Event Tag Archives: Centre for Southeast Asia Research

Public Lecture by Professor Edmund Terence Gomez

Dr EDMUND TERENCE GOMEZ is Professor of Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. Between 2005 and 2008, he served as Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), in Geneva, Switzerland. He has held Visiting Professorships at Kobe University (Japan), the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, […]

Public Lecture by Singaporean Sculptor Chong Fah Cheong

Public Lecture by Singaporean sculptor Chong Fah Cheong Singapore’s newspaper of record, The Straits Times, calls him “Singapore’s Most Famous Unknown Artist”. Fah Cheong is a self-taught artist whose style ranges from the abstract to the figurative. He uses wood, stone and bronze as mediums to create sculptures that interpret society and social issues. Many […]

Green Growth: Agriculture and Sustainability in the Indonesian Economy

The Indonesian economy has long been buttressed by the all-important agricultural sector – plantations and commodities remain at the heart of Indonesia’s continued economic growth. However, as Indonesia continues it trajectory towards development, widespread environmental degradation as a result of unsustainable farming practices remains a huge stumbling block. This seminar attempts to tackle head-on Indonesia’s […]

Gayatri Rajapatni: The Woman Behind the Glory of Majapahit

Mr Earl Drake, IAR Honorary Professor and former Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia, will be delivering a Public Lecture on Gayatri Rajapatni, the queen consort of Majapahit’s founder and first king Kertarajasa Jayawardhana, and also the mother of Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, the queen regnal of Majapahit. Mr Drake asserts that Gayatri’s contributions have been forgotten by posterity, […]

Daniel Ziv: Public Lecture + Screening of “Jalanan” – A Music Documentary

Public Lecture by Mr. Daniel Ziv, Followed by a Screening of Jalanan Jalanan Jalanan (‘Streetside’), an award-winning 2013 feature-length Indonesian documentary film directed and produced by Daniel Ziv and featuring Jakarta street musicians Bambang “Ho” Mulyono, Titi Juwariyah and Boni Putera. It tells the captivating story of Boni, Ho & Titi, three gifted, charismatic street musicians […]

Singapore After Lee Kuan Yew: A Roundtable Discussion

As the city-state of Singapore mourns its founding father, many around the world are slowly realizing the enormous impact he had on Asian geopolitics and international relations. Former US Secretary of State George P Shultz dubs him a “one-man world intelligence agency”, and in death he has been lauded by the likes of Henry Kissinger, […]

Special Lecture: The South China Sea, The View from the Philippines

A panel of experts will gather to discuss the issues around the international dispute over the South China Sea. This event features a presentation by Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Senior Associate Justice of the Philippines Supreme Court. What are the implications of China’s recent buildup in these waters? What should the Philippine response be? And […]

Myanmar’s Historic Elections: A Turning Point?

Speaker: Dr. Kate Frieson (Royal Roads University); Dr. Yves Tiberghien (UBC); Dr. Robert Hanlon (Thompson Rivers University); Mr. Larry Dohrs (Texas Christian University); Dr. Kai Ostwald (UBC); Dr. Rick Barichello (UBC) Myanmar’s national elections on Nov 8, 2015 will have important consequences for the country’s complex political, economic, and peace transitions. How will the roughly […]

Tax Incentives & Credit Claiming in Single-Party Regimes: Vietnam, China & Russia

Tax Incentives & Credit Claiming in Single-Party Regimes: Vietnam, China & Russia By: Dr. Eddy Malesky, associate professor of political economy at Duke University. Sponsor: Centre for Southeast Asia Research, Centre for Chinese Research, Liu Institute for Global Issues About the Event Both countries and sub-national governments commonly engage in competition for mobile capital, offering […]

Democracy at Last in Myanmar?: the November elections and the aftermath

Myanmar’s historic 2015 elections have fulfilled a promise made to the population of Myanmar 25 years ago to end decades of military rule through a peaceful, democratic transition. The results, predicted by very few inside or outside of Myanmar, produced a landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, not only in […]

Women’s Access to Public Space for their Livelihoods: India, Thailand and the Philippines in Comparative Perspective

This presentation will undertake a high-level comparative analysis of the cultural and legal issues surrounding women’s access to urban public space in South versus Southeast Asia. Specifically, reference will be made to the cases of India, Thailand, and the Philippines, which bring diverse legal traditions and cultural issues to the fore. Our speaker, Dr. Gisèle Yasmeen, is the […]

The Rise of Cultural Entrepreneurship in Twentieth-Century China and Southeast-Asia

About the Event From the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, changes in mass media, transportation, and communication technologies provided unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurially minded men and women in Asia. Come hear cultural historians Christopher Rea and Nicolai Volland discuss the rise of modern Chinese “cultural entrepreneurs,” business people who risked financial well-being and […]

Fifty Years Later in Indonesia: The Violence of 1965-66 in Historical Perspective

By: John Roosa, Ayu Ratih, Earl Drake It has been 50 years since the traumatic and large-scale mass killings of alleged communists in Indonesia. What do we know about these events now? How does the world see them, and how are they seen in Indonesia? These and other questions will be discussed by three leading voices […]

CSEARching for Southeast Asia: The Inaugural Graduate Student Conference for Southeast Asia Research

The UBC Southeast Asia Graduate Student Network would like to invite you to its inaugural Graduate Student Conference for Southeast Asia Research at the University of British Columbia. Held in collaboration with the UBC Center for Southeast Asian Research in the UBC Institute of Asian Research, the conference will be the first of its kind […]

