Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lectures
The Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lectures, funded by the Wu Teh Yao Memorial Fund that was established by his friends and well-wishers, serve to commemorate Professor Wu Teh Yao (1917-1994), an educator, political scientist, specialist in Confucianism and original drafter of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He served in many academic roles, including the President of Tunghai University, Taiwan, and Director of East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.
Now held biannually, it has offered many distinguished Sinologists to deliver public lectures in Singapore, thereby promoting Chinese culture as Professor Wu once did. Since the very first lecture in 1995 by Professor Tu Wei-ming of Harvard University, a total of 19 outstanding scholars have delivered lectures as part of this lecture series. Some of the earlier lectures have been published as essays compiled in "Confucianism, Chinese History and Society" and "汉学名家论集：吴德耀文化讲座演讲录“.
Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lectures (since 2011)
| Date | Topic / Lecturer |
|---|---|
| 19 March 2022 | Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lecture (Online) 2022 Contouring the World in Qing Dynasty Women Novelists’ Imagination (南国才女的天下梦——清代女性小说中的国家与世界) Speaker: Prof Hu Siao-chen, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica (Jointly organised by Department of Chinese Studies, NUS, Wan Boo Sow Research Centre, Lianhe Zaobao and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre) |
| 5 March 2022 | Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lecture (Online) 2022 “Dangers” and “Opportunities” in Contemporary Chinese: Perspectives from Social, Cultural, and Applied Linguistics (当代中文的“危”与“机”： 社会、文化及应用语言学的透视) Speaker: Prof Tao Hongyin, Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles (Jointly organised by Department of Chinese Studies, NUS, Wan Boo Sow Research Centre, Lianhe Zaobao and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre) |
| 19 October 2019 | Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lecture 2019 History Through Literature — The “feng” of Nanyang and “tu” of Singapore (南洋的“风” 星洲的“土” 从文学看历史) Speaker: Prof David Der-wei Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University (Jointly organised by Department of Chinese Studies, NUS, Wan Boo Sow Research Centre and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre) |
| 18 Nov 2017 | Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lecture 2017 Prospect Garden Revisited (重游大观园) Speaker: Professor John Minford, Emeritus Professor of Chinese, The Australian National University, and Sin Wai Kin Distinguished Professor of Chinese Culture and Translation, Hang Seng Management College, Hong Kong (Jointly organised by Department of Chinese Studies, NUS and Lianhe Zaobao) |
| 05 Sept 2015 | Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lecture 2015 Internet Literature and Publishing Reform in China (网络文学与中国的出版改革) Speaker: Professor Michel Hockx, SOAS China Institute, SOAS, University of London (Jointly organised by Department of Chinese Studies, NUS and Lianhe Zaobao) |
| 24 Aug 2013 | Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lectures 2013 Chinese Lecture 新加坡《石头记》：从石碑解读东南亚华人庙宇跨国网络 Speaker: Professor Kenneth Dean, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University, and Visiting Professor, Department of Chinese Studies and Asia Research Institute, NUS (Jointly organised by Department of Chinese Studies, NUS and Lianhe Zaobao) |
| 27 Jul 2013 | Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lectures 2013 English Lecture The Story of the Stones Speaker: Professor Kenneth Dean, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University, and Visiting Professor, Department of Chinese Studies and Asia Research Institute, NUS (Jointly organised by Department of Chinese Studies, NUS and Lianhe Zaobao) |
| 20 Aug 2011 | Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lectures 2011 Chinese Lecture Power of Ideas: Some Intellectual Consequences of 1911 Revolution (辛亥革命在思想史上的意义) Speaker: Professor Wang Fansen, Vice President, Academia Sinica (Jointly organised by Department of Chinese Studies, NUS and Lianhe Zaobao) |
