CONFERENCE PAPERS, LECTURES

1.     Tan, K.P. (2022) Invited discussant at the launch of Elvin Ong (2022) Opposing Power: Building Opposition Alliances in Electoral Autocracies (University of Michigan Press, 2022), 31 July 2022, the Pod, National Library Building.

2.     Tan, K.P. (2022) Invited discussant in Academia.sg's Singapore Junior Scholar Seminar on “Podcasts for research and public engagement in Singapore”, presented by Jin Yao Kwan (Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver), 30 June. https://youtu.be/x747BiLAca8

3.     Tan, K.P. (2022) “Mindmapping for organizing and energizing classroom discussion”, Invited speaker, National University of Singapore, 4 May.

4.     Tan, K.P. (2022) Invited chair to lead roundtable discussion on “Trust and the Smart City” among experts from the U.S., Germany, France, and Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, 30 April.

5.     Tan, K.P. (2022) Invited speaker, “The Singapore dream”, forum organized at Harvard University, 30 March. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1119201838626430

6.     Tan, K.P. (2022) Invited chair to lead panel discussion on “National Unity and Multiracial Harmony: Are These Foundational Principles Still Meaningful in Global-City Singapore?”, 22 March (Hong Kong launch of the book “One United People”: Essays from the People Sector on Singapore’s Journey of Racial Harmony). https://youtu.be/no81bv4crhg

7.     Tan, K.P. (2021) “Singapore’s Neoliberal Decadence: Meritocracy Revisited”, Invited speaker, Public lecture series organized by the Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, 8 November. https://youtu.be/s5FqRdrR2QE

8.     Tan, K.P. (2021) “The foreigner in Singapore films”, Invited paper at the Singapore: Identity on Film Symposium, organized by Nanyang Technological University, 23 September. [The findings of this paper were reported in an article in The Straits Times (Singapore’s broadsheet): Ho Ai Li (2021) “How foreigners are portrayed in S'pore films”, The Straits Times, 28 September 2021.]

9.     Tan, K.P. (2021) “The Singapore Story and brand in a post-pandemic world”, Invited speaker, Public Policy Lecture series organized by Asia Global Institute, 20 July. https://fb.watch/fVnytrn67m/

10.  Tan, K.P. (2021) Invited chair to lead roundtable discussion of “Regarding Racism”, organized by Academia.sg, 17 June. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EahRZlHtcyQ

11.  Tan, K.P. (2021) “Public morality and moral panic”, Invited speaker at closed-door lecture organized by student activists at the National University of Singapore, 29 April.

12.  Tan, K.P. (2021) Invited speaker at Forum on Meritocracy, organized by NTU Public Policy and Global Affairs and NTU Sociological Society, 25 March.

13.  Tan, K.P. (2021) Invited chair to lead discussion on Beyond Party Politics: The Private and People Sectors in the 2020s, Webinar organized by World Scientific, 11 January.

14.  Tan, K.P. (2020) Invited keynote speaker at Eunoia Junior College's Humanities Programme: Experiential Learning Programme, 1 December.

15.  Tan, K.P. (2020) Invited chair to lead discussion on Going Digital for Stallholders and Businesses: Bright Spots, Challenges, and the Way Ahead, Webinar organized by Smart Nation Singapore, 14 October.

16.  Tan, K.P. (2020) “The political significance of the middle class in Singapore”, Invited paper at the 2020 Global City Roundtable, organized by the Academy of Hong Kong Studies, 18 September. https://youtu.be/Umt6jcJpiB0

17.  Tan, K.P. (2020) Invited speaker at Singapore’s GE2020: The Real Watershed Election?, Webinar organized by Sydney Southeast Asia Center and Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia, 11 September. https://youtu.be/M43KVVjzPlU

18.  Tan, K.P. (2020) Invited discussant at the GE2020: Our Youth, Our Future, Webinar organized by MARUAH, 5 September. https://youtu.be/RMTv1w7DbEs

19.  Tan, K.P. (2020) Invited chair to lead discussion on Stepping Up for Migrant Workers: Voices from the Trenches”, Webinar organized by Healthserve, 9 May. https://youtu.be/H0CtAgoMrZk

20.  Tan, K.P. (2020) Invited speaker at Beyond the Pandemic: What We Have Learned and Have Still to Learn”, A roundtable of Singaporean Social Scientists organized by Academia.sg, 1 May. https://youtu.be/e1xERxP6oOY

21.  Tan, K.P. (2020) Invited speaker at We the Citizens: Policy and Advocacy in Crisis, Webinar organized by Singapore Policy Journal (based at Harvard University) and CAPE (based at NUS), 22 April.

