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Village Lessons for City Living

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This lecture is conducted as part of the Lien Fung’s Colloquium Synopsis Dr Tan and his family spent approximately 15 years living and working in Yunnan, China,…

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duration 1 hour 20 minutes

Global Wisdom: Reimagining Coexistence, Power,…

Global Wisdom: Reimagining Coexistence, Power, and Leadership

From Yew Ming YAP

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This lecture is conducted as part of the 9th Annual SMU-Soka International Peace Symposium Synopsis Standing at the crossroads of humanity, our work today requires us…

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duration 1 hour 29 minutes

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Ritual, Authenticity, and Human Flourishing: Theories from Classical China

From Yew Ming YAP

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This lecture is conducted as part of the Shaw Foundation Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series Synopsis This lecture explores the sophisticated theories of ritual and…

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Bhutan’s pursuit of Gross National…

Bhutan’s pursuit of Gross National Happiness: Reflections, Challenges and its Future.

From Ms Ann SHEN _

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In this lecture, we will journey through Bhutan's ongoing pursuit of Gross National Happiness (GNH), a development framework that prioritises not just…

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duration 1 hour 31 minutes

FROM SUFFERING TO HAPPINESS: CULTIVATING INNER…

FROM SUFFERING TO HAPPINESS: CULTIVATING INNER WISDOM, LOVE, AND INTEGRITY IN THE AI AGE

From Ms Ann SHEN _

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Chasing success, money, and power offers only brief satisfaction, trapping us in a cycle of endless craving with often grave mental health consequences. Studies on the…

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duration 1 hour 32 minutes

THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS: HOW CAN YOU BECOME…

THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS: HOW CAN YOU BECOME HAPPIER AND WHY SHOULD YOU?

From Ms Ann SHEN _

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Happiness not only feels good; it is good. Happy people are more productive, creative, and resilient; they have more friends and more stable marriages; and they show…

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Designing Happiness: Building a Well-lived Joyful…

Designing Happiness: Building a Well-lived Joyful Life

From Ms Sharleen LEONG Meilin _

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This lecture is conducted as part of the Shaw Foundation Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series Synopsis When it first started, positive psychology was mostly…

Happiness by Design? 8 of 16

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Happiness by Design?

From Ms Sharleen LEONG Meilin _

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This event is conducted in partnership with the Lien Fung's Colloquium Synopsis Can good design make people happier? Early 20th century architects and writers…

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Keynote Lecture: Coping with Adversity [8th…

Keynote Lecture: Coping with Adversity [8th Annual SMU-Soka International Peace Symposium: Happiness in Times of Crisis: Pain, Precarity, and Planetary Suffering]

From Ms Sharleen LEONG Meilin _

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duration 1 hour 35 minutes

Panel 3: Precarity of Work [8th Annual SMU-Soka…

Panel 3: Precarity of Work [8th Annual SMU-Soka International Peace Symposium: Happiness in Times of Crisis: Pain, Precarity, and Planetary Suffering]

From Ms Sharleen LEONG Meilin _

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duration 1 hour 36 minutes

Panel 2: Planetary Suffering [8th Annual SMU-Soka…

Panel 2: Planetary Suffering [8th Annual SMU-Soka International Peace Symposium: Happiness in Times of Crisis: Pain, Precarity, and Planetary Suffering]

From Ms Sharleen LEONG Meilin _

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Panel 1: Pain and the Humanities [8th Annual… 12 of 16

duration 1 hour 47 minutes

Panel 1: Pain and the Humanities [8th Annual…

Panel 1: Pain and the Humanities [8th Annual SMU-Soka International Peace Symposium: Happiness in Times of Crisis: Pain, Precarity, and Planetary Suffering]

From Ms Sharleen LEONG Meilin _

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Refer to the microsite for the full details of the programme and speakers.

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Does Disability Really Make Us Worse-Off?

From Yew Ming YAP

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Synopsis Is disability bad? We certainly seem to think so. Most of us try to avoid disabilities in ourselves and our children, and our governments spend considerable…

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duration 1 hour 25 minutes

Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in…

Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley

From Yew Ming YAP

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This event is conducted in partnership with the Lien Fung's Colloquium Synopsis Most of us will work for most of our waking hours, for most of our life. Over the…

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duration 1 hour 46 minutes

Achieving Peace Among the Major Powers

From Yew Ming YAP

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Synopsis Geopolitics today is fraught with crisis, threats, and fear. The Ukraine War is a proxy war between Russia and the US, the two largest nuclear powers.…

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duration 1 hour 38 minutes

Construal of Suffering Through Spaces Associated…

Construal of Suffering Through Spaces Associated With Death

From Yew Ming YAP

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Synopsis Through the autoethnographic aspects of her research in death studies, Khyati aims to discuss how death and suffering within the cultural, institutional, and…

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