LSE SEAC Newsletter - SEAF SPECIAL

Friday 4th May 2018
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News

SEAC has two new Visiting Appointments

SEAC has welcomed two new Visiting Appointments for the Summer Term. Dr Do Young Oh (Visiting Fellow) is a Researcher at LSE Cities and will be investigating the university-city relationship in Singapore and Vietnam in a post-colonial context. Daniel Peterson (Visiting Research Student) is a PhD candidate at Australian Catholic University, and will be working on his thesis which examines Indonesia's human rights legal framework and the rise of political Islam in the archipelago.

SEAC Director spoke at the University of Turin

On Thursday 26th April 2018, SEAC Director Dr Jürgen Haacke spoke on 'China, the US and hedging in Southeast Asia' at the University of Torino, Italy. Dr Haacke's lecture was organised as part of the university’s TOChina Spring Seminars.

Upcoming events

LSE SOUTHEAST ASIA FORUM
(SEAF 2018)

Monday 21st May 2018
9:00 – 5.30pm
The Lincoln Centre, London, WC2A 3ED
The annual LSE Southeast Asia Forum (SEAF) is a full-day conference that brings together leading Southeast Asia experts to engage with some of the region's most critical and pressing issues. It offers a unique opportunity to inform and network with policymakers in government, high ranking members of the diplomatic core, and stakeholders in business and civil society.

Keynote Lecture by Ms Foo Chi Hsia, H.E. High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore

Panel I – The Great Powers’ Economic Engagement of Southeast Asia
Dr Biswajit Dhar; Dr Deborah Elms; Professor Yee Kuang Heng; Dr Chheang Vannarith

Panel II – Economic Challenges and Risks in Southeast Asia
Peter Mumford; Cesar Purisima; Ying Staton; Geoffrey Yu

Panel III – Leadership and Political Futures
Dr Astrid Norén-Nilsson; Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak; Professor James Putzel; Professor Meredith L. Weiss

Panel IV – Myanmar: challenges and risks
Thomas Burn; Professor Robert H. Taylor; Dr Anthony Ware; Fourth Speaker TBA

The full programme and tickets are now available on the SEAC website!

Past events

Overcoming Poverty and the Role of Politics in Economic Growth
On Friday 6th April, LSE received Her Excellency Maria Leonor "Leni" Gerona Robredo (left), who spoke about her commitment to a pro-poor administration in the Philippines since being elected Vice President in 2016. This event was organised by LSE's International Development Society, DESTIN. It was co-hosted by LSE Department of International Development and LSE SEAC; and was chaired by SEAC Associate, Professor James Putzel (right).

Policy Entrepreneurs and US Burma Policy under President Obama
On Wednesday 25th April, SEAC Director Dr Jürgen Haacke gave a public talk on the role of policy entrepreneurs in relation to some of the key policy shifts that the Obama administration embraced towards Myanmar between 2009-2016. This talk was the last in a series of SEAC Research Fund seminars that ran throughout Lent Term, showcasing the six projects that were awarded funding from the SEAC Research Fund in February 2016.

The Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre (SEAC) is a cross-disciplinary, regionally-focused academic centre within the Institute of Global Affairs at LSE.

Building on the School’s deep academic and historical connections with Southeast Asia, SEAC seeks to foster world-leading academic and policy research with a focus on the Southeast Asian social and political landscape.

SEAC is LSE’s gateway to understanding Southeast Asia.

The Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre was established with the generous support of Professor Saw Swee Hock.