ISEAS@50: Public Lectures by PM Lee Hsien Loong, Professor Wang Gungwu and Professor Leonard Andaya

Lee Hsien Loong, Professor Wang Gungwu and Professor Leonard Andaya

Presents three public lectures given to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, which was established to help the newly independent city-state better understand the region's complexities and research the political, economic, and socio-cultural trends in Southeast Asia for relevant stakeholders.

Professor Leonard Y. Andaya delivered the first lecture entitled “Developments in the Scholarship of Southeast Asia” 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.