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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 read
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 8, 20221 min read
Kenneth Paul Tan speaks about movies on IG live chat with Penguin
Kenneth Paul Tan, author of Movies To Save Our World: Imagining Poverty, Inequality, and Environmental Destruction in the 21st Century...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Jun 30, 20221 min read
Kenneth Paul Tan serves as discussant in Academia.sg seminar on podcasts for research and engagement
Kenneth Paul Tan served as a discussant in Academia.sg's Singapore Junior Scholar Seminar on "Podcasts for research and public...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Apr 29, 20221 min read
Kenneth Paul Tan chaired discussion among "Smart City" experts from US, Germany, France, Hong Kong
Roundtable on Trust and the Smart City, 30 April 2022, organized by Hong Kong Baptist University At the closing event of a conference on...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Mar 30, 20221 min read
Kenneth Paul Tan speaks on the Singapore Dream at a forum organized at Harvard University
30 March 2022, 8.30-9.30am (EDT) SSEAF 2022: Singaporean Dream Kenneth Paul Tan responded to questions on the Singapore Dream,...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Kenneth Paul Tan discusses meritocracy's decay in Singapore
Kenneth Paul Tan (2021) "Singapore’s Neoliberal Decadence: Meritocracy Revisited", Public Lecture at Southeast Asian Research Centre,...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Sep 28, 20213 min read
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
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Gave a Public Lecture on "The Singapore Story and Brand in a Post-Pandemic World", on 20 July 2021
Kenneth Paul Tan gave a public lecture on "The Singapore Story and Brand in a Post-Pandemic World" for the Asia Global Institute Webinar...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Jun 17, 20211 min read
Chaired a Roundtable Discussion on Racism in Singapore, 16 June 2021
On 16 June 2021, Kenneth Paul Tan facilitated a discussion on racism in Singapore. The panel of speakers included Lai Ah-Eng, Anju Mary...
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Kenneth Paul Tan
Oct 14, 20201 min read
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 18, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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 read
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, 20201 min read
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 5, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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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