June 20, 2019
Mobile app designed by Dr Lyle Fearnley for informal recycling sector wins two awards for good design
In March this year, the Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS) awarded Honk! an SG Mark, referred to as Singapore’s “benchmark of good design and quality.” At the DBCS Gala Dinner in May, the DBCS also awarded Honk! an SG Mark Special Mention, awarded to only four projects in 2019.
May 17, 2019
Dr Gabriel Tusinski awarded Visiting Fellowship at Australian National University
Dr. Gabriel Tusinski has been awarded a Visiting Fellowship at the Humanities Research Centre (HRC) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Australian National University from June-August 2019.
March 27, 2019
SUTD Launches Inaugural Digital Humanities Symposium
March 18, 2019
Dr Nazry Bahrawi awarded notable Toji Cultural Residency in South Korea
For his work on minority speculative fiction from Singapore, Dr Nazry Bahrawi has been conferred the Toji Cultural Residency award jointly offered by the National Arts Council of Singapore and the Toji Cultural Foundation in South Korea.
December 12, 2018
Dr Mihye Cho publishes book titled “Entrepreneurial Seoulite: Culture and Subjectivity in Hongdae, Seoul”on capitalism and new urban realities in Seoul’s post-Fordist period
Entrepreneurial Seoulite might be read as a memoir on Hongdae based on the author’s observations as a member of South Korea’s Generation X. During the 1990s, Hongdae became widely known as a cool place associated with discourses on alternative music, independent labels, and club culture. Today, Hongdae is well known for its youth culture and nightlife, as well as its gentrification.
November 21, 2018
Dr Jeffrey Chan publishes book on how urban dimensions shape design ethics
The book suggests that today in the Anthropocene, an era where human activity is having significant impact on the Earth’s geology and ecosystems, there are six key areas that have arisen to influence ethical decision making.
May 10, 2018
Dr Alastair Gornall awarded coveted Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Research Fellowship in Buddhist Studies
Dr Alastair Gornall will take up the research fellowship between September 2018 and May 2019.
April 23, 2018
Dr Nilanjan Raghunath will be a Visiting Academic at COMPAS University of Oxford
Dr Nilanjan Raghunath will be Academic Visitor at COMPAS, Department of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford during her research term from late August 2018 until early January 2019.
January 25, 2018
Dr J. Casey Hammond awarded Taiwan Fellowship for 2018 by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)
As a Taiwan Fellow, Dr Hammond will conduct an ethnography of the new Indonesian migrant literature in Taiwan.
September 7, 2017