Contents>> Vol. 4, No. 2 The Buddha on Mecca’s Verandah: Encounters, Mobilities, and Histories along the Malaysian-Thai Border Irving Chan Johnson Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2012, 223p. “One’s identity . . . is never static” (p. ix). Irving Chan Johnson’s The Buddha on Mecca’s Verandah goes deep into anthropological “thick […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
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Contents>> Vol. 4, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Forest of Struggle: Moralities of Remembrance in Upland Cambodia Eve Monique Zucker Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2013, 256p. Eve Zucker’s book, Forest of Struggle is an important contribution to the literature on societies in the aftermath of extreme violence and specifically to […]
Contents>> Vol. 4, No. 2 The Emergence of Heritage Conservation in Singapore and the Preservation of Monuments Board (1958–76) Kevin Blackburn* and Tan Peng Hong Alvin** * Department of Humanities and Social Studies Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616 Corresponding author’s e-mail: kevin.blackburn[at]nie.edu.sg […]
Contents>> Vol. 4, No. 2 Note from Editorial Committee In this issue, we feature a special essay entitled “Japan’s Role in Peacemaking in Cambodia: Factors that Contributed to Its Success” in the special section on “Memoirs.” In 1991, the Agreements on the Comprehensive Settlement of the Cambodian Conflict, also known […]
Contents>> Vol. 4, No. 2 Christianity and Militancy in Eastern Indonesia: Revisiting the Maluku Violence Sumanto Al Qurtuby* * Department of General Studies, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia e-mail: squrtuby[at]gmail.com DOI: doi.org/10.20495/seas.4.2_313 During the Maluku interreligious violence from 1999 to 2002, both Islam and […]
Contents>> Vol. 4, No. 2 Homegardens of the Cao Lan, a Tai-Speaking Ethnic Minority in Vietnam’s Northern Mountains Pijika Timsuksai,* Nguyen Dinh Tien,** and A. Terry Rambo*** * พิจิกา ทิมสุกใส, Program on System Approaches in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand ** Nguyễn Đình Tiến, […]
Contents>> Vol. 4, No. 2 ʿAbd al-Samad in Arabia: The Yemeni Years of a Shaykh from Sumatra R. Michael Feener* * Department of History, National University of Singapore, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119077 e-mail: hisfm[at]nus.edu.sg DOI: doi.org/10.20495/seas.4.2_259 This paper provides an in-depth exploration of a previously under-utilized Arabic […]
Contents>> Vol. 4, No. 2 Food Supply in Cambodian Buddhist Temples: Focusing on the Roles and Practices of Lay Female Ascetics Takahashi Miwa* * 高橋美和, College of Human and Cultural Sciences, Aikoku Gakuen University, 1532 Yotsukaido, Yotsukaido City, Chiba 284-0005, Japan e-mail: miwat[at]aikoku-u.ac.jp DOI: doi.org/10.20495/seas.4.2_233 This article, based on field […]
Contents>> Vol. 4, No. 2 Church–State Relations in the 1899 Malolos Constitution: Filipinization and Visions of National Community Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr.* * Department of History, School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Ave, Quezon City, 1108 Metro Manila, Philippines e-mail: fvaguilar[at]ateneo.edu DOI: doi.org/10.20495/seas.4.2_279 The most contentious issue […]
Published in August, 2015 CONTENTS Note from Editorial Committee ・・・ Articles Food Supply in Cambodian Buddhist Temples: Focusing on the Roles and Practices of Lay Female Ascetics ・・・ TAKAHASHI Miwa ʿAbd al-Samad in Arabia: The Yemeni Years of a Shaykh from Sumatra ・・・ R. Michael FEENER Church–State Relations in the […]
Contents>> Vol. 4, No. 2 MEMOIR Japan’s Role in Peacemaking in Cambodia: Factors that Contributed to Its Success Yamamoto Tadamichi* * 山本忠通, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan e-mail: yamamotot[at]un.org DOI: doi.org/10.20495/seas.4.2_385 Japan’s role in the peace process in Cambodia is […]
Contents>> Vol. 4, No. 1 Brothers in Arms: Chinese Aid to the Khmer Rouge, 1975–1979 Andrew Mertha Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014, 192p. Andrew Mertha’s book, Brothers in Arms: Chinese Aid to the Khmer Rouge, 1975–1979, not only provides historical insight into the bureaucratic structure of China’s aid to […]