"The State of Democracy in Southeast Asia."[Special Seminar] (2009/6/4)
Date:June 4 (Thu.), 2009 14:00 - 16:00
Venue:Seminar Room II, Iwamori Building
Topic:Roundtable on the State of Democracy in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian Perspectives
Vedi Hadiz (Associate Professor, National University of Singapore and
author of Localising Power in Indonesia: A Southeast Asia Perspective,
forthcoming, Stanford University Press, 2009)
Thailand
Prof. Ukrist Pathmanand (Professor, Chulalongkorn University,
co-author of the book The Thaksinization of Thailand, with Duncan
McCargo)
Indonesia
Prof. Jun Honna (Associate Professor, Reitsumeikan University and
author of Military Politics and Democratization in Indonesia)
Prof. Masaaki Okamoto (Associate Professor, CSEAS and author of "An
Unholy Alliance: Political Thugs and Political Islam Work Together, "
Inside Indonesia 93", August-October 2008)
Malaysia
Prof. Toh Kin Woon (Senior API Fellow, former leader, Parti Gerakan
Rakyat Malaysia - the Malaysian People’s Movement Party, and former
Senator, Malaysian Upper Chamber of Parliament, member of the Penang
State Legislative Assembly)
The Philippines
Prof. Patricio N. Abinales (Professor, CSEAS, and author of History
and Orthodoxy in the Muslim Filipino Narrative, 1898-2000, Ateneo
Press, forthcoming)