Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. Preparing for Uncertainty: Discovering CHS
A steady stream of prospective students and their families invested their Saturday (13 May 2023) into exploring their future education and career possibilities at the FASS@CHS Open House 2023. https://bit.ly/42P3r0I

2. A Special Salute to our Student Body!
Led by the FASS Student Ambassadors (SAs), and members of FASS Club (NUS Students’ Arts & Social Sciences Club) and 18 other FASS-based student societies, our students helped make FASS@CHS Open House 2023 a successful engagement of prospective students. https://bit.ly/3ogKcOr

3. Dedication, Commitment and Resilience
The steadfast commitment of FASS and NUS Overseas Colleges alumna Cordillia Tan (NUS English Language and Linguistics, ’20) to her father’s car workshop now has the business running like a well-oiled machine. https://bit.ly/3o5jqbS

4. Paving the Way for Sustainable Fashion
Desiree Chang (NUS Communications and New Media) partnered other NUS undergraduates to start up a thrift store, joining the charge in sustainable fashion and inspiring a new wave of eco-conscious consumers. https://bit.ly/3o1K0mn

5. Tackling Population Challenges? Be Bolder
Ho Kwon Ping, FASS alumnus (Economics, History and Political Science, ’78) and 1st SR Nathan Fellow, suggests that Singapore’s large community of foreign workers could be a future source of permanent residency or citizenship. https://bit.ly/42zs2GJ

6. Where are you Going?
In collaboration with students from NUS Communications and New Media, FASS presents a student takeover video project that highlights the reasons prospective students should join us. https://bit.ly/3pDVXyO and https://bit.ly/3nS41LV

7. SEMINAR | Flexible Capital User Costs and Investment Dynamics with Non-Convex Adjustment Costs (23 May 2023)
In this NUS Economics seminar, Dr Eugene Tan (University of Toronto) taps on firm-level micro-data from India to show the high variability of user cost of capital in and across firms. https://bit.ly/3BuGkwm

8. SEMINAR | Rational Exuberance and Asset Bubbles (23 May 2023)
Professor Vijay Krishna (Pennsylvania State University) will unpack how asset bubbles develop due to buyers displaying rational exuberance in the absence of bad news during this NUS Economics presentation. https://bit.ly/3Wc9R7t

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. Looking Out for the Less Fortunate
Year 2 CHS undergraduate Fiqri Nur Haziq Abu Bakar unveils his motivations and aspirations behind his decision to major in both Social Work and Public Health. https://bit.ly/431LVq0

2. NUS Economics Alumnus on 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List
Vinay Palathinkal has been a successful executive in the financial industry since 2018, and is now leading investments in Southeast Asia for venture capital fund The Fintech Fund. https://bit.ly/3WA2tmT

3. Why Does Everyone Think They are Middle Class?
The IPS Social Lab's Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser (also of NUS Sociology and Anthropology) and Ms Sim Kai Lin answer this question and suggest that individuals be content with a ‘good enough’ life or learn to look at success in ways beyond material attainment. https://bit.ly/3ODJyp3

4. How Do I Prove my Innocence?
Year 3 undergraduate Lim Le Ming (NUS Political Science) comments on the impact of generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, on the relationship between students and educators. https://bit.ly/3IDJphE

5. Disability and Food Couriers
Dr Renyi Hong (NUS Communications and New Media) delves into the complicated relationship between persons with disabilities and food delivery jobs in Singapore. https://nus.edu/42YXCxq

6. SEMINAR | One Story, Two Channels: Historical Memories, Transregional Resonance, and the Chinese Translation of Emergency (27 May 2023)
NUS Chinese Studies and Wan Boo Sow Research Centre bring together Jeremy Tiang (Author of ‘State of Emergency’) and translators Lim Woan Fei and Chen Si’an to present on the motivations of their translingual and transnational collaboration. https://bit.ly/3IG3Bj3

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𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐠, #𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫
Alumna Shirley Wang (NUS Theatre Studies and Innovation and Design Programme '21) discusses the interdisciplinary path she has taken all through school and now in her career, with Associate Professor Robin Loon (NUS Theatre Studies). https://bit.ly/FASSTalk-Alumna-ShirleyWang

Greetings and welcome back to the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. 32 Pages — Co-authoring Stories of Possibilities with our Children
Fresh graduates Chloe Ng (NUS Geography) and Tamara Tan (NUS Psychology) tell us why they established an organisation with the mission to improve the emotional resilience of children through literacy. https://bit.ly/3rOzuQF

2. RESEARCH | Insights into Singapore's Civic District
Dr Imran Tajudeen (NUS Malay Studies) and archaeologist Emeritus Professor John Miksic (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) share their insights on the historical, architectural and cultural richness of Singapore's Civic District. https://bit.ly/47e25iK

