South Seas Society (Singapore)

The South Seas Society () 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 (). Its founders included Kwan Chu Poh (), Yu Dafu (), Yao Tse-Liang (), Hsu Yun Tsiao (), and other scholars and literary figures.

Former members of the Society's managing committee include: T. L. Yao, Huang Mun-se (), Han Wai-toon (), Lian Shih-sheng (), and Gwee Yee-hean ().

The founding of a Chinese society for Southeast Asian studies was unprecedented, as no such organisation or scholarly journal existed in the 1940s. The Society attracted scholars from around the world, including Britain, the US, Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, etc. Provided by Wikipedia