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, PhD (Cambridge)
Talent100 Professor of Politics, Film, and Cultural Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
Speaker at Forum on Meritocracy, 25 March 2021
Kenneth Paul Tan and Member of Parliament Dr Wan Rizal shared their thoughts on Singapore’s meritocracy at a forum on Zoom that was...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
Moderated a webinar on the next decade of Singapore politics, 11 January 2021
Kenneth Paul Tan moderated a discussion on the topic "Beyond Party Politics: The Private and People Sectors in the 2020s". The panel...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Jan 3, 2021
- 3 min
Wrote a review of Irene Lim's 90 Years in Singapore, for JMBRAS, December 2020
Article can be found at https://www.mbras.org.my/journal.html 90 Years in Singapore, by Irene Lim, Pagesetters Services, 2020, 248pp,...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
Was Keynote Speaker and Guest of Honour at Eunoia Junior College, 1 December 2020
Kenneth Paul Tan spoke on Singapore's civil society at Eunoia Junior College's Humanities Programme "Experiential Learning Programme".
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Oct 17, 2020
- 3 min
Wrote the Foreword to Yee Jenn Jong's book Journey In Blue, 17 October 2020
Kenneth Paul Tan wrote the foreword to former Workers' Party Nominated Member of Parliament Yee Jenn Jong's book Journey In Blue: A Peek...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Oct 14, 2020
- 1 min
Moderated a webinar discussion on digitalization and micro-businesses, 14 October 2020
The diverse panel consisted of Mr S Iswaran, Minister for Communications and Information & Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations; Mr Yee...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Sep 19, 2020
- 1 min
Interviewed by Rice media, 19 September 2020
"'[I]n the social media world that we’re in, where there is growing scepticism of elites, it would make sense for public figures to take...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Sep 18, 2020
- 1 min
Presented on "The Political Significance of the Middle Class in Singapore", 18 September 2020
At the 2020 Global City Round Table, organized by the Academy of Hong Kong Studies on 18 September 2020 (full video available here),...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Sep 17, 2020
- 1 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, 2020
- 1 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 11, 2020
- 1 min
Presented on the decadence of the People's Action Party Government, 11 September 2020
At a live webinar "Singapore’s GE2020: The real watershed election?" organized by Sydney Southeast Asia Centre and Malaysia and Singapore...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Sep 7, 2020
- 1 min
Interviewed by Voice of America, 7 September 2020
"Kenneth Paul Tan, an associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, said the Singapore election results demonstrate a...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Sep 5, 2020
- 1 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
- Sep 5, 2020
- 1 min
Remarked on critical thinking and civic education, 5 September 2020
Kenneth Paul Tan was a discussant at the "GE2020: Our Youth, Our Future" webinar on 5 September, 2020, organized by MARUAH (full event...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Sep 3, 2020
- 1 min
Interviewed by South China Morning Post, 3 September 2020
"National University of Singapore public policy professor ÂKenneth Paul Tan took issue with Lee's insinuation that the opposition would...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Aug 15, 2020
- 1 min
Wrote an opinion piece on freedom from clothes and the pandemic, The Hindu, 15 August 2020
Article available here: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/cover/post-covid-19-clothes-dont-maketh-a-man/article32351049.ece
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Aug 8, 2020
- 1 min
Wrote an opinion piece on the durian, The Hindu, 8 August 2020
Article available here: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/takeaway/a-king-called-durian/article32286399.ece
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Jul 28, 2020
- 1 min
Interviewed by South China Morning Post, 28 July 2020
"While lauding the move, Kenneth Paul Tan, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Jul 25, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Jul 19, 2020
- 1 min
Interviewed by South China Morning Post, 19 July 2020
"Kenneth Paul Tan, an associate professor from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the NUS, said that while cancel culture...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Jul 8, 2020
- 1 min
Interviewed by South China Morning Post, 8 July 2020
"Kenneth Paul Tan, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, called it...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
- Jul 7, 2020
- 1 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
- Jun 20, 2020
- 16 min
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...
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