Books for Review
Welcome to ASEAS’ list of books submitted for review.If you are an academic interested in reviewing any of the following titles or a publisher interested in submitting new or forthcoming … Continue reading Books for Review
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Southeast Asia Academic Directory
One piece of feedback gathered from the ASEAS(UK) 2022 conference was that finding SEA focused departments and scholars can be a challenging exercise for prospective graduate students as well as … Continue reading Southeast Asia Academic Directory
A Brief DeBrief: Reflections on ASEAS (UK)’s 2022 Conference
Between September 8th and 10th, we were pleased to welcome scholars from sixteen countries* to our Annual Conference. Hosted online due to the unpredictability of the pandemic situation in the … Continue reading A Brief DeBrief: Reflections on ASEAS (UK)’s 2022 Conference
New Starts and Looking Forward
Hello ASEAS members and supporters! I’d like to welcome you all to the relaunch of the ASEAS blog, as I take up the mantle of Blog Editor 2022/23. My name … Continue reading New Starts and Looking Forward
Feminist Participatory Action Research
By Amanda Muñoz Gamage (2021/2022 ASEAS Master’s Dissertation Prize recipient) In January 2020, I completed an internship with the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) in Chiang … Continue reading Feminist Participatory Action Research
ASEAS Conference 2022 Call for Papers – deadline 8 July 2022
ASEAS(UK) invites scholars and PhD students from all academic disciplines to present a paper in one of the selected panels at this year’s conference, which will take place online via … Continue reading ASEAS Conference 2022 Call for Papers – deadline 8 July 2022
Southeast Asia Digital Summer School
This week-long Digital Summer School is especially designed to support Early Career Researchers with insights, networking, and support as they begin their academic careers.
The event will take place over three days (Thursday 20, Monday 24, and Wednesday 26 May) from 12-2.45pm BST each day, and will feature 6 sessions covering a wide range of topics such as: succeeding in publishing; decolonising research; and post-academic and alt-academic career paths; alongside a networking event for ASEAS members and SEAC’s ECR Network members.
Early Career Researchers and students can get £5 off ASEAS membership in the run up to the event.
Review of: Sabina Lawreniuk & Laurie Parsons, Going Nowhere Fast: Mobile Inequality in the Age of Translocality. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2020
Going Nowhere Fast explains why inequality persists at a time when so many people are on the move in search of a better life.
Review of: Sabina Lawreniuk & Laurie Parsons, Going Nowhere Fast: Mobile Inequality in the Age of Translocality. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2020
This is a slim book – just 140 pages – but an important one for scholars interested in contemporary processes of social and economic transformation in Cambodia, and Southeast Asia more widely.
ASEAS(UK) Annual General Meeting
This year the ASEAS AGM was due to take place during September’s conference, however following its postponement this year’s AGM will now take place online at 1pm on Tuesday 3 November 2020. All … Continue reading ASEAS(UK) Annual General Meeting
Review of: Wasana Wongsurawat, The Crown and the Capitalists: The Ethnic Chinese and the Founding of the Thai Nation. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2019
The Crown and the Capitalists provides a notably de-nationalized, trans-nationalized, and inter-nationalized account of modern Thai history, with implications well worthy of consideration and further exploration over the years to come.
Watch Now – Southeast Asian National Responses to Covid-19 #ASEASUKCOV19
ASEAS(UK) are proud to present the first webinar in our Online Event Series, an online panel discussion on Southeast Asian National Responses to Covid-19.
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