22.  Tan, K.P. (2020) Invited chair to lead panel discussion on “The making of spaces: State and policy”, Space, Spaces, and Spacing, The Substation’s Conference, 21-22 March.

23.  Tan, K.P. (2019) “Challenges facing public policy schools in neoliberal universities”, The Future of Policy Sciences Workshop, organized by The Education University of Hong Kong, 14-15 November.

24.  Tan, K.P. (2019) “Are Singapore’s finest years coming to an end?”, Public lecture at Hong Kong Baptist University, 27 September.

25.  Tan, K.P. (2019) “Are Singapore’s finest years coming to an end? The prospects and limits of authoritarian pragmatism”, LAPP Distinguished Lecture at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 24 September.

26.  Tan, K.P. (2019) “Are Singapore’s finest years coming to an end? The prospects and limits of authoritarian pragmatism”, Public lecture at City University of Hong Kong, 23 September.

27.  Tan K.P. (2019) “Will pragmatism undermine Singapore’s national identity?”, Public lecture organized by National Museum of Singapore, 17 August.

28.  Tan, K.P. (2019) “Agile public policy: The citizen-centric approach”, Thailand Competitiveness Conference 2019, Thailand Management Association, Bangkok, 2 July.

29.  Tan, K.P. (2019) “Ethics of progress”, Keynote speaker at Eunoia Junior College's Inaugural Humanities Symposium, 17 May.

30.  Tan, K.P. (2018) “Governing global-city Singapore”, Public lecture organized by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 14 August. https://youtu.be/BA6LTEKtrQs

31.  Tan, K.P. (2017) Invited speaker at Deans’ Roundtable on the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris, France, 11 December.

32.  Tan, K.P. (2017) “The arts in Singapore”, Invited speaker at the Inaugural Culture Leaders Programme for Middle Managers, The Arts House, 24 July.

33.  Tan, K.P. (2017) Invited chair to lead panel discussion on Thai cinema, 13th ICTS Conference on Thai Studies, Chiang Mai University, 18 July.

34.  Tan, K.P. (2017) “Mind-mapping and the Socratic method”, Invited paper at International Conference on Public Policy, 28-30 June 2017, National University of Singapore.

35.  Tan, K.P. (2017) “The Contradictions of Nation-State and Global-City Singapore", Invited to give a public lecture, Sun Yat-sen University, 15 June.

36.  Tan, K.P. (2017) “Towards excellence in higher education management”, Keynote at NIDA Faculty Senate Seminar Series, 22-23 May 2017, Bangkok.

37.  Tan, K.P. (2017) “Politics in Singapore”, Invited to give a lecture at Harvard University’s Ash Center, 22 April.

38.  Tan, K.P. (2017) Invited to give lecture on Singapore politics to Harvard University students, organized by Singapore Policy Journal, 21 April.

39.  Tan, K.P. (2015) Invited interlocutor at public lecture by Michael Sandel, Singapore Writers Festival, 5 November. https://youtu.be/xygC9Ovi3AA?t=2890

40.  Tan, K.P. (2015) Invited chair to lead a large panel discussion by Southeast Asian filmmaker, in Panorama: The Fragments of Southeast Asian Cinema, organized by the Asian Film Archive, 31 October. https://www.kennethpaultan.net/post/moderated-a-discussion-on-southeast-asian-cinema-on-31-october-2015

41.  Tan, K.P. (2015) “Engaging students in 21st century global issues”, Invited paper at Redesigning Pedagogy, 2-4 June 2015, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

42.  Tan, K.P. (2015) “Singapore as an international education hub: Strategy and achievements”, Invited paper at Conference on Enhancing Trade in Education Services: Education Hubs, Student Mobility, and Policy Challenges, 16 September 2015, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

43.  Tan, K.P. (2015) “Smart policies and the role of schools of government”, Invited paper at Roundtable on Smart Policies for Innovative Public Sectors, UAE Government Summit, 8-11 February 2015, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

44.  Tan, K.P. (2015) “Building curricula rooted in global competencies”, Invited paper at Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, 8-9 January 2015, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC, United States.

