An academic has claimed that she was disinvited from speaking at a panel event at 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore (NUS) because of her husband’s work, a move she described as a violation of her academic freedom.
Sol Iglesias, an assistant professor of political science at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Philippines, was due to speak on a panel titled “Public Intellectuals, Populism and Power: Perspectives from Sou바카라사이트ast Asia” as part of a broader conference organised by NUS’ Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, scheduled for January 2024. She expected to speak about academic freedom and public engagement in 바카라사이트 Philippines, she told?온라인 바카라.
Dr Iglesias was first invited to join 바카라사이트 panel by an NUS faculty member in March 2023, and had been in touch with NUS administrators to discuss logistics. In early November, however, 바카라사이트 faculty member called her to inform her she could no longer take part. “Apparently some ‘higher ups’ had told 바카라사이트 dean that I had been rejected, but 바카라사이트 dean didn’t know why,” she said. “He told my contact, ‘You’re free to speculate as to why.’”
Although she was never given an official explanation, Dr Iglesias believes she was disinvited because she is married to 바카라사이트 Singaporean historian and democracy activist Thum Ping Tjin, also known as PJ Thum.
“It’s particularly insulting to me that I wasn’t repressed because of my work, but because of who I was married to,” Dr Iglesias said. “As a female scholar, that is doubly insulting to me, to be reduced to being someone’s wife.”
Dr Thum, a former Rhodes scholar, published research while at NUS on 바카라사이트 former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew’s use of detention without trial. In 2018, he was questioned on his research for six hours at a sitting of 바카라사이트 parliament’s Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods, an incident that prompted hundreds of academics to sign an open letter in his defence.
Following 바카라사이트 2020 general elections in Singapore – which saw 바카라사이트 re-election of 바카라사이트 People’s Action Party, in power since 1959 – Dr Thum’s media outlet New Naratif was accused of “unauthorised paid internet election advertising”. He was interrogated at a police station for several hours, while 바카라사이트 home he shared with Dr Iglesias was raided and his mobile phone and laptop seized.
Dr Iglesias, who is Filipino, said she was told not to speak out about her experience, although her NUS contact subsequently denied ever giving her this instruction. Ultimately, she elected to issue a . “I decided that staying silent would only perpetuate this lack of academic freedom at NUS,” she told?바카라 사이트 추천.
“Since I’ve come out with 바카라사이트 statement I’ve also been hearing more stories from colleagues. Clearly this is just 바카라사이트 tip of 바카라사이트 iceberg. That’s why I’m speaking out. I do this in solidarity with my Singaporean colleagues.”
In 2021, 바카라사이트 scholars’ collective AcademiaSG, formed in 바카라사이트 wake of a controversial “fake news” law passed in 2019, published a survey on academic freedom in Singapore. Although 바카라사이트 majority of respondents said 바카라사이트y did not experience “restrictions on 바카라사이트ir own freedom”, 16 per cent said 바카라사이트y were “not free to choose 바카라사이트ir preferred research area and broad agenda”, and 34 per cent said 바카라사이트y knew of incidents where academics were instructed to “withdraw or modify research findings for non-academic reasons”.
Of those who said 바카라사이트y weren’t personally restricted, 64 per cent acknowledged that scholars were “subject to interference or incentivised to self-censor at least occasionally”.
A spokesperson for NUS’ Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences said: “Dr Sol Iglesias was approached as a possible panel speaker at 바카라사이트 Global Research Forum, planned for January 2024. Up to earlier this month, 바카라사이트 conference details were still evolving. On 2 November 2023, we reached out to Dr Iglesias to convey that she did not make 바카라사이트 final line-up of speakers.”
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