South China Sea: Impact on ASEAN

When China expanded dramatically into the South China Sea in 2015, there was little reaction. Now, approaching one year later, scholars and nations are beginning to react and understand how historic this move was. The geographical heart of ASEAN has been cut out. China’s “dual strategy” offers attractive infrastructure projects and increased trade, but forbids […]

Thailand in Transition: Challenges and Prospects

A Conversation with Dr. Philip Calvert, Former Canadian Ambassador to Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. Dr. Philip Calvert Philip Calvert (BA Honours, the University of British Columbia, 1980; MA, York University, 1982; PHD, University of Washington, 1991) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1982 (now the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada). His […]

Vietnam’s Path to Inclusive Growth: Past Achievements and Future Challenges

In the early and mid Doi Moi years, with the country’s post-transition starting point favored labor intensive activities, Viet Nam performed well on economic growth. Economic expansion was inclusive, with benefits widely distributed and opportunities shared having brought significant social transformation, evident in the shrinking population shares of the poor and near poor, and rapid […]

Policing Loan Sharks: Evidence from the unlicensed money lending market in Singapore

A joint event between CSEAR and Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE). Using a unique dataset, we study the unlicensed money lending market in Singapore. In this market, borrowers search for loan sharks to borrow from and loan sharks decide how much money to extort from the borrowers. In equilibrium, we observe dispersion over the degree of […]

Of Rice and Roots

Of Rice and Roots is an event where you can try a variety of traditional dishes from different Southeast Asian countries and learn more about these amazing countries from the Consulate-Generals themselves! We will have 6 countries participating this year: Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and Philippines Presented by: Centre for Southeast Asia Research, in collaboration with ASEAN […]

China-Indonesia Relations: Looking Back and Looking Forward

The talk will cover updates on Indonesian politics and Indonesia-China relations. About the Speaker:  Jona Widhagdo Putri is a lecturer in International Relations at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia as well as a Chinese language interpreter for the 6th and the 7th Indonesian President (2013-now). Her research focus is on […]

Campaign Cohesion Across Electoral Campaign Scales in Indonesia

A roundtable discussion with Dr. Lis Kramer As the Jakarta gubernatorial election heads to a run-off in April 2017, the UBC Southeast Asian Network has invited Dr. Elisabeth Kramer, a political scientist at the University of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, to discuss “the usefulness of scale as a geographical concept” in understanding electoral campaigns in […]

Gendered vulnerability under expansion of rubber plantation in Luang Namtha, Laos and Northern Shan State, Myanmar

Since the 1990s, there is an expansion of rubber plantation in Luang Namtha province in Laos and in Northern Shan State in Myanmar. Both are driven by increasing Chinese capital, but are arranged in a different way: Laos based more on small-holder production as well as contract farming arrangements, and in Myanmar, by economic concession. […]

Myanmar in Transition: An Update on Recent Developments

Gwen Robinson will provide an overview of recent developments in Myanmar under the Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy, with reference to the political and economic context, the peace process, the situation in Rakhine state, aid and trade, and diplomatic relations. Light refreshments will be served. About the speaker Gwen Robinson is […]

Health Impact Assessment and Special Economic Zones in the Greater Mekong Region

Summery Special economic zones represent new communities, approximately 100 million people and workers and are the economic engines of Southeast Asia. During this session, I will share professional experience in working across several special economic zones within the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). I will also introduce new work initiated by the Asian Development Bank that […]

Traditional Social Institutions and Development Outcomes in Eastern Indonesia

Despite recent macroeconomic growth during the last 14 years, Eastern Indonesia is still plagued by persistent income poverty and rising income inequalities. This presentation argues the root of the problem is extractive traditional social institutions, using the indigenous hereditary slavery institution in Sumba and the caste system in Bali as case studies.

A Roundtable: Understanding the Rohingya Crisis

Join us for a discussion on the Rohingya Crisis with a panel of speakers at this event. The speakers for the event are: Mohammad Zaman (Independent Consultant), Kai Ostwald (Political Science & SPPGA, UBC), Douglas Ober (CISAR, UBC), Sara Shneiderman (Anthropology & SPPGA, UBC), Theressa Etmanski (Law, UVic) Dr. Douglas Ober is a Research Associate in the Centre for India […]

A Taste Of SEA

What better way to start the term right than to kick it off with a celebration of culture and cuisine? The SEA club Execs are proud to present the first “Taste of SEA” Event, held at the AMS Nest. Come out and try the great food of South East Asia and be prepared to have a blast!

Southeast Asia Ascendant? So What, and What’s Next for Canada?

The Centre for Southeast Asia Research invites you to the panel discussion on Southeast Asia’s Ascendance onto the global stage. With a selection of expert panellists on the region like Prof Paul Evans, join the discussion exploring the economic, political and developmental landscape of Southeast Asia. Closely examining the interlinkages and prospective relations between Canada […]

Japan’s Multilevel Water Governance Export to SEA

Abstract: This dissertation explores the effectiveness of water governance on administrative capacity through multi-stakeholder partnerships in the context of development cooperation. By applying multi-level governance approach, it analyzes complex governance coordination in water governance and how experts from Japanese cities, firms and development agencies promote norms within transnational networks through local level water development projects […]

Belt and Road Initiative: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects

Since the proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by President Xi Jinping in 2013, BRI has attracted great attentions from all over the world. Join us for an informative session with Dr. Bo Chen, Chutian Professor of Economics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.