 ISEAS headquarters in Singapore | |
| Established | 7 June 1968; 57 years ago (1968-06-07) (as Institute of Southeast Asian Studies) |
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| Focus | South-east Asia |
| Chair | Chan Heng Chee |
| Key people | Choi Shing Kwok, Director & CEO Terence Chong, Deputy CEO & Director of Research Tan Tai Tiong, Director (Corporate Services) |
| Address | 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119614 |
| Coordinates | 01°17′30″N103°46′36″E / 1.29167°N 103.77667°E /1.29167; 103.77667 |
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| Institute overview | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
| Parent Institute | Ministry of Education |
| Website | ISEAS.edu.sg |
TheISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute is aresearch institution andstatutory board under the purview of theMinistry of Education inSingapore. It was established by anAct of Parliament in 1968.[1]
Previously known as theInstitute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), the organisation was renamed as ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute on 12 August2015, in honour of Singapore's firstPresident,Yusof Ishak.[2] The institute celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018, with Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong delivering a lecture[3] on 13 March that year.
According to its website, the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute's primary objectives are:
The institute conducts a range of research programmes; holds conferences, workshops, lectures and seminars; publishes briefs, research journals and books; and generally provides a range of research support facilities, including a large library collection.
The country-focused programmes are meant to complement the institute's three basic disciplinary programmes, with the cross-affiliation of researchers between the two sets of programmes helping to encourage research projects which are more comparative in nature and are conceptually bolder.
The five country-specific programmes areIndonesia,Malaysia,Myanmar,Thailand, andVietnam (includingIndochina).[4]
Thepublishing arm of the institution has produced more than 2,000 titles, consisting of books andjournals, since the early 1970s.[5] ISEAS Publishing is the largest scholarly publisher of research about south-east Asia and Asia-Pacific from within the region and works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about south-east Asia to the rest of the world. In recent years, ISEAS has published an average of 50 new titles a year. In addition, ISEAS Publishing issues the institute's three tri-annual academic journals:Journal of Southeast Asian Economies;[6][7]Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia;[8] andContemporary Southeast Asia,[9] as well as the annualSoutheast Asian Affairs.[10]
ISEAS books and journals are distributed to over 100 countries worldwide, and are available in both electronic and print versions, via the bookshop located within the institute, and its website.[11]
The library houses over half a million items related to south-east Asia in the area ofeconomics,politics,international relations,culture, andsocial studies. The collections, built up over decades, are both historical and contemporary, including a range of multimedia titles.[12]
The ISEAS library is open to all members of the public interested in the study of the south-east Asian region.
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