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A review of Berenschot et al 2026
ACADEMIA.SG
A microcosm of meritocracy and mobility at an elite Singapore school
Reflections on Raffles Institution
ARTSEA
Artists write Southeast Asian art history
Review of Roger Nelson's "Artistic Art Histories in Southeast Asia"
Carl Josef Kleingrothe: capturing the colonial life of Deli, Sumatra
A look at the life of the photographer whose work captivated European audiences' looking for images of the 'exotic' Indies.
INDONESIA
INDONESIA ARCHIVE
“Murni top-down”: a look at Prabowo’s village cooperatives
The unravelling of community-driven development
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Rightlessness after reform? Agrarian conflict and the politics of land in Indonesia
about 6 days ago
A review of Berenschot et al 2026
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Herstory between borders
about 1 month ago
Two women and the blind spots of national history in the Malay world
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“Murni top-down”: a look at Prabowo’s village cooperatives
about 2 months ago
The unravelling of community-driven development
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ACICIS from the Cold War to New Colombo Plan
about 2 months ago
Reflecting on 30 years of the program
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ACICIS’ place in Australia’s Asia literacy
about 2 months ago
A rare institutional legacy of Keating-era Asian studies
OTHER COUNTRIES
OUR ARCHIVE
Malaysia
Online mutual aid and the crisis of Vietnamese labour advocacy
Abuses of female Vietnamese domestic workers in Saudi Arabia continue
REVIEWS & NEWS
Jim Scott in memoriam, Southeast Asian studies in perpetuum
“The field of Southeast Asian studies has come to resemble the region as he saw and celebrated it, warts and all”
Review: “On the Shadow Tracks”
“This is a book with a whole lot of heart for Myanmar and her people.”
THAILAND
THAILAND ARCHIVE-
Bangkok’s election puts policy competence over ideological cleavages
about 4 months ago
Chadchart represents the gradual detachment of city politics from national divides
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ณ จุดปะทะทางอุดมการณ์: การปลูกฝังและการต่อต้านในหลักสูตรรักษาดินแดน
about 4 months ago
นี่คือการแปลบทความที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นภาษาอังกฤษดั้งเดิม
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Cambodia–Thailand economic conflict and the limits of geoeconomics in Southeast Asia
about 4 months ago
The decline of dependency
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At the coalface of military indoctrination: the Thai ROTC
about 4 months ago
Propaganda versus apathy, defiance
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A reckoning for Thailand’s liberals
about 7 months ago
How the People’s Party failed its own cause
ณ จุดปะทะทางอุดมการณ์: การปลูกฝังและการต่อต้านในหลักสูตรรักษาดินแดน
นี่คือการแปลบทความที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นภาษาอังกฤษดั้งเดิม
Emerging Scholars
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ณ จุดปะทะทางอุดมการณ์: การปลูกฝังและการต่อต้านในหลักสูตรรักษาดินแดน
about 4 months ago
นี่คือการแปลบทความที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นภาษาอังกฤษดั้งเดิม
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At the coalface of military indoctrination: the Thai ROTC
about 4 months ago
Propaganda versus apathy, defiance
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Buying, boycotting, and the politics of modernity
about 5 months ago
Nationalism and consumer culture in colonial Southeast Asia
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“Slow resistance” in the Salween River Basin
about 10 months ago
Grassroots activism gums up the wheels of hydro-development
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Fracturing citizenship: street-level policing and discretion in Thailand
about 10 months ago
Police as street-level bureaucrats
Buying, boycotting, and the politics of modernity
Nationalism and consumer culture in colonial Southeast Asia
THE PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES ARCHIVES-
The Bangsamoro’s unfinished peace
about 1 month ago
Elections are a chance to consolidate peace, not a guarantee of it
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Bangsamoro is finally voting. What is it voting for?
about 1 month ago
A first test of a party-based electoral system
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Vicente L. Rafael (1956–2026) in memoriam
about 6 months ago
John Sidel honours his contributions to the study of Southeast Asia
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Moral economy and the Dutertes’ political durability
about 7 months ago
Rethinking the emotional foundations of populism
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Corruption compromises climate resilience in the Philippines
about 11 months ago
The allure of kickbacks limits policy
MYANMAR
MYANMAR ARCHIVES-
Buyer beware: fakes, forgeries and fraudsters in Myanmar
about 6 months ago
A thriving market in counterfeit art and gems
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Officially unofficial: the black market in Ne Win’s Burma
about 7 months ago
At the peak of the socialist era, the market found a way
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“Slow resistance” in the Salween River Basin
about 10 months ago
Grassroots activism gums up the wheels of hydro-development
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Myanmar and the perils of prediction
about 1 year ago
Sound analysis requires looking the conflict’s grim realities in the face
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Making Mainland Southeast Asia safe for autocracy
about 1 year ago
How regional elites built an “authoritarian security community”
Buyer beware: fakes, forgeries and fraudsters in Myanmar
A thriving market in counterfeit art and gems