Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS A Global History of Buddhism and Medicine C. Pierce Salguero New York: Columbia University Press, 2022. In her review of C. Pierce Salguero’s 2014 book Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China, Janet Gyatso observed: “There has been a small explosion in the study […]
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Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 2 Transformations of Anisong Manuscripts in Luang Prabang: Application of Modern Printing Technologies* Silpsupa Jaengsawang** *The research for this article was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy–EXC 2176 “Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures,” project […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 2 Correction This article was published on August 22, 2024 and amended on August 28, 2024 because the earlier version misidentified Pavin Chachavalpongpun as “an exiled anti-monarchy academic” and Somsak Jeamteerasakul as “another exiled antimonarchy activist-scholar” (page 323). Both Pavin Chachavalpongpun and Somsak Jeamteerasakul are exiled […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 2 A Study on Indonesian Sociopolitical Design Objects within the Framework of Gesamtkunstwerk Christophera Ratnasari Lucius,* Imam Santosa,** Widjaja Martokusumo,*** and Adhi Nugraha† *Doctoral Program in Visual Art and Design, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha No. 10, Bandung 40132, Jawa Barat, Indonesia Corresponding author’s e-mail: 37019008[at]mahasiswa.itb.ac.id […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 2 Thailand’s Plural Identities: Contesting the National Imagination in Fiction and Ethnography Hjorleifur R. Jonsson* *School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, 900 S Cady Mall Rm 233, Tempe, Arizona 85287-2402, United States e-mail: HJonsson[at]asu.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8624-0608 DOI: 10.20495/seas.13.2_255 This article examines notions of […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 2 Inter-Construction Goals: Navigating Thailand’s Digital Economy from a Sustainable Development Perspective Zeng Damei* and Duan Haosheng** *曾大妹, School of International Relations, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Xiamen University, No. 422 Siming South Road, Siming District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China e-mail: 25520190154418[at]stu.xmu.edu.cn https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5800-9214 **段皓升, The […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 2 US-Vietnam Defense Diplomacy: Challenges from the Ukraine War Pham Thi Yen* *Faculty of Oriental Studies, Van Hien University, HungHau Campus: Nguyen Van Linh Avenue, Southern City Urban Area, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam e-mail: yenpt[at]vhu.edu.vn https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7717-5472 DOI: 10.20495/seas.13.2_201 This article analyzes activities of defense diplomacy […]
Published in August, 2024 CONTENTS Articles US-Vietnam Defense Diplomacy: Challenges from the Ukraine War ・・・ Pham Thi Yen Inter-Construction Goals: Navigating Thailand’s Digital Economy from a Sustainable Development Perspective ・・・ Zeng Damei Duan Haosheng Thailand’s Plural Identities: Contesting the National Imagination in Fiction and Ethnography ・・・ Hjorleifur R. Jonsson A […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 1 Signs of Deference, Signs of Demeanour: Interlocutor Reference and Self-Other Relations across Southeast Asian Speech Communities Dwi Noverini Djenar and Jack Sidnell, eds. Singapore: NUS Press, 2023. The edited collection Signs of Deference, Signs of Demeanour is an important milestone in bringing the insights of […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 1 Systemic Silencing: Activism, Memory, and Sexual Violence in Indonesia Katharine E. McGregor Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2023. The issue of “comfort women” is about the history of sexual violence and Japan’s military-enforced slavery system in Asia. At the same time, it touches on issues […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 1 Repossessing Shanland: Myanmar, Thailand, and a Nation-State Deferred Jane M. Ferguson Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2021. Since its independence in 1948, Myanmar has not experienced prolonged political stability either with respect to relations between ethnic groups or with respect to civil-military relations. One could […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 1 Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar’s Opening—and Closing Erin Murphy Ann Arbor: Association of Asian Studies, 2022. The United States has diverse national interests and poses strategic threats in several Asian states, with significant diplomatic, economic, security, and geopolitical implications. China’s rising power challenges the […]