Work In Progress Seminars

Click to enlarge Title: Japanese and their EarthquakesSpeaker: Associate Professor Gregory ClanceyAbstract:My talk will be about a project that I thought was completed, but has become a 'work-in-progress' because of events. I published a book on the history of Japanese earthquakes in 2006, but then turned my attention to other topics. But with the 'Great East […]

Click to enlarge Topic: Apocalypse now! Evolution discovered in 1850s South East AsiaSpeaker: Dr. John van WyheAbstract:I am writing a semi-pop book on A.R Wallace's journey to Singapore and South East Asia, between 1854-1862, where he discovered evolution (independently of Darwin). I will discuss the outline of the book as I currently envision it and how […]

Click to enlarge   Topic: Eyes That Tell Stories Speaker: Dr. Catelijne Coopmans Abstract: Recently, the Red Dot Design Museum housed an exhibition called Eyes That Tell Stories. At its centre were fourteen artistically rendered iris scans of well-known Singaporeans, among whom Lee Kuan Yew, Gurmit Singh and Eunice Olsen. Visitors to the exhibition were invited […]

Click to enlarge Topic: Business Knowledge for Climate Change Policy - Social and Critical ImplicationsSpeaker: Dr. Jerome WhitingtonAbstract:Social scientists have long studied forms of scientific and governmental knowledge as a way to understand the organization and political structures of society. Increasingly, business knowledge has come to dominate actual practices relevant to these structures and the policy […]

Click to enlarge Topic: The Battle WithinSpeaker: Assoc. Prof. Lina LimAbstract:In this work-in-progress seminar, I will discuss my laboratory's research on breast cancer. It is of utmost importance to understand the ways by which normal cells in the body transform into malignant cells, and how these cancers grow, and ultimately spread or metastasize. Through this understanding, […]