Understanding the City Production from Inside: A View from Hồ Chí Minh City’s Alleyways Neighbourhoods – a seminar by Dr Marie Gibert (Wed, 11 November 2015)

Speaker: Dr Marie Gibert (Asia Research Institute, NUS) Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2015 Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis Pursuing the “art of being global” (Roy and Ong, 2011), Hồ Chí Minh City falls… Continue Reading

The Bugis and Their Keris: History, Culture & Society – a joint seminar by NUS Department of Southeast Asian Studies, The Bugis Makassar Polo Bessi Club & The Embassy of The Republic of Indonesia in Singapore (Wed, 2 September 2015)

Date: Wednesday, 2 September 2015 Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis The Bugis are a historically significant people in Southeast Asia and their political, economic and military activities since the 18th century have left an indelible… Continue Reading

(Cancelled) Loyal Colonial Subjects? Dayak responses to the Japanese During WW2 in Borneo – a seminar by Dr Christine Helliwell (Wed, 22 April 2015)

Updated: 13 April 2015 We regret to announce that this seminar has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Speaker: Dr Christine Helliwell (College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU) Date: Wednesday, 22 April 2015 Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Venue: AS3, Level 6,… Continue Reading

Trashing the Region: Exploitation Films and the Imagination of Southeast Asia – a seminar by Dr Yew Kong Leong (Wed, 11 March 2015)

Speaker: Dr Yew Kong Leong (University Scholars Programme, NUS) Date: Wednesday, 11 March 2015 Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis Secret agents, commandos, prison women, mad scientists, mutant creatures, cyborgs, and overweight clairvoyants: these… Continue Reading

The Erotics of National Belonging: Fantasies of Race and Place in My South Seas Sleeping Beauty – a seminar by Dr Fiona Lee (Wed, 4 February 2015)

Speaker: Dr Fiona Lee (Asia Research Institute, NUS) Date: Wednesday, 4 February 2015 Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis This talk explores the notion of home embedded in minoritized cultural identity formation in Valerie Jaffee’s… Continue Reading