3. SCHOLARSHIP AWARD | Fueling a Passion for Classical Chinese Poetry
Wang Yuhui, 2023 Margaret Wang Memorial Master’s Scholarship recipient, and his hope to contribute to the scholarship and understanding of the Chinese diaspora and overseas Chinese literature with his research on classical Chinese poetry in Singapore. https://bit.ly/3O9hesP

4. 20th Singapore Model United Nations Conference Draws 400 Students from the Region
Students from more than 20 secondary schools, pre-university and tertiary institutions in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region gathered at the NUS Political Science Society-organised event to debate pressing global developments and issues. https://bit.ly/3XQDNqB

5. PODCAST | FASSTalk New Episode: #Interdisciplinarity Through School and Career
Alumna Shirley Wang (NUS Theatre Studies and NUS Innovation and Development Programme ’21) discusses the interdiscipinary path she has taken all through school and now in her career, with Associate Professor Robin Loon (NUS Theatre Studies). https://bit.ly/FASSTalk-Alumna-ShirleyWang

6. Students Rise to the Occasion at Annual National Economics and Financial Management Challenge
The annual competition, organised by the NUS Economics Society since 2007, attracted participation from more than 200 pre-tertiary students representing 14 schools in Singapore. https://bit.ly/3pZQuTH

7. NUS-CHS CASE COMPETITION 2023 | Are You Concerned About Our Digital Dependency?
Come and pitch your ideas and solutions toward countering digital dependency to our competition partners EY and the Media Literacy Council. Form a team with at least one current CHS student and register by 7 August 20023 at: https://bit.ly/3ODXgIb. For more information, join the Telegram group: https://t.me/+Ros2gdCVOrA2ZDk1.

8. WEBINAR | Power of Data Analytics and AI for Positive Change
Dr Subhayan Mukerjee (NUS Communications and New Media) discussed how data analytics and AI technologies can be deployed to produce and deliver benefits for all in a Smart Nation Singapore webinar he presented recently. https://bit.ly/3OonCh9

9. Affected by Ethnic Sentiment, Some Singaporeans Fail to Recognise National Interests
A new book by Chairman of the Middle East Institute, former Singaporean diplomat and NUS Political Science alumnus (’76), Mr Bilahari Kausikan, seeks to help people understand international relations better. https://bit.ly/3DA9Vp6

10. UPCOMING LECTURE | Ergativity, Finiteness and Control (4 August 2023)
Leading scholar in the area of Distributed Morphology, Professor Jonathan David Bobaljik (Harvard University), will be speaking at this FASS Language and Linguistics Research Cluster hybrid event. https://bit.ly/3OCLBcK

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Greetings and welcome back to the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. Join the FASS Student Ambassador Corps TODAY!
This is a call for students with strong leadership skills, excellent academic performers as well as deeply committed to empowering the FASS community. Apply to be a FASS Student Ambassador today! https://nus.edu/47dHjQg

2. The Cleansed Hearts Initiative Honours Workers
FASS undergraduate Nabil Zulkefly (NUS Social Work and NUS Sociology and Anthropology) and his devotion to lifting the spirits of NUS campus' cleaning team. https://bit.ly/45m4BBL

3. UK Band’s Controversial Kiss Achieved Something Few Have in Malaysia
Contrary to what members of British band The 1975 may have thought of their same-sex kiss during a performance in Kuala Lumpur, Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) says, the act in reality only hurts those living by Malaysia’s laws. https://bit.ly/45fTkmh

4. RESEARCH | The Extended Identity-Optimism-Support (IOS) Model
Associate Professor Jia Lile (NUS Psychology) aims to expand his research into understanding the Singaporean national identity, and explore group identity and explore how people may cooperate in groups under conditions of threat and uncertainty towards collective success. https://bit.ly/4511Dmx

5. SCHOLARSHIP | Two-Year Master of Social Science Research Scholarship Opportunity
NUS Political Science is inviting applications to an M.Soc.Sci Research Scholarship funded by a Social Science and Humanities Research Fellowship for a project entitled “After Victory: Governance Outcomes, Political Stability, and Institutional Reform in East and Southeast Asia.” Application deadline: 1 November 2023. https://bit.ly/3QqYojN

6. BOOK LAUNCH | Two Books by Associate Professor Wong Sin Kiong (12 August 2023)
NUS Chinese Studies and the Wan Boo Sow Research Centre for Chinese Culture is hosting ‘Wu Lien-Teh Revisited: The Nanyang Intelligentsia and Modern Medicine in China’ and ‘Revolution, Personalities, and Society: Perspectives on the Chinese in Southeast Asia” https://bit.ly/3DQOsZq

7.LECTURE | The Story of Bai Yan & Evolution of Gewutuan in Singapore and Malaya: 1930s – 1060s (14 August 2023)
Through NUS Libraries’ collection of Bai Yan’s personal papers, Dr Yao Soo Ei (NUS Chinese Studies) will trace the evolution of gewutuan in Singapore, and see how the vernacular form of Chinese popular culture contributed to the growth of the local arts and entertainment scene. https://bit.ly/3OBPf5w

