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From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 19-Feb-2021, 11:21 GMT+8
0 0 likes | 873 873 playsOne frequently overlooked aspect of today's world is the extent to which the specialized differences of cities matter to the global economy. There is no perfect… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 05-Feb-2021, 10:14 GMT+8
0 0 likes | 847 847 playsConstitutions are supposed to express “the Soul of the Nation”, as one of the authors of the South African Constitution put it. Embodying local values, a… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 28-Jan-2021, 12:17 GMT+8
0 0 likes | 57 57 playsThe Office of Core Curriculum and the Wee Kim Wee Centre are proud to present the first virtual 5th Annual Wee Kim Wee Soka International Seminar on Global Peace and… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 23-Oct-2020, 20:40 GMT+8
0 0 likes | 1,111 1,111 playsMindfulness practices develop a calm, clear, balanced mind with the capacity for increased insight into the challenges we face right now, from global public health to… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 24-Sep-2020, 21:17 GMT+8
0 0 likes | 1,102 1,102 playsThis lecture will propose that situating the current pandemic historically requires us to think through two connected but distinct sets of worldwide processes that today… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 08-Sep-2020, 22:23 GMT+8
1 1 likes | 1,290 1,290 playsHow is the nature of home changing around us—and inside us—as more and more of us have parts of ourselves in many cultures? What does it mean to live in a… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 23-Mar-2020, 09:41 GMT+8
3 3 likes | 559 559 playsVidyamala has been practising mindfulness since 1985. She is a specialist in mindfulness for health and well-being, and pioneer of Mindfulness-based Pain Management… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 19-Mar-2020, 10:49 GMT+8
0 0 likes | 210 210 playsThis paper advances a new understanding of cosmopolitanism; one that is rooted in the affective potential of the body. It argues that whilst the self is often projected… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 17-Feb-2020, 09:07 GMT+8
0 0 likes | 72 72 playsIn the spirit of our SMU core cultures course ‘Finding Home in a Globalised World,’ the renowned scholar Wang Gungwu will speak about his book Home Is Not… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 11-Feb-2020, 09:43 GMT+8
2 2 likes | 941 941 playsWhat is pain? This is a more difficult question to answer than you might think. In 1939, the famous surgeon René Leriche observed that pain is “like a… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 17-Jan-2020, 10:49 GMT+8
3 3 likes | 1,029 1,029 playsAbstract: The Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus argued that the good life is the pleasurable life. He also argued that ‘death is nothing to us’. These… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 29-Oct-2019, 08:59 GMT+8
0 0 likes | 174 174 playsShaw Foundation Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending Date: 25th October 2019 Location: SMU Hall Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 27-Sep-2019, 09:51 GMT+8
1 1 likes | 1,060 1,060 playsThe Ngee Ann Kongsi Annual Lecture Series 2019: Private Injustice: Enlarging the Boundary of Justice Date: 26th September 2019 Location: Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium… -
From Ms Ann SHEN _ on 04-Sep-2019, 00:56 GMT+8
0 0 likes | 1,136 1,136 playsTY Lee Mindfulness Series 2019 Mindfulness and Compassion in the New Millennium: How Ancient Practices Can Meet Modern Challenges Tuesday 3rd September 2019 7:00 PM -…