There is a CSEAS colloquium by Dr. Roy Bin Wong.
Date: 24 June 2010, 16:00-17:00
Place: Middle-sized meeting room (Room.no. 332) on the third floor of Inamori Memorial Hall
Speaker: Dr. Roy Bin Wong
Topics: Comparing States and Regions in East Asia and Europe: Is Southeast Asia (Ever) Part of East Asia?
Abstract:
The emergence of global or world history has celebrated connections among different parts of the world, often with a claim to have eclipsed historians' conventional focus on countries. What we are missing is much needed additional attention to the geographies of connection that emerge in the spaces beyond national states that are far less than global. We need to fill in the spaces between local and global in order to understand the world around us. This essay reconsiders how regional spaces, like "East Asia," and "Southeast Asia," can help us mediate between the local and global as we put national states into broader contexts. As we think about how regional spaces can help us understand the larger world, we can also consider if or when it can be helpful to consider 鉄outheast Asia・to be a part of some larger "East Asia."