Southeast Asia Research Cluster
SMU Southeast Asia Cluster
The Southeast Asia Cluster promotes academic research on the politics and societies of the Southeast Asian region. Organized by SMU faculty working on Southeast Asia, the Cluster holds a regular seminar series during the academic year that is open to the public. The Cluster aims to organize future events that capitalize on SMU and Singapore’s growing influence as a hub of academic research on Southeast Asia.
If you wish to keep informed about upcoming seminars or events at the School of Social Sciences, including the Southeast Asia Cluster, please click here.
Past Events
Kung Chien Wen, (September)
Rethinking "China" and the "Cold War": The Kuomintang, the Philippine Chinese, and Diasporic Anticommunism in the Mid-20th Century
Duncan McCargo, (September)
The Real Deal? Results versus outcome in Thailand’s 2023 elections
Paul Schuler, (March)
Pillars of the Community: Are Communist Party Members More Other-Regarding Than Non-Party Members?
Amy Liu, (February)
Accents and Immigrant Tolerance: Experimental Evidence from the Taiwanese in Taiwan and the US
Kai Ostwald, (March)
Malaysia’s 2022 Election and its Aftermath: What the Four Arenas framework tells us about voting behaviour and government stability
Nina McMurry, (March)
Better together? Examining the effect of civic education for local officials and citizens in the Philippines (joint work with Lily Tsai)
Matthew Reeder, (February)
The Power of Ethnic Claims in Early Modern Siam (1400-1850)
Xiaojun Li, (April)
Litigate or Not: Public Preferences for International Court in Territorial Disputes in the Philippines
Jayeel S. Cornelio, (April)
The State of Filipino Millennials: An Alternative View
Aim Sinpeng, (March)
Crowdsourcing Dictatorship in Thailand
Dr Khoo Ying Hooi, (January)
The Bersih Movement and Democratisation in Malaysia