8. EVENT | Temenggong Zhong Yuan Festival ,中元节 (19 August 2023)
Temenggong Artists-in-Residence invites the public to the Temenggong Zhong Yuan Festival (中元节) organised in partnership with FASS on Saturday, 19 August 2023, 6 - 10 pm, at 28 Temenggong Road, Singapore 098775. https://bit.ly/3s0dWAF

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Greetings and welcome back to the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. Transformative Adventures: Field Studies in Geography: Southeast Asia
NUS Geography students – Nicholas Hong (Year 3), Nur Husna Faqihah (Year 3) and Adib Amali (alumnus, ’23) – relate their memorable experiences and profound lessons learnt across remote parts of Thailand. https://bit.ly/44c3W50

2. Singaporean who Speaks 11 Languages should Inspire even those who Struggle with our Mother Tongue
FASS Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Studies) and Deputy Director of NUS Centre for Language Studies Dr Daniel Chan argues that the example of 23-year-old polyglot Jonas Fine Tan should move us to start our own language learning journey. https://bit.ly/47BrIdj

3. To Avoid Getting Stuck in an Echo Chamber
Meet Regina Lai (CHS Year 2, Environmental Studies major and Music and Society minor) who hopes to discover more interconnections between the arts, society and the environment. https://bit.ly/3sf4CJw

4. RESEARCH | ‘Temple Tracks: Labour, Piety and Railway Construction in Asia’
Using ethnographic methods and a historical perspective, Professor Vineeta Sinha (NUS Sociology and Anthropology), critically outlines the interlink of railway construction in colonial and post-colonial Asia, as well as the anthropology of infrastructure and transnational mobilities with religion. https://bit.ly/3KITj2H

5. SCHOLARSHIP | MA Research Scholarship (NUS History)
NUS History is inviting applications for a two-year MA RS for a project entitled “Sinospheric Subjects: Chinese Singaporeans, China, and Taiwan, 1978-1990”. The application deadline is 1 November 2023. https://bit.ly/3QH1Cjc

6. WEBINAR | A.I. 101: Understanding ChatGPT & Other A.I. Tools for Students | S.U.R.E. (17 August 2023, 7-8 pm)
In this special National Library Board, Singapore webinar, NUS Philosophy’s Jonathan Sim is presenting ways generative A.I. tools such as ChatGPT can be used creatively and responsibly in academic pursuits. https://bit.ly/3P0wiuF

7. LECTURE | The Utopian Impulse in Modern China (19 August 2023)
This NUS Chinese Studies, Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre and Wan Boo Sow Research Centre for Chinese Culture hybrid event will delve into the various utopian ‘imaginations’ of the late Qing and early Republican era. https://bit.ly/3scy1UC

8. FASS-CDE RESEARCH NETWORKING WORKSHOP | Urban Livability and Sustainability (23 August 2023)
This FASS and NUS College of Design and Engineering workshop brings together faculty members interested in developing interdisciplinary research collaborations in the field of urban livability and sustainability. https://bit.ly/3DYnnDt

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. Bring Your Ideas to Life via the FASS Social Incubator Programme!
Got impactful ideas for society? Wish to collaborate with like-minded visionaries? Ready to change the world for the better? The Social Incubator Programme presents you with the ideal opportunity to act on your innovative plans and leave a positive mark on society today. Find out how to receive $10,000 seed funding and more. Sign up now! https://nus.edu/3KuV1og

2. FASS@Temenggong Zhong Yuan Festival 2023
The initiative aimed at cultivating greater awareness and understanding of the customs of the Hungry Ghost Festival was inaugurated by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies Heng Swee Keat, and also featured a special lecture by Assistant Professor Jack Chia (NUS History). https://bit.ly/3QKQ0M9

3. Journeying Through Maritime Southeast Asia
As part of the new Southeast Asia Friendship Initiative, students from various NUS halls, residential colleges and houses were provided introductions to their selected countries of study via lectures and tutorials by NUS Malay Studies and NUS Southeast Asian Studies before embarking on their respective experiential study trips. https://bit.ly/3KSwMk3

4. On “The Inheritance That Almost Didn’t Exist”
Dr Donna Brunero (NUS History) provided keen historical perspective on the British economy in the late 1960s as it related to the global financial system and those of Singapore and the rest of Asia — in this CNA special. https://bit.ly/3E3kHom

5. FASS Appoints First Visiting Professor in Sikh Studies
As part of his appointment to the Visiting Professorship established in collaboration with the Central Sikh Gurdwara Board (CSGB), Associate Professor Jasjit Singh will be leading research and teaching courses in Sikhism and the Sikh way of life at NUS South Asian Studies, as well as presenting a workshop to the Singapore Sikh community, and a public lecture. https://bit.ly/3P9QZEm

6. RESEARCH | ‘Rights Refused: Grassroots Activism and State Violence in Myanmar’
Dr Elliott Prasse-Freeman (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) documents grassroots political activists who advocate for workers and peasants across Burma through the 2011-2021 “democratic transition”, the February 2021 military coup and the ongoing mass uprising against it. https://bit.ly/44pUQ4B

7. SEMINAR | ‘More Trade, Less Commitment: a New Turn in Russia-China Economic Relations (28 August 2023)
Hosted by the FASS Belt and Road Initiative Research Cluster, Dr Janis Kluge (German Institute for International and Security Affairs) discusses how economic cooperation between the Russia and China does not have the same depth of Russia’s previous ties with Western partners and is unlikely to be an equivalent substitute. Registration required: https://bit.ly/3sgSGXy.

