Sojourn in the Heart of Empire: Memoirs of Two Filipinos, 1940-44 and 1967-73 – a seminar by Prof. Reynaldo Ileto (Wed, 14 October 2009)

Speaker: Prof Reynaldo Ileto (Southeast Asian Studies Programme, NUS) Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2009 Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis Drawing upon scrapbooks of photos and other memorabilia, this paper is a reflection upon the sojourns of… Continue Reading

Rural Male Leadership, Religion and the Environment in Thailand’s mid-South, 1920s-1960s – a seminar by Dr. Craig Reynolds (Wed, 16 September 2009)

Speaker: Dr Craig Reynolds (Adjunct Professor, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University) Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009 Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis Phantharakratchadet (1898-2006), born in the southern town of Nakorn Sithammarat… Continue Reading

Christian ‘Extremism’ in Singapore – a seminar by Assoc Prof Natasha Hamilton-Hart (Wed, 19 August 2009)

Speaker: Assoc Prof Natasha Hamilton-Hart (Deputy Head, Southeast Asian Studies Programme National University of Singapore) Date: Wednesday, 19 August 2009 Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis The idea that Christian extremists could be operating in Singapore became… Continue Reading

Suvarnabhumi, Nanyang, Nusantara, Southeast Asia, East Asia – What Next? – a seminar by Prof. Wang Gungwu (Wed, 25 March 2009)

Speaker: Professor Wang Gungwu (University Professor, National University of Singapore) Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2009 Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) About the speaker Professor Wang was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1995.… Continue Reading

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Ava and Pegu in 15th Century Burma – a seminar by Prof. Michael Aung-Thwin (Wed, 11 March 2009)

Speaker: Prof Michael Aung-Thwin (Visiting Professor, Southeast Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore) Date: Wednesday, 11 March 2009 Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis “Burma” in the 15th Century was one of reformulation as well as newness:… Continue Reading

Intimate Exclusion and Racialized Displacement in Urban Indonesia – a seminar by Dr. Tsai Yen-ling (Wed, 11 February 2009)

Speaker: Dr Tsai Yen-ling (Postdoctoral Fellow, Southeast Asian Studies Programme National University of Singapore) Date: Wednesday, 11 February 2009 Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis This seminar will explore the ways in which cross-racial interactions produce racial… Continue Reading

Disciplines, Area Studies, and the Global Age: Southeast Asian Reflections – a seminar by Assoc Prof Goh Beng Lan (Wed, 28 January 2009)

Speaker: Assoc Prof Goh Beng Lan (Head, Southeast Asian Studies Programme National University of Singapore) Date: Wednesday, 28 January 2009 Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis This presentation addresses the crisis of area studies from Southeast Asian… Continue Reading