LSE Southeast Asia@LSESEAC

The Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre is an inter-disciplinary, regionally-focused academic centre at LSE RTs ≠ endorsements

 London, United Kingdom
lse.ac.uk/SEAC
Joined April 2014
Artivism for Conservation: Dr Thomas Smith, Dr Felicia Liu, and Jakob van Klang - academics, artists, and organisers behind a Malaysia-based initiative exploring how art can open hearts, minds, and maybe even doors to real-world change. @LSEGeography 👉open.spotify.com/episode/67e…
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Don't forget to secure your spot for our exciting final event of the term! More information at: lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2025/M…
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Next week, we will be hosting our last event for Spring term. Herald van der Linde, HSBC’s Chief Asia equity strategist, will speak on "Majapahit: Intrigue, betrayal and war in Indonesia's greatest empire" 🕑 Tuesday 24th June, 6:30pm-8pm 📍LSE Cheng Kin Ku Building, Room 1.15
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🚨 Last event for Spring Term! We invite Herald van der Linde, HSBC’s Chief Asia equity strategist, for a seminar on "Majapahit: Intrigue, betrayal and war in Indonesia's greatest empire" 🕑 Tuesday 24th June, 6:30pm-8pm 📍LSE Cheng Kin Ku Building, Room 1.15
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Last chance to register for our event this week with Albert K. Ting on Sustainable Urban Development in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 🇻🇳 🕐 11th June 2025, 12PM – 1:15PM 📍 LSE Old Building, Room 4.10 🔗 Details & registration: lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2025/S…
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Join us next week with Albert K. Ting on Sustainable Urban Development in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 🇻🇳 🕐 11th June 2025, 12PM – 1:15PM 📍 LSE Old Building, Room 4.10 🔗 Details & registration: lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2025/S…
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🚨 Upcoming Event Join us on 11th June with Albert K. Ting on Sustainable Urban Development in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 🇻🇳 🕐 12PM – 1:15PM 📍 LSE Old Building, Room 4.10 🔗 Details & registration: lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2025/S…
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Last few spots available for Southeast Asia Forum on Thursday! 🔍 How are global powers reshaping Southeast Asia's economic landscape? Geo-Economic Contestation over Southeast Asia in the Era of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. 🔗 Register now: lse.ac.uk/seac/events
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Don't miss out! This week at SEAC: 🌏 Southeast Asia Forum 2025 🌏Geo-Economic Contestation over Southeast Asia in the Era of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. 📅 22 May 2025 📍 Sumeet Valrani Theatre, Centre Building 🕑 9am - 5:30pm 🔗 Register now: lse.ac.uk/seac/events
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We're excited to share the full line-up for the Southeast Asia Forum 2025: Swipe through to see all sessions 🗓️ 22 May 2025 | 📍 LSE | 🌐 In-person & online 🎟️ Register here: lse.ac.uk/seac/events
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🌏 Southeast Asia Forum 2025 🌏 Join us for a timely discussion on Geo-Economic Contestation over Southeast Asia in the Era of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. 📅 22 May 2025 | 📍 LSE | 💬 In-person & online 🔗 Register now: lse.ac.uk/seac/events
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Last chance to register for tomorrow's event with Caixia Mao on China-Japan competition in the Jakarta-Bandung HSR: lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2025/C…
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Last chance to register for tomorrow's event with Dr Tamsin Barber on Vietnamese Migrants and UK Bordering Practices: lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2025/V…
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Don't miss out, and head to our website to register your spots for both our exciting seminars this week! lse.ac.uk/seac/events
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A SEAC Special - 2 events in one week! On Thursday next week, we welcome Caixia Mao from Columbia University to discuss China-Japan competition in the Jakarta-Bandung HSR! 📅 Thursday 15th May 🕑 12 - 1:15PM 📍Sir Arthur Lewis Building, Room SAL G.06, and online via Zoom
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Next week at SEAC: Dr Tamsin Barber from Oxford Brookes University joins us to discuss Vietnamese Migrants and UK Bordering Practices. 📅Wednesday 14th May 🕑12-1:15pm 📍LSE Marshall Building, Room MAR 2.07 and online via Zoom Visit our website to register now!
