BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Yos Santasombat, Kian Cheng Lee, and Decha Tangseefa, eds. China’s BRI in Southeast Asia: Concepts and Methodologies. Kyoto: Kyoto University Press; Tokyo: Trans Pacific Press, 2025. Yos Santasombat and Kian Cheng Lee, eds. The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative […]
Monthly Archives: March 2026
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BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Ian G. Baird. Champassak Royalty and Sovereignty: Within and between Nation-States in Mainland Southeast Asia. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2025. Reviewed by Oliver Tappe* *University of Cologne https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-6844 DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26019
BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Charles Higham. Early Southeast Asia: From First Humans to First Civilizations. Singapore: Ridge Books, 2025. Reviewed by Majid Daneshgar* *Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26018
BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez. Unmaking Botany: Science and Vernacular Knowledge in the Colonial Philippines. Durham: Duke University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Geronimo Cristobal* *History of Art Department, Cornell University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3819-2522 DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26017
BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Natenapha Wailerdsak. Business Groups and the Thailand Economy: Escaping the Middle-Income Trap. Abingdon: Routledge, 2023. Reviewed by Ramnath Reghunadhan* *Department of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-3351 DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26016
BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Enze Han. The Ripple Effect: China’s Complex Presence in Southeast Asia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Li Yuqing* *李宇晴, Institute for International and Area Studies, Tsinghua University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5798-1386 DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26015
BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Lin Hongxuan. Ummah Yet Proletariat: Islam, Marxism, and the Making of the Indonesian Republic. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Reviewed by Reuven Pinnata* *Department of English, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26014
BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Theara Thun. Epistemology of the Past: Texts, History, and Intellectuals of Cambodia, 1855–1970. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2024. Reviewed by Sally Low* *Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8825-650X DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26013
BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Thomas Baudinette. Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture. London, New York, Oxford, New Delhi, and Sydney: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. Reviewed by Nagaike Kazumi* *長池一美, Institute for Educational Management, Oita University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6494-679X DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26012
BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Micah F. Morton. Enchanted Modernities: Ancestral Vitalizations in the Upper Mekong. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2025. Reviewed by Rosalie Stolz* *Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4509-076X DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26011
BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Nathan McGovern. Holy Things: The Genealogy of the Sacred in Thai Religion. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Peter A. Jackson* *Australian National University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4251-1293 DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26010
BOOK REVIEWS Advance Publication Published online: March 23, 2026 Lia Kent. The Unruly Dead: Spirits, Memory, and State Formation in Timor-Leste. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2024. Reviewed by Amy Rothschild* *School of Humanities and Sciences, Ithaca College https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7648-0467 DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26009