On 1st July 2019, Singapore will be hosting the 5th international Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management Meeting (MMM5). As the world’s largest and longest-running mangrove conference, the MMM, initiated in 2000, focuses on understanding, conservation, and sustainable use of mangrove ecosystems worldwide. Convened by mangrove scientists every 3-6 years, the MMM brings together researchers, practitioners and NGOs […]

The common myth of Singapore history often perpetuated is that British colonialism, heralded by the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles, was the catalyst that turned Singapore into the major trading port that it is well-known for today. Contrary to this view, however, the island was known to have been trading with China since the 14th […]

NUS News features a short summary of NUS Department of Southeast Asian Studies Professor John Miksic’s archaeological life and career. Prof Miksic’s interest in archaeology began even before his university days, when he would recall finding arrowheads from Native Americans with his grandfather on his family farm. After pursuing his undergraduate studies in anthropology at […]

What steps can Singapore take to manage and reduce the risk of floods? On 16 June 2010, Orchard Road experienced severe floods that affected Singapore’s retail and tourism industry. With sea levels projected to rise between 0.25 to 0.76 meters by the end of the 21st century, steps have already been taken to minimise the […]

On the 6th of June, NUS CFPR (Centre for Family and Population Research) launched their new book Family and Population in Asia (Focus Publishing, 2019) at the Singapore Book Fair 2019 in Capitol Piazza. Edited by Professor Wei Jun Jean Yeung (NUS Department of Sociology) and Associate Professor Thang Leng Leng (NUS Department of Japanese […]

How does the employment of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Singapore reinforce negative nationalistic and gendered stereotypes? For a long time, domestic workers (DWs) lacked legal protections and regularly experienced exploitation and abuse. Now, we celebrate International Domestic Workers’ Day on 16 June every year – the same day when the ‘Convention on Decent Work […]

We are pleased to announce that the book Seven Hundred Years: A History of Singapore (Marshall Cavendish, 2019), co-authored by Professor Tan Tai Yong, Associate Professor Peter Borschberg, Honorary Adjunct Associate Professor Kwa Chong Guan, all from the NUS Department of History, and Associate Professor Derek Heng (Yale-NUS), has been listed on 11 June 2019 […]

The International Day of Older Persons is observed on 1 October each year. It was designated by the United Nations to emphasize the different needs and challenges facing the elderly today, and to reiterate how older, healthy people can continue to function and contribute productively to society. In Singapore, the elderly population is projected to […]

In the international playing field, Singapore has long been famous, or some would say infamous, for being a country with individuals highly focused on obtaining higher academic qualifications. This culture has been attributed to the government’s influence, in a bid to raise the country’s standard of education since the Singapore’s independence. In a monthly Straits […]

At the launch of the Singapore Bicentennial Experience on 30 May, President Halimah Yaacob gave the opening address to kickstart the multimedia art installation, a flagship event of the Bicentennial commemoration announced earlier this year. In her speech, Madam Halimah briefly recapped the better-known portion of Singapore’s history, beginning with Sang Nila Utama’s stake on […]