New HSS Building

HSS celebrates our new home! We are now located at:

School of Humanities and Social Sciences
14 Nanyang Drive
Singapore 637332

HSS Convocation Ball 2009

To all graduating yr 4s:

We have good news for you!

For a limited time only!

Casino Royale convocation tickets will be going at $59.90 per ticket!
For those who haven’t gotten your tickets, get your tickets now!
For those who have already ordered tickets from us, you will be automatically entitled to this promotion.
To add on to this bargain, you could book a room at Hotel Intercontinental for a night at discounted rates.

Deluxe Room $200++ with breakfast
Premier Room $240++ with breakfast

For online booking of the tickets, please go to: http://su.ntu.edu.sg/hssconvo09/

Visit our webpage for more details: http://casinoroyale2009.blogspot.com

For enquiries and hotel room booking: convo09@gmail.com

The 9th conference of Science Council of Asia (SCA)
Special Session: Popular Culture in Asia
Date: 18, June, 2009
Organiser: SCA (hosted by A*star); Chinese Division, HSS, NTU
Venue: Oriole meeting room, 4/F, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore

9:00a.m. -12:00 noon:
Academic discussion: "Families in the films of Asia"
Presenter: Prof. FUJII Shozo (Tokyo University), Prof. KIM Yangsu (Dongguk University), Korea, Dr. LIU Wenbin (Waseda University), Prof. KWAN Sze Pui Uganda (NTU); Chairperson: Prof. MISAWA Mamie (Nihon University)

2:00.p.m. -6:30.p.m.
Roundtable discussion: "The past, present and future development of Singapore movies"
Participants: Mr. Boris BOO (J Team Productions), Mr. CHEW Boon Leong (Zaobao), Mr. CHONG Wing Hong(Zaobao), Ms. KONG Kam Yoke (Freelance film worker); Prof. Stella CHIA (NTU).Miss Grace MAK (NUS), Prof. Kenneth Paul TAN (NUS/ Asia Film Archive), Prof. YUNG Sai Shing (NUS).

Tea reception will be served in both sessions:

Registration:
Morning session: https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_
NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09052811212385  

Afternoon session: https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_
NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09052811332564

Public Seminar hosted by the Division of Chinese, HSS

Topic: Traversing the Space of Entertainment and Political Propaganda– A Preliminary Study of the History of Taiwan Movie in the Colonial Period

Speaker: Associate Prof. Misawa Mamie (Nihon University) Visiting scholar, the School of Humanities of Social Sciences, NTU

Date: 16 June 2009 (Tuesday) 2:00 – 3:30pm

Venue: CCLC Conference Room

Language: Chinese

HSS Tea Party 2009!

Learn more about our core programmes, fascinating overseas opportunities, and our professional attachment opportunities at the

Humanities and Social Sciences Tea Party 2009

Date: 16 May 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 1.30pm - 5pm
Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Picture gallery 

The Institute for Social Science Studies from University Putra Malaysia pays an educational visit to HSS.

Date: 12 May 2009 (Tuesday)
Time: 3pm - 4pm
Venue: HSS Seminar Room 5

Picture gallery

Appreciation of Kun Opera – The Peony Pavilion
昆曲艺术面向国际：以青春版《牡丹亭》为例

Speaker: Mr Bai Xianyong 著名作家白先勇先生
Date: 6 May 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Venue: LT 22, (next to Lee Kong Chian LT)
           Nanyang Technological University
Registration:
https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_NTU.
REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09042710152575 

Tan Lark Sye Professorship Public Lectures Series

Public Lectures by Prof. Jin Guantao (金观涛教授) ，Tan Lark Sye Professor （陈六使中华语言文化教授）

Lecture 1

Lecture Title : 从观念史研究看中国近现代的分期
The Periodization of China’s Modern History: From Perspective of History of Ideas

Date and Time: Thursday, 30 April 09 at 3pm
Venue: SPMS-LT5 , NTU

Click here for details.

