Category: Southeast Asia
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Event Report: Rivers of Iron: Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia
On January 20, 2022, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs, Belt…
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Ilustrado, Revolutionaries or Accomplices of the Spanish Empire: The Contested
Influence of Filipino Ilustrados on Philippine National Independence (1872-1898)Introduction 1872-1898 marked a crucial point in the history of the Philippines, as it encapsulated…
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Disputing COVID-19 as the Critical Juncture for the Treatment of Low-Wage Migrants
The socioeconomic precarity of low-wage migrants hired to do dirty, dangerous, and demeaning work[1] in…
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Lu boleh chakap Baba? Historical Trajectories of Baba Malay and Its Role in Heritage Promotion of the Peranakan Community in Singapore
Abstract: Baba Malay is a mixed language of Malay, Hokkien (a Chinese dialect spoken in…
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Singapore Circa 1965: Multiracial Legacies and Nation-Building in a Nationless State
Abstract: In 1965, after a tumultuous two-year union, Singapore was unilaterally expelled from the Federation…
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Looking Back at Indochine, The Lover, and Dien Bien Phu: Justifying Panivong Norindr’s Phantasmatic Indochina
Abstract: In 1992, three French film productions were released: The Lover (L’Amant) directed by Jean-Jacques…
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A Pandemic of Protest: COVID-19 and the Thai Democracy Movement
While 2020 marked an unprecedented transition into the COVID-19 pandemic, it also saw a resurgence…
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Event Report: “Japan and Asia in the Post Pandemic Era: Selective Cooperation vs. Strategic Competition in Southeast Asia”
On April 13, the Centre for the Study of Global Japan, the Asian Institute, and…
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Event Report: “Experiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam”
On April 22, 2021, the Centre for the Study of the United States (CSUS), joined…
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The Act of Killing: Re-enacting the Indonesian Massacres
Keywords: Indonesian coup, psychological warfare, Cold War in Asia-Pacific, reconciliation, documentary methodology Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary/docufiction…
