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Kenneth Paul Tan, PhD (Cambridge)
Talent100 Professor of Politics, Film, and Cultural Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University
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Kenneth Paul Tan speaks at Singapore Writers Festival to launch Movies To Save Our World
Penguin Random House SEA organized a dialogue to launch Kenneth Paul Tan's Movies To Save Our World, on 5 November 2022, 8-9pm, at The...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Nov 5, 20221 min read
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Kenneth Paul Tan analyzes the significance of zombie movies, reads from his latest book
Why are zombie movies so popular all over the world today? Like the zombies they feature, these movies never seem to die out. They keep...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Sep 7, 20221 min read
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Kenneth Paul Tan analyzes the movie Parasite, reads from his latest book Movies To Save Our World
What does the Oscar-winning movie Parasite tell us about deeply unequal societies, social mobility, and crisis? Kenneth Paul Tan reads...

Kenneth Paul Tan
May 31, 20221 min read
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Kenneth Paul Tan talks about Penguin book project "Movies To Save Our World", 1 June 2021
Kenneth Paul Tan gave a presentation on his new book project Movies To Save Our World: Imagining Poverty, Inequality, and Revolution in...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Jun 1, 20211 min read
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Served as Jury member for the 6th National Youth Film Awards 2020, ceremony on 25 July 2020
Kenneth Paul Tan served as a Jury member for the 6th National Youth Film Awards 2020, the results of which were announced at a...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Jul 25, 20201 min read
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Collaborated with Arts Group Together To Gather on Quarantine Dreams, June/July 2020
Quarantine Dreamsis a series of four instalments of video letters and monologues that are reflections on inequalities, systemic...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Jun 20, 202016 min read
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Moderated a panel at The Substation's conference "Space, Spaces, Spacing", 21-22 March 2020
Full recording of 2-day conference: Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7QEe... Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNkrF......

Kenneth Paul Tan
Mar 21, 20203 min read
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Gave the opening address at Space, Spaces, Spacing, a Substation Conference, 21 March 2020
Kenneth Paul Tan was Co-Chair, Organising Committee of Space, Spaces and Spacing 2020. Full recording of 2-day conference: Day 1:...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Mar 21, 20201 min read
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Interviewed by The Straits Times, 26 November 2019
"Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, 47, who has been instrumental in helping set up the Asian Film Archive in 2005, says before the archive was set...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Nov 26, 20191 min read
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Made "Redhill: Dying for a good idea" for Tian Tian Xiang Shang Exhibition, 27 July 2017
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...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Jul 27, 20171 min read
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Gave a lecture at the inaugural Culture Leaders Programme for Middle Managers, 24 July 2017
Kenneth Paul Tan was invited to give a lecture on the arts in Singapore at the inaugural Culture Leaders Programme for Middle Managers,...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Jul 24, 20171 min read
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Profiled in Prestige Magazine, October 2005
Kenneth Paul Tan was interviewed on the newly set-up Asian Film Archive, of which he is the founding Chair, and profiled in this issue of...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Oct 1, 20051 min read
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Composed soundscape for Koan, by The Necessary Stage, performed in Korea and Singapore, 2003-4
Kenneth Paul Tan composed and recorded the soundscape for stage play Koan, by Singapore theatre company The Necessary Stage. It was...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Sep 19, 20031 min read
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Composed and performed the music for Revelations, by The Necessary Stage, 11 June 2003
Kenneth Paul Tan was the composer and pianist for stage play Revelations, by Singapore theatre company The Necessary Stage, and...

Kenneth Paul Tan
Jun 11, 20031 min read
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