Every year, the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre Annual Lecture in Politics, Philosophy & Law is delivered by world leading philosophers and pubic intellectuals.

The YTL Annual Lecture is usually held in the first half of each year, and anyone with a keen interest in Legal Philosophy is welcome to attend.

Upcoming Annual Lecture:

2025 Annual Lecture to be announced.

Previous Annual Lectures:

13 March 2024 | 'The Value of the Individual' by Professor Christine Korsgaard (Harvard University)

9 June 2023 | 'Humble Apologies' by Professor Susan Wolf (University of North Carolina) 

14 June 2022 | 'Glaucon’s Dilemma: The Origins of Social Order in Greek Political Thought' by Professor Josiah Ober (Stanford University)

8 July 2021 | 'The Dignity of Old Age' by Jeremy Waldron (New York University).

6 March 2020 | 'A Humanistic Discipline: Williams’ Naturalistic Philosophy' by Professor Miranda Fricker (City University of New York)

29 January 2019 | 'Active and Passive Citizens' by Professor Richard Tuck (Harvard University)

27 March 2018 | 'Ideas of Identity and their Normative Status' by Professor Thomas M. Scanlon (Harvard University)

10 March 2017 | 'Sexual Violence: Accountability in a Culture of Celebrity' by Professor Martha C. Nussbaum (University of Chicago)