On January 20, 2022, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs, Belt and Road in Global Perspective Project, and the York Centre for Asian Research hosted a panel discussion on the book […]
Introduction 1872-1898 marked a crucial point in the history of the Philippines, as it encapsulated the spread of the Propaganda Movement which sought to expose the atrocities of the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines […]
The socioeconomic precarity of low-wage migrants hired to do dirty, dangerous, and demeaning work[1] in Singapore is well-established; marginalized migrants are exploited by numerous industries that rely on cheap labour. In response, beleaguered civil society […]
Abstract: Baba Malay is a mixed language of Malay, Hokkien (a Chinese dialect spoken in Southern China, primarily in Fujian Province), and smatterings of European languages such as English and Portuguese. Over the years, Baba […]
Abstract: In 1965, after a tumultuous two-year union, Singapore was unilaterally expelled from the Federation of Malaysia and unwillingly became its own sovereign state overnight; however, whether Singapore existed as a nation remained of question. […]
Abstract: In 1992, three French film productions were released: The Lover (L’Amant) directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Indochine directed by Regis Wargnier, and Dien Bien Phu directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. An analysis of the three films’ […]
While 2020 marked an unprecedented transition into the COVID-19 pandemic, it also saw a resurgence of anti-government protests spearheaded by Thailand’s youth. Over the past ninety years, elected Thai governments have been recurringly supplanted by […]
On April 13, the Centre for the Study of Global Japan, the Asian Institute, and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada hosted a webinar discussing the future of Asian economic and political relations after the […]
On April 22, 2021, the Centre for the Study of the United States (CSUS), joined in co-sponsorship by the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology and the Centre for Southeast Asian […]
Keywords: Indonesian coup, psychological warfare, Cold War in Asia-Pacific, reconciliation, documentary methodology Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary/docufiction The Act of Killing provided a provocative and troubling account of the Indonesian massacre of alleged PKI (Indonesian Communist Party) […]
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