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We've got an exciting line up of events happening in the following weeks. Scan the QR codes below to register your spot!
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Don't miss out on our first event back in Spring Term! Last few spots left - scan the QR code below to register your place now!
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Don't miss out on our events this week! Wednesday 7th May: Social media's algorithmic affordances for authoritarian repression in Myanmar Thursday 8th May: Conflict Brokers: How Local Politicians Make or Break Insurgencies Head to our website to secure your spots now!
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The Department of Geography is welcoming Dr Dotan Haim next week for a talk on "Conflict Brokers: How Local Politicians Make or Break Insurgencies" Date: Thursday 8th May, 12-1:30pm Location: Centre Building, Room G.4.17 Head our website to sign up now!
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Welcome back to Spring Term! Join us for our first event next week, with Dr Mai Van Tran on Social media's algorithmic affordances for authoritarian repression in Myanmar 🕒 7th May, 12 - 1:15pm Location: CKK 2.14 & Online Via Zoom Sign up using the QR code below!
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We are kicking off Spring Term with this fantastic event on #Myanmar with Dr Mai Van Tran 🇲🇲 Join us online or in person on 🗓️ Wednesday, 7 May at 12pm in CKK 2.14 - register using the QR code below 👇
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Last event of Winter Term! We welcome back SEAC Visiting Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak to speak on "The Neighbourhood of Southeast Asia and ASEAN: More Region, Less Regional Organisation". 🗓 Wednesday 26th March, 12pm at FAW 2.04 Head to our website to sign up now!
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Don't miss the chance to sign up to our last 2 events of Winter Term next week! 🗓 Monday 24th March, 12pm at MAR 2.09 🗓 Wednesday 26th March, 12pm at FAW 2.04 Full details found on our website: lse.ac.uk/seac/events
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Upcoming at SEAC! Next week, we’re bringing you two exciting events you won’t want to miss! 🗓 Monday 24th March, 12pm at MAR 2.09 🗓 Wednesday 26th March, 12pm at FAW 2.04 Full details found on our website: lse.ac.uk/seac/events
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Last chance to secure your spot for our seminar tomorrow! lse.zoom.us/meeting/register… 🕒 19th March, 12 - 1:15pm 📷 Online via Zoom Only
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Join us next week in welcoming Professor Kentaro Fujikawa from Nagoya University for his seminar on Post-Conflict Referendums in East Timor! 🕒 19th March, 12 - 1:15pm 📷 Online via Zoom Only Sign up here: lse.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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Don't miss out on our event this week! Professor Pon Souvannaseng on "The Hyro-Crypto Nexus in Laos: Paradoxes and Perils of The Demand for Decarbonisation". 🕒 12th March, 12 - 1:15pm 📍 Online via Zoom Only Sign up here: lse.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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Join us next week with Professor Pon Souvannaseng on "The Hyro-Crypto Nexus in Laos: Paradoxes and Perils of The Demand for Decarbonisation". 🕒 12th March, 12 - 1:15pm 📍 Online via Zoom Only Sign up here: lse.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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Don't forget to secure your spot at our event this week - Professor Kim A Wagner on Recovering the Story of an American Atrocity in the Southern Philippines!
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Join the Southeast Asia Centre and Prof Kim Wagner for a seminar on Bud Dajo 1906: Recovering the Story of an American Atrocity in the Southern Philippines Wednesday 5 March, 12pm lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2025/B…
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Reminder! LSE Southeast Asia Centre PhD Student Workshop: 2 June 2025. Send your paper or panel proposals to j.t.sidel@lse.ac.uk and seac.admin@lse.ac.uk by 28 Feb. An opportunity to gain feedback on work, and build wider networks with other Southeast Asianists across the UK
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Reminder for our event this week: Battles for pluralism: Indonesia, Malaysia, and the great democratic unknown. Prof Dan Slater will join us at SEAC to historically trace these parallel decades-long transitions in two of the world’s only Muslim-majority democracies.
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Next week: In Battles for Pluralism, Prof Dan Slater (University of Michigan) historically traces these parallel decades-long transitions in two of the world’s only Muslim-majority democracies. Visit our website to sign up now: lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2025/B…
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Don't forget secure your spot for our event this week! Join us on zoom and register here: lse.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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Next week, Professor Veronika Kusumaryati will be speaking on “The Will to Govern: Territorial Redivision and the Politics of Sovereignty in West Papua”. Visit lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2025/T… to secure your spot now!
