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.

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Past Events

15 Sep

Rethinking "China" and the "Cold War": The Kuomintang, the Philippine Chinese, and Diasporic Anticommunism in the Mid-20th Century

Speaker: Kung Chien Wen

8 Sep

The Real Deal? Results versus outcome in Thailand’s 2023 elections

Speaker: Duncan McCargo

29 Mar

Malaysia’s 2022 Election and its Aftermath: What the Four Arenas framework tells us about voting behaviour and government stability

Speaker: Kai Ostwald

08 Mar

Pillars of the Community: Are Communist Party Members More Other-Regarding Than Non-Party Members?

Speaker: Paul Schuler

13 Feb

Accents and Immigrant Tolerance: Experimental Evidence from the Taiwanese in Taiwan and the US

Speaker: Amy Liu

11 Mar

Better together? Examining the effect of civic education for local officials and citizens in the Philippines (joint work with Lily Tsai)

Speaker: Nina McMurry

16 Feb

The Power of Ethnic Claims in Early Modern Siam (1400-1850)

Speaker: Matthew Reeder

15 Apr

Litigate or Not: Public Preferences for International Court in Territorial Disputes in the Philippines

Speaker: Xiaojun Li

9 Apr

The State of Filipino Millennials: An Alternative View

Speaker: Jayeel S. Cornelio

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