8. WEBINAR | Brown Bag Seminar Series — ‘The Broader Political Significance of Houses of Worship…’ (7 September 2023)
Dr Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo (NUS Political Science) will draw from his analysis of surveys and data on mosques in Indonesia an understanding of just how houses of worship do not only serve social and economic functions, but also possess political significance. https://bit.ly/3E5rcHf

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. The World as Classroom: NUS College’s Global Experience (GEx) Course
FASS students Loh An Lin (NUS History), Ng Sze Xuan and Sarah Leong (NUS Geography), Azcuna Apuyan (NUS Political Science) and Armado Tan (NUS Communications and New Media) share how the GEx has enabled them to learn through immersive activities and engaging in dialogue with important leaders across the world. https://bit.ly/3RjrRN9

2. How the Presidential Candidates are Wooing Young Voters, One TikTok Trend and Instagram Reel at at Time
NUS Communications and New Media Deputy Head Associate Professor Natalie Pang weighs in on the discussion about the role of social media in campaigning by candidates to the Singapore Presidency. https://bit.ly/3YZMWOr

3. First Singaporean to Reach Summit of World’s Two Highest Peaks
Alumna Sim Phei Sunn (NUS Economics ’97) has made history by not only scaling Mount Everest, but also becoming one of the first two Singaporean women to reach the summit of K2, the world’s second-tallest mountain. https://bit.ly/3qMnHm3

4. Tips and Tricks on Finding the Right Career Path
Alumni Ian Lau (NUS Economics ’12) and May Wong (NUS English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies ’90) spoke at the inaugural NUS Be-A-HEAD seminar, sharing tips on what questions we should ask ourselves and what steps we can take to find our ideal careers. https://bit.ly/3P5ppai

5. PERFORMANCE | Gamelan Music from Everyday Life (4-5 September 2023)
The NUS Southeast Asian Studies-supported Singa Nglaras Gamelan Ensemble will be performing the music of the Central Javanese gamelan in the Esplanade Concourse. https://bit.ly/3P0XmZz

6. WEBINAR | Queen Legacies of the Queerqueen (07 September 2023)
Hosted by the FASS Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster, Dr Claire Maree (University of Melbourne) will unpack how legacies of recycled queerqueen styles impact discourses of rights for LGBTIQA+ individuals in contemporary Japan. https://bit.ly/45yV0YM

7. DANCE | Sutasoma, the Journey (17 November 2023)
Students of Associate Professor Irving Johnson’s class, SE2224: Unmasked! An Introduction to Traditional Dance in SEA, will be performing alongside 15 dancers and musicians from Bali in this exclusive showcase. Seats are limited and early sign-ups are encouraged. https://bit.ly/3R3DAPK

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. As a Malay-speaking Indian girl of Mixed Heritage, Here’s How I Celebrate Racial Harmony Every Day
In her quest to connect with her Indian heritage, Year 4 English Literature major Darcel Anthony has also found her way to further appreciating the beauty of different cultures. https://bit.ly/3P1mTBB

2. Meet FASS@Postgraduate Fair 2023 (9 September 2023)
Speak with FASS programme co-ordinators to get better insights on more than 300 postgraduate courses in 20 areas of study led by award-winning faculty and powered by healthy funding and excellent research facilities. https://bit.ly/3RaKORP

3. Why Don’t We Go To Sleep?
FASS Student Life introduces a new wellness content series with tips for countering Revenge Bedtime Procrastination and getting a good night’s sleep — every night. Find out more. https://bit.ly/3PDrPyp

4. The Significance of Mr Tharman’s Victory
Assoc Prof Bilveer Singh (NUS Political Science) explains the factors leading to Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam winning the recent Singapore Presidential Election and its implications for the next General Elections. https://bit.ly/3RbJhuR

5. BOOK LAUNCH | The Tropical Turn: Agricultural Innovation in the Ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean (18 September 2023)
Join Assoc Prof Feng Qiushi (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) and Dr Cathay Liu (NUS Philosophy) as they discuss the book about the earliest histories of familiar tropical Asian crops (such as rice and cotton) with its author Dr Sureshkumar Muthukumaran (NUS History) https://bit.ly/3P497OR

6. INFORMATION SESSION | MA in Contemporary Southeast Asia (24 October/28 November 2023)
NUS Southeast Asia is now accepting applications to the next intake of the Master of Arts in Contemporary Southeast Asia programme and hosting two online sessions to fill you in on how it dan elevate your career. Sign up now. https://bit.ly/nusseas-ma

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Meet FASS@Postgraduate Fair 2023 (9 September 2023, Raffles City Convention Centre)
Speak with FASS programme co-ordinators to get better insights on more than 300 postgraduate courses in 20 areas of study led by award-winning faculty and powered by healthy funding and excellent research facilities. In focus on site will be Master of Arts, Master of Social Sciences as well as Graduate Diploma offerings from the NUS Departments of: Communications and New Media, English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies; History; Japanese Studies; Social Work; and, Southeast Asian Studies.

