We're excited to share “The Routledge Handbook of English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education” has been published! Co-edited by Prof Kingsley Bolton, Assoc Prof Werner Botha, and Dr Benedict Lin. Dr Lin is a Senior Lecturer at the NTU Language and Communication Centre.

Congrats to Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 for achieving 2nd runner-up at the DH Awards 2024! 'Polyglot Asian Medicine' studies the intersection of traditional medical systems and languages, and explores how medical cultures compare across the region. ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-event…

Join us for 'Creating Caring Spaces: Bridging Conversations Through Theatre', a Medical Humanities seminar with speaker Adib Kosnan Checkpoint Theatre. 24/4 - 11am (SGT), 8pm (PDT). Register: tiny.cc/lmptxz

We are thrilled to announce that our school has achieved outstanding results in the QS QS World University Rankings! NTU LMS climbed higher to 23rd from 2023's 35th, while NTU English and NTU Art History has entered the top 50 board for the first time!

Senior Lecturer Francesco Perono Cacciafoco and Brenda Man Qing Ong shed light on the enigmatic history of Pedra Branca, and establish its history and significance.

Read more: mdpi.com/2409-9252/2/1/5

Why is language so important to the ways that we make sense of, and manage, anxiety?

'‘Emerson as Philosopher’ considers the role of postmodernism (skepticism towards metanarratives and anti-essentialism) in Ralph Waldo Emerson's philosophy by putting it in conversation with key 20th and 21st century thinkers'

Assoc Prof Alexander R. Coupe explores language contact situations in Nagland and why it is so linguistically diverse.

What can a restaurant in France reflect about Teochew and Hokkien? Egas Moniz-Bandeira ᠡᡤᠠᠰ ᠮᠣᠨᠢᠰ ᠪᠠᠨᡩ᠋ᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠ has some interesting observations!

An open access book examining the #FutureOfWork

Senior Lecturer Francesco Perono Cacciafoco and Lim, Shaun Tyan Gin explore Singapore's MRT station names, and how they are part of everyday multilingualism.

Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

A look at the theory and history of translation practices in Southeast Asia

Senior Lecturer Francesco Perono Cacciafoco and Xu Duoduo study the Naish languages of the Naic group in Southwest Asia, conducting a comparative analysis on the legends of this community.

Read more: taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…

Senior Lecturer Francesco Perono Cacciafoco and Brenda Man Qing Ong present a meta-study on existing toponymic reconstructions theorised by scholars.

Read more: mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/2/…

What can material cultures inform us about 'therapeutic commodities' and conceptions of health around the Indian Ocean?

A look at violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic

Assoc Prof Jessica Hinchy dives into the #hijra community of South Asia to further ideas on #GenderHistory and #TransgenderHistory

Read more: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

'For the urban historian there is a crucial interaction between process and place, between the changes wrought and the environment in which they belong'

#Ecomedia through the lens of the iconic Matrix Code. Thanks for sharing, Jamie Uy (she/her)!

Assoc Prof Els van Dongen analyses Chinese migration policies through historical and comparative lenses to cross conceptual divides in existing literature on migration policies.

Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…