The South Seas Society (Chinese: 南洋学会; pinyin: Nányáng Xúehuì) is a scholarly society in Singapore, which promotes research on Southeast Asia (Nanyang, lit. "South Seas"). The Society was founded in March 1940 as the China South Seas Society (Chinese: 中国南洋学会; pinyin: Zhōnggúo Nányáng Xúehuì).[1] Its founders included Kwan Chu Poh (Chinese: 关楚璞), Yu Dafu (Chinese: 郁达夫), Yao Tse-Liang (Chinese: 姚楠), Hsu Yun Tsiao (Chinese: 许云樵), and other scholars and literary figures.[1]
南洋学会 | |
| Formation | March 1940 |
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| Type | Scholarly society |
| Purpose | Promotion of Southeast Asian studies |
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| Website | www |
Formerly called | China South Seas Society |
Former members of the Society's managing committee include: T. L. Yao, Huang Mun-se (Chinese: 黄曼士), Han Wai-toon (Chinese: 韩槐准), Lian Shih-sheng (Chinese: 连士升), and Gwee Yee-hean (Chinese: 魏维贤).[2]
The founding of a Chinese society for Southeast Asian studies was unprecedented, as no such organisation or scholarly journal existed in the 1940s.[3] The Society attracted scholars from around the world, including Britain, the US, Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, etc.[4]
Journal of the South Seas Society
editThe Society started the Journal of The South Seas Society (Chinese: 南洋学报; pinyin: Nányáng Xúebào) in 1940, to publish articles, notices, book reviews, etc. on Southeast Asian studies by scholars around the world, in both Chinese and English. Issues of the journal are currently published once a year by World Scientific.[5]
Hsu Yun Ts'iao was the Journal's first editor-in-chief. His successors include Wang Gungwu (Chinese: 王赓武), Cheng Tsu-yu (Chinese: 郑子瑜), and Chen Songzhan (Chinese: 陈松沾).
References
edit- ^ a b "南洋学会 South Seas Society (Singapore)". www.southseassociety.sg. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ 南洋学会历届理事名表 (1940–2016) [Management Committees of the South Seas Society, 1940–2016]. Singapore: South Seas Society.
- ^ 朱杰勤 《东南亚华侨史》 330页 ISBN 978-7-101-06109-3
- ^ 《南洋学报》 1959年12月 第十五卷 第二辑 1959年南洋学会会员名录与通讯地址。
- ^ "JSSS Aims and Scope (World Scientific)". www.worldscientific.com. Retrieved 2017-10-14.