Kick-Off Meeting
Chiang Mai, ThailandCRISEA got off to an enthusiastic start with a Kick-Off Meeting held in Chiang Mai on 2nd and 3rd December 2017. The kick off meeting saw CRISEA’s Scientific Coordinator, Dr Jacques P. Leider, outline the project’s research agenda focusing on the five arenas where regional forces in Southeast Asia compete: the environment, the economy, the State, [...]
Round Table on Integration in Southeast Asia
This is CRISEA’s first outreach activity open to the general public, was organized at the French Cultural Institute (L'Espace) in Hanoi on the Thursday evening. In this round table a panel of speakers - including anthropologists, sociologists and historians - addressed the question: how do the realities of an integrating region impact on the [...]
Research Workshop 1
hanoi, vietnamFrom 28 to 30 March 2018, over sixty European and Southeast Asian scholars participating in CRISEA met at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences in Hanoi for the first of three Research Workshops. Over a period of two days, five working groups corresponding to the project’s five main ‘arenas’ of competition for integration – [...]
EEAS Policy Briefing Session 1. “The Influence of China on Southeast Asia”
Brussels, BelgiumThe briefing session focused on research conducted within the framework of CRISEA’s Work Package 5 ‘The Region: ASEAN’s Contested Centrality’. The following presentations were delivered: Assessing Chinese Investments in Southeast Asia, Françoise Nicolas (IFRI, France) Local Governments in China's Policy Towards ASEAN: Roles, Structures and Implications, Dominik Mierzejewski (University of Lodz, Poland) The Rise of [...]
Second International Conference in European Studies in Southeast Asia
Manilla, PhillipinesOn 16th November, the Second International Conference in European Studies in Southeast Asia organized by Prof. Marissa Paderon took place at Ateneo de Manila University around the theme Comparing Regionalism: The European Union as Reference Point in Integrating Regions. Several CRISEA researchers participated, inlcuding Sophie Boisseau du Rocher, Evelyn Devadason, Do Ta Khanh, and Natthanan Kunnamas. [...]
EEAS Policy Briefing Session 2. “State and Fate of Liberalism and Democracy in Southeast Asia: the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia”
Brussels, BelgiumChaired by Tomas Larsson (University of Cambridge) this second briefing session focused on research conducted within the framework of CRISEA’s Work Package 3 ‘The State: Contesting the Liberal State’ The following presentations were delivered: The hegemony of Dutertismo: Lower middle-class mentalities and the erosion of liberal democracy, Lisandro Claudio (Ateneo de Manila, Philippines) Malaysia after [...]
Dissemination Workshop 1. “Contemporary Issues in SEA: New Geopolitics, Populism and Violence”
Manilla, PhillipinesThe CRISEA project held its 1st Dissemination Workshop on « Contemporary Issues in SEA: New Geopolitics, Populism and Violence» in Manila, Philippines, on 14-15 February 2019. It brought together researchers from Work Package 4 ‘Identity’ and involved a closed-door session with the European delegation to the Philippines as well as a Public Forum on [...]
The 60th International Studies Association Annual Convention
toronto, canadaDavid Camroux, participated in the 60th International Studies Association Annual Convention. He presented two papers: De/Recentralizing ‘ASEAN Centrality’? Australia, Indonesia and the Indo-Pacific Regional Construct After Brexit (from the EU) is an Indexit (from ASEAN) possible? Three members of the International Academic Advisory Board also participated in the [...]
WP3 “The State” Workshop in Cambridge
Cambridge, United KingdomBetween 17th – 18th April, fifteen scholars drawn from CRISEA’s Work Package 3 “The State” met for two days of intense discussions at St John’s College, University of Cambridge. Tomas Larsson and Pham Quynh Phuong, the leaders of the Work Package, alongside Jacques Leider, the Scientific Coordinator, skillfully organized debates [...]
4th Conference of the Italian Association of Southeast Asian Studies (ItaSEAS)
The conference was hosted by the University of Naples “L’Orientale” in its summer schools centre on the island of Procida, the Gulf of Naples. The conference was held back-to-back with CRISEA's 2nd Research Workshop. Some 25 CRISEA researchers attended the Conference and presented their preliminary research results. Further information can [...]
Research Workshop 2
procida, italyFrom 24 to 25 May 2019, over forty European and Southeast Asian scholars participating in CRISEA met at the University of Naples L’Orientale’s summer schools centre on the island of Procida in the Gulf of Naples for the second CRISEA Research Workshop. Over a period of two days, five working groups corresponding to the [...]
Dissemination Workshop 2. “Development and Transformation in Southeast Asia: The Political Economy of Equitable Growth”
Kuala LumpurThe CRISEA project held its 2nd Dissemination Workshop on « Development and Transformation in Southeast Asia: The Political Economy of Equitable Growth » in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 9 July 2019. It brought together researchers from Work Package 2 ‘The Economy’ and involved a closed-door session with the European delegation [...]
EuroSEAS 2019
Round Tables Current and future challenges of regional integration in Southeast Asia Jacques Leider Tomasz Kaminski Sophie Boisseau du Rocher “Listen to your Eyes”: Multimedia Story-telling and the Future(s) of Academic Publishing David Kloos Henk Schulte Nordholt Silvia Vignato Principles of welfare in Southeast Asia Silvia Vignato Sessions “Worlding sites”: Globalized visions and [...]
Dissemination Workshop 3. “The Environment: Securing the Commons”
Chiang Mai, ThailandThe Dissemination Workshop for WP1 The Environment took place in Chiang Mai. Event Poster Event Programme
EEAS Policy Briefing Session 3. “Identity: Critical Issues at the Intersection of Politics, Violence and Social Formations”
Brussels, BelgiumBrussels, Belgium Chaired by Volker Grabowsky (University of Hamburg) this third briefing session made to European diplomats at the European External Action Service (EEAS) focused on research conducted within the framework of CRISEA’s Work Package 4 ‘Identity: Forging Regional Belonging’. The following presentations were made: Timor-Leste: Addressing violence-prone groups and setting a course towards [...]
Research Workshop 3
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Dissemination Workshop 4. “The State: Contesting the Liberal State”
Mandalay, MyanmarThe dissemination of research projects of CRISEA Work Package 4 “The State” took place in February 2020 at two locations in Myanmar, the University of Mandalay and the French Cultural Institute in Yangon. Both events followed similar dissemination conferences and briefings in Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Chiang Mai. The dissemination conference on 10 February [...]
Dissemination Workshop 5. “ASEAN’s Contested Centrality”
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Dissemination Workshop 5. “Southeast Asia and the COVID-19 Challenge”
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Bangkok’s Night of Ideas
Alliance française de Bangkok 179 Wireless Rd, Lumphini, Pathum Wan District, BangkokMonika Arnez's film will be projected at a French cultural event in Bangkok Bangkok's Night of Ideas An event co-organized by the Embassy of France in Thailand, the French Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC), Alliance Française Bangkok, the UDDC – Chulalongkorn University and the Heinrich [...]
CRISEA Final Conference
Competing Regional Integrations in Southeast Asia: The Project and its Findings