Launching of the Southeast Asianists Interview Series on the ANU SEAI Website and a Panel on the Future of Southeast Asia and Southeast Asian Studies
The ANU Southeast Asia Institute is proud to launch our original eight-episode interview series titled Southeast Asianists: Scholarly Profiles, which will be available on our website on 7 September.
Hosted and produced by Emir Syailendra, this limited series profiled eight scholars who have spent numerous years contributing to our understanding of Southeast Asia as a region, namely: Prof Evelyn Goh, Prof Anthony Milner, Prof Khong Yuen Foong, Prof Cheng-Chwee Kuik, Dr Rizal Sukma, Prof Robert Cribb, Prof Virginia M Hooker, and Prof Anthony Reid. We want to invite you to celebrate and learn from them. During the launch, we will preview the supercuts of the entire series on how to understand Southeast Asia, followed by a discussion on the region's future.
We are also launching our 2023 Southeast Asia Regional Geopolitical Update's One-stop Information Page.
The page contains eighteen commentaries that offer valuable policy relevance insights to help guide our understanding of this dynamic region.
A refreshment will be provided after the event.
About the Series: "Southeast Asianists: Scholarly Profile"
This season of Southeast Asianists celebrates and seeks to learn from eight scholars with diverse academic training, experiences, scholarly traits, and approaches to studying Southeast Asia.
- Prof Evelyn Goh on her struggle for analytical precision in writing about the dynamics of Southeast Asia and great power relations.
- Prof Anthony Milner on the importance of scholarly revision when considering Southeast Asia.
- Prof Khong Yuen Foong on Southeast Asia as a case study to understand great powers' approach to the rest of the world.
- Prof Cheng-Chwee Kuik on generating conceptual insights from Southeast Asia.
- Dr Rizal Sukma on his Track 2, Track 1.5, and Track 1 experience bridging the academic and policy worlds in Southeast Asia.
- Prof Robert Cribb on the importance of varied scholarly interests in driving his investigation of power relations in Southeast Asia.
- Prof Virginia Hooker on contextual analysis of texts and visuals from Southeast Asia.
- Prof Anthony Reid on understanding Southeast Asia as a cohesive unit.
The producer Emir Syailendra is a PhD Candidate at the Strategic and Defence Study Center at the Australian National University. While the series is oriented toward academic audiences, it serves as a useful tool for those who desire to understand Southeast Asia as a region.
About the One-Stop Information Page
For policy-interested audiences, ANU SEAI is also proud to launch our One-Stop Information Page that contains valuable information that equips our understanding of where Southeast Asian states are heading. It contains eighteen policy-relevant commentaries from distinguished scholars across Southeast Asian regions and those who have studied Southeast Asia.
These commentaries tackle the hard-hitting question: Can Southeast Asian states continue to avoid invidious choices between the great powers? How will Southeast Asian political economies ensure the security of critical supply chains and technology, and the sustainability of development imperatives? And how can the region update and innovate mechanisms for guarding against intramural disputes as well as external tensions and armed conflicts?
Please join us at this event.