Events

The 15th Graduate Forum is one of the flagship events of the Asia Research Institute (ARI). This event provides a platform for graduate students from around the world working on Southeast Asia to communicate and interact, as they mature into the next generation of academic leaders. The sessions which allow them to present their work are organised thematically around the themes broadly reflecting the core research strengths of ARI, including the Asian dynamics of religion, politics, economy, gender, culture, language, migration, urbanism, science and technology, identities, population and social change. The five-day Forum coincides with the Asian Graduate Student Fellowship Programme 2020, which brings 28 graduate students together virtually for a six-week period of research, mentoring and participation in an academic writing workshop.

This year, there are two components to the Graduate Forum:

20-21 JULY | SKILLS BASED SESSIONS
Open to the Graduate Forum Students and Invited Participants only
The first two days of the forum are dedicated to skills based sessions during which senior scholars will address various topics such as how to get published in peer-reviewed journals, how to develop research proposals, and how to obtain academic jobs.

22-24 JULY | GRADUATE FORUM WITH KEYNOTE ADDRESSES & STUDENTS’ PRESENTATIONS
Open to the public for keynote addresses only; students’ presentations will be held behind closed doors
During these three days, graduate students will present their work in thematically organised sessions. In addition, there will be three keynote lectures by Professors Meredith L. Weiss (State University of New York at Albany) and Sujit Sivasundaram (University of Cambridge) and Assistant Professor Faizah Zakaria (Nanyang Technological University).

BACKGROUND

ARI was established as a university-level institute in July 2001 as one of the strategic initiatives of the National University of Singapore (NUS). It aims to provide a world-class focus and resource for research on the Asian region. ARI engages the social sciences broadly defined, and especially interdisciplinary frontiers between and beyond disciplines. One of ARI’s aims is to foster research on Southeast Asia, in particular by scholars from the region.

CONVENORS

Dr Carola E. LOREA, Asia Research Institute, NUS (Chair)
Dr Celine CODEREY, Asia Research Institute, NUS
A/P Maitrii V. AUNG-THWIN, Asia Research Institute, and Comparative Asian Studies, NUS
Dr Michelle MILLER, Asia Research Institute, NUS
Dr Stefan HUEBNER, Asia Research Institute, NUS
A/P Titima SUTHIWAN, Centre for Language Studies, NUS
Dr Xiaorong GU, Asia Research Institute, NUS

REGISTRATION

Registration is closed, and instructions on how to participate in the keynote sessions has been sent out to registered attendees. Please write to aritm@nus.edu.sg if you would like to attend the session(s).