The “other” Karen in Myanmar : ethnic minorities and the struggle without arms / Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung. Global Filipinos : migrants’ lives in the virtual village / Deirdre McKay. “Siam” : ten ways to look at Thailand’s past / Barend Jan Terwiel. Aid dependence in Cambodia : how foreign assistance undermines democracy / Sophal Ear. The Politics of Timor-leste : democratic consolidation after intervention / Michael Leach … [et al.],
Cambodia and the politics of aesthetics / Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim. Can peace research make peace? : lessons in academic diplomacy / Timo Kivimäki. Sāmkok : chabap waniphok / [Lo Kuan-chung] ; [vert.] Yākh̨ōp.สามก๊กฉบับวณิพก / ยาขอบ Southeast Asia and the English School of International Relations : a region-theory dialogue / Linda Quayle. State violence in East Asia / edited by N. Ganesan and Sung Chull Kim. Tantric temples : eros and
Reproduced with permission from LSE’s Heather Dawson’s excellent “social science sites of the week” email- a round up of new and interesting news for Social Scientists. Thanks Heather! Amnesty international annual review of the Death Penalty. The Amnesty international annual review of the Death Penalty was released this week. See which country executed the most people. The site also has images and video content. Also useful is the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty which
Image taken from Asia House website: http://asiahouse.org/ Now in its seventh year, the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature is the only UK festival dedicated to writing about Asia and Asians, from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Pacific. This year they have widened the remit to include Turkey and parts of the Middle East. The 2013 Festival will feature authors writing about over 15 countries, including Afghanistan, Burma, China, India, Iran, Iraq,
Following the 2010 elections, Myanmar/Burma has seen rapid political and economic reforms with the installation of a democratic government. Major parts of these reforms include the new Ceasefire Agreements singed between the government and the armed ethnic groups. The setback, however, is that, despite the ceasefire agreements, fighting between the government’s Burma Army and the armed ethnic groups is still going on particularly in Kachin State and Shan State. Nevertheless,
A piece of war : Memories from 1941-46 /Arthur Moss. A retrospect on the dust-laden history : the past and present of Tekong Island in Singapore / Chen Poh Seng, Lee Leong Sze Contract law in Singapore / Andrew B.L. Phang, Goh Yihan. Crisis management & public policy : Singapore’s approach to economic resilience / editors, Sng Hui Ying, Chai Wai Mun. Executive accountability in Southeast Asia : the role
A retrospect on the dust-laden history : the past and present of Tekong Island in Singapore / Chen Poh Seng, Lee Leong Sze. A selective approach to establishing a human rights mechanism in Southeast Asia : the case for a Southeast Asian court of human rights / by Hao Duy Phan. Chinese Indonesians reassessed : history, religion and belonging / edited by Siew-Min Sai and Chang-Yau Hoon. Imagining identities /
BookSG <www.sgebooks.nl.sg> is an online collection of digitised books and other printed materials (including rare and historical imprints) held in the National Library Singapore, selected works from the British Library’s Oriental & India Office Collection and works published in Singapore. The collection features materials related to Singapore and Southeast Asia. Features of this online collection include: Rare and special collections from the National Library and the British Library The Youth
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. There are, as of today, 6600+ items spanning from 8000BE to present, in a variety of formats (photographs, books, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, sound recordings, etc.) and languages, and covering a wide-range of subjects. Items on the WDL may easily be browsed by place,
Aid dependence in Cambodia : how foreign assistance undermines democracy / Sophal Ear. Ampun tuanku : a brief guide to constitutional government / Zaid Ibrahim. Around Laos in 1900 : a photographer’s adventures / A. Raquez ; translated and with an introduction by Walter E.J. Tip. Autonomy and armed separatism in South and Southeast Asia / ed by Michelle Ann Miller. Chewing over the West : occidental narratives in non-Western
