The symposium attempts to take stock of the directions and concerns that Singapore literature has taken since independence in 1965, from matters of nation-building and to newer complexities of working though the pluralisms of ‘national identity’ to more recent pluralisms, also addressed via more experimental literary formats and more flexible ideas of what might constitute ‘Singapore identity’. That is, what are the content and the literary formats that constitute a contemporary Singapore literature and how might we think of connections that may have persisted since independence?
The Singapore Literature Symposium is organised by Prof. C. J. W.-L. Wee and Dr. Cheryl Julia Lee of the NTU School of Humanities Singapore Studies Research Cluster. Speakers include Balli Kaur Jaswal, Marylyn Tan, O Thiam Chin, Sharlene Teo and Shirley Chew, chaired by writer-academics that include Alvin Pang, Barrie Sherwood, Boey Kim Cheng and Cheryl Julia Lee.
VENUE: NTU College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences / Zoom (online)
ADDRESS: 48 Nanyang Ave, Singapore 639818 / Link to be provided to registrants
EVENT WEBSITE: Singapore Literature Symposium
DATE AND TIME
8–9 May 2021, various times