Dr Eriko Ogihara-Schuck, Visiting Fellow at ISEAS and lecturer in American Studies at the Technical University of Dortmund, spoke at a Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS) Programme seminar on Japanese popular cultural products, or cultural narratives, that emerged during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore.
Prof Leonard Andaya, the inaugural Yusof Ishak Chair in the Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore and Professor of Southeast Asian History at the University of Hawai’i, delivered a lecture titled “Orang Laut and the Realm of the Straits (Negara Selat)”. It was the second in the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre’s special series of lectures, “1819 and Before: Singapore’s Pasts”, to commemorate Singapore’s upcoming bicentennial anniversary.
This interview and article were published by Channel Newsasia on 13 August 2018.
Prof Zha Daojiong was Visiting Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute from 17 July to 15 August 2018, during which he delivered a seminar titled “Connectivity between China and Southeast Asia: Mission Impossible?” on 3 August 2018.