#NewBook: How did #ContemporaryArt move from avant-garde and experimental to the spectacular and “global” artworld of today? In "Contemporary Asian Art at Biennials", noted art historian John Clark tells this story from an Asian perspective. Read now: buff.ly/hvfAmJe #arthistory #biennales #books

Author Lim Muy Lang recently was featured on the New Books Network podcast, speaking about her memoir. Check it out: newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-shado... #EuroSEAS2026

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The memoir pays tribute to immediate family and other war victims who shared their stories, preserving their memories with care and reverence. 📚 buff.ly/davNi8x Browse MNG's virtual exhibit ⬇️ buff.ly/5mWaVZJ Visit our table for to browse more titles! #EuroSEAS2026 @nuspress.bsky.social

A huge thank you to everyone who joined our virtual book launch for Lisa Kuitert’s "Print Passages". The event saw lively audience participation, and rich discussion with our guest speakers and co-organisers at ADAKSI Indonesia. 📚💭 Read now: buff.ly/iCO4IIq

A history of regionalism in Indonesia. 📚 buff.ly/bsVPJgq Browse MNG's virtual exhibit ⬇️ buff.ly/5mWaVZJ Visit our table for to browse more titles! #EuroSEAS2026 @nuspress.bsky.social

NUS Press is at #EuroSEAS2026 in Madrid! Discuss "Being Present" with the editors of their book which features research from a new generation of #LaosStudies scholars. 🇱🇦✨ Visit our booth to get this title and more at a special discount! buff.ly/Asl5S7J

Gil Hizi's new ethnography on self-improvement workshops in China examines the pursuit and enactment of virtue within a fragmented moral landscape, offering insights into Chinese studies, affect studies, anthropology and sociology. Read here: buff.ly/bPBBer0

A must-see exhibition by Indonesian artist Eko Nugroho just opened at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute. We'll always thank him for letting us use one of his works on the cover of Jan Mrazek's witty and literary meditation on Javanese wayang in a media age. buff.ly/H21debW

#NewBook: 📚 "Print Passages" is the first in-depth history of colonial era Indonesian print and book culture. Author Kuitert will share her insights with fellow experts online on 28 Aug. Get the book / sign up for the launch here: linktr.ee/nus_press

#NewBook: "Making Home" by Mario I. Lopez is an ethnography on Japanese-Filipino marriages in contemporary Japan – exploring the dynamics of transnational families through the lens of religious practices. Read here: buff.ly/a8sSD5u

A new painting by poet and artist Arthur Yap is now featured in the latest revamp of the permanent exhibition at the National Gallery Singapore. Experience the full spectrum of his legacy in "The Collected Poems of Arthur Yap" (2013). Get your copy: bit.ly/4xKg8ZM

Our #NewBook “Fevered Cities: A History of Dengue Epidemics” will scratch that itch for anyone interested in how disease, society, and the built environment interact. 🦟 Read now: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/fev...

On Day 3 of #ASAA2026, Robert Cribb and Sumiya Bilegsaikhan have panels. Lim Muy Lang, author of our just-published "In the Shadow of the Khmer Rouge", will be signing copies of her memoir at our booth. Do drop by at 2:45 pm! Get a copy: buff.ly/fQ9ACzE #asianstudies #khmerrouge #southeastasia

Day 1 of @asiancurrents.bsky.social #ASAA2026 is here! We're looking forward to all the panels & sessions. - We're excited to have our author Lim Muy Lang here on 1 July to sign copies of her brand new memoir. Do drop by! - Book a meeting with our consulting editor: buff.ly/Y84iMsz #asianstudies

#NewBook: Forty-five years have passed since the end of #KhmerRouge rule in Cambodia. Muy Lang's "In the Shadow of the Khmer Rouge" is not the only account of Cambodia's darkest years; there are many. But it is undoubtedly one of the finest. Read now: buff.ly/fQ9ACzE

Congratulations to Laura Vermeeren for being awarded the 2026 ASCA (Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis) Book Award for "Ink Studies" (NUS Press, 2025) buff.ly/I77mYKF. “The committee were deeply impressed with the depth, diligence and inventiveness of Vermeeren’s work..." #calligraphy #china

#NewBook: Written by an eminent Asian international jurist, scholar & former diplomat, "War and Peace in Asia" examines conflict & peace-building across Asia since 1945, providing a distinctly Asian perspective on international law & relations. Read now: buff.ly/b3fsKcd #InternationalLaw