Lecture 2

Lecture Title : 中国历史上的两次启蒙运动
The Two Enlightenments in the Chinese History

Date and Time: Saturday, 2 May 09, 9.30am – 1.30pm
Venue: The Auditorium, SPH News Centre
(There will be a seminar on “May Fourth Movement and Singapore Chinese intellectuals” after the public lecture, at the same venue.)

Click here for the details of “May Fourth Movement and Singapore Chinese intellectuals” seminar.

Lectures and seminar are in Mandarin.

“KISS & Tell”: The Knowledge & Inquiry in Singapore Studies Group (KISS), NTU 2009 present:
Geo-Cultural Designations in Art: Is Being “Asian” Important? (And What of the Archipelago?)

Ahmad Mashadi, Head of NUS Museum and C. J. W.-L. Wee, Associate Professor, English, NIE will revisit the question of geo-cultural frameworks for thinking, writing and curating modern and contemporary art in Singapore.

Click here for more details.

Date: Friday 17th April 4.30-6.30
Venue: Meeting Room at B1 (S32-B1) School of
           Humanities and Social Sciences

Refreshments provided
Blk S3.2, B2-04 Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798 Enquiries Lucy Davis: 92760796

Chinese Musical Show - If There're
Seasons（天冷就回来）

Date: Staging from 16th April to 10th May 2009

The Theatre Practice’s mega musical production of 2009

If There’re Seasons…

Tickets are selling fast!
Shows extended till 10th May 2009

Due to the encouraging ticket sales since the opening of the box office in January, The Theatre Practice has decided to extend its run of If There’re Seasons… from 3rd May to 10th May. We genuinely hope that all who want to catch this unforgettable musical will be able to see it. With 2007’s 19 sold-out performances, let 2009’s 26-show run be a true celebration to our continued love and passion for Xinyao!

Our star-studded cast, graced with the return of George Chan, Joanna Dong, Lim Shieh Yih, Ric Liu and Johnny Ng are joined this year by Sing Chew, Jeffrey Low, Oliver Pang and Catherine Sng. Join us for the mesmerizing new season and relish this fresh interpretation of the original 2007 hit musical that has elevated the stature of local Chinese theatre.

Official Website：http://www.iftherereseasons.com/
Official Blog：http://www.iftherereseasons.com/blog/

实践剧场2009年大制作

华语音乐剧《天冷就回来》
票房走势强劲 增场演出至5月10日

随2009年1月开票以来，音乐剧《天冷就回来》票房走势强劲，实践剧场于是决定将原订最后一场5月3日的演出，展延至5月10日，希望未购票的朋友能把握这一刻！2007年19场爆满，今年26场势必再次点燃新谣和华语音乐剧的热潮！

今年参与《天冷就回来》的演员除了大家所熟悉的田伟鸿、董姿彦、林燮毅、刘晋旭和黄家强外，新加入的演员包括了石欣卉、刘俊葳、彭达文和孙于惠，目前演员们已投入密集的排练，期待新搭档的演出？期待新的剧情？期待焕然一新的演出呈现？那我们的演出怎能少了你的捧场呢？

官方网站：http://www.iftherereseasons.com/
部落格：http://www.iftherereseasons.com/blog/ 

Informal Get Together For HSS Staff With Professor Brian Arthur

This is an informal session for interaction with Professor Arthur on his recent research works.

 Date : 1 April 2009, Wednesday
Time : 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Venue : HSS Meeting Room (S3.2-B1-09)
Chairperson : Professor David Reisman

Discover Germany - Land of Ideas
Hosted by the German Society, the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Goethe Institut, and supported by HSS/LCC

The event introduces NTU students to career, study, and research opportunities in Germany, as well as the German language.

Click here for the programme.

Learn German in 30 Minutes - Session 1
https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_
NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09031711505014

Learn German in 30 Minutes - Session 2 https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_
NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09031712003127

Study & Research in Germany - Session 1 https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_
NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09031712031542

Study & Research in Germany - Session 2 https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_
NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09031712061775

Start your career in Germany https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_
NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09031712082125

Date: 1 April 2009, Wednesday, 11am to 5pm
Venue: Canopy K, outside LT1A