2012年10月底在新加坡首度舉辦大型紀念陳六使逝世四十週年的學術活動，會議主標定名為「傳承文化、作育英才」，議程包含三個主要環節，首先是三本關於陳六使與南洋大學的研究專著，以及兩本「陳六使中華語言文化教授基金」專題演講之演講集之新書推介；其次是哈佛大學王德威教授之專題演講，以十個關鍵詞探討華語語系的人文視野與新加坡經驗；接著舉行「陳六使與南洋大學」研討會，分由利亮時、周兆呈、游俊豪提交三篇學術論文，並進行宣講與綜合對談；最後由王賡武教授為會議結評。透過本文的觀察，此一系列的學術活動不僅在教育與社會貢獻上別具紀念意義，也具體展現出新加坡在華語語系中豐富的人文景觀，填補了陳六使與南洋大學歷史研究的空缺，更重啟了人文精神與歷史意義的契機。

The first large conference to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the passing of Tan Lark Sye was held in Singapore at Oct. 2012, namely ”Transmitting Culture, Nurturing Talents”. There were three main parts in the programmes. Firstly, it was the launch of five new books about the research of Tan Lark Sye and Nanyang University. Secondly, Professor David Wang Der-Wei gave a keynote lecture to reflect sinophone humanities and Singapore experience by ten keywords. Thirdly, three scholars discussed papers about Tan Lark Sye and Nanyang University in the seminar. Finally, it's closing remarks by Professor Wang Gung-Wu. This conference is particularly significant of contributions in education and society. It also shows the full-bodied humanism ill Singapore by sinophone articulations. The publications and papers can fill the vacancies for the historical research of Tan Lark Sye and Nanyang University, and the humanistic spirit and historical meanings are reopened up.