Register here: https://bit.ly/3RaKORP.

Learn more about FASS postgraduate programmes now: https://bit.ly/DiscoverFASS-Grad.

Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. NUS Philosophy Professor Qu Hsueh Ming Receives 2023 Young Researcher Award
FASS Provost’s Chair Professor of Philosophy and expert in the philosophy of David Hume, Professor Qu (NUS Philosophy) has received an NUS University Award in the Young Researcher Award category. https://bit.ly/3Zj9LfX

2. Beyond the Classroom: My Ambassador Journey
Year 3 Political Science major Ethan Naidu gives us an account of his FASS Student Ambassador experience, and shares how it has helped fuel his personal and professional growth. https://bit.ly/3ZeInjf

3. How Do You Destress?
Learn about the differences between adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies and choose the right approach to take in your fight against stress — in this latest Wellness series post by FASS Student Life. Read now. https://bit.ly/3rdZlSg

4. How One Teacher Makes History Riveting
Find out how President’s Award for Teachers 2023 recipient and FASS alumnus Melvin Chan (NUS History) employs the Knowledge Building technique to turn his History classes at Chua Chu Kang Secondary School into rewarding student-inquiry sessions. https://bit.ly/46cuZi2

5. The Singaporean Actor with a Laurence Olivier Award
NUS Theatre Studies alumna Anjana Vasan, who in April this year garnered British theatre’s highest honour, talks to Vogue Singapore about her journey so far — leaving home to devote herself to the world and craft of acting. https://bit.ly/3PhMiqK

6. RESEARCH | A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security Across the Bangladesh-India Borderlands
Drawing on a decade of fieldwork in northern Bangladesh and eastern India, Dr Sahana Ghosh (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) shows the foundational place of gender and sexuality in the making and management of threat in relation to mobility. https://bit.ly/3r6v2Ns

7. Associate Professor Eddie Tong (NUS Psychology) Appointed SPSP Fellow
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) has named Assoc Prof Tong to their fellowship in acknowledgment of his contributions in the field of personality and psychology in terms of leadership, research, pedagogy, outreach and advocacy. https://bit.ly/3sMNgE2

8. WEBINAR | FASS Brown Bag Seminar Series: Crisis, Resilience and Morality in Tambora and Krakatoa (21 September 2023)
Referencing eyewitness accounts, Dr Faizah Zakaria (NUS Malay Studies and NUS Southeast Asian Studies) presents on how communities at a volcano’s epicentre perceived and responded to crisis. https://bit.ly/45LAYKG

9. SRN POLICY OUTREACH | Infrastructure & Infrastructural Thinking, the Environment, and Urban Ecology & Urban Development: Policy Implications (6 October 2023)
This upcoming edition of the Singapore Research Nexus quarterly symposium series features thought leadership by top FASS researchers from the NUS Departments of: Geography; Sociology and Anthropology; and, English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies. https://bit.ly/3PaDh2U

10. SEMINAR | On Decolonization and Autonomous Knowledge (18-19 October 2023)
Examine power dynamics within traditional knowledge systems and the potential for reimagining knowledge formation and dissemination, with eminent speakers from the NUS Departments of Malay Studies and Sociology and Anthropology, and their counterparts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of the Philippines Dilikan, and University of Santo Tomas. https://bit.ly/488ADDz

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. Final Call for the FASS Social Incubator Programme
Passionate about doing good for society and keen on starting a social enterprise? Learn more about the challenges and rewards of such a venture from recent alumni Chloe Ng (NUS Geography ’23) and Tamara Tan (NUS Psychology ’23). Don’t miss your chance to impact society. Sign up for the Social Incubator Programme by 25 Sep 2023. https://bit.ly/48qC2W0

2. 'How Open Data and Gamification can Make Singapore’s Urban Travel Greener' (The Business Times)
Assoc Prof Alberto Salvo (NUS Economics) and Prof Leonard Lee (NUS Business) suggest how SimplyGo can be turned into an open-data platform covering all urban travel transactions which through gamification serves to educate consumers on the carbon footprint of their urban travel choices and incentivise their greener choices. https://bit.ly/3PLgHiO

