Leslie Wong, King’s College London Growing up in Singapore, my conception of ‘the classics’ was……
Tag: ICS Summer Seminar Series
Dr Nuraliah Norasid (in conversation with Dr Leslie Wong) – A Severed Head on the Nation’s Shield: Medusa in the Lion City
In this moderated conversation, Dr Nuraliah Norasid will speak about how a medusa became the……
Dr Andreas (Tom) Zanker (University of Western Australia) – “Tales from the Tropical Gothic”: Juan Luna, the Philippines, and Ilustrado Classicism
The painter Juan Luna (1857-1899) occupies a central position in the cultural history of the……
Professor Sven Günther (IHAC, Northeast Normal University, Changchun) – Augustus in Saigon!? Imperial and Post-Imperial Frames of Classicizing Iconography in Ho Chi Minh City
This paper deals with the reception of Classical antiquity in Vietnam through intermediaries. While there……
Dr Daniel Jew (National University of Singapore) – ‘Ulysses by the Merlion’: Insights into Teaching Greek and Roman History at a Postcolonial City-State’s Oldest University
Daniel Jew graduated with a PhD in Classics (Cambridge), and has gone on to teach……