The third edition of “Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics” co-authored by Prof Brenda Yeoh and Assoc Prof Victor Savage from NUS Dept of Geography offers an intimate look at the country’s pioneers and contains more than 1,700 entries of street names in Singapore… The Straits Times, 8 July 2013, Life! pC3p10
The Asia Research Institute at NUS, NUS Museum and the South Asian Studies Programme at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences organised a talk by writer, filmmaker and archivist, Mr Yousuf Saeed on the cultural heritage of Sufi Nizamuddin Aulia in South Asia… Berita Harian, 11 May 2013, p10
ARI Religion and Globalization cluster won The Henry Luce Foundation Grant. In its quest to deepen the understanding of religion in world affairs, the Henry Luce Foundation has made a gift to the Religion and Globalisation cluster of the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Asia Research Institute (ARI). The gift will support an international conference …
Campus on 938LIVE is Singapore’s first and only radio youth forum It was held at Campus @ Anglo Chinese Junior College on April 22, Click here to listen to this episode or here to listen to other episodes. ABOUT THE SHOW Campus on 938LIVE is the only English youth radio forum in Singapore that engages the voices of …
On 27 November, Amitav Ghosh gave a lecture on “China and the Making of Modern India: A Story of Fantasy, Abuse and Recovered Memory,” organised by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Newshub, 30 November 2012 The Sunday Times, Life! 9 December 2012, p21
A study by Dr Hong Song-lee from the Asia Research Institute, and Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore, and Assoc Prof Samson Tse of Hong Kong University has shown that the elderly in Singapore are currently no more at risk of problem gambling than other age groups… The Straits Times, 6 November 2012, …
This was an article contribution by Dr Al Makin, Visiting Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at NUS. Dr Makin reflected that the assault on the Shiite group in Sampang on the East Java island of Madura is a display of sectarian violence motivated mainly by religious sentiments that have been occurring across Indonesia …
The interview was aired on 938Live radio station on 24 Sep 2012, a link of the podcast as follow – http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/radio/938live/new-dawn-for-indonesian-politics-with-new-jakarta-governor-1
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It was reported that a series of programmes have been lined-up to commemorate the late arts doyen Kuo Pao Kun’s 10th death anniversary. This includes the Kuo Pao Kun International Conference, the first and biggest of its kind, which will bring together academics and practitioners from Singapore and abroad to discuss all things related to …
