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In the wake of the Covid pandemic, governments around the world closed borders, shuttered economies, and enforced curfews. The unintended result was a restoration of nature to its former glory, a…
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Event Synopsis: Free is an engrossing memoir of coming of age amid great political upheaval. With acute insight and wit, Lea Ypi traces the limits of progress and the burden of the past, illuminating…
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In 1946 a Jesuit scholar, Father Roberto Busa, began work on an index of 179 works of philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas. He enlisted the help of IBM to index over 10 million words, a project…
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The Office of Core Curriculum and the Wee Kim Wee Centre, with the support of Soka Gakkai Singapore, are proud to present the 6th Annual Wee Kim Wee Soka International Seminar on Global Peace and…
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The concept of G-Plus governance describes the increasingly pluralistic, hybrid and decentered nature of global governance. G-Plus means “Governments Plus”. It reflects changes such as…
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One 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 city that can provide an enormous…
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Constitutions 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 constitution can bind people…
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The 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 Understanding edition on 21…
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Mindfulness 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 local economies. Mindfulness…
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This lecture will propose that situating the current pandemic historically requires us to think through two connected but distinct sets of worldwide processes that today impact on human lives…
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How 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 global neighbourhood, in which…
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Vidyamala has been practising mindfulness since 1985. She is a specialist in mindfulness for health and well-being, and pioneer of Mindfulness-based Pain Management (MBPM). Drawing on her own…
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What 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 storm…. the patient is…
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Abstract: The Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus argued that the good life is the pleasurable life. He also argued that ‘death is nothing to us’. These claims appear in tension. For if…
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Shaw Foundation Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending Date: 25th October 2019 Location: SMU Hall Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm Can money buy happiness?…
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The Ngee Ann Kongsi Annual Lecture Series 2019: Private Injustice: Enlarging the Boundary of Justice Date: 26th September 2019 Location: Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium Time: 5:30pm to 7:00pm How does…
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