SWF Lecture THE WHENS AND WHYS OF ‘SAYANG’: HOW A WORD CAPTURES OUR REGION’S HISTORY
FEATURING
Farish Noor
Singapore
Farish Noor is Associate Professor and head of the PhD programme at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. He has written on a range of subjects related to South-east Asia, and has just completed a book on the invention of the idea of South-east Asia in 19th century colonial discourse. He has hosted documentary series on Channel NewsAsia, amongst them, the acclaimed Across Borders with Dr Farish, which won Best Documentary Series (International Affairs) at the New York Festivals 2015.
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