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"Tan Lark Sye Professorship in Chinese Language and Culture" Public Lecture Series

About the Fund

The Tan Lark Sye Professorship in Chinese Language and Culture (The Professorship) was established in 1998 by the Association of Nanyang University Graduates in commemoration of the late founder of Nanyang University (Nantah), Mr. Tan Lark Sye, and to honour him for his great contributions to education and celebrate the centenary of his birth in 1997. All the funds raised through the Professorship are managed by Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The mission of the Professorship is to pass down and spread the convictions of Mr. Tan Lark Sye and our forefathers in setting up the university and schools so as to promote the research and development of the Chinese language and culture studies. The interest income of the Professorship is mainly used to invite internationally renowned scholars to deliver public lectures and conduct academic seminars in order to benefit the general public and raise social awareness and concern for the issues with regards to the Chinese language and culture. It also strives to make NTU the research hub for the studies of Chinese language and culture in Southeast Asia.

Has Invited
20
Renowned Scholars

Has Organised
51
Public Lectures

Latest Visiting Professor of "Tan Lye Sye Professorship in Chinese Language and Culture" (2024)

Professor Yong Chen

陈勇教授


加州大学欧文分校
University of California, Irvine

Visting Period:
March 2025

Professor Yong Chen received his PhD degree from Cornell University. He is now professor of history at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), and Associate Dean in its School of Humanities. He also served as UCI’s inaugural faculty director of the International Student Excellence Program for 7 years.

His publications include Chinese San Francisco: A Transnational Community, 1850-1943 (its Chinese translation was published by Peking University Press) and Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America, which received honorable mention in the 2015 PROSE Awards in American History. He is co-editor of New Perspectives on American History (in Chinese and English).

He has made longstanding efforts to engage the public. He co-curated “‘Have You Eaten Yet?’ The Chinese Restaurant in America” in museums in Philadelphia and NY City. He was a member of the US National Park Service Advisory Board National Historic Landmarks Committee.

Professor Chen has worked frequently with media organisations in four different languages in different countries to comment on issues concerning food, Sino-American interactions, immigration, and higher education. These include US News and World Report, the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine, the History Channel, Bloomberg, the Voice of America, and the National Public Radio (U.S.), Radio France Internationale, Correio Braziliense, CCTV (China), and China Radio International.

To deepen his understanding of food and Sino-American economic interactions, he has worked with corporations on market research, strategic planning, and executive training, which include Prudential, Haier, International Financial Corporation of World Bank, Griffin Strategic Advisors, RISE, Franklin Education Foundation, and Tillamook.

Latest Public Lecture

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Former Visiting Scholars of "Tan Lark Sye Professorship in Chinese Language and Culture"

Professor_Max_Xiaobing_TANG
Professor Max Xiaobing TANG

唐小兵教授


香港中文大学
CUHK

Visting Period:
April 2024
Professor_WANG_Fan-sen
Professor WANG Fan-sen

王汎森教授


台湾中央研究院
Academia Sinica

Visting Period:
Aug 2023
Professor_Chaofen_SUN
Professor Chaofen Sun

孙朝奋教授


斯坦福大学
Stanford University

Visting Period:
March 2023
Professor Maghiel VAN CREVEL
Professor Kam LOUIE

雷金庆教授


香港大学、新南威尔士大学
HKU & UNSW

Visting Period:
Aug - Sep 2019
Professor Maghiel VAN CREVEL
Professor Maghiel VAN Crevel

柯雷教授


莱顿大学
Leidan University

Visting Period:
Jan 2019
Professor Benjamin A. ELMAN
Professor Benjamin A. ELMAN

本杰明·艾尔曼教授


普林斯顿大学
Princeton University

Visting Period:
Oct -  Nov 2018
Professor Martin KERN
Professor Martin KERN

柯马丁教授


普林斯顿大学
Princeton University

Visting Period:
Aug 2017
Professor Anne CHENG
Professor Anne CHENG

程艾蓝教授


法兰西学院
Collège de France

Visting Period:
Mar 2017
Professor YAN Yunxiang
Professor YAN Yunxiang

阎云翔教授


加州大学洛杉矶分校
University of California, LA

Visting Period:
Aug - Sep 2016
Professor Lydia H. LIU
Professor Lydia H. LIU

刘禾教授


哥伦比亚大学
Columbia University

Visting Period:
Jul – Aug 2015
Professor Jing Y. TSU
Professor Jing Y. TSU

石静远教授


耶鲁大学
Yale University

Visting Period:
Nov 2014 - Jan 2015
Professor Michael A. SZONYI
Professor Michael A. SZONYI

宋怡明教授


哈佛大学
Harvard University

Visting Period:
Mar 2014
Professor Mark C. ELLIOTT
Professor Mark C. ELLIOTT

欧立德教授


哈佛大学
Harvard University

Visting Period:
Aug - Sep 2013
Professor WANG Der wei, David
Professor WANG Der-wei, David

王德威教授


哈佛大学
Harvard University

Visting Period:
Mar 2012
Professor ZHOU Min
Professor ZHOU Min

周敏教授


加州大学洛杉矶分校
University of California, LA

Visting Period:
Apr 2011
Professor WANG Hui
Professor WANG Hui

汪晖教授


清华大学
Tsinghua University

Visting Period:
Oct 2009
Professor JIN Guantao
Professor JIN Guantao

金观涛教授


台湾政治大学
Chengchi University

Visting Period:
Apr - May 2009
Professor CHEN Pingyuan
Professor CHEN Pingyuan

陈平原教授


北京大学及香港中文大学双聘教授
PKU & CUHK

Visting Period:
Nov 2007
Professor T'SOU Ka Yin Benjamin
Professor T'SOU Ka Yin Benjamin

邹嘉彦教授


香港城市大学
City University of Hong Kong

Visting Period:
Jan 2002
Professor Yen Ching-hwang
Professor Ching-hwang YEN

颜清湟教授


阿德莱德大学
University of Adelaide

Visting Period:
Aug 2000