TY - BOOK ID - 85644542 TI - ISEAS at 50 AU - Andaya, Barbara AU - Andaya, Leonard Y AU - Gungwu, Wang AU - Kwok, Choi Shing AU - Lee, Hsien Loong AU - Loong, Lee Hsien AU - Wang, Gungwu PY - 2018 SN - 9814843008 9789814843003 9814843008 9789814818995 9814818992 PB - Singapore DB - UniCat KW - Research institutes KW - Institutes, Research KW - Research centers KW - Think tanks KW - Universities and colleges KW - Learned institutions and societies KW - ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. KW - Institute of Southeast Asian Studies KW - Southeast Asia KW - Asia, Southeast KW - Asia, Southeastern KW - South East Asia KW - Southeastern Asia KW - Study and teaching KW - History. KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85644542 AB - 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute. The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, as it was then called, was established in 1968 by then Deputy Prime Minister Dr Goh Keng Swee in order to enable the newly independent city-state better understand the region and its complexities. Since its establishment, ISEAS has dedicated itself to researching the political, economic and socio-cultural dynamics and trends in Southeast Asia for policymakers, scholars, and other relevant stakeholders. On 12 August 2015, the Institute was officially renamed ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, in honour of Singapore's first President. This book presents three public lectures given to commemorate the Institute's Golden Anniversary. Professor Leonard Y. Andaya delivered the first lecture entitled "Developments in the Scholarship of Southeast Asian Studies" 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. ER -