Idea of Singapore, The: Smallness Unconstrained (Ips-nathan Lectures)

Tan, Tai Yong

ISBN 10: 9811213348 / ISBN 13: 9789811213342

Published by World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Idea of Singapore, The: Smallness Unconstrained (Ips-nathan Lectures)
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811213348
• ISBN 13: 9789811213342
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used

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Synopsis

Professor Tan Tai Yong is the Institute of Policy Studies' 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book is an edited collection of his six IPS-Nathan Lectures, delivered between September 2018 and May 2019, and includes highlights of his dialogue with the audience.

In his lecture series, Professor Tan examines how Singapore has evolved over its 700-year history as a regional emporium, colonial port city and city-state. He shows that Singapore's history is influenced by the recurring themes of geography, movements of people, networks and globalisation. An understanding of the twists and turns of this long history, and the ways in which historical circumstances have shaped Singapore's fate and fortunes, can offer important insights and a better appreciation of our strengths and challenges as a city-state.

The IPS-Nathan Lecture series was launched in 2014 as part of the S R Nathan Fellowship for the Study of Singapore. It seeks to advance public understanding and discussion of issues of critical national interest for Singapore.

About the Author

Professor Tan Tai Yong is President and Professor of Humanities (History) at Yale-NUS College.

He has been a faculty member of the NUS Department of History since 1992 and has served as Head of the History Department and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Professor Tan was also previously Vice Provost (Student Life) and Founding Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies at NUS. He has published extensively on the Sikh Diaspora, social and political history of colonial Punjab, decolonisation and the partition of South Asia, and Singapore history. His major books include Seven Hundred Years: A History of Singapore (2019); Creating ""Greater Malaysia"" (2008); The Garrison State (2005); and The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia (2000).

Professor Tan is Honorary Chairman of the National Museum of Singapore, and chairs the National Heritage Board""s National Collection Advisory Panel. He was a former Nominated Member of Parliament.