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World Kidney Day is observed this year on 14 March to raise awareness about kidney disease and press for the implementation of advanced methods towards kidney disease prevention and management. According to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), 750 people in Singapore are diagnosed with renal failure yearly. There is a rising occurrence of end-stage renal […]
The choice of Singapore as the main setting for the movie Crazy Rich Asians was fitting since Persian and Arab merchants, who were basically the ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ of the 8th century, had important roles in developing Singapore into a great maritime city. Professor Tan Tai Yong (NUS Department of History), in an editorial […]
What were the effects of long-distance travel on the sepoys involved in the Singapore Mutiny of 1915? On 15 February 1915, hundreds of sepoys from the 5th Light Infantry rebelled against their British commanders in Singapore, resulting in mutual bloodshed. What motivated the mutiny? In “‘Germany Has Become Mohammedan’: Insurgency, Long-Distance Travel, and the Singapore […]
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 […]
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. […]