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Centre of South East Asian Studies

Current MPhil and PhD students pursuing projects on South East Asia

Sangeeta Bhardwaj
Sangeeta Bhardwaj

Malaysia/Singapore Literature in English: Representations of the Malaysian Punjabi Community

Nattaka Chaisinthop
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"The Power of Good: Giving and Volunteering in Thailand" (working title)


Rebecca E. Engel
Rebecca Engel

International interventions during transition in Timor-Leste: Implications for stability and the prevention of violent conflict

Lia Genovese
Rosalia Genovese

Madeleine Colani and the Plain of Jars of Laos


Maria Kekki
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"Ethnicity and social identification in 14th-18th central mainland Southeast Asia"

Woocheol Lee
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Property Rights and Political Economy in Vietnam

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Ronnie McCrum
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The Japanese Invasions of Malaya and Burma in 1941-1942

Philippa McMahon
Philippa M McMahon

Labour Market Exposure and Eviction: The Impact of Development upon Cambodia's Urban Poor [working title]


Harlina Md Sharif
Harlina Md Sharif

Mosques in Island Southeast Asia (15th to 20th century)

Isabella Ng
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Is there still a Gender Divide? A study of the indigenous women in Hong Kong since the legitimization of female land inheritance during the post-colonial era

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Christine Ngoc Ngo
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Vietnam: The State and the Political Economy of Industrialization, Technology Upgrading and Capability Building

M Arif Rokhman
Muh Arif Rokhman

A post-colonial reading of the works of Forum Lingkar Pena (FLP) from 2000 to 2007


Jonathan Saha
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Madness and Colonialism in British Burma

Mimi Savitri
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Surakarta: Islamic and Colonial city-planning in Java


Michaela Unterbarnscheidt
Michaela Unterbarnscheidt

A comparative study of transition and social change in early Thai and Amharic novels

Andrea Valente
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Energy Security Policy Decisions: The Cases of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia

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Pei-chien Wu
Pei-Chien Wu

Chinese Muslim in Malaysia: the shaping of identity and ethnic boundaries

Farouk Yahya
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Magic and Divination: the Malay Tradition in Illustrated Manuscripts