45.  Tan, K.P. (2015) “Faculty recruitment strategies”, Invited speaker at Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, 7-8 January 2015, University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies, Seattle, Washington, United States.

46.  Tan, K.P. (2014) “The future of democratization in Singapore”, Public lecture, organized by Tufts University, 21 October.

47.  Tan, K.P. (2014) “The arts in Singapore”, Invited speaker, The Singapore Seminar in Boston, 18 October.

48.  Tan, K.P. (2014) “Switzerland’s possible futures through the lens of Singapore”, Salon Suisse, Venice Architectural Biennale, 9 October. https://vimeo.com/111393634

49.  Tan, K.P. (2014) Invited to lead a discussion with panellists Susan Fainstein and Norman Fainstein, “Singapore's Dilemma as a City State — Just City or Global City?”, organized by Centre for Liveable Cities, 27 February. https://youtu.be/Gmayrw4gxL0

50.  Tan, K.P. (2014) “On-line education and E-learning”, Invited paper at the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) Meeting, 9-10 January 2014, Maison de Paix-The Graduate Institute Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

51.  Tan, K.P. (2014) “National University of Singapore Teaching Academy: from ‘thinking big’ to ‘doing big’”, a discussion paper for the Teaching Academy Retreat on 16 January 2014.

52.  Tan, K.P. (2013) “The future of civic education for a thriving deliberative democracy”, Invited paper at the Institute of Policy Studies’ Conference on Civil Society, 11 November 2013, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore, Singapore.

53.  Tan, K.P. (2012) “The case of Singapore: Strong state, multicultural nation, global city”, Plenary paper at the International Conference on Governance and Democracy: An African Perspective, 27 June ‑ 1 July 2012, Rwanda Parliament, Kigali, Rwanda.

54.  Tan, K.P. (2012) “National identities: Three trajectories”, Invited paper at Workshop on the Future of Singapore Society, 15 May 2012, Treasury Building, Singapore.

55.  Tan, K.P. (2012) “Meritocracy and political liberalization in Singapore”, Invited paper at Conference on The Idea of Political Meritocracy, 5‑8 January 2012, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

56.  Tan, K.P. (2012) “Cinema as a language of history: Explorations into two related worlds”, Keynote at ASEAN Museum Directors’ Symposium, 13‑14 January 2012, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore.

57.  Tan, K.P. (2011) “The expressiveness of GE2011”, Invited paper at the Institute of Policy Studies Post‑Election Forum, 8 July 2011, Orchard Hotel, Singapore.

58.  Tan, K.P. (2011) “Post‑mortem of the 2011 General Elections in Singapore”, Invited paper at the Singapore Caucus at Harvard Kennedy School, 11 May 2011, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, United States.

59.  Tan, K.P. (2011) “Patriotism in Singapore”, Invited paper at International Workshop and Symposium on Patriotism in East Asia, 15‑16 December 2011, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan.

60.  Tan, K.P. (2011) “Legitimacy in semi‑democratic regimes: Singapore”, Invited paper at Conference on East Asian Perspectives on Political Legitimacy, 18‑20 August 2011, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

61.  Tan, K.P. (2011) “Images of the Migrant Worker in Singapore’s Mainstream News Media: Prospects for Integration”, Invited paper at the Workshop for IPS’ Study on Integration in Singapore, 21 July 2011, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore.

62.  Tan, K.P. (2011) “How much politics can culture bear and how free is art?”, Invited paper at Reflecting Conflicts through Cultural Initiatives: Perspectives from Southeast Asia, a symposium organized by Goethe‑Institut and Japan Foundation in co‑operation with the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, 18‑20 July 2011, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand.

63.  Tan, K.P. (2011) “Democracy in Singapore”, Invited paper at Harvard Kennedy School Seminar, 4 February 2011, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, United States.

64.  Tan, K.P. (2011) “Civil society and counter‑hegemonic challenges to the ideology of meritocracy in Singapore”, Keynote at Symposium on Civil Society in Asia, 17 December 2011, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan.

