Publisher of academic titles on Singapore, Southeast Asia and East Asia. Based at the National University of Singapore (@NUSingapore).
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Join us on 5 Nov at 6:30 pm for a discussion of Singapore’s transformation from trading port to economic hub! Keen Meng Choy, co-author of "The Economic History of Singapore", will be joined by discussants Kevin Y.L. Tan & Donna Brunero.
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#NewBook: "Politics and Governance in Urban #SoutheastAsia" draws on case studies of a diverse set of urban areas in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, & Thailand and offers fresh insights into how the region’s urban politics are changing.
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#governance #urbanpolitics #urbanstudies #southeastasia
Join us for a discussion of "The Economic History of Singapore" with Choy Keen Meng (co-author), in conversation with Kevin Y. L. Tan & Donna Brunero.
Thurs 5 Nov, 6-7:30 pm | Imagination Room, Central Library, 100 Victoria Street
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#NewBook: What new framings emerge when we revisit the vibrant world of Malay-Indonesian manuscripts? This volume considers texts in new ways, as dynamic instruments of meaning-making and cultural transformation.
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#southeastasia #philology
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Please have a look at our new AI Policy. Comments welcome. We are trying to hold the distinction between AI usage to identify ways to improve your writing versus AI rewriting. The first can help you develop your voice. The latter erodes it. nuspress.nus.edu.sg/pages/ou…
#NewBook: How did #ContemporaryArt move from avant-garde and experimental to the spectacular and “global” artworld of today? In "Contemporary Asian Art at Biennials", noted art historian John Clark tells this story from an Asian perspective.
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A huge thank you to everyone who joined our virtual book launch for Lisa Kuitert’s "Print Passages". The event saw lively audience participation, and rich discussion with our guest speakers and co-organisers at ADAKSI Indonesia. 📚💭
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Thank you Muy Lang for sharing your story, in your book, but also in this marvelous interview, with @Patrick_Jory, such a sensitive interlocutor. Great stuff from @NewBooksNetwork ! Attendees of #Euroseas2026, listen on the way home...
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Congrats to NUS Press author Justine Chambers, winner of the #EuroSEAS2026 Social Sciences Book Prize for "Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and Everyday Ethics in Southeastern Myanmar"! 🎉
Those based in Europe may order the title at a 30% discount: buff.ly/7CGi4PG
Gil Hizi's new ethnography on self-improvement workshops in China examines the pursuit and enactment of virtue within a fragmented moral landscape, offering insights into Chinese studies, affect studies, anthropology and sociology.
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Attending the 2026 British Association for #ChineseStudies Annual Conference at @LancasterUni? We aren't there in person, but if you're researching the anthropology of urban China, catch up on our new book announced last week, "Transient Becoming"!
NUS Press is at #EuroSEAS2026 in Madrid! Discuss "Being Present" with the editors of their book which features research from a new generation of #LaosStudies scholars. 🇱🇦✨
Visit our booth to get this title and more at a special discount!
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A must-see exhibition by Indonesian artist @Nugroho11Eko just opened at the @STPI_Gallery. We'll always thank him for letting us use one of his works on the cover of Jan Mrazek's witty and literary meditation on Javanese wayang in a media age. buff.ly/H21debW
#NewBook: 📚 "Print Passages" is the first in-depth history of colonial era Indonesian print and book culture. Author Kuitert will share her insights alongside fellow experts online on 28 Aug. Get the book / sign up for the launch here: buff.ly/IvTbdVN
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#NewBook: "Making Home" by Mario I. Lopez is an ethnography on Japanese-Filipino marriages in contemporary Japan – exploring the dynamics of transnational families through the lens of religious practices.
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A new painting by poet and artist Arthur Yap is now featured in the latest revamp of the permanent exhibition at the National Gallery Singapore. Experience the full spectrum of his legacy in "The Collected Poems of Arthur Yap" (2013).
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