Religion, Nation and Mother-Love: The Malay Peninsular Past and Present – a seminar by Maila Stivens (Wed, 31 March 2010)

Speaker: Maila Stivens (Principal Research Fellow, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne & William Lim Siew Wai Fellow in Cultural Studies, National University of Singapore) Date: Wednesday, 31 March 2010 Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis This paper… Continue Reading

Hidden to the Eye: Understanding Spatial Configurations at Angkor using Ground-Penetrating Radar – a seminar by Till F. Sonnemann (Wed, 24 February 2010)

Speaker: Till F. Sonnemann (Geophysicist & PhD Candidate, University of Sydney) Date: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis For the first time, Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys have been used… Continue Reading

The Demise of the Civil Society Movement in Thailand: Preliminary Thoughts – a seminar by Assoc Prof Jim Ockey (Wed, 20 January 2010)

Speaker: Assoc Prof Jim Ockey (University of Canterbury) Date: Wednesday, 20 January 2010 Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm Venue: AS3, Level 6, SEAS Seminar Room (06-20) Synopsis In 1973, students in Thailand overthrew a longtime dictatorship, a “people’s power” revolution 13 years ahead of that… Continue Reading

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