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The mystery drama film, A Land Imagined, directed by Yeo Siew Hua, was recently reviewed in The Straits Times, where it was rated 3.5 stars. Set in Singapore, the film explores big ideas like ethics and identity through a detective story involving an insomniac investigator and a missing Chinese migrant worker. The intellectual tensions fleshed …
For Valentine’s Day we feature Singapore Love Stories (Monsoon Books, 2016), an anthology of 17 love stories, edited by Verena Tay, who completed her M.A. in English Literature at the NUS Department of English Language and Literature. Written by leading Singaporean and Singapore-based writers, the collection of stories explores various perspectives on love by a …
The Straits Times featured the Singapore Biographical Database of Chinese Personalities, which was compiled by the National Library Board, the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations, and the NUS Department of Chinese Studies. The online database was launched last Sunday at the Pod, NLB, and coincides with Singapore’s bicentenary. It showcases stories of 200 prominent …
An excerpt of a speech discussing China’s north and south that was given at the Institute of Policy Studies’ Singapore Perspectives 2019 Conference by University Professor Wang Gungwu from the NUS Department of History was recently featured in The Straits Times. Prof Wang first outlines the historical tension between China’s northern political and military power …
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Singapore’s bustling and metropolitan city today bears little resemblance to how it was more than a century ago. Fortunately, some of Singapore’s historical moments have been frozen in time as the British Film Institute has restored and digitised rare archival films of Singapore dating back to the early 1900s. Assistant Professor Hamzah Bin Muzaini (NUS …
On the 4th of February World Cancer Day is commemorated to raise awareness of the disease. The annual event aims to reduce preventable deaths and mitigate the impact that cancer has on individuals, families, and communities. Associate Professor Lee Geok Ling (NUS Social Work) and her co-authors took particular interest in Singaporean Chinese patients with …
Today we commemorate World Cancer Day to raise awareness and education about the disease. The annual event aims to reduce preventable deaths, and mitigate the impact that cancer has on individuals, families and communities. Assoc. Prof. Lee Geok Ling et. al. (Dept. of Social Work) took particular interest in Singaporean Chinese patients with advanced cancer. …
In line with the ongoing Singapore Bicentennial, Professor John Miksic (Department of Southeast Asian Studies) was recently interviewed in Episode 1 of “Becoming Singapore”, where he shared the significance of his archaeological work at Fort Canning Hill. The 2 episode series explores Singapore’s forgotten past tracing back hundreds of years. It also dispels the myth …
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The birthday of the Monkey God, a well-known character in Chinese Taoist tradition, is celebrated on the 15th and 16th day of the Lunar month, which falls on the 5th and 6th of February this year. In ‘Corporeal Gods’, a chapter from Digital Spirits in Religion and Media: Possession and Performance (Routledge, 2019), Dr Alvin …
A public lecture, ‘Singapore’s Story: A Port City In Search Of Hinterlands’, by Professor Tan Tai Yong from the NUS Department of History was recently featured in The Straits Times. The lecture traces development of Singapore’s port and its hinterland over the past 700 years. It is also Prof Tan’s third public lecture in a …
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