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Reading Groups bring together students, faculty members, practitioners, and researchers from multi-disciplinary backgrounds to think together about topics specific to each reading Group’s theme. They aim to help students deepen their knowledge through in-class discussion, talks by invited speakers, and projects/interventions, guided by relevant readings from literature.
Reading Groups are not credit-bearing. Participation in a Reading Group will take approximately two to three hours per week during Semester. Senior CAPTains who have completed their UTCP can participate in a Reading Group to fulfill residency requirements if they are unable to take a College course.
Find out more about the Reading Groups this semester (AY2024/2025 Semester 2) below. Register your interest here.
Why is Mandarin an official language and Hokkien only a “dialect” in Singapore? How and why has the number of Indian languages available as Mother Tongue in schools expanded since independence? Why did the script of the Malay language switch from Jawi to Rumi? Why have other Southeast Asian countries chosen certain languages over others for official status? The group will discuss these questions and consider how language and education policies relate to concepts of identity, ethnicity and nation building.
Schedule
This group will meet on Tuesdays 6-8pm at SR3.
The first session will be held in Week 4 (4 February 2025).
Contacts
Ms Wong Soon Fen (rc3wsf@nus.edu.sg)
Assoc Prof Bruce Lockhart (hisbl@nus.edu.sg)
There has been strong evidence in the social network and social capital literature which support how social relationships matter in various outcomes of social life. Its impact is found not only on a macro-societal level in terms of social, economic and political growth, but also on a micro-individual level concerning individuals’ life outcomes such as social mobility, health and wellbeing. With a primary focus on micro-level outcomes, the purpose of this reading group is to learn more about “what exactly is social capital?”, “what is it about social capital that makes it so beneficial in improving life outcomes?”, “the potential downsides of social capital” and more importantly, “how can we leverage on social capital in working with populations in need?”
Schedule
This group will meet on Thursdays 4-6pm at SR5.
The first session will be held in Week 4 (6 February 2025).
Contacts
Ms Athel Hu (atheljhu@nus.edu.sg)