Literature and Culture Research Group
The Literature and Culture Research Group at ELL aims to provide a supportive and collaborative platform through which to leverage the department’s diverse research strengths in literature pedagogy, South-East Asian literature, and interdisciplinary intersections between literary texts and the other arts. Through sharing sessions, collaborative projects, and seminar presentations, we hope to learn from one another’s multifaceted expertise, while pushing our research ideas and methodologies to the forefront of current scholarly discourse and future directions for literary studies. We believe Literature and Culture form powerful ways to engage with the articulation of the present moment.
Group members:
Recent Activities
Jun 2026: Symposium on Is There No Future in Nostalgia? Revisiting the Voice(s) of Arthur Yap: 20 Years On.
May 2026: Hybrid Colloquium with A/Prof Ann Ang, NIE, NTU, Singapore, and Brandon K. Liew, University of Melbourne, Australia, on Wong Phui Nam.
Sep 2025: Cultural Exchange Field Trip on Southeast Asian Literatures with Dr Ann Ang, NIE, NTU. Singapore, and Dr Kathrina Mohd Daud, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Brunei.
Jul 2025: A/Prof Loh Chin Ee and A/Prof Angelia Poon, NIE, NTU, Singapore, with alumna Esther Vincent, launched their co-edited poetry anthology Little Things (2nd ed.) at Thryft.