Kenneth Paul Tan was invited to create a visual artwork titled "Redhill: dying for a good idea", as part of the Tian Tian Xiang Shang exhibition curated by Hong Kong artist Danny Yung. "In Singapore of myth and legend, a hill was stained by the spewing blood of a boy who was killed by the soldiers of a desperate and insecure Sultan jealous of his rising popularity. What had the boy done to deserve this? He had offered an unconventional yet simple idea that enabled his terrifi

Kenneth Paul Tan was invited to give a lecture on the arts in Singapore at the inaugural Culture Leaders Programme for Middle Managers, held at The Arts House, on 24 July 2017.

Kenneth Paul Tan was invited to moderate a panel on Thai cinema at the 13th ICTS Conference on Thai Studies, held at Chiang Mai University, on 18 July 2017.

"Research by academic Kenneth Paul Tan, vice-dean of academic affairs at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, has indicated that portrayal of ethnic stereotypes in popular culture, such as in film, could have far-reaching effects. A 2004 book chapter he wrote, titled Ethnic Representation On Singapore Film And Television, pointed out that generally, media representations of ethnicity and stereotypes could be the only sustained encounter that some people will ever have