Centre of South East Asian Studies Events
The events draw a varied audience with an interest in the region.
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.
For further information contact the Centres and Programmes Office.
Disclaimer
Please note that every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained on the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot guarantee, however, that subsequent changes have not been made. Please be advised to check information relating to scheduled events by using the contact information provided.
2012
January
17/01/12
20/01/12
- Catalyst Vietnam
Caroline Ticarro-Parker (Founder of Catalyst Vietnam) and others, Chair: Carol Tan
24/01/12
- Life as the River Flows – Women in the Malayan Anti-Colonial Struggle
Anges Khoo (University of Leeds)
31/01/12
- Nguyên Manh Hà and Pham Ngoc Thuân : Cross portraits of two Catholic personalities of the 20th century
Trân Thi-Liên Claire (Sociétés en Développement, Etudes Transdisciplinaires)
February
07/02/12
16/02/12
- Making a Difference – Representing/Constructing the Other in Asian/African Media, Cinema and Languages
Please refer to the programme
The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars from across the world to discuss the representations of 'Otherness' in Asian and African media cultures. We shall explore how Otherness is constructed when the ‘Other’ cannot be considered as totally 'alien', but when familiarity might also be of vital importance.
28/02/12
- Human Heroes, Power and the Cosmos in Borneo
Monica Janowski (SOAS)
March
06/03/12
- Literature for Social Change: A Novel Use for a Cambodian Novel
Sue Guiney (Writer in Residence, SOAS)
07/03/12
- 'Developmentalist Islam' to 'Islam Hadari' to 'Moderate Islam': Malaysia's Balancing between Islam and Geopolitical Realities from the 1980s to the present.
Dr Farish Ahmad-Noor (Nanyang Technological University)
13/03/12
May
October
09/10/12
- The Economics of World War II in Southeast Asia
Gregg Huff (Pembroke College, Oxford)
13/10/12
- Indonesia Kontemporer 2012
Inspired by Indonesian arts and cultural traditions, Indonesia Kontemporer 2012, is a creative event mixing exhibitions, performances, workshops, crafts, film screenings, as well as food and handicrafts stalls.
16/10/12
- Political diffusion through labour migration? A case study of Philippine and Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong
Stefan Rother (Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute for socio-cultural research, Freiburg, Germany)
23/10/12
- Technologies of Unfree Labour: Governmentality and Malaysian Immigration Detention Centres
Dr Eva-Lotta Hedman (Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics)
24/10/12
- Bones will Crow: Burmese Poetry
With Burmese poets Thitsar Ni, Eaindra and co-editor of Bones Will Crow, James Byrne
This historic event marks the beginning of a UK tour celebrating the publication of the first anthology of contemporary Burmese poetry published in the West.
30/10/12
- The Demographic Implications Of The New Immigration Model Applied To East And Southeast Asia
Tony Fielding (Research Professor, School Of Global Studies, University Of Sussex)
November
13/11/12
- From Usaha to Pasrah - Indigenous concepts of Indonesian entrepreneurship
Edward Buckingham (SOAS)
20/11/12
- Minggu Pagi Di Victoria Park [Sunday Morning in Victoria Park]
Ben Murtagh, Parvathi Raman, Carol Tan (SOAS, Univeristy of London)
21/11/12
- Life in Burma and Life as a Refugee
Mr Ian Werrett (Formerly of the Chow Kit Foundation (Assistant Centre Manager / Outreach Worker) and UNICEF (Researcher). Currently writing for ‘LLB Online’ and ‘Interact UK’)
