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
Dr Mihye Cho, Dr Yow Wei Quin, and Dr Ate Poorthuis have been awarded a L2 NIC grant to rethink the future of housing in our city state
Three HASS faculty, Dr Mihye Cho, Dr Yow Wei Quin, and Dr Ate Poorthuis have been awarded a L2 NIC grant (given by MND) to rethink the future of housing in our city state, in collaboration with colleagues from the Architecture and Sustainable Design and Engineering Product Development Pillars, as well as MIT and EDF.
August 1, 2017
Dr Paolo Di Leo awarded Prestigious Onassis Foundation Fellowship for Foreigners
The Onassis Foundation has generously awarded Dr. Paolo Di Leo the 23rd Fellowship for Foreigners to study in Athens, Greece during the Winter Semester of 2018.
April 27, 2017
Professor Lim Sun Sun to study technology adoption in young families under S$8.5 million Social Science Research Council Grant project
Together with a multi-disciplinary team, Head of HASS Professor Lim Sun Sun will be one of the co-Principal Investigators for an $8.5 million Social Science Research Council Grant study titled Building Capacity in Singapore's Population: Testing Innovations in Human Development.
April 21, 2017
Dr Samson Lim publishes book on Thai history focusing on development of modern policing
HASS Assistant Professor of History Dr Samson Lim has published a new book, Siam’s New Detectives (University of Hawaii Press, 2016).
April 3, 2017