Humanities and Social Sciences
Welcome to the webpage for the
Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
Division in the Office of the Deputy
President (Research and Technology) at
the National University of Singapore (NUS).
The HSS office seeks to oversee and co-ordinate the many research projects undertaken at the university in HSS (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) and allied areas such Business, Law, Public Policy, Design and Environment and Social Computing as well as in the various research institutes (RICs) at NUS such as Asia Research Institute (ARI), East Asian Institute (EAI), Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Middle East Institute (MEI) and the recently established Global Asia Institute (GAI). HSS research in NUS research is certainly not limited to Asia. But given the extensiveness of Asian research conducted in the university, the strategic thrust of HSS is to co-ordinate research on different parts of Asia in NUS to maximize its impact. For a more comprehensive view of the nature of integration in Asia, please see my essay in Cambridge Journal Online.
The HSS office administers and supervises the research funding process at NUS for Academic Research Fund (ARF) and HSS research projects, faculty research fellowships, and reading groups, among others. The website also lists the events and conferences sponsored or co-sponsored by the HSS office. Please visit the website below for more information.
Calendar
of Events
Reading Groups
The goal of the reading group is to
promote intellectual conversations
across departments and disciplines.
Research
Fund The aim is to support
and develop cutting edge research in
strategic areas in the Humanities and
Social Sciences, focusing on the Asia
region. For more details, please
go to the Research
section of
NUS Staff Portal.
Faculty
Research Fellowship
The scheme
provides staff to undertake
research or writing projects and release
them from teaching and administrative
duties for one semester.
For more details and examples of
successful proposals, please
go to the Research
section of
NUS Staff Portal
under
research->fellowship and
manpower programmes->HSS Faculty
Research Fellowship.
Professor Prasenjit Duara
Director of Humanities & Social Sciences Research