In late February 2003, three young women returned to Singapore from Hong Kong, subsequently displaying symptoms of an ‘atypical pneumonia’. This atypical pneumonia turned out to be the highly infectious disease known as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The introduction of the virus to Singapore kickstarted a nationwide SARS epidemic beginning in March, which […]

International Mother Tongue Day, observed every 21 February, celebrates linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as multilingualism. How does language-switching affect our attentional control, our capacity to choose what we pay attention to and ignore)? In ‘From Bilingualism to Bilingualisms: Bilingual experience in Edinburgh and Singapore affects attentional control differently’ (Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2018), […]

Here are some of the highlights from the book launch of Imperial Creatures: Humans and Other Animals in Colonial Singapore (NUS Press, 2019) by Associate Professor Timothy Barnard (NUS Department of History)!

The Former Ford Factory is historically significant – its boardroom was where the British surrendered Singapore over to Japan on 15 February 1942. Decades later, on 15 February 2006, the factory was gazetted as a national monument. Subsequently, the National Archives of Singapore (NAS) established a World War II exhibition there titled ‘Memories at Old […]

In an editorial in Yahoo! News, Associate Professor Bertha Henson (NUS Department of Communications and New Media) writes about Class Notes. It is a website conceptualised together with her students in her module, Election Reporting, to showcase their reporting, writing, and research work. Class Notes became a way for A/P Henson to fulfil her desires […]

As part of the ‘ASK: NUS Economics’ series by The Straits Times, Dr Timothy Wong (NUS Department of Economics) addresses whether public transport subsidies in Singapore are economically justified. His research findings suggest that public transport subsidies in Singapore can increase supply- and demand-side economies of scale, and lower auto externalities. However, the drawback is […]

Imperial Creatures: Humans and Other Animals in Colonial Singapore, 1819–1942 (NUS Press, 2019) by Associate Professor Timothy Barnard (NUS Department of History) was recently featured in an article in The Straits Times by Ms Melody Zaccheus. Ms Zaccheus finds that the book is a unique way of looking at the Republic’s history through the lens […]

Just two days ago, Hindus in Singapore celebrated Tai Pucam (also known as Thaipusam), which commemorates the feats of the Hindu deity, Lord Subramaniam. However, why is Tai Pucam not given a public holiday in Singapore, and what are the implications of this? Professor Vineeta Sinha and Dr George Radics from the NUS Department of […]

The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) is a unique academic resource covering the wide range of research on Singapore produced by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). It can be found at http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/srn/. SRN is involved in assisting the FASS Research Division with event organization and research. In addition, SRN is currently engaged in a […]