Who Stole the Rice from the Farmers?
Annam Tinnawa?”, (Have you had rice yet?) was how Sivappa, the care taker of our apartment in Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad, used to greet me every day. Sometimes more than once a day.
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SEA Junction August Agenda
Dear All, The month of July saw a variety of programs from the launching of an alternative tourist guide on Bangkok, the screening of a documentary on inter–ethnic relations in Myanmar and another on environmental destruction in Sarawak, to a talk by renown journalist Michael Vatikiotis on current governance issues in Southeast Asia. Of note,…
ASEAN Development at Fifty
Good afternoon. Thank you, Lia for the brief introduction. I want first to expand a bit on my background. My sojourn in Southeast Asia spans altogether four decades.
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Announcement 18 July 2017
Due to staff attendance at the 10 ICAS in Chiang Mai, SEA Junction will be closed on 19-21 July. Sorry for the inconvenience!
And if you are in Chiang Mai please attend our panel on Philantrophy in Southeast Asia.
SEA Junction July Agenda
Dear All, We are glad to inform you that the celebration for our 1st Anniversary went very well with a festive bazaar, and engaging discussion on medical tourism and a constructive meeting with our founding partners and key supporters. We now enter our second year with a varied program in terms of activities and countries…
(Un)Managing the Refugee Crisis in Southeast Asia?
ASEAN member states struggle to find effective solutions when confronted with forced movements of people escaping conflict and seeking refuge across border.
SEA Junction June Agenda
Dear All, The month of June is of particular significance to SEA Junction, as we will be celebrating our first anniversary on 25 June. During the past year we have strived with you all to fulfil our mission to facilitate sharing of knowledge and experience on Southeast Asia in all its dimensions. While pleased with…
Origins of Tai Ancient Culture
On 13 May 2017 the series “The Rice of Southeast Asia” was launched with a Public Lecture on the Origins of Tai Ancient Culture by Tongthan Natjumnong, editor of Siam Rat newspaper, historian, poet, and political commentator.
SEA Junction May Agenda
Dear All, I am glad to inform you that April workshops on Indonesian glass paintings, making of wayang from recycling material and angklung bamboo music were very well attended, in spite of Bangkok being quite empty for the Songkran Festival. We also had a very successful launch of the series “ASEAN in Flux” on movements…
SEA Junction April Agenda
Dear All, I am glad to present here a full program for April, celebrating the arts of Southeast Asia while examining some of the region’s challenges. In particular I like to introduce to you “ASEAN in Flux” a series of events on movements of people in an increasingly integrated region in collaboration with the Heinrich…