Thought Leadership

Some of the world’s leaders, and leading thinkers from NUS and overseas, regularly gather and add to the rich diversity of thoughts and ideas on our campuses, in Singapore and across the globe.
Here’s what they had to share.

Before Nation and Beyond: Places, Histories and Identities

Before Nation and Beyond: Places, Histories and Identities

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore | 9 April 2019

IPS-Nathan Lecture III - Singapore’s Story: A Port City in Search of Hinterlands

IPS-Nathan Lecture III - Singapore’s Story: A Port City in Search of Hinterlands

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President and Professor of Humanities (History) at Yale-NUS College | 30 January 2019

Circulations, Connections & Networks: Early Globalisation & Cosmopolitan Singapore

Circulations, Connections & Networks: Early Globalisation & Cosmopolitan Singapore

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore | 31 October 2018

IPS-Nathan Lecture I - The long and short of Singapore history: cycles, pivots and continuities

IPS-Nathan Lecture I - The long and short of Singapore history: cycles, pivots and continuities

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President and Professor of Humanities (History) at Yale-NUS College | 12 September 2018

Relevance of Liberal Arts Education for Asian Development

Relevance of Liberal Arts Education for Asian Development

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President-designate of Yale-NUS College | 26 April 2017