{"id":17611,"date":"2018-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2018\/03\/23\/fass-bookshare-5-april-2018\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T15:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T07:59:21","slug":"fass-bookshare-5-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2018\/03\/23\/fass-bookshare-5-april-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"FASS Bookshare \u2013 5 April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17612\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F407006882F374042637782F12Foriginal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F407006882F374042637782F12Foriginal.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F407006882F374042637782F12Foriginal-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F407006882F374042637782F12Foriginal-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>FASS Bookshare\u00a0<\/b>celebrates and showcases books authored by faculty members who have dedicated years of research into their publications.<\/p>\n<p>In previous years\u00a0<b>Bookshare<\/b>\u00a0has highlighted single-authored books in a range of disciplines and topics, such as\u00a0<i>Asian Mobility, Power, and Representation, Development, Migration, and Protest in Asia\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>Southeast Asian Cosmopolitanism, Urbanism, and Tourism.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This edition of\u00a0<b>Bookshare<\/b>\u00a0focuses on\u00a0<i>Religion, Diaspora, and Travel.\u00a0<\/i>Read the Bookshare Catalogue\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2018\/02\/Bookshare-Catalogue-April-2018-1cuyymx.pdf\">here.<\/a><i><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2018\/02\/robbie_goh-1k0s2b8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1739 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2018\/02\/robbie_goh-1k0s2b8.jpg\" alt=\"Robbie Goh\" width=\"143\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fas.nus.edu.sg\/ell\/People_Faculty_GOHBH.html\">Professor Robbie Goh<\/a>\u00a0will be speaking about his latest book<em>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunypress.edu\/p-6542-protestant-christianity-in-the-.aspx\">Protestant Christianity in the Indian Diaspora: Abjected Identities, Evangelical Relations, and Pentecostal Visions<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2017\/10\/protestant_christianity_robbie_goh-1nafdyl.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1368 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2017\/10\/protestant_christianity_robbie_goh-1nafdyl.png\" alt=\"Protestant Christianity in the Indian Diaspora: Abjected Identities, Evangelical Relations, and Pentecostal Visions Robbie B. H. Goh SUNY Press\" width=\"140\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2018\/02\/anne_thell-2c9dnwt.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1737 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2018\/02\/anne_thell-2c9dnwt.gif\" alt=\"Anne Thell\" width=\"137\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fas.nus.edu.sg\/ell\/People_Faculty_ITAM.html\">Assistant Professor Anne Thell<\/a>\u00a0will talk about her new book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781611488272\/Minds-in-Motion-Imagining-Empiricism-in-Eighteenth-Century-British-Travel-Literature\"><em>Minds in Motion: Imagining Empiricism in Eighteenth-Century British Travel Literature.<\/em><\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_ISBNCover\" class=\"isbn-image img-responsive alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/L\/16\/114\/9781611488289.jpg\" width=\"135\" height=\"190\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2018\/02\/john_solomon-s3bqji.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1738 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2018\/02\/john_solomon-s3bqji.jpg\" alt=\"John Solomon\" width=\"172\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.academia.edu\/JohnSolomon\">Assistant Professor John Solomon<\/a>\u00a0will present on his recent book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/A-Subaltern-History-of-the-Indian-Diaspora-in-Singapore-The-Gradual-Disappearance\/Solomon\/p\/book\/9781138955899\">A Subaltern History of the Indian Diaspora in Singapore, The Gradual Disappearance of Untouchability, 1872-1965<\/a>.<\/em><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tandf.co.uk\/common\/jackets\/agentjpg\/978113895\/9781138955899.jpg\" alt=\"A Subaltern History of the Indian Diaspora in Singapore: The Gradual Disappearance of Untouchability 1872-1965 (Hardback) book cover\" width=\"134\" height=\"192\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong>\u00a05 April (Thursday), 2-2:30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0FASS Research Division Seminar Room, Level 6, Room 42,\u00a0AS7 Shaw Foundation Building,\u00a0<span class=\"st\">5 Arts Link<\/span>, 117570<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attendance:<\/strong>\u00a0If you would like to attend Bookshare, RSVP with your full name and email at the Eventbrite page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.sg\/e\/fass-bookshare-spring-2018-tickets-39174695569\">here<\/a>. Seating is limited, so do RSVP early and if your plans change, please cancel the reservation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions:\u00a0<\/strong>From Kent Ridge MRT take bus A1 from Exit A and alight at LT 13.<br \/>\nWalk up a small hill to AS7. Take the elevator to level 6 and walk around the corner past the restrooms. Turn left at the glass door; the Seminar Room will be in front of you. You may also view other public transport and driving directions from Google Maps at the Eventbrite page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.sg\/e\/fass-bookshare-spring-2018-tickets-39174695569\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1723\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2018\/02\/directions-large-view-2jaire9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1723\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2018\/02\/directions-large-view-2jaire9-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"Directions from Kent Ridge MRT\" width=\"508\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2018\/02\/map-of-AS7-1mruj8z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1724 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/fassresearch\/files\/2018\/02\/map-of-AS7-1mruj8z.jpg\" alt=\"Directions from LT13\" width=\"229\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:45pm-2pm<\/strong>\u00a0 Registration and Refreshments<\/p>\n<p><strong>2-2:05pm<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Associate Professor Michelle Lazar introduces the authors and books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:05-2:20pm<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Professor Robbie Goh presents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunypress.edu\/p-6542-protestant-christianity-in-the-.aspx\"><em>Protestant Christianity in the Indian Diaspora: Abjected Identities, Evangelical Relations, and Pentecostal Visions<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:20-2:35pm\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0Assistant Professor Anne Thell presents <a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781611488272\/Minds-in-Motion-Imagining-Empiricism-in-Eighteenth-Century-British-Travel-Literature\"><em>Minds in Motion: Imagining Empiricism in Eighteenth-Century British Travel Literature<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:35-2:50pm\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0Assistant Professor John Solomon presents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/A-Subaltern-History-of-the-Indian-Diaspora-in-Singapore-The-Gradual-Disappearance\/Solomon\/p\/book\/9781138955899\"><em>A Subaltern History of the Indian Diaspora in Singapore: The Gradual Disappearance of Untouchability, 1872-1965<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:50-3:05pm<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Q &amp; A Session<\/p>\n<p><strong>3:05-3:30pm<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Refreshments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FASS Bookshare\u00a0celebrates and showcases books authored by faculty members who have dedicated years of research into their publications. In previous years\u00a0Bookshare\u00a0has highlighted single-authored books in a range of disciplines and topics, such as\u00a0Asian Mobility, Power, and Representation, Development, Migration, and Protest in Asia\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0Southeast Asian Cosmopolitanism, Urbanism, and Tourism. This edition of\u00a0Bookshare\u00a0focuses on\u00a0Religion, Diaspora, and Travel.\u00a0Read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247,"featured_media":17612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4531],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17611"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28252,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17611\/revisions\/28252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}