Workshops, Dialogues & Public Presentations

In AY12/13 Semester 1, Professor Thumboo hosted a dialogue on a different topic on Tuesday mornings. Each dialogue focused on a different aspect of the human condition which uses a specific work of literature as an entrance. What do the authors tell us about ourselves, our relationship with language, and our relationship with each other? These dialogues are great opportunities to learn from the point of view of an internationally renowned poet.

• 2nd October 2012, William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”
• 9th October 2012, John Betjeman’s “Slough”
• 16th October 2012, Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “My Mother Lived on a Farm in Africa”
• 23rd October 2012, Ernest Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain”
• 30th October 2012, Definitions and paradigms in Soft Disciplines

Thursday Public Presentations

NUS Students/ Staff and Members of the Public were invited to Professor Thumboo’s Public Presentations on Thursdays, where he and several accomplished poets delivered insightful poetry readings.

• 13th September 2012, Edwin Thumboo: A Poet in Singapore
• 1st November 2012, A New Generation of Poets: Angsana Poets

Special Talks

Special Talks by poets invited by Professor Thumboo were also organised for NUS Students/ Staff and Members of the Public.

• 27th September 2012, Living the Migrant Experience – An Australian Casework by Mr Sunil Govinnage
• 28th September 2012, Writing Migrant Experience from Down Under –A Living Experience by Mr Sunil Govinnage
• 29th October 2012, Chandran Nair Reads by Mr Chandran Nair