East Asian Institute (Singapore)

The East Asian Institute is an autonomous research institute of the National University of Singapore, focusing on political, social, and economic development in East Asia. As of 2017, the institute's chairman and director are Wang Gungwu (who was director from 1997 to 2007) and Zheng Yongnian respectively.[1]

This article is about the research institute in Singapore. For other similarly-named institutes, see East Asia Institute.

History

The institute was founded in April 1997.[2][3] It succeeded the former Institute of East Asian Political Economy (IEAPE). The IEAPE was itself the successor of the Institute of East Asian Philosophies, founded in 1983 for the study of Confucianism by Goh Keng Swee, the then-Minister for Education and Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.

The Institute of East Asian Philosophies (IEAP) was formed after a panel of scholars was asked by the Government to make recommendations on the teaching of Confucian ethics to secondary school pupils.[4] It received a donation of $3 million from a Hong Kong industrialist, John Tung, who also joined the institute's board.[5] Several prominent scholars based in other countries, such as Tu Wei-ming and Yu Ying Shih, served as board members of the institute and consultants on the development of the teaching curriculum.[6] The scholar and academic Wu Teh Yao was a director of the IEAP.

References
  1. "NUS East Asian Institute". www.eai.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  2. "New East Asian institute takes on more open style". The Straits Times. 17 April 1997.
  3. "NUS East Asian Institute". www.eai.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  4. "The task ahead: To review Confucian ethics". The Straits Times. 2 July 1983. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  5. "HK man donates $3 m to institute". The Straits Times. 2 July 1983. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  6. "Debut of Confucian Ethics in English". The Straits Times. 13 January 1984. Retrieved 2017-10-15.

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