65.  Tan, K.P. (2011) “Asian values: Exploring through the experience of Singapore”, Invited speaker at Harvard’s Institute for Learning in Retirement Seminar, 12 April 2011, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.

66.  Tan, K.P. (2011) “Asian creative cities”, Invited paper at Harvard Kennedy School (Ash Center) Research Seminar, 18 February 2011, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, United States.

67.  Tan, K.P. (2011) “’Doing what works’ in Singapore: Maintaining political dominance and control through an ideology of pragmatism”, Invited paper at Harvard Kennedy School (Ash Center) Seminar, 2 May 2011, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, United States.

68.  Loh, K.S. and K.P. Tan (2011) “Convergence and slippage between film and history: reviewing Invisible City, Zahari’s 17 Years, and Sandcastle”, Invited paper at Conference on Film and Cinema in Singapore, 6‑7 October 2011, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

69.  Tan, K.P. (2010) “The Singapore parliament: Representation, effectiveness, and control”, Invited paper at Conference on Parliaments in Asia: Institutional Building and Political Development, 3 Sep 2010, Singapore.

70.  Tan, K.P. (2010) “Singapore: A depoliticized civil society in a dominant party system”, Invited paper at International Workshop on Political Parties: Between Disenchantment of Citizens with Politics (“Politikverdrossenheit”) and Mobilisation for Political Participation, 10‑12 June 2010, Shanghai Administrative Institute, Shanghai, China. (Published as Briefing Paper, no. 3 (2010), Shanghai: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Shanghai Coordination Office for International Cooperation, in English and Chinese.)

71.  Tan, K.P. (2010) “Monstrous images of women in Singapore cinema, and other aspects of contemporary patriarchy in the global city”, Invited paper at Australian National University Humanities Research Centre Seminar, 15 Oct 2010, Australian National University Humanities Research Centre, Canberra, Australia.

72.  Tan, K.P. (2010) “Do migrants undermine nation building in Singapore?”, Invited lecture at Raffles Girls’ School Inconversation Forum, 7 May 2010, Raffles Girls’ School, Singapore.

73.  Tan, K.P. (2010) “Democratic prospects in Singapore”, Invited lecture at City University of Hong Kong's MA in Public Policy and Management Residential Programme, 10 Jan 2010, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore.

74.  Tan, K.P. (2009) “The religious and the secular”, Invited paper at Workshop on the Religious and the Secular: Great Divide or Common Space?, 24 Nov 2009, Asia Research Institute, Singapore.

75.  Tan, K.P. (2009) “The past, present and future development of Singapore movies”, Invited paper at the 9th Conference of Science Council of Asia (SCA), 18 June 2009, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore.

76.  Tan, K.P. (2009) “The authoritarian basis of Singapore’s democratization”, Invited paper at International Conference on Political Parties, Party Systems and Democratization in East Asia, 13 August 2009, York Hotel, Singapore. (Published in Political Parties, Party Systems and Democratization in East Asia, ed. Liang Fook Lye and Wilhelm Hofmeister (2009), Singapore: World Scientific.)

77.  Tan, K.P. (2009) “Organizing at the grassroots: the PAP and allied institutions”, Invited paper at International Conference on Party Building and Political Governance in China and Singapore, 7 August 2009, East Asian Institute, Singapore.

78.  Tan, K.P. (2009) “Neoliberal globalization, the creative economy, and the politics of filmmaking in Singapore”, Invited paper at Conference on Filmic Interventions in Contemporary Southeast Asia, 13-15 November 2009, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

79.  Tan, K.P. (2009) “National identity”, Invited lecture at Tampines Junior College, 27 August 2009, Tampines Junior College, Singapore.

80.  Tan, K.P. (2009) “Monstrous women in Singapore cinema: Coping with national anxieties”, Invited paper at the 59th Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Challenges for Democracy in a Global Era, 7‑9 April 2009, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

81.  Tan, K.P. (2009) “Meritocracy, society and future challenges”, Invited lecture at City University of Hong Kong’s MA in Public Policy and Management Residential Programme, 11 January 2009, Copthorne Orchid, Singapore.

82.  Tan, K.P. (2009) “Forum theatre in Singapore”, Invited lecture at Victoria Junior College, 28 August 2009, Victoria Junior College, Singapore.

