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Miksic (Department of Southeast Asian Studies) is behind the revision of the new Singapore school text, \u201cSingapore: The Making of a Nation-State, 1300-1975.\u201d<\/p>\n<article>\n<header>The other FASS Faculty featured include A\/P Peter Borschberg, Prof Brian Farrell, Kwa Chong Guan, Prof Tan Tai Yong and Dr Quek Ser Hwee (all from the Department of History).<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<article>\n<header>To read the article click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/12\/world\/asia\/in-new-textbook-the-story-of-singapore-begins-500-years-earlier.html?_r=0\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/12\/world\/asia\/in-new-textbook-the-story-of-singapore-begins-500-years-earlier.html?_r=0<\/a><\/header>\n<\/article>\n<header><\/header>\n<header>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16961\" style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16961\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/Singapore-arachaeology-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"359\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digging up Singapore&#8217;s history &#8211; an archaeological dig at the National Art Gallery site.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wealth of FASS Professors feature in a recent article in the New York Times by journalist Jane A. 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