{"id":351,"date":"2020-07-29T08:27:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T08:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/mls\/?page_id=351"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:38:20","slug":"syed-hussein-alatas-memorial-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/mls\/syed-hussein-alatas-memorial-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Syed Hussein Alatas Memorial Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\tSyed Hussein Alatas Memorial Lecture Series\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\"\"
\nNamed after the Department of Malay Studies’ first department head and well-respected scholar, the late Dr Syed Hussein Alatas, this lecture series aims to invite eminent scholars\/leaders to deliver lectures that will contribute to deepening awareness of the Malays in the region as they confront the challenges of globalisation, change and social reconstruction. The lecture series was launched in May 2018 and was supported by MES Group.<\/em>\n

\n\t\tSupport the Syed Hussein Alatas Memorial Lecture series\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDonations\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick here to make a gift in support of the memorial lecture series\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t2023 Memorial Lecture<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Engaging Progressive Islam: Questions about Tradition, Modernity and History<\/strong><\/p>\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Professor Ebrahim Moosa
\nDate: <\/strong>21 October 2023
\nTime: <\/strong>11am (Singapore Time)
\nVenue: <\/strong>Shaw Foundation Alumni House\n

Click HERE <\/a><\/u>for the event photographs<\/u><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2022 Memorial Lecture<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

ISLAM, SCIENCE, AND THE QUEST FOR MODERNITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY<\/strong><\/p>\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Dr Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy
\nDate: <\/strong>24 September 2022
\nTime: <\/strong>11am (Singapore Time)
\nVenue: <\/strong>Shaw Foundation Alumni House\n

Click HERE <\/a><\/u>for the event photographs<\/u><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2021 Memorial Lecture<\/a>\n

NATION-BUILDING AS A CIVILISING MISSION<\/strong><\/p>\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Professor Wang Gungwu
\nDate: <\/strong>Friday, 19 November 2021
\nTime: <\/strong>5pm (Singapore Time)
\nVenue: <\/strong>Shaw Foundation Alumni House & via zoom\n

Click HERE <\/a><\/u>for the event photographs.<\/u><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2020 Memorial Lecture<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

PEMBAHARUAN STUDI ISLAM: TRANSFORMASI INTELEKTUAL MUSLIM INDONESIA<\/strong><\/p>\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Professor M. Amin Abdullah
\nDate:<\/strong>12 December 2020, Saturday
\nTime: <\/strong>2.30pm (Singapore Time) Via Zoom\n

Click <\/u>here<\/a> for the event photographs.<\/u><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2019 Memorial Lecture<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

REMEMBERING SYED HUSSEIN ALATAS AND HONORING HIS LEGACY<\/strong><\/p>\nSpeaker:<\/strong>\u00a0Professor Tommy Koh
\nDate:\u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday, 17 September 2019
\nTime:\u00a0<\/strong>5:00pm – 7:00pm
\nVenue:<\/strong>\u00a0The Pod, National Library, 100 Victoria Street, Singapore 188064\n

Click <\/u>here<\/a> for the event photographs. <\/u><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2018 Inaugural Lecture<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

The inaugural lecture was held on 12 May 2018 at the Pod@NLB. The invited speaker was Dr Chandra Muzaffar, President of the International Movement for a Just World (JUST), and the guest-of-honour was A\/P Yaacob Ibrahim, MP of Jalan Besar GRC.<\/p>\n

For more on the lecture highlights, please click on the links below:<\/p>\n