University of Sydney
Rumors of Dismemberment: The Philippine Geobody and Moro Unrest
The Sydney Southeast Asia Centre will organize a lecture featuring Jorge Bayona (El Colegio de Mexico) regarding religious and political discord in Mindanao in the 1920s.
The governor-generalship of Leonard Wood represented a challenge to the Philippine élite not only due to his policies of rolling back Filipinization, but also...
Re-examining the Operation of Hate Speech in Thailand: The Case of Buddhists and Muslims
The Sydney Southeast Asia Centre of the University of Sydney will organize a webinar titled "Re-examining the operation of Hate Speech in Thailand: The Case of Buddhists and Muslims" on 12 May 2022 from 9:00 PM (Bangkok/GMT+7) onwards.
Join Anwar Koma (Prince of Songkla University) as he investigates the links between...
Politics in Action 2022: Updates from Southeast Asia
The Sydney Southeast Asia Centre at the University of Sydney will organize a face-to-face event titled 'Politics in Action 2022: Updates from Southeast Asia'. The event will also be livestreamed to Facebook so you can watch from the comfort of your own home.
When: Friday 6 May 2022, 10:00 AM to...
Families, the State, and Educational Inequality in the Singapore City-State
Singapore is a ‘strong’ developmental state that exercises ideological leadership over economy and society, and offers widespread provision of public services, including education. Paradoxically, however, while such logics invite dependence on the ‘strong’ state, at the heart of Singaporean public policy is the anti-welfarist, self-responsibilising, meritocratic ethos.
Drawing on extensive...
Gender-Based Violence in Thailand’s Pro-Democracy Movement
The Sydney Southeast Asia Center will host a TS4 talk on 13 January 2021 at 9:00 pm (Bangkok Time/GMT+7) via Zoom. Associate Professor Verita Sriratana will expose offline and online Gender-Based Violence (GBV) perpetrated against female activists in Thailand's pro-democracy movement.
To register for the webinar, click here.
Knowledge Transition Officer, Sydney Southeast Asia Center
The Sydney Southeast Asia Center (SSEAC) of the University of Sydney is seeking applications for the position of Knowledge Translation Officer. The deadline for applications is on 9 January 2022, 11:59 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time).
The Knowledge Transition Officer is responsible for collating and producing communications material on the...
Youtube and Philippine Politics
The Sydney Southeast Asia Centre of the University of Sydney will organize a webinar titled "Youtube and Philippine Politics" which is scheduled on November 18, 2021, at 5:00pm (Philippine Standard Time) or 8:00 pm (Australia Eastern Time)
The hyper-connectivity of peoples in the digital space has put a new spotlight...
Undermining Democracy: The Election Commission of Thailand in the 2019 Election
The Thai Social Science Seminar Series, a joint initiative between the University of Sydney's Southeast Asia Centre, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) and the New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN), will host a webinar titled 'Undermining Democracy: The Election Commission of Thailand in the 2019 Election' on...
Is there Indonesian History Before 1945?
The Sydney Southeast Asia Centre of the University of Sydney will conduct a webinar titled "Is there Indonesian History Before 1945?" on September 30, 2021, at 5:00 pm (Australia Eastern Standard Time).
Indonesian historiography is extremely compartmentalized. For most Indonesians their history starts in August 1945, unconnected with the colonial...
Malaysia’s back to the future: The pandemic crisis, a new prime minister from UMNO, and a repudiation of the historic 2018 elections?
The Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC) will organize a webinar entitled "Malaysia's back to the future: The pandemic crisis, a new prime minister from UMNO, and a repudiation of the historic 2018 elections?" on September 16, 2021, at 10:00 am (Kuala Lumpur/Manila/Singapore Time).
Malaysia's unprecedented third change of government in...
