Past Events - 2016

The Future of the US ‘Asia Pivot’

Tuesday 15th November 2016

We were delighted to welcome Dr Evan Medeiros back to his alma mater for this talk at the LSE where he offered his perspectives of working as a policymaker under President Barack Obama's administration, as well as an analysis of what the US foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific, especially Southeast Asia, might look like under President Donald Trump.

Speaker:  Dr Evan Medeiros
Chair:   Dr Jürgen Haacke

Duterte’s Bloody Democracy in the Philippines

Tuesday 25th October 2016

Podcast and presentation slides now available.

Speaker:   Professor Mark R Thompson
Chair:   Dr Jürgen Haacke

South China Sea: salient aspects of the arbitration between the Philippines and China

Wednesday 12th October 2016

Podcast and presentation slides now available.

Speaker: Tjaco van den Hout
Chair: Dr Jürgen Haacke

Rebranding ASEAN as a New Global Player

Wednesday 27th April 2016

Podcast now available.

Speaker: Abhisit Vejjajiva
Chair: Professor Danny Quah

How Did Aung San Suu Kyi Win So Big?

Monday 25th April 2016

Podcast now available.

Speaker: Peter Popham
Chair: Dr Jurgen Haacke

Yanmagon: Faces of Yangon - Film screening and Q&A with Director

Yanmagon: Faces of Yangon is a portrait of a changing city, the former capital of Myanmar, through the eyes of its activists, architects, poets, photographers. The screening of the documentary was followed by a discussion session and a small reception.

The Philippines and China: Options for Resolving Overlapping Claims in the South China Sea

Tuesday 15th March 2016

We were honoured to host His Excellency Enrique A. Manalo for one of his last public talks in as the Philippine Ambassador to the UK at this joint event with the LSESU ASEAN Society, where he discussed the arbitration case the Philippines instituted against China concerning its actions in the South China Sea.

Speaker: His Excellency Enrique A. Manalo
Chair: Professor James Putzel

Before It Spread Like Wildfire: An archaeological perspective on slash-and-burn farming

On 21st March, we hosted two archaeologists from the Durham University and the University of Cambridge to present their research on slash-and-burn farming and its relation to the Southeast Asian haze to an audience of people from a non-archaeological background.

Speakers: Dr David Clinnick, Dr James Walker 
Chair: Dr Hans Steinmüller

Middle Eastern and South Asian migrants in the colonial Philippines

On 9th March, Professor William Clarence-Smith gave a presentation on the various migrant groups who arrived in the Philippines during the late 19th and early 20th century.

Speaker: Professor William Clarence-Smith
Chair: Dr Kirsten Schulze

A tale of two endings: A comparative perspective on civil war in Papua and East Timor

It was our pleasure to welcome back LSE alum Dr Claire Smith on 10th February to present her research on the civil wars in Papua and East Timor, followed by a long and interesting discussion part with the audience.

Speaker: Dr Claire Smith
Chair: Dr Kirsten Schulze

Borneo Burning: Deforestation, El Nino, Reforestation

On 3rd February Dr Roger Montgomery gave presentation on the effects of El Nino and deforestation on forest fires in Indonesia in 2015. Contrasting this, he discussed a successful NGO project of poverty eradication that involved tree planting as a method.

Podcast now available.

Speaker: Dr Roger Montgomery
Chair: Dr Kirsten Schulze

Australia's role in Indonesian independence - liberal internationalism in action, or the realpolitik of regional security?

On 20th January we welcomed Bruce Watson at LSE to talk about the different reasons behind Australia's support for Indonesian independence, and the different narratives that exist of this event.

Podcast now available.

Speaker: Bruce Watson
Chair: Dr Kirsten Schulze

The Material Culture of Japanese-Held Captives in WWII British Asia

'What items would you bring with you if you into a four year imprisonment, and what would you take with you after the end of it?' Dr Felicia Yap answered this question in her presentation on 13th January at the first LSE SEAC Seminar of 2016.

Podcast now available.

Speaker: Dr Felicia Yap
Chair: Dr Kirsten Schulze