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Join SEAC Associate Dr Qingfei Yin (International History) to launch her new book: State Building in Cold War Asia: Comrades and Competitors on the Sino-Vietnamese Border Wednesday 5 Feb from 5pm shorturl.at/EmUUG
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Check out our latest blogpost where @FerthManaysay unpacks the role of Extended Producer Responsibility in Vietnam 🇻🇳 and the Philippines 🇵🇭 and explores the key narratives driving their circular economy transition. Full article at: blogs.lse.ac.uk/seac/?p=3059
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Join us next week with Professor Sarah Shair-Rosenfield on Decentralisation, Healthcare Privatisation, and Women's Health: The Indonesia-Philippines Comparison!
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"Anti-corruption measures have proven effective in enhancing profitability and streamlining operations, but more needs to be done" Ryan Taehyoung Kim considers How Anti-Corruption Reforms are Reshaping Vietnam’s Banking Sector for the Southeast Asia Blog: shorturl.at/2fTmr
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"More remains the same despite the massive turnover of politicians, parties, and coalitions. Why are fundamental changes seemingly impossible in Malaysia?" Read more from Morris Chan for the Southeast Asia Blog: shorturl.at/NyOYT
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🚨UPCOMING SEMINAR🚨 Join SEAC as we welcome Prof Peter Zinoman to discuss Revisiting the Vietnam War Fifty Years After the Fall of Saigon. Full details here: shorturl.at/YSwD9 🗓️Tues 21 Jan 🕓4pm GMT 💻Online via Zoom Register to attend: shorturl.at/VgNRt
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Click below to read SEAC Visiting Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak's article on "The Intellectual Framework Behind Trump’s Ascent"! globalasia.org/v19no4/cover/…
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Check out this recent publication by former Visiting Fellow, Dr Helena Varkkey, alongside SEAC Associate Dr Tom Smith, concerning haze in Southeast Asia! Full article at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Join SEAC Director Prof John Sidel and SEAC Visiting Prof Thitinan Pongsudhirak for Public Forum: Trump II and Southeast Asia: Geopolitics & Geoeconomics Mon 13 Jan 9.30 - 11.30am Chulalongkorn University, Chumbhot-Pantip Conference Room Sign up here: bit.ly/4ahxZN5
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We’re excited about our lineup of insightful talks at SEAC this winter term! Don’t miss out - sign up now! Visit lse.ac.uk/seac/events for more information.
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DEADLINE 1 JAN: FUNDING OPPORTUNITY LSE faculty are encouraged to submit applications to the SEAC Research Fund for up to £10,000 funding for Southeast Asia research projects. Learn more here: lse.ac.uk/seac/Support-for-A…
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Check out our newest blog post out today, on Understanding Metro Manila Middle-Class Perspectives on the 1987 Philippine Constitution and its Proposed Amendments in the Post-People Power Era: Read the full article here: wp.me/pcl39r-KL
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Join LSE SEAC for a roundtable discussion on Understanding and Challenging the Exploitation of Filipina Domestic Workers in the UK: A Roundtable Discussion Weds 4 Dec, 5-7pm Scan the QR code below to learn more!
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🎉 Aodamar Owens Deane, MA/MSc International and World History, is highly commended for her dissertation "Lusophone Transcontinental Revolution: East Timorese Nationalism’s origins in Lusophone African Socialism (1974-1985)"
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🎉 We are thrilled to announce that Sahil Bhagat is the winner of the 2024 SEAC Postgraduate Dissertation Prize, for his dissertation titled "Spice Bombs on the Plantation: Transnational Connectivities of Malayan Indian Anticolonialism"
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Check out our newest blog by MSc student Sahil Bhagat, who writes about centering the plantations within Malayan anti colonial histories: wp.me/pcl39r-Mi
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Join us on Wednesday 27th Nov in welcoming Dr Neil Loughlin to discuss The Politics of Coercion: State and Regime Making in Cambodia. Secure your spot now! lse.ac.uk/seac/events/2025/T…
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