Kenneth Paul Tan, PhD (Cambridge)
Professor of Politics, Film, and Cultural Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University

Kenneth Paul Tan (2021) "Singapore’s Neoliberal Decadence: Meritocracy Revisited", Public Lecture at Southeast Asian Research Centre,...

How foreigners are portrayed in S'pore films Ho Ai Li, 28 September 2021 The Straits Times Ignorant, second-rate, morally degenerate and...

Kenneth Paul Tan gave a public lecture on "The Singapore Story and Brand in a Post-Pandemic World" for the Asia Global Institute Webinar...

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 served as a judge for the Jockey Club Multicultural Leaders of the World Programme in Hong Kong, run by Wedo Global....

Kenneth Paul Tan spoke via Zoom at a dialogue on public morality and moral panic, organized by student activists at the National...

Kenneth Paul Tan and Member of Parliament Dr Wan Rizal shared their thoughts on Singapore’s meritocracy at a forum on Zoom that was...

Kenneth Paul Tan spoke on Singapore's civil society at Eunoia Junior College's Humanities Programme "Experiential Learning Programme".

At the 2020 Global City Round Table, organized by the Academy of Hong Kong Studies on 18 September 2020 (full video available here),...

"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...

"Mr Lee Hsien Yang, the younger brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, ... took to Facebook on Sunday (Sept 13) to highlight the...

At a live webinar "Singapore’s GE2020: The real watershed election?" organized by Sydney Southeast Asia Centre and Malaysia and Singapore...

Kenneth Paul Tan was a discussant at the "GE2020: Our Youth, Our Future" webinar on 5 September, 2020, organized by MARUAH (full event...

Kenneth Paul Tan spoke at a roundtable of Singaporean social scientists. The coronavirus crisis has shown that our wellbeing depends a...

What are the structural issues and policy gaps exposed by the outbreak of COVID-19 in Singapore? How might we be able to enact...

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 and Donald Low were invited by Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office (PICO), Hong Kong Government, to talk about...

Kenneth Paul Tan's lecture was titled "Are Singapore's finest years coming to an end?"

Kenneth Paul Tan's LAPP Distinguished lecture was titled "Are Singapore's finest years coming to an end? The prospects and limits of...

Kenneth Paul Tan's lecture was titled "Are Singapore's finest years coming to an end?"