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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 […]
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 […]
Date: Tuesday, 7th May 2019 Time: 6-8:30pm Venue: The Pod, NLB Organizers: Singapore Research Nexus and FASS Migration Cluster, FASS Research Division Programme 6:00-6:30pm – Registration/Refreshments/Book Sale 6:30-6:35pm – Welcome Remarks, Prof Lionel Wee, FASS Vice-Dean (Research) 6:35-7.00pm – Presentation on Citizens in Motion: Emigration, Immigration, and Re-migration Across China’s Borders, Assoc Prof Elaine Lynn-Ee […]
Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser from the NUS Department of Sociology and Institute of Policy Studies researcher Tan Min-Wei contributed an essay titled “Two stories on class in Singapore: Diversity or division?” in Managing Diversity in Singapore (World Scientific, 2016). An excerpt of their essay is featured in an article on the online news platform […]
Although wetlands may often be seen as wastelands or empty spaces for development, they are in fact treasures of natural and cultural heritage, and can serve as significant allies in the fight against climate change. Every 2 February, World Wetlands Day seeks to remind us of their importance and raise awareness of the valuable benefits […]
In 2018 the Singapore government announced its plans to freeze the number of cars on the road. Making car ownership in Singapore more costly through higher certificate of entitlement (COE) prices is one of the measures the government implements to promote a ‘car-lite’ society. But how effective is this policy? Professor Ivan Png (NUS Business […]
In the latest ‘Ask: NUS Economists’ series in The Straits Times, Distinguished Professor Ivan Png (NUS Business School, NUS Department of Economics, and NUS Department of Information Systems and Analytics) highlights the business and economic implications of the Singapore government’s recent changes to its copyright law. Prof Png first introduces the two proposed revisions to […]
Associate Professor Alberto Salvo from the NUS Department of Economics writes about the impact of climate change in TODAY’s Opinion section. He highlights his study that found that a 1°C increase in daily temperature raises household electricity use in Shanghai by a staggering 15%. Similarly, a study he authored on Singaporeans’ water and electricity bills […]
On 29 January 1819, Sir Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore, marking an important moment in the island’s gradual development into a nation. Singapore’s history has frequently been summarised as being a booming trading port due to its strategic geographical position in the 14th century and becoming a British colony in 1819. Yet in the gap […]