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 […]
On October 17th, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi “liberated from the terrorists’ influence” following the deaths of the leaders of the ISIS-affiliated militant groups Maute and Abu Sayyaf Salafi.[1] The urban battle which began […]
Abstract: Since the 1970s, Saudi Arabia’s oil revenue-driven high GDP growth has led to an increase of Saudi women obtaining higher education and increasingly becoming employed in non-domestic sectors. However, because Saudi culture tends to […]
On September 25, 2017 the Munk School of Global Affairs held a talk with visiting Professor Oona Paredes on “Cultural Contexts of Indigeneity in Southeast Asia”. Professor Paredes works the National University of Singapore and […]
Synergy Journal Print Publication 2017 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Dear Readers, It is with honour and pleasure that I present you with the second volume of the Synergy Journal in print edition. Over the 2016-17 […]
Synergy Journal Print Publication 2016 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Dear Readers, It is with honour that I present you with the first volume of Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies in print edition. Over […]
The University of Toronto hosts an annual lecture series as part of their annual Southeast Asia Seminar Series – Lecture in the Arts, Histories, Literatures and Religions of Burma. This year’s talk focused on the […]
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