Tomorrow (22 May), 9am-4pm: Colloquium on Wong Phui Nam: Malayan Letters, #WorldLiterature presents a range of responses that read Wong’s body of work, and by extension, Malaysian Writing in English, in new directions. Register (in-person or Zoom): buff.ly/knG3R5O #poetry #malaysia #malaya #event

#NewBook: Heather Sutherland's comprehensive, "dazzling" history of South Sulawesi reveals how Indonesia's most politically distinctive region has navigated 4 centuries of dramatic change while maintaining remarkably consistent patterns of governance. Read now: buff.ly/lbGozx7 #indonesia #history

An Indonesian History: Personalized Politics in Makassar and South Sulawesi, c.1600-2018

Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous state, is still experimenting with democracy. Post-war presidents rejected “50% plus one” government, preferring the people to be a “floating mass” under Ja...

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New book review published advance access. Armand Azra bin Azlira reviews "The Politics of the Malayan Communist Party from 1930 to 1948" by David Lockwood (National University of Singapore Press, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308... @nuspress.bsky.social

"Infectious Disease Emergencies" won Best Professional Title at the Singapore #BookAwards! Congratulations to Chief Editor Dale Fisher and all authors. Our book "Everyday Modernism" was also a finalist for Best Cover Design (design by Hanson Ho). A great night celebrating #SingaporePublishing!

Two days until we launch "Being Present"! Editors Rosalie Stolz and Paul-David Lutz will be joined by contributors Sumiya Bilegsaikhan, Elizabeth Elliott, Giulio Ongaro, Floramante Ponce, and Phill Wilcox, and moderator Gerald Jackson. Apr 23, Thursday | 5pm SGT Watch on YouTube: buff.ly/75ryLry

Book launch: Being Present

Join us for the launch of "Being Present: Emerging Ethnographic Perspectives and the Study of Laos" hosted by NUS Press with the University of Cologne's Glob...

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Join us for the launch of "Being Present", streaming live on NUS Press Facebook & YouTube. Editors Rosalie Stolz & Paul-David Lutz will be joined by contributors Sumiya Bilegsaikhan, Elizabeth Elliott, Giulio Ongaro, Floramante Ponce, & Phill Wilcox. 23 April, Thurs | 5 pm SGT #laos #ethnography

#NewBook: "The Economic History of Singapore" is the first comprehensive #economichistory of Singapore. It brings fresh insight into the enduring forces that have shaped the city-state’s development, and reflects on its economic future. Read now: buff.ly/gAQZUEa

The Economic History of Singapore

Just published! Keen Meng Choy and Ichiro Sugimoto Singapore’s transformation from a trading port to a global city offers a compelling case study in long-term economic change. The Economic History of ...

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We're pleased to announce we have 2 titles shortlisted for the Singapore Book Awards! "Infectious Disease Emergencies" is shortlisted for Best Professional Title, & our new reprint of "Everyday Modernism" is shortlisted for Best Book Cover Design. 🎉 #bookawards #booksky #textbook #design #singapore

Today is the last day of @asianstudies.org #AAS2026! Drop by booth 406 to say hi - and to buy books of course - and make sure to attend John DiMoia's panel! Get our books at 35% off via @uchicagopress.bsky.social: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/vi... #AsianStudies #coldwar #SoutheastAsia

We had a packed day of interesting panels on day 3 of @aasasianstudies.bsky.social, featuring Justin McDaniel, Meredith Weiss, Abidin Kusno and many of our other distinguished authors (contd. in next tweet)! Reminder: Get their books at our booth #406 📚 #AAS2026 #AsianStudies

🎧 Listen: Sally Low, author of "Colonial Law Making" (NUS Press, 2023) was interviewed on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. They discuss the story of the encounter between Cambodia’s indigenous legal tradition and modern French legal thinking. newbooksnetwork.com/colonial-law... #podcast #cambodia

#NewBook: "Being Present" is a showcase of ethnographic research on Laos, a rapidly transforming country at the heart of mainland Southeast Asia and a southern gateway to China. Get a copy (Singapore/SEA): buff.ly/iy2X2In In N. America: buff.ly/emv287O #Laos #SoutheastAsia #BookSky #Anthropology

Our biggest sale of the year is almost over! If you haven't yet, now's the chance to get that missing book for your shelves: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/collections/... #eoysale #booksale #booksky

#NewBook: Prof Tan Yock Lin (1953–2023) was a prominent figure in Singapore’s legal community. "A Gentleman of the Law" honours the legacy of a scholar whose impact will long continue to shape the legal landscape in Singapore and beyond. Buy now: buff.ly/UMd6tRJ #singapore #internationallaw