ISEAS at 50: Understanding Southeast Asia Past and Present - Hardcover

Lee Hsien Loong (editor), Wang Gungwu (editor) & Leonard Y. Andaya (editor)

 
9789814818995: ISEAS at 50: Understanding Southeast Asia Past and Present
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9814818992 ISBN 13: 9789814818995
Publisher: ISEAS Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, as it was then called, was established in 1968 by then Deputy Prime Minister Dr Goh Keng Swee in order to enable the newly independent city-state better understand the region and its complexities. Since its establishment, ISEAS has dedicated itself to researching the political, economic and socio-cultural dynamics and trends in Southeast Asia for policymakers, scholars, and other relevant stakeholders. On 12 August 2015, the Institute was officially renamed ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, in honour of Singapore’s first President.

This book presents three public lectures given to commemorate the Institute’s Golden Anniversary. Professor Leonard Y. Andaya delivered the first lecture entitled “Developments in the Scholarship of Southeast Asian Studies” on 21 February 2018. The second public lecture was delivered by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 13 March 2018. Professor Wang Gungwu delivered the final public lecture entitled “Before Southeast Asia: Passages and Terrains” on 3 October 2018. Collectively, these three public lectures exhort ISEAS to continuously reflect on its research agenda, the region, as well as the contemporary landscape and challenges it has to operate in.

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About the Author

Lee Hsien Loong is Prime Minister of Singapore.

Wang Gungwu is National University of Singapore (NUS) University Professor and Emeritus Professor of Australian National University (ANU). He is also the Chairman of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute Board since 2002.

Leonard Y. Andaya is Yusof Ishak Professor in the Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, and Professor of Southeast Asian History, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

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Publisher
ISEAS Publishing
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9814818992
ISBN 13 
9789814818995
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
92