Singapore Heritage Roundtable

Singapore Heritage Roundtable

Featuring Research Projects on Singapore Heritage by Dr Clay Eaton (NUS Japanese Studies), Asst Prof Guo-Quan Seng (NUS History), Dr Jinna Tay (NUS Communications & New Media), & Dr Yan Yang (NUS Chinese Studies)

Date & Time: 3:50-6:00 pm, Thursday, 11 November, 2025

Venue: FASS AS7 Research Division Seminar Room (6-42)/Zoom

Venue Address: NUS AS7 Shaw Foundation Building, 5 Arts Link, 117570

Directions: To get to the Research Division Seminar Room, go to Level 6 of the AS7 Shaw Foundation Building and turn right after exiting the lift, going around the corridor past the washrooms. Turn left and you will see the Research Division Seminar Room directly ahead.

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Schedule

4:00 pm Welcome Remarks by Jack Meng-Tat CHIA | Associate Professor, NUS History, & FASS Assistant Dean of Research

4:05 pm Opening Remarks by Melissa May TAN | Director of Heritage Policy & Research, National Heritage Board

4:10 pm In Their Own Ways: Identification and Documentation of Singapore’s Chinese Medicine by YANG Yan | Research Fellow, NUS Chinese Studies

4:25 pm Mapping Middle Road: Prewar Japanese Community in Singapore by Clay EATON | Lecturer, NUS Japanese Studies

4:40 pm Re-Interpreting Fashion Narratives in Singapore: De-colonising the Modern by Jinna TAY | Senior Lecturer, NUS Communications and New Media

4:55 pm Small Businesses and Shops of Chinatown, 1819-1980s by Guo-Quan SENG | Assistant Professor, NUS History

5:10 pm Q & A

5:40 pm Refreshments & Networking with Participants