3. Pitch It! 2023: Advocating for Social Change Through Creative Filmmaking
Themed “Social Change Communication through Video Production”, the annual Pitch It! 2023 competition co-organised by the NUS Communications and New Media Society and G.H.Y Culture & Media, saw the participation of 19 teams, who learnt from industry veterans and produced compelling short films highlighting prevailing social issues impacting society. https://bit.ly/48oTev5

4. Interdisciplinary Learning for Green Economy Skills
Aristia Ho, Year 3 CHS undergraduate and recipient of a Gardens by the Bay Scholarship, is gearing up for her future by pairing her Life Sciences major with a Southeast Asian Studies as well as a Botany minor. https://bit.ly/3Lt0gVK

5. NUS Esports Sweeps Up Medals Across All Games at the Inter-Varsity Games Festival 2023
This year’s Inter-Varsity Games saw NUS Esports taking first and second place across all e-sports titles — a testament to the commitment, strength and prowess of the athletes and coaches, such as Victoria Foo (Year 4, NUS Political Science), who have done the University proud! https://bit.ly/3rv4kOt

6. NEW BOOK | Theory and Explanation in Geography
Distinguished Professor (NUS Geography) and Co-Director of NUS Global Production Networks Centre, Prof Henry Yeung draws from the latest debates on the mechanism-based approach to theory and explanation in analytical sociology, political science, and the philosophy of social sciences to inform geographical thinking, currently and in the future. https://bit.ly/3PiVwDa

7. NLB SERIES | A Bridge to the Classics (September-October 2023)
Assoc Prof Deborah Shamoon (NUS Japanese Studies), serves up an approachable introduction to four major classics of Japanese literature in the latest season of the National Library Board series running through September and October. https://bit.ly/3sQzEHP

8. FASS DISTINGUISHED LECTURE | “Buddhism, Birds, Beasts, and 'Bat Monks’” (13 October 2023)
Prof James Robson (Harvard University) will delve into the ways Buddhists “were close observers of the natural world and drew on specific characteristics of animals to think about larger issues.” https://bit.ly/48nqdjq

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. Discovering the Wonders of Kenya
Prof David Taylor led 20 NUS Geography and NUS Bachelor of Environmental Studies students on an incredible journey through the Great Rift Valley. Watch the video, see the sights, and read all about it: https://bit.ly/3EPdoB6

2. The Danger of Politics in a Post-Truth World
Assoc Prof Tan Ern Ser (NUS Sociology and Anthropology and the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy) explains his current concern with “polarisation in politics and the inability of interest groups to manage a decent conversation with others and arrive at a consensus for the good of society.” https://bit.ly/3ZwCAWs

3. Did You Know? A Bubble is a Perfect Sphere.
In this last message under the #WellnessWednesdays series, the FASS Student Support Team advises us to try being less perfect. Find out what that means: https://bit.ly/48u2pdM

4. Planting the Seeds of Change
NUS English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies’ Dr Gayathri Thanu Pillai and her GEN2004 - Green Communities in Action: Climate, Action, Crisis tutorial group share their experience volunteering with the NUS Toddycats recently at the Kranji Coastal Nature Reserve. https://bit.ly/3RCVngN

5. Launch of Geospatial Courses for Adult Learners and Mid-Career Workers
The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and NUS have signed an MOU that sees the SLA, NUS Geography and School of Continuing and Lifelong Education (SCALE) collaborating on curating a holistic Geospatial graduate programme and other professional certifications, to equip prospective learners with skills for careers in applied GIS or related disciplines. https://bit.ly/3Rwgq4G

6. FASS Connect: People | Voices | Impact
For quick access to the latest news, research, features, profiles, podcasts, as well as, access to our multiple digital channels, you only need to visit FASS Connect, the single entry point to all things FASS. Come join our 25,000-strong community across countries, industries and backgrounds. https://fass.nus.edu.sg/fass-connect

7. NEW BOOK | The Beggar Lama
Assoc Prof Danzeng Jinba (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) draws from hundreds of hours conversations with a Tibetan Buddhist polymath and reincarnated lama to relate the story of his life and his insights on the social and political developments of Tibet, the Sino-Tibetan borderlands and China over the past century. https://bit.ly/48yDEgm

8. EVENT | 6th CNM Leaders Summit: "Turning your Passion into a Career" - In Conversation with Dr Juliana Chan (6 October 2023)
This NUS Communications and New Media event features a conversation with notable content creator and media entrepreneur Dr Chan (Founder and CEO of Wildtype Media a communications agency focused on serving the STEM and healthcare community). Sign up here: http://www.tinyurl.com/CNMLeaders6

9. SRN POLICY OUTREACH | Infrastructure & Infrastructural Thinking, the Environment, and Urban Ecology & Urban Development: Policy Implications (6 October 2023)
This upcoming edition of the Singapore Research Nexus quarterly symposium series features thought leadership by top FASS researchers from the NUS Departments of: Geography; Sociology and Anthropology; and, English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies. https://bit.ly/3PaDh2U

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The much-anticipated WellNUS Festival 2023 is back! FASS and partners from the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) and MediaCorp’s 987 are excited to bring to you Let’s Talk! Wellness with DJs Joakim and Sonia. Get up close and personal with the popular hosts of The Shock Circuit as they dive deep into the topic of mental wellbeing (in a fun way).
 
