Kenneth Paul Tan interviewed by Time magazine on Singapore's political scandals
In an article titled "A Wave of Scandals Is Testing the Singaporean Government’s Ability to Take Criticism", published in the 2 August...
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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
Apr 12, 20231 min
Kenneth Paul Tan is cited in New York Times article on Singapore politics
Kenneth Paul Tan's talk on the decadence of the People's Action Party Government, during a webinar held on 11 September 2020, was cited...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Jul 12, 20221 min
Kenneth Paul Tan appears as guest in wide-ranging interview on Youtube channel Breaking The Spell
Recorded on 12 July 2022 Can Movies Save the World? A Conversation with Professor Kenneth Paul Tan Kenneth Paul Tan discusses his latest...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Apr 10, 20221 min
Kenneth Paul Tan recommends Netflix's The English Game for insights on elitism in Singapore
Kenneth Paul Tan recommended Episode One of the Netflix series on the history of association football, The English Game (2022), as a...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Nov 8, 20211 min
Kenneth Paul Tan interviewed for Seoul National University's 3-part documentary on meritocracy
The documentary is titled "2021: Do You Live in a Fair World?". Kenneth Paul Tan appears in Episode 2 on 8 November 2021 ("The...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Sep 28, 20213 min
Conference Paper on Foreigners in Singapore Films reported in The Straits Times, 28 September 2021
How foreigners are portrayed in S'pore films Ho Ai Li, 28 September 2021 The Straits Times Ignorant, second-rate, morally degenerate and...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Apr 13, 20211 min
Kenneth Paul Tan: An Academic All-Rounder
This article announces Kenneth Paul Tan joining Hong Kong Baptist University through its Talent 100 Scheme. Full article available here:...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Sep 17, 20201 min
Cited by The Online Citizen on 17 September 2020
"The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has become 'decadent' in a way that it has reached 'the zenith of its achievements' and they find...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Sep 16, 20201 min
Cited by Lee Hsien Yang, as reported in The Independent News and Media on 16 September 2020.
"Mr Lee Hsien Yang, the younger brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, ... took to Facebook on Sunday (Sept 13) to highlight the...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Sep 5, 20201 min
Cited in The Straits Times, 5 September 2020
"Prof Tan said that in Singapore, the concept of critical thinking tends to be understood as solving a problem in a novel way. But...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Jul 7, 20201 min
Cited in The Straits Times, 7 July 2020.
"In a chapter on political divides, sociologist and former Workers' Party Non-Constituency MP Daniel Goh looks at artistic protest and ...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Aug 3, 20191 min
Research on ethnic stereotypes cited by Nominated MP Lim Sun Sun, The Straits Times, 3 Aug 2019
"As scholar Kenneth Paul Tan has identified, Malays tend to be portrayed as buffoons, Indians as disagreeable and fearsome, and Eurasians...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Jul 2, 20171 min
Research on ethnic stereotypes cited in The Straits Times, 2 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...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Oct 21, 20141 min
Lectured on Singapore's political liberalization at Tufts University, 21 October 2014
Kenneth Paul Tan was invited by the International Relations department at Tufts University to speak on the 2011 general elections in...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Aug 1, 20131 min
Wrote a reflection piece in the Our Singapore Conversation publication, August 2013
Kenneth Paul Tan, committee member of the year-long national public engagement exercise called Our Singapore Conversation, contributed a...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Jan 3, 20091 min
Profiled by The Straits Times as one of 15 "movers and shakers" of 2008, 3 January 2009
Kenneth Paul Tan was profiled by The Straits Times as one of 15 "movers and shakers" of 2008 and invited to write about his hopes for...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Nov 11, 20071 min
Received NVPC award on behalf of the Asian Film Archive, 11 November 2007
On behalf of the Asian Film Archive, its Chairman Kenneth Paul Tan received the National Volunteerism and Philanthropy (New Non-Profit...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Oct 1, 20051 min
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...
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