2014 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The initiative sought to recognize efforts towards building Singapore into a smart nation; a nation that harnesses the power of technology to make daily living more convenient and to strengthen ties within our communities and societies. Since its […]
Literature, one of the most important cultural and intellectual expressions of the Malays, plays a highly important role which cannot be overlooked. Progressive religious and cultural ideas are more often expressed through literature than mainstream religious discourse. In ‘The Trials of the Progressive: Malay Literary and Cultural Expressions in Singapore’, a chapter in Alternative Voices […]
In ‘What has a rise in day trading and online betting to do with Covid-19?’ (The Straits Times, 2021), Professor Chew Soo Hong, Associate Professor Liu Haoming, and Associate Professor Alberto Salvo (NUS Department of Economics) explain how in times of adversity, demand for “hope products” such as stocks and lottery tickets, which involve small […]
The TODAY Youth Survey, which polled 1,066 respondents between the ages of 18 and 35, found that there was a high overall acceptance rate of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people among youth. However, the survey also found that fewer people were willing to accept family members having same-sex relationships. 75 percent […]
In ‘The Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall and the Chinese Community of Singapore: History, Repositioning and Contestation’ (A General History of the Chinese in Singapore, 2019) Associate Professor Jianli Huang (NUS Department of History) considers the intentional positioning of the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall within a Sino-centric shift of Singaporean nation-building during […]
Arab immigrants, with their wealth of trading experience and networks, established businesses and trading posts in Singapore, contributing to Singapore’s development as a bustling hub for trade and enterprise. On 11th November 1946, the Arab Association was officially set up. The Arab Association hopes to promote Islamic virtues and the use of the Arabic language […]
Happening on Wednesday, 17 November: ICT4Good/Asia Workshop in collaboration with NUS Communications and New Media and NUS CivicTech Lab! This workshop brings together researchers and practitioners pursuing ICT4Good in Asia to discuss the interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral development of the field. The morning panels feature academic topics such as educating computer science students about the civic, […]
Held annually on 9 November, World Freedom Day commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall nearing the end of the Cold War in 1989, a historic event that heralded a freer, fairer, and united Germany. Similarly, Singapore’s decolonisation experience, which brought greater freedom and autonomy to its people, intersected with political and ideological forces unleashed […]