The Centre for Liberal Arts
and Social Sciences (CLASS) is a key research hub within the College of
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Created first in 2006 under the School
of Humanities and Social Sciences, it was re-organized to come under the
College in 2010. The aim of CLASS is to promote research excellence in the
humanities and social sciences, and to foster inter-disciplinary and collaborative
research among faculty under the three Schools in the College. CLASS also
provides a platform for interaction with other Schools at NTU, as well as
researchers and scholars internationally.
A key focus of the Centre’s
work has been to provide an intellectual meeting ground for scholars, as well
as to act as a central organizational structure for workshops, seminars, and
conferences. Perspectives from art and art history, economics, various
treatments of language and literature, history, politics, cognitive and
behavioral sciences, philosophy, have been weaved into the scholarship promoted
by CLASS, lending to interdisciplinary discourse, which is one of the central
tenets of the Centre’s ethos.
Another core area of work
for CLASS is the building of international research connections in order to
promote a spirit of engagement. CLASS has hosted numerous activities which have
facilitated interactions between scholars at and outside of NTU. Many of CLASS’s conferences, seminars, and workshops have
led to fruitful conversations, collaborative projects and joint publications.
You
are most welcome to browse our website and give us your comments and
suggestions!
K.K. Luke (Prof)
Director
Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences