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

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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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Environmental Humanities - 2024-03-18

Conferences & Seminars

Environment and Narrative in Vietnam: A Conversation with Ursula K. Heise and Chi P. Pham

18 Mar 2024 11.00 AM - 12.00 PM

Medical Humanities - 2024-03-13

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“A Good Death” as Art and Arts-based Intervention

13 Mar 2024 11.00 AM - 12.30 PM

Medical Humanities_2024-02-28

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Mental Health in Singapore: A Conversation with Mahita Vas

28 Feb 2024 11.00 AM - 12.30 PM

Medical Humanities_2024-01-31

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Can an AI-Carebot be Filial? Reflections from Confucian Ethics

31 Jan 2024 11.00 AM - 12.00 PM

Philosophy_2024-01-25

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Renewing and Reforming Confucian Philosophy Conference cum Book Launch

25 Jan 2024 at 02.30 PM - 26 Jan 2024 at 06.00 PM

Philosophy_2023-09-15

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Two new paradoxes for decision theory

15 Sep 2023 10.30 AM - 12.00 PM

Philosophy_2023-09-07

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A World-based View of Personal Identity in the Zhuangzi

07 Sep 2023 01.30 PM - 03.00 PM SHHK Seminar Room 4

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HOMSEA 2023 9th International Conference on the History of Medicine in Southeast Asia

09 Jun 2023 at 09.00 AM - 11 Jun 2023 at 05.00 PM

Philosophy_2023-05-12

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The socially distributed self: Perspectives from anthropology, cultural psychology, and philosophy

12 May 2023 03.00 PM - 05.00 PM SHHK Meeting Room 1

Philosophy_seminar 2023-04-11

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Consciousness in the Cradle: When does Experience First Emerge?

11 Apr 2023 01.30 PM - 03.00 PM SHHK Seminar Room 6

Environmental Humanities_2022-03-28

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Signs of Safety: Qualification Devices and the Consumption of Risky Poultry in China’s ‘Wet’ Markets

28 Mar 2023 03.30 PM - 05.00 PM SHHK Conference Room

Environmental Humanities_2023-03-24

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Ecocinema Theory and Practice 2: A Conversation with Stephen Rust, Salma Monani, and Seán Cubitt

24 Mar 2023 09.00 AM - 10.00 AM Virtual (Zoom)

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‘Developing’ Diabetes: Epidemiologic Transition, Progress and Racialized Exceptions in Singapore’s Postcolonial Developmental Imaginary

21 Mar 2023 12.00 PM - 01.30 PM

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Wordbee Online Workshop Session

16 Mar 2023 07.00 PM - 10.00 PM

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Around the World in Eighty Books: Worlding Literature in Translation

03 Mar 2023 08.00 PM - 09.30 PM

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Freelance translator as an entrepreneur: How to manage your translation business

24 Feb 2023 07.00 PM - 10.00 PM

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Wordbee Online Workshop Session

23 Feb 2023 07.00 PM - 10.00 PM

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How Important is it for a Translator to Translate into their Mother Tongue?

10 Feb 2023 07.30 PM - 09.00 PM GOETHE INSTITUT

History_2022-11-23

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Chinese Medicine, an Open Empire? Routledge Handbook of Chinese Medicine Book Launch and Mini Conference

23 Nov 2022 at 10.00 PM - 24 Nov 2022 at 02.00 AM

Philosophy_2022-10-28

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Preference and Prevention: A New Paradox of Deontology

28 Oct 2022 04.00 PM - 05.30 PM

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