83.  Tan, K.P. (2009) “Against uncritical pragmatism: Education for doers who can think and thinkers who can do”. Invited lecture at the NUS Outstanding Educator Award 2009 Public Lecture, 28 April 2009, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

84.  Tan, K.P. (2008) “The ideology of pragmatism in Singapore: Tensions in a global city”, Plenary paper at International Conference on Governance, Ethics and Trust in Public Administration, 18‑19 October 2008, Suncheon National University, Suncheon City, South Korea.

85.  Tan, K.P. (2008) “The filmic quality of Wong Hoy Cheong’s art”, Invited lecture at Bound for Glory: Art, Politics and Civil Society, 18 November 2008, NUS Museums, Singapore.

86.  Tan, K.P. (2008) “Secularism, civil religion, and political legitimacy in Singapore”, Invited paper at International Workshop on State and Secularism, 25‑26 November 2008, Asia‑Europe Foundation, Singapore. (Published in State and Secularism: Perspectives from Asia, ed. Michael Heng Siam‑Heng and Ten Chin Liew (2010) Singapore: World Scientific.)

87.  Tan, K.P. (2008) “Race in Singapore”, Invited speaker at Regardless of Race: Uncomfortable Silences, Unfounded Fears, 10 August 2008, National Library, Singapore.

88.  Tan, K.P. (2008) “Politics, culture, and society in Singapore”, Invited lecture at NUS Entrepreneurial Centre’s Summer Programme on Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Singapore, 18 July 2008, NUS, Singapore.

89.  Tan, K.P. (2008) “Politics and creativity”, Invited paper at Conference on Cultivating a Singaporean Creative Class, 20‑21 November 2008, Orchard Hotel, Singapore.

90.  Tan, K.P. (2008) “Policy‑making in Singapore”, Invited lecture at National Youth Forum, 1 December 2008, Bukit Timah Campus, Singapore.

91.  Tan, K.P. (2008) “Meritocracy in Singapore”, Invited lecture at City University of Hong Kong’s MA in Public Policy and Management Residential Programme, 13 January 2008, M Hotel, Singapore.

92.  Tan, K.P. (2008) “A sacred item and three priorities”, Invited lecture at Conference on Framing Our Priorities, 11 Nov 2008, National Institute of Education, Singapore.

93.  Tan, K.P. (2007) “The Singapore filmmaker as social and political critic”, Invited paper at Regional Seminar on Asian Cinema, 8‑10 February 2007, Singapore.

94.  Tan, K.P. (2007) “Singapore cinema: Negotiating the national, the regional, and the global”, Invited paper at Asian Cinematic Practice: Towards an Alternative Paradigm, 6‑7 March 2007, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

95.  Tan, K.P. (2007) “Is Singapore becoming more democratic?”, Plenary paper at Moving Forward: Building an ASEAN People’s Agenda, The Third ASEAN Civil Society Conference, 2‑4 November 2007, Peninsula Excelsior, Singapore.

96.  Tan, K.P. (2007) “Governance in Singapore: An external perspective”, Invited lecture at Civil Service College’s 26th Foundation Course, 23 May 2007, Civil Service College, Singapore.

97.  Tan, K.P. (2007) “Censorship and politics”, Invited lecture at Victoria Junior College (Integrated Programme), 28 August 2007, Victoria Junior College, Singapore.

98.  Tan, K.P. (2006) “Youth and civil society in Singapore”, Invited speaker at Community in Review 2006, 1 April 2006, Association of Muslim Professionals, Singapore.

99.  Tan, K.P. (2006) “Violence, the supernatural, and exoticism in Singapore cinema”, Invited lecture at ARI Asia Trends Seminar Series 2006: Violence, the Supernatural, and Exoticism in Singapore Cinema, 31 August 2006, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore.

100.                 Tan, K.P. (2006) “Racial stereotypes in Jack Neo’s film”, Invited paper at Conference on Film as Heritage, 29 July 2006, National Library, Singapore.

101.                 Tan, K.P. (2006) “Negotiating modern identities in contemporary Singaporean horror films”, Invited lecture at SMU Wee Kim Wee Centre Lunchtime Talk Series, 15 November 2006, SMU Wee Kim Wee Centre, Singapore.

