Updated Consultation Hours- Exchange and OEP (Graduate and Undergraduate)

http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/intl/special_prog/consulthours.html

Dear students

The latest timeslots for consultation hours up to January 2012. Please is no need to call or email ahead for an appointment; just turn up on time.

Graduate Summer Programme: IIAS Summer Programme in Asian Studies- Call for Application

Please note that this is an announcement on behalf of IIAS. Please direct all query to them.

IIAS Summer Programme in Asian Studies

World Wide Asia: Asian Flows, Global Impacts

A four-day master class followed by a two-day international conference

Date: 27 August – 1 September 2012

Venue: Leiden, the Netherlands

Deadline for applications: 16 November 2011, 9.00 am (CET)

Programme
The second IIAS Summer Programme in Asian Studies will partner with the Leiden Global Interactions Research Group (LGIG) at Leiden University to critically explore Asian migrations as a globalizing force. The flows of people, goods, capital and ideas within and from the Asian continents have been transforming the global landscape for centuries. Arguably, this influence has become more recognizable and acute in the present day.

The study of Asian mobilities can provide important insights into the conditions, processes and effects of globalization and historical global forms. In order to gain a nuanced understanding of Asia’s role in the transformation of the global, the workshop and conference will focus on exploring the social, historical, political and economic conditions that give rise to particular forms of Asian migration and the diverse impacts they have in various local and global arenas. This master class seeks to cultivate Asian perspectives on historical and contemporary forms of migration and their impact on shaping global-local landscapes, practices, relationships and structures.

The programme invites applications from PhD candidates and advanced research master’s students whose work deals with some aspect of Asian migration. Students from Asia and non-European/Atlantic institutions are especially encouraged to apply.

The programme will be run by three leading scholars in the fields of global migration history, the history of globalization, and modern Asian history: Prof. Leo Lucassen (Leiden University), Prof. Adam McKeown (Columbia University) and Prof. Radhika Singha (Jawaharlal Nehru University), respectively.

These scholars will combine their expertise to provide participants with an intensive and interactive experience. The master class will focus on student works. Students will, therefore, be expected to provide a working research paper and will have the opportunity to present their work and get productive critical feedback from the conveners and their student peers.

The programme will close with a two-day conference on the same theme of Asian Migrations, featuring international scholars. Summer Programme participants will be given opportunities to meet and interact with the conference panelists and a select number of students may be invited to present their research in one of the conference sessions. All students will be invited to attend the conference and participate in the discussions.

Information and Application form:       
Please visit www.summerprogramme.asia for more information on the Summer Programme, the requirements and the application form.

For questions, please contact Ms Martina van den Haak at M.C.van.den.Haak@iias.nl

Graduate Student Briefing for Graduate Exchange Programmes, Joint Degree Programmes and Other Overseas Educational Programmes

Dear students
Thanks to those who took the time to attend the briefing. Please find attached her the presentation materials that I had used earlier this morning.

Briefing material_090911_grad

This is a reminder to all our research graduate students that the briefing to tell you more about our exchange programmes, joint degree programmes and other overseas educational programmes will be held this Friday, 9 September at seminar room B, 1st floor AS7 at 10 am.

This briefing will tell you more about how you can apply and the financial assistance offered. Hope to see you there.

SEP Information Briefing for FASS Students

Dear all

For the student exchange application of AY2012/13, there will be a briefing held for students on the 19 September at LT 11 from 6.30 to 8.00 pm; basically to tell you what to look out for, how to apply and how to increase your chances to go on exchange. There is also a blog entry from last semester where I had put up some reflections on the applications of previous semesters that may be useful for you to read.

https://blog.nus.edu.sg/fassinternational/2011/04/15/reflections-on-round-2-sep-applications-for-ay-201112-received/

We will also be introducing some of the newer and exciting programmes that we have; one of which is the Joint Minor in Urban and Regional Change in North American  at University of Toronto as well as the exchange programme known as the Yale Visiting International Student Program (Y-VISP) 2012.

For those of you unable to attend, just watch this space as the presentation materials will be uploaded to this blog after the briefing in a couple of days.

See you there!

International Exchange Day 2011

Dear students

IED 2011, which falls on this Thursday 8 September is the annual event organised by International Relations Office. It is a day where students can find out more about study abroad and exchange and talk to students who have been on exchange and as well as exchange students from our partner universities.

FASS will be setting up a booth for both undergraduate as well as graduate exchange. Feel free to join us; it will start at about 9 am till 6 pm and the venue is at the Forum, right outside the Co-op.

See you there.