Occupational Hazards
A new series of personal essays by established scholars recounting the organisational and political constraints they have faced when working on and in Singapore. Featuring: Linda Lim, Kevin Tan, Teo You Yenn, and others.
Let’s explore knowledge production: Join us for our conference, 6-7 May 2024
Academics, artists, activists, journalists and others interested in “Knowledge Praxis” are taking part in our conference on 6-7 May 2024.
Junior scholar seminar on CCE and ethnic tolerance
Junior Scholar Seminar by Jeremy Siow (Oxford University).
Systemic contradictions in Singapore’s approach to public housing
CHUA BENG HUAT argues that the features that have made for its success have also generated tensions and contradictions which are not easily resolvable.
Junior Scholar Seminar on Nantah
Joshua Tan’s presented his research on Nanyang University and American Cold War agendas. Watch the video.
Housing advocacy in Singapore: Policy research as practising dissent
NG KOK HOE (National University of Singapore) draws on his experience of conducting homelessness research to illustrate the value of social policy research as a way to scrutinise the state’s actions, hold decision-makers to account, and advocate for change.
A manufactured prejudice
The 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel has triggered another wave of Islamophobia, a prejudice that predisposes people to blame the collective for the crimes of a few. CHERIAN GEORGE explains its features and its sources.
What is antisemitism?
It has no place in any society that respects equality, but misapplying the term can aggravate the problem, explains CHERIAN GEORGE.
Authoritarian populism, a bloody war, and public scholarship
Watch the video — SOL IGLESIAS and WALID JUMBLATT ABDULLAH talked about the challenges faced by academics engaging with controversial issues in the Philippines and Singapore.
Understanding COVID-19 through Singapore’s pandemic history
Historian LOH KAH SENG and physician HSU LI YANG, authors of a new book on Singapore’s past pandemics, argue that history, governance and science should work better with one another in the next one.