Rate My Professor Alan Chan

Professor Alan K.L. Chan serves as Provost and Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Chair Professor of Inter-Religious Studies and Harmony at Singapore Management University, with a courtesy appointment in the School of Social Sciences. Prior to joining SMU in 2025, he was Provost and J.S. Lee Professor of Chinese Culture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. From 2009 to 2020, Professor Chan held the positions of Toh Puan Mahani Idris Daim Chair Professor of Humanities, Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and Vice-President at Nanyang Technological University. Earlier in his career, he was a member of the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore, where he served as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Associate Provost (Undergraduate Education). While at NUS, he received the Teaching Excellence Award on two occasions.

Professor Chan earned a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto, an MA from the University of Manitoba, and a BA from the University of Winnipeg. His research focuses on Chinese philosophy and religion, and hermeneutics, with publications in the areas of Confucian and Daoist philosophy.

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