A list of times I’ve shared my research with more mainstream audiences

Public Interviews

Newspaper interview, “Fate of one of Singapore’s last kelongs hangs in the balance“, The Straits Times, updated 1 Sep. 2024.

Newspaper interview, “Senoko Fishery Port to close by end-March 2024 as S’pore turns the page on commercial fishing trade“, The Straits Times, updated 30 June 2023.

Newspaper interview, “水产养殖改良创新 年年有鱼 [Aquaculture: improvement, innovation, and abundance], 联合早报 [Lianhhe Zaobao], 15 Nov 2022.

Television appearance, “Lost Waterfronts”, Channel NewsAsia documentary, Feb 2022.

Speaking Engagements

2025

Guest lecturer, “Troublesome Pigs: Singapore, Swine Farming, and Self-Sufficiency”, guest lecture for HIST158: Global History of Food, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Guest speaker, 2025 Saint Andrew’s Junior College CareerSAdvance Seminar, November 2025.

Panelist, “Where Are We Going, Southeast Asian Studies?
a talk story and perspectives from inside and outside Southeast Asia”, Southeast Asia ‘Ohana, 29 October 2025.

Guest speaker, Global Leadership Ambassadors Programme, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 7 March 2025.

2024

Guest speaker, 2024 Saint Andrew’s Junior College CareerSAdvance Seminar, November 2024.

Guest speaker, “Of Spaceships, Sorcerers & Small Gods: The Relevance of Fiction & Fantasy in Our Lives”. Community Dialogues. Honolulu, Hawaii, 30 Oct 2024.

Guest speaker, “Home, Truly? Places, Journeys, and Origins”. Community Dialogues. Honolulu, Hawaii, 3 Oct 2024.

2023

Guest speaker, 2023 Saint Andrew’s Junior College CareerSAdvance Seminar, November 2023.

Workshop organiser, “Environment + History”, 3-part workshop series for students from St Margaret’s Secondary School, March 2023.

2022

Guest Speaker, “Uniquely Singapore? The Zoos of Singapore, 1860-1973”, Brownbag session for Pedagogical Excellence Branch, Ministry of Education, Singapore, 12 Sep 2022.

2021

Public lecture, “Empire, Experiments & The Fisheries Department of Colonial Malaya”, Histories Talk Series, National Library Board, Singapore, 14 Oct 2021.

Co-convenor, “Brainfood+: Reading Singapore”, Reading Group, University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore, Aug 2021-Oct 2021.