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 ().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.
The founding of a Chinese society for Southeast Asian studies was unprecedented, as no such organisation or scholarly journal existed in the 1940s.朱杰勤 《东南亚华侨史》 330页 The Society attracted scholars from around the world, including Britain, the US, Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, etc.《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。
Journal of the South Seas Society The Society started the Journal of The South Seas Society () 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.
Hsu Yun Ts'iao was the Journal's first editor-in-chief. His successors include Wang Gungwu (), Cheng Tsu-yu (), and Chen Songzhan ().
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External links Homepage of the Society