102.                 Tan, K.P. (2006) “Multiracialism in Singapore”, Invited lecture at Anderson Junior College, 25 July 2006, Anderson Junior College, Singapore.

103.                 Tan, K.P. (2006) “Materialism and morality in the public decisions of a global city‑state”, Raffles Asia Programme, 25 Jan 2006, Raffles Junior College, Singapore.

104.                 Tan, K.P. (2006) “Identity in Singapore”, Invited lectures at Victoria Junior College (Integrated Programme), 3 August 2006, Victoria Junior College, Singapore.

105.                 Tan, K.P. (2006) “Film as culture vs. film as industry”, A conversation on national cinemas with Dr Vincent O’Donnell and Dr Kenneth Paul Tan at the Substation Guinness Theatre, 25 November 2006, The Substation, Singapore.

106.                 Tan, K.P. (2005) Invited discussant at 1st Building East Asian Identity Workshop, 30 January 2005 – 1 February 2006, Shilla Hotel, Seoul, South Korea.

107.                 Tan, K.P. (2005) “Towards a complex and dynamic ASEAN identity”, Invited paper at 7th ASEAN University Network Educational Forum, 7‑20 May 2005, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.

108.                 Tan, K.P. (2005) “Supporting men’s involvement in parenting in Singapore”, Invited speaker at Dear Dad: Supporting Men's Involvement in Parenting, 29 April 2005, Singapore Council of Women’s Organizations, Singapore.

109.                 Tan, K.P. (2005) “Religious reasons in a secular public sphere: public debates in the media”, Invited paper at Institute of Policy Studies Project on Religious Diversity and Harmony in Singapore, 1‑2 September 2005.

110.                 Tan, K.P. (2005) “Challenges and aspirations of modern Singapore: an overview through the inaugural National Day Rallies”, Invited lecture at Ministry of Education’s 10th General Paper Seminar for Teachers, 24 August 2005, Ministry of Education, Singapore.

111.                 Tan, K.P. (2004) “The Prime Minister’s public image and moral authority”, Invited paper at Singapore Under Lee Hsien Loong: Continuity/Change, 16 August 2004, Political Science Association (Singapore).

112.                 Tan, K.P. (2004) “The myth of apathetic youth”, Plenary paper at Youths in Singapore: The Diminished Torch of Idealism?, University Scholars Club Academic Symposium 2004, 18 September 2004, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

113.                 Tan, K.P. (2004) “The Confucianised heartlander and political legitimacy in Singapore”, Invited paper at International Conference on Democracy and Democratization in Confucian Societies, 23-25 April 2004, Center for Asian Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States.

114.                 Tan, K.P. (2004) “Media and ethnic relations in Singapore”, Invited paper at Inaugural International Conference on Asian Media Research, 9‑10 September 2004.

115.                 Tan, K.P. (2004) “Images of youth in the adult world”, Plenary paper at Connecting with Youth, Youth Learning Conference 2004, 18 Jul 2004.

116.                 Tan, K.P. (2004) “Economics, morality, and the public sphere”, Invited paper at IPS Forum on the Casino Proposal, 17 October 2006, Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore.

117.                 Tan, K.P. (2004) “Censoring the arts / constructing the heartlands”, Invited paper at NUS Political Science Department Seminar, 4 March 2004.

118.                 Tan, K.P. (2003) “Singapore: De‑politicising civil society”, Invited paper at State and Civil Society in Southeast Asia: Toward Democratic Conflict Resolution, 15‑17 October 2003, Bali, Indonesia.

119.                 Tan, K.P. (2003) “Learning beyond the classroom: strategies to deal with theory and practice”, Invited paper at FASS‑CDTL Teaching Symposium 2003, 7‑8 November 2003. (Published in Grounded Experiences in University Teaching and Learning (2003): 16‑23, Singapore.)

120.                 Tan, K.P. (2002) “Ethnic representation on local film and television”, Invited paper at IPS Research Forum on Ethnic Relations in Singapore, 24 Oct 2002. (Published in Beyond Rituals and Riots: Ethnic Pluralism and Social Cohesion in Singapore, ed. Lai, A.E. (2004) Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies.) 

121.                 Tan, K.P. (2002) “Asian values: Relevant of redundant?”, Invited lecture at Singapore Polytechnic’s Leadership Enhancement Programme Forum, 2 November 2002, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore.