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Dr Evan Medeiros gave a lecture on the future of the US 'Asia Pivot' 

On Tuesday 15 November, LSE SEAC was delighted to welcome back Dr Evan Medeiros, Managing Director and Practice Head for Asia at Eurasia Group and former senior director for Asian affairs at the White House’s National Security Council, for a talk on the future of US-Southeast Asia relations under the Trump presidency. 

Photos of the event are available here.

 
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Former secretary general of the PCA spoke at LSE SEAC on the South China Sea dispute

On Wednesday 12 October, LSE SEAC hosted Tjaco van den Hout, former secretary general of the Permanent Court of Arbitration for an event on the recent award of the Philippines v. China case and its implications to international law and regional geopolitics. 

The podcast of the event is available here

 
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LSE SEAC welcomes new Director, Dr Jürgen Haacke

On 1st August, Dr Jürgen Haacke was appointed as Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre after Professor Danny Quah's move from the LSE to take up the position of Li Ka Shing Professor of Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS. 

Dr Haacke is Associate Professor in International Relations at the LSE, and was formerly an Associate of LSE SEAC. His biography is available here

 

New visiting appointments Dr Trude Jacobsen and Stephen James

Dr Trude Jacobsen (Associate Professor of Southeast Asian history at Northern Illinois University) and Stephen James (PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside) have joined LSE SEAC as Visiting Senior Fellow and Visiting Research Student respectively. During their visit, they will participate in LSE SEAC activities as speakers at upcoming research seminars.

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LSE SEAC hosted its inaugural LSE Southeast Asia Forum

The inaugural LSE Southeast Asia Forum (SEAF) took place on Friday 13th May 2016.  The Forum was a unique opportunity to engage with Southeast Asia's most critical issues, network with renowned experts on the region and encourage student participation in high-level debates.

Podcasts and photos now available here.

 

Sex Trafficking in Southeast Asia: the context of desire, duty, and debt

Wednesday 23rd November 2016, 6.30 - 8.00pm; Room 1.04, New Academic Building (NAB)

Speaker: Dr Trude Jacobsen
Chair:
 Dr Jürgen Haacke

Who Developed Vietnam? The Role of International Donors

Wednesday 30th November 2016, 6.30 - 8.00pm; Room 9.04, Tower 2 (TW2)

Speaker: Professor Jörn Dosch
Chair:
 Dr Jürgen Haacke

 
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