Join us on Tuesday, 11 July at 1pm WIB at Faculty of Social and Political Science-Universitas Brawijaya for a discussion on "Regional Dynamics of Southeast Asia: Global Southeast Asian Studies in the Age of Asia".
Speaker: Dr. Lorraine Paterson (Professor, Modern Southeast Asia and Southeast Asia- SAIS, Johns Hopkins University)
Register here: S.UB.AC.ID/SEMINARHYBRID
Abstract: Historically colonized by all the major world powers, encountering all the major world religions, Southeast Asia is a region embodying a dizzying political, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity. It has undergone a staggering economic and societal transformation in the last twenty years. At this historical moment it lies at the center of the global shift to the Asia-Pacific as the region becomes increasingly economically powerful and interconnected. Its youthful, media-savvy populations embrace the digital age as the Southeast Asian nations create both shared – and unique – responses to challenges posed by global flows, urbanization and technology. Although once considered an artificially constructed object of study, the Southeast Asia of today is more societally and economically interwoven than ever before. The rise of China with its Belt and Road Initiative, shared SEA infrastructure projects, and growing intra-regional connectivity, are all factors that give contemporary Southeast Asia more coherence. The region is progressively linked by business networks, trade relationships, migration and shared resources. Increasing ASEAN regional economic integration and cooperation, and its proposed economic integration by 2025 makes this a 2 strategic moment at which to rethink how this increasingly interlinked – and powerful – region of the world is best studied. This talk will exploring Global Southeast Asian Studies in the Age of Asia.
This event is co-organized by AIFIS in collaboration with and Universitas Brawijaya.