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Assoc Prof Tan Ying Ying Shares Observations About Dialect Learning Amongst Youths in Singapore Amidst Dear You Public Interest.

Published on 30 Jun 2026
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Asst Prof Luke Lu Examines the Evolving Role of Chinese Dialects in Singapore’s Multilingual Landscape.

Published on 30 Jun 2026

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Tang Da Wu, Life Boat, performance, Singapore, 1989. Image courtesy Koh Nguang How.
Conferences & Seminars

Book Talk: Power, Politics and the Street. Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia after 1970

19 Feb 2025 02.30 PM - 04.00 PM SHHK Meeting Room 2 (03-93)
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Split Affectivity Revisited from a Cross-linguistic Perspective

10 Feb 2025 03.30 PM - 05.00 PM SHHK Seminar Room 6 (01-04)
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Unlock Your Creative Potential with the MA in Creative Writing and Publishing - Info Session

27 Jan 2025 07.00 PM - 08.00 PM
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The Medical Confucianism of Lim Boon Keng: A Reconstruction

24 Jan 2025 03.00 PM - 04.30 PM SHHK Seminar Room 3 (B1-10)
M A Linguistics Info Talk - 23 Jan 2025
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Elevate Your Career with an MA in Linguistics - Info Session on Zoom

23 Jan 2025 07.30 PM - 08.30 PM Zoom
Terike Haapoja, Inhale-Exhale in Periferia Exhibition, Hyytiälä Forest Station, Finland, 2023. © Terike Haapoja. © Photo: Krista Ylinen
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Examining ecological conjunctions of contemporary arts and natural sciences

23 Jan 2025 11.00 AM - 12.30 PM SHHK Conference Room (05-57)
Wang Guangyi 王廣義, <i>Art and Politics<i>, 2006. Oil on canvas, 300 × 597.9cm. M Sigg Collection, Hong Kong.
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Book Talk: The East is Red? Soviet Socialist Realism and Art in the Asia-Pacific

17 Jan 2025 10.00 AM - 11.30 AM Zoom
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The Impact of Al on the Language Professions

06 Dec 2024 02.00 PM - 04.00 PM Hybrid - Zoom, MTI Lab (SHHK 02-37/38)
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Debating China in Translation: Reading Between the Lines

23 Oct 2024 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM Zoom
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Attempts at 'Decolonising Decolonialism': Artistic Responses to Neo-colonialism in Southeast Asian Art

16 Oct 2024 04.00 PM - 05.00 PM Zoom
MTI - 2024-10-10
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MTI Translation Practicum

10 Oct 2024 12.00 PM - 03.00 PM MTI Lab & Zoom (Hybrid)
MTI - 2024-10-09
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Translating Knowledge Between Europe and China in the Early Modern Age: Science, Language, and Empire

09 Oct 2024 12.00 PM - 02.00 PM Hive, LHS-TR+52
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Kongkee’s Dragon’s Delusion and Translation Beyond Dualisms

30 Aug 2024 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM
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Ecological emotional resilience and the role of arts and humanities in face of the environmental crisis

27 Aug 2024 03.30 PM - 05.00 PM SHHK Conference Room (05-57)
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Creating Caring Spaces: Bridging Conversations Through Theatre

24 Apr 2024 11.00 AM - 12.30 PM Zoom
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Forum Theatre as Embodied Pedagogy: Perspectives in Drama Education

17 Apr 2024 11.00 AM - 12.30 PM Zoom
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Workshops & Classes

Contextualizing Transplantation: Medicine, Society, and Culture

16 Apr 2024 - 18 Apr 2024 SHHK Conference Room & LKC Medical Library
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“I am Mantis” – Transforming Medication Journeys through the Power of Art, AI and the Metaverse

03 Apr 2024 11.00 AM - 12.30 PM Zoom
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Mental Health & Culture Roundtable

02 Apr 2024 05.00 PM - 07.00 PM The POD, Level 16, National Library Building
Medical Humanities - 2024-03-28
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Blue Nights: The Experience of Frailty in Modern Life-writing, Literature and Thought

28 Mar 2024 10.00 AM - 11.30 AM

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Centre for Chinese Language and Culture

Research excellence in Chinese language and cultural issues that are of interest to the Chinese communities.

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