Abstract: This paper investigates whether Myanmar’s consecutive authoritarian governments and Buddhist monastic community maintain an unacknowledged alliance against the Rohingya. Scrutinising an unacknowledged alliance between the authoritarian state authority and Buddhist monks is vital because it […]
“Street Food in Bangkok and Hanoi: Conflicts Over the Use of the Urban Space,” an event hosted at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy on October 21, 2019, examined the ideological framing […]
On February 12th, 2019, the Centre for Southeast Asia Studies hosted an academic seminar with Professor Alicia Turner, entitled “Colonial Secularism, Buddhism and the Continuing Violence of Burmese Women’s ‘Freedom’.” The event took place in […]
Disclaimer: Please note that the views expressed below represent the opinions of the article’s author. The following work does not necessarily represent the views of the Synergy: Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies. On the morning […]
On October 8, 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a special UN report, warning that the world is running out of time to halt climate change. At the current rate of greenhouse […]
On November 8, 2018, the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at the Munk House of Global Affairs and Public Policy hosted Professor Nu-Anh Tran for a presentation titled “How Democratic Should Vietnam Be?: Anticommunist Nationalists […]
On October 12, 2018, the Dr David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies hosted Professor Vicente L. Rafael as part of its Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series. The lecture, titled “Trauma, Mourning, Witnessing: Photographing the Philippine Drug […]
On January 26th 2018, the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted Professor Tania Li for a discussion on the concept and problem of indigeneity in Indonesia. The event was sponsored by the Dr. David Chu […]
Abstract The Asia-Pacific is currently undergoing a massive rural-to-urban migration, annually adding about fifty million people into the region’s metropolitan cities. This includes Hồ Chí Minh City, the largest urban centre in Vietnam. Boasting a […]
Global media outlets have been quick to report the ongoing internal feud occurring at the highest levels of Singapore’s government. After making a Facebook post condemning the highly restrictive conditions that have historically constrained people’s […]
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