How does one teach classical history in a country where Classics doesn’t exist? Beats me. That’s why I invited Dr Daniel Jew to talk about his experiences teaching at NUS (aka my alma mater). More details and registration: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Exactly one week till the fabulous @reimenayee.com drops in to chat about comics, Alexander the Great and how she combined the two! More details and registration: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #classicalreception #alexanderthegreat #webcomics

Happening next Monday (12pm - 1:30pm BST): the first online seminar in the @ics.bsky.social and @crsn-uk.bsky.social sponsored classical reception series, featuring the amazing @arielakris.bsky.social in conversation with Natalie J. Swain! Registration and details: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

So my Junior Scholar Seminar with AcademiaSG happened yesterday! Still can’t stand the sound of my own voice but for everyone else who might be interested, here’s the full video: youtu.be/8_kb67NS4_0?...

Now announcing the CRSN/@ics.bsky.social Summer Series beginning 27 April: "Overlooked/Undercooked: Classical Reception in Colonial and Postcolonial Southeast Asia"! Find more information, titles, and links below: classicalreception.org/crsn-ics-sum...

Been sitting on this one for a while but my first publication (in a non-peer reviewed journal) is out! I talk about the South Korean webtoon Delusion and what happens when Dracula goes to Shanghai instead of London. Many thanks to @qaqv.bsky.social for giving my very niche topic a platform!

In many ways, The Gatekeeper was the book that started it all. Next month, I finally get around to talking about it. Not forgetting my other Sing Lit favourite, The Formidable Miss Cassidy, of course. Grateful to AcademiaSG for the opportunity! www.academia.sg/events/lesli... #SingLit

First post-PhD presentation coming up in two weeks! If you want to hear an over-caffeinated me babbling online at 1am (GMT+8) on day 5 of the Lunar New Year, this is your chance. Full schedule and registration: litfilm.org/conference/lfa-aas-2026-adaptation-and-collaboration-cfp/

Gonna flex on Bluesky since I passed the viva yesterday.

Submitting the PhD thesis felt like a significant enough milestone to revive this long-dormant account, so here I am. I talk about how some postcolonial adaptations in Asia should be seen as “writing through” instead of “writing back”.

Evidently still not very good at it judging by regularity of updates

Let’s try this academic social media thingy one more time…