Events

Adam Smith is famous today as a champion of free markets.  But on what grounds did he, in fact, defend market society?

In this lecture, we will explore how political actors and dynamics—such as special interest lobbying, legislative bargaining, and two-party electoral competition — can affect phenomena in finance.

This talk, building on a larger book project on the history of Soviet artificial intelligence, advances thoughts on how to avoid the many problems of future-looking imagination of artificial…

The SOKA International Seminar is an annual event focused on the Big Questions explored by Singapore Management University’s Core Curriculum, with the aim of advancing the frontiers of our queries…

Today’s fundamental questions of wealth and poverty and the ongoing tectonic changes in the world require a radically new, integrative mindset and heightened strategic awareness. We cannot tackle the…

This lecture features a panel of 3 speakers who shall touch on AI ethical principles, data privacy principles, as well as the question of ethics with regards to the design of law respectively in…

本讲座通过回顾王安忆的新马书写，反思新加坡于1990年代在华人世界里的特殊地位，并展望蕞尔之岛如何能够再以海纳百川的气度，重新成为华人多元文化的主场。This talk engages with Wang Anyi’s writings on the Singapore-Malaysian region, in order to reflect on Singapore’s unique…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. One of the largest states on the planet has questioned the rights of sovereignty and territorial integrity of its…

This talk will sketch a brief history of immigration, from the founding of modern Singapore through the present day, focusing on the economic, social, and political motivations that shaped changes in…

In this two-part lecture, Laurence Liew will cover a brief history of AI past, the current AI landscape and AI in the next 25 years.

From time immemorial, humans have told stories to entertain, educate and influence. Good storytellers are able to spark instantaneous engagement with their audience. 

The world is fracturing, opening up new fault lines between countries and within human communities.  At such a time, it is important that we see the world from the perspective of others and not be…