Past events

What does it take to join opposition politics in Singapore and enter Parliament? What is the future of politics in Singapore, especially after the Workers’ Party won the most seats for the opposition since independence at the 2020 general election? Join Yee Jenn Jong, the former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament of the Workers’ Party, and author of Journey in Blue, a new landmark book on his political journey, in conversation with the London-based political analyst Hoe-Yeong Loke. Besides sharing his personal experiences, Yee revealed the workings of Singapore’s leading opposition party, as it thrives in a landscape dominated by the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) for over six decades.

From engineers to lawyers, sociologists to epidemiologists, SSEAC is home to more than 400 researchers specialising in issues related to Southeast Asia. This year, we're proud to showcase the breadth of our research with a special webinar series focused on our key research themes.

Join us to explore Southeast Asia at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.

Today, oral histories of everyday Singaporeans are more widely circulated in the nation’s mediascape than ever before. At first glance, storytelling in Singapore appears to have lost its monolithic quality, becoming diffuse and diversified. Cheng’s research charts Singapore’s development into a storytelling state over the last decade, where the embodied performances of stories are systematically deployed as a new mode of governance. Bite-sized pieces of consumable lives are marketed as authentic windows to the private self, producing ways of being, doing and feeling. What does it mean to ‘have a life’ when the national mise-en-scène seems to be life itself?

Join us to explore Southeast Asia at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.

Postgraduate students researching Southeast Asia at an Australian or Nordic research institution are invited to attend this online workshop, which aims to create awareness and encourage students to think about the context of their research.