While the gold ornaments found in 1928 on Fort Canning Hill have often popped up in discussions on fourteenth-century Temasek and can be found prominently on display in the National Museum of Singapore, these have yet to be examined seriously to date. In this talk, Visiting Fellow Dr Natalie Ong takes an in-depth look at the gold artefacts, sharing with the audience a detailed study of its composition, artistry, and significance. In the process, her analysis challenges long-held assumptions about these ornaments.
In ISEAS’ first hybrid in-person/webinar event of 2022, Prof Andrew Harding and Ms Khine Khine Zin discussed the legal implications of the Myanmar coup, with an eye on what the rule of law means in Myanmar, for people, businesses, and for external engagements.
The webinar examined the updated situation of Myanmar and its people one year after the Myanmar ’s violent power grab as well as the State Administration Council (SAC)’s relentless crackdown on various communities across Myanmar.
The webinar revisited the nine possible future scenarios for Myanmar that Professor Ardeth Maung Thawnhmung first sketched out in March 2021, with a focus on changes in potential paths for Myanmar that had arisen between March and December 2021.
In this webinar, Dr Ardhitya Eduard Yeremia and Dr Leo Suryadinata explored the burgeoning interest of Indonesian pesantren graduates who choose to continue their studies in China.
The ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) jointly conducted the webinar “ASEAN Perspectives on Current Geopolitics and Japan” on 30 May 2022, in conjunction with the ASEAN-Japan Business Week 2022.
In this webinar, Dr Ronald Holmes, Dr Maria Ela Atienza, and Dr Imelda Deinla unpacked the recently concluded May 2022 Philippine elections. Using survey data and qualitative observations, the panel identified significant trends and developments in Philippine electoral politics, campaign strategies, and the future of the country’s democracy.
In this webinar, Professor Paul Teng from the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, Nanyang Technological University and Ms Genevieve Donnellon-May from the University of Oxford provide an overview of how the Russia-Ukraine conflict exacerbates existing food insecurity in the Southeast Asian region, and discuss how countries can respond.
In this webinar, Dr Siwage Dharma Negara, Dr Astrid Meilasari-Sugiana and Mr Manggi Taruna Habir discussed the result findings of an online survey conducted in Indonesia on Fintech adoption during the pandemic.
In this webinar, Mr Daniel Nachtigall from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Mr Stefano De Clara from the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) provide a global and regional overview of the progress in the use of carbon pricing instruments and emissions trading systems (ETS) in the past two decades.