'A Historian's Life': Talk by Professor Jonathan Spence

Yale-NUS College hosted Professor Jonathan Spence, Sterling Professor of History (Emeritus) at Yale University and author of over 10 books on Chinese history. His talk focused on how Chinese history seemed to be constantly changing in response to China's place in the world.

Professor Spence's talk was organised under the auspices of the Tan Chin Tuan Chinese Culture and Civilisation Programme.

This Programme and the Tan Chin Tuan Professorship in Chinese Studies were established to honour Tan Sri Dr Tan Chin Tuan, whose legacy of philanthropy is transforming lives even today through the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation. Yale-NUS has appointed Professor Scott Cook, an expert in Chinese history, as our inaugural Tan Chin Tuan Professor of Chinese Studies.

The Programme aims to increase the understanding of China and Chinese culture amongst the students at Yale-NUS College. Under the auspices of this programme, the Foundation has supported the Chinese Language Scholarship Programme and co-curricular activities which help deepen our students' knowledge of China.