In this talk, we’ll be exploring:
•  Tips to cope with daily stressors
•  Important positive self-talk
and more…
 
Stand to win exclusive 987 merchandise during the talk, all participants also get to walk away with mystery goodies!
 
What are you waiting for? Sign up now
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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:-

1. MSF-NUS Tie-Up Sees More than 400 Student Volunteers
NUS is collaborating with the Singapore Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) in enabling students taking a service learning course with NUS Social Work to befriend families under MSF’s ComLink programme and intends to grow the volunteer pool to 1,000 students. https://bit.ly/3PKaimF

2. Uncovering the Ways Social Media Users Evade Policing of Harmful Online Content
The Civic Tech Lab led by Assoc Prof Weiyu Zhang (also of NUS Communications and New Media) collaborated with media intelligence company Truescope to study the portrayal of harmful content on popular video-based platforms and found some ways it could be masked to evade platform moderation. https://bit.ly/45fZiTY

3. Celebrating 70 Years of Education and Research!
NUS Chinese Studies recently launched its department history website and commemorative magazine at its anniversary dinner, which was part of a series of events celebrating its milestone year, rich heritage and achievements. https://tinyurl.com/yce9d6as

4. NEW BOOK | Ummah Yet Proletariat
Dr Lin Hongxuan (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) explores the relationship between Islam and Marxism in the Netherlands East Indies and Indonesia from the publication of the first Communist periodical in 1915 to the beginning of the 1965-66 massacres of suspected Communists. https://bit.ly/48IXeXF

5. RESEARCH | “Now Everyone is Uncle or Auntie”: Chinese Naming Tradition Showing Generational Ties Fading
Assoc Prof Lee Cher Leng (NUS Chinese Studies) and Dr Peter Tan (NUS English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies) share findings and analyses from their respective research projects on generational naming practices and generation names in this recent The Straits Times article. https://bit.ly/3LJgkCP

6. 6th SYED HUSSEIN ALATAS MEMORIAL LECTURE | Engaging Progressive Islam: Questions About Tradition, Modernity and History (21 October 2023)
Mirza Family Professor of Islamic Thought & Muslim Societies at the University of Notre Dame, Prof Ebrahim Moosa will discuss the various articulations of progressive Islam from the work of Syed Hussein Alatas and subsequent developments in this latest edition of NUS Malay Studies’ annual series. https://bit.ly/3PL6b9Y

7. INFORMATION SESSIONS | SEAS Graduate Programmes (24 October and 28 November 2023)
Discover the path to excellence and profound knowledge of the region with a Master of Arts or Graduate Diploma in Contemporary Southeast Asia programme at NUS Southeast Asian Studies. Start by attending one of two specially organised information sessions. https://bit.ly/nusseas-ma

8. LECTURE | Nativism in Ecology, A Xenophobic Metaphor? (27 October 2023)
If species’ geographic distribution is a natural phenomenon, is the native-alien debate, spurred by invasion biology, relevant or even necessary? Ngee Ann Kongsi Distinguished Visiting Professor in NUS Prof Maharaj K. Pandit will delve into this and similar issues relating to invasion science — in this RC4, NUS College and NUS Office of Alumni Relations presentation. https://bit.ly/3LK6Jfh

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:-

1. 2023 CHS Case Competition: Tackling Screen Dependency in the Age of Social Media
Themed “Solutions for Tomorrow”, the third iteration of the competition saw 47 teams compete to devise the best solutions to screen dependency among Singaporean youth and adults. https://tinyurl.com/y7sxefb7

2. Delia Shamaney: Malay Heritage Foundation Intern 2023
Year 2 Anthropology and History major Delia talks about her role and experience at the non-profit organisation, and the lessons she learnt from her time there. https://tinyurl.com/57hppxb3

3. Flexible Work Arrangements Can’t Be for Just Well-Paid Professionals
In their research study on young people at work, Assoc Prof Irene Ng and Dr Gerard Chung of NUS Social Work – and their research associates at the NUS Social Service Research Centre Mr Tan Zhi Han and Ms Nurul Fadiah Johari – have found that much of the discussion about improving flexible work hours and workplace does not apply to many in entry-level and low-income jobs. https://tinyurl.com/4ze8vvav

4. Injury a Blessing in Disguise for Awardee
New graduate Ms G. Suthershinii (NUS Life Sciences and NUS Psychology ‘23) delivered the valedictory speech at the recently held 32nd Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) Excellence Awards event. https://bit.ly/3PR9fBw

