AcademiaSG submission to the UN special rapporteur on the right to education
For her report to the Human Rights Council on academic freedom, the Special Rapporteur invited contributions from
How the Wong Government can show conviction in its vision, and confidence in itself and the people
As Singaporean academics, we have a professional as well as civic interest in spaces for public deliberation. We hope to see the state widening these spaces, and the people enlivening them for the public good. – From the Editors, AcademiaSG
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.
Junior Scholar Seminar: Notions of death in 1950s Malay magazines
Cultural historian Pow Jun Kai is our third presenter for 2024. His presentation focuses on the circulation of knowledge about death and its eschatology in Malay print publications of the 1950s.
Understanding the conflicts that shaped Singapore’s decolonisation
Thum Ping Tjin explains the “Mayalan Left” and its relevance to modern day Singapore.
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.