5. RESEARCH | The Role of Visual Abilities and Cognitive Style in Artistic and Scientific Creativity of Singaporean Secondary School Students
NUS Psychology’s Assoc Prof Maria Kozhevnikov and Ms Shuen Ho, and their research partner at Nanyang Technological University Dr Elizabeth Koh, suggest that education and social-cultural background are critical for the development of specific types of creativity, be it scientific or artistic. https://tinyurl.com/4h33ne7u

6. NEW BOOK | Logic for Justice
In this “introduction to formal logic with an emphasis on political reform” Dr Isaac Wilhelm (NUS Philosophy) delves into the language and semantics of propositional logic and first-order logic. https://tinyurl.com/bdhdet49

7. LECTURE | FASS Distinguished Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies: Buddhism, Birds, Beasts, and ‘Bat Monks’ — Defining and Defying Categories Through Analogical Thinking in East Asian Buddhism (13 October 2023)
Prof James Robson (Harvard University) will discuss how Buddhists have been close observers of the natural world and drew on the specific characteristics of animals to consider larger issues in this FASS Research event. https://tinyurl.com/zwkr52

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:-

1. Long Education Journey Not Affecting Determination to Study at NUS
Mr Marzuki Nooranas Sarip (Year 2, NUS Communications and New Media, and NUS Sociology and Anthropology) elaborates on why he is never giving up on his goal of academic excellence in university. https://tinyurl.com/determinedNUS

2. RESEARCH | Civil Society Collective Action Under Authoritarianism…
Referencing conditions and developments in Malaysia and Singapore, NUS Political Science’s Asst Prof Elvin Ong and alumnus Mr Syazwi Bin Rahmad (’21) present a case for why and how civil society organisations (CSOs) are more likely to act collectively for political reform when public interest in political reform and public support for CSOs is high. https://tinyurl.com/4ttdkhur

3. Answering Questions on Online Risks and Harms
Recipient of the Ministry of Communications and Information’s Special Recognition Award, Assoc Prof Elmie Nekmat of NUS Communications and New Media shares some guidelines for keeping our children safe when they go online. https://tinyurl.com/APElmie-OnlineRisksHarms

4. PROFILE | Going Beyond Basic Needs
FASS alumna Ms Siti Adriana Muhamad Rasip (NUS Political Science ’16) co-founded the Empowered Families Initiative to harness the strengths and abilities of low-income families by investing in their aspirations, and took home top honours at the inaugural =Dreams Asia Breakthrough Prize Competition, a nationwide contest of ideas to eradicate poverty. https://tinyurl.com/2reukk38

5. FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY | Scholarly Publishing Fellow
NUS Press, the University’s publisher of academic and high-quality general non-fiction books, is calling for applications by recent PhD graduates or researching Doctoral students with strong research skills and curiosity about scholarly work in the humanities and social sciences. https://tinyurl.com/NUSPress-SPFellow

6. FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY | Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Distinguished Fellowship on Contemporary Southeast Asia
Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford fellows spend their time equally at Stanford and NUS writing and conducting research on, or related to, contemporary Southeast Asia, and have opportunities to present their research and participate in seminars and workshops organised by relevant campus units. Apply now: https://tinyurl.com/LKC-DistFellSEA-2024

7. NLB TALK | A Bridge to the Classics: Revolutionary Romance in Shojo Manga (25 October 2023)
Catch the final edition of this National Library Board series of lectures featuring NUS Japanese Studies’ Assoc Prof Deborah Shamoon serving up an approachable introduction to four major classics of Japanese Literature. In the spotlight: ‘The Rose of Versailles’ by manga artist and writer Ikeda Riyoko. https://tinyurl.com/NLBSg-APDShamoon-4

8. SYMPOSIUM | On Integrating Financial Capability and Asset Building in Working with Low Income Families: Opportunities, Creativity and Sustainability (31 October 2023)
This NUS Social Work and Next Age Institute conference examines the development of the Singapore Training Curriculum on Financial Capability and Asset Building to equip social workers, frontline staff and volunteers with knowledge and skills in working with low income individuals and families on household financial matters and asset building. https://tinyurl.com/dz22rswf

9. PUBLIC LECTURE | Sikh Value & Ethics: Their Relevance Today (4 November 2023)
NUS’ inaugural CSGB Visiting Professor in Sikh Studies Assoc Prof Jasjit Singh will explore the enduring relevance of Sikh values and ethics in the modern world, and examine how the teachings of the Sikh Gurus offer valuable insights on how to navigate the challenges of diversity, technology and ethical dilemmas. https://tinyurl.com/APJSingh-Sikhi-value-ethics

10. AY23/24 FASS Club Recruitment
The NUS Students’ Arts and Social Sciences Club (best known as FASS Club) is on a recruitment drive and this is the last call (deadline 25 Oct) for applications to key roles in the single body of student leadership serving FASS students, championing their welfare, learning and personal growth, as well as forging, enhancing and promoting the FASS identity. Are you ready to serve? Go now to: https://linktr.ee/fassclub.

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