Islam in Southeast Asia

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Song: Đường Về by Quái Vật Tí Hon from the album Đường Về (2011). Visitors can listen to the Featured Song by clicking the play button above.

Quái vật tí hon (Little Monsters) rock band was founded in 2010 by 5 members who come from many popular rock bands in Viet Nam, such as Hồng Long – bass (former member of Gạt tàn đầy (Full Astray) band, Công Hải – vocal (former member of The Microwave), Quang Minh – drum (acoustic, former member of the Little Wings), Tất Thắng – guitar (overload) and Hồng Phúc – guitar (acoustic).

The band’s style is post-rock/experimental. Its members do not abuse virtuoso techniques of guitar nor do they use fierce riffs, strong drumbeats; however, they choose to bring very gentle and deep tones to the audience.

Identifying themselves as those who like adventure in music, the band members do not want to be constrained by any certain style. They bring familiar folk sounds together with modern sounds in their music. This has made their music exceptional.

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Song: Kugadaikan Cintaku (Gombloh Cover) by Klantink. Visitors can listen to the Featured Song by clicking the play button above.

Klantink is a group of street performers that has gone on to win Indonesia’s national TV talent show. The five members of Klantink – Budi, Imam, Nurdin, Mat and Wawan – are from Surabaya, in East Java, Indonesia. They started life as a group in 2006, busking on the streets and taking part in street festivals in East Java. They became famous across Indonesia in 2010 when they entered and finally won the national TV talent competition. They entertained the judges and audience with a range of performances, including a unique rendition of the Beatles’ Hey Jude!

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Listen to Klantink, an East Java street performance music group. Song: Kugadaikan Cintaku (Gombloh Cover) by Klantink. Visitors can listen to the Featured Song by clicking the play button above.

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Timor-Leste: Art on the Streets Director's Vimeo   Director's Website More Videos More Timor-Leste Videos

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Lighting Our World: A Year of Celebrations Catherine Rondina (Author) and Jacqui Oakley (Illustrator)

On each spread, a fictional child introduces one festival, and on the facing page a festival from a different area of the world is described in straight nonfiction. For example, for January readers meet Sophie from Scotland who introduces Up Helly Aa, a fire festival that the Scots participate in memory of their Viking heritage. It faces a description of the Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony in Canada. Each spread is accompanied by a small illustration of the child, a large illustration depicting the festival, and another small picture showing an aspect of the second festival. Overall, 31 festivals are discussed, ranging from the familiar (Christmas) to the less familiar (Tet Trung Thu).

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Vietnam A to Z: Discover the Colorful Culture of Vietnam! Elka K. Ray

With creative illustrations and bilingual English and Vietnamese text, this colorful ABC book introduces Vietnam’s culture to small children.

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          Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam Sherry Garland (Author) and Trina Hyman (Illustrator)

Vietnamese folk tales retold for a modern audience. In poetry and literature the Vietnamese call themselves the “children of the dragon.” Their oral tradition is a strong one and this volume includes three of the familiar teaching tales told by the elders. Readers will learn how the tiger got his stripes, why there are monsoons, and the story of the Moon Festival.

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  Vietnamese Children’s Favorite Stories Phuoc Thi Minh Tran (Author), Dong Nguyen (Illustrator), and Hop Thi Nguyen (Illustrator)

This colorfully illustrated multicultural children’s book presents Vietnamese fairy tales and other folk stories—providing insight into a rich literary culture. Vietnamese Children’s Favorite Stories, is a charming collection of fifteen tales as told by prominent storyteller Tran Thi Minh Phuoc. In it, Tran—Minnesota’s first Vietnamese librarian and an active member of the Vietnamese-American community—recounts cherished folktales such as “The Story of Tam and Cam” (the Vietnamese version of Cinderella), “The Jade Rabbit,” and “The Legend of the Mai Flower.” With beautiful illustrations by veteran artists Nguyen Thi Hop and Nguyen Dong, children and adults alike will be enchanted by Tran’s English retellings. Stories in which integrity, hard work and a kind heart triumph over deception, laziness, and greed—as gods, peasants, kings and fools spring to life in legends of bravery and beauty, and fables about nature. The Children’s Favorite Stories series was created to share the folktales and legends most beloved by children in the East with young readers of all backgrounds in the West. Winner of Creative Child Magazine 2015 Book of the Year Award

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Spotlighting children's books on Vietnam as the country prepares for ‘Tet-Trung-Thu’ or the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lighting Our World: A Year of Celebrations Catherine Rondina (Author) and Jacqui Oakley (Illustrator) On each spread, a fictional child introduces one festival, and on the facing page a festival from a different area of the world is described in straight nonfiction.

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Amazing Indonesia

Indonesian culture and landscape on display in Amazing Indonesia

Impressions from an Indonesia trip (about 2 weeks) from Christopher Schwab. He visited Java (Yogyakarta and Bromo), Bali and Gili Trawangan and fell in love with the country. Music: Another day (revised) by The album leaf Filmed with Panasonic HDC-SD200 and GoPro Hero 3+ Silver edition. Edited with Pinnacle Studio 16. [button…

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[dropcap style=”square”]P[/dropcap]aul Lavy is Associate Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art History at the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa and a recipient of the UH Board of Regents’ Excellence in Teaching Award (2014). His teaching spans the geographic belt from Afghanistan to the Philippines (Asia south of China) with emphasis on Southeast Asia and India prior to the European colonial period. He has considerable fieldwork experience in India and throughout Southeast Asia, particularly in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

His primary research interests are the Hindu-Buddhist art and architecture associated with the Mekong Delta and Preangkorian Khmer civilizations (ca. 6th – 8th cent. CE), as well as contemporaneous traditions in Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and India. Professor Lavy’s work seeks to advance understanding of the interconnected cultures of mainland Southeast Asia, to integrate the art histories of these countries, and to highlight historical relationships that are often obscured by divided present-day national perspectives and single-country research focus. He is currently wrapping up a book, entitled the The Crowned Gods of Early Southeast Asia, which investigates the development of early Southeast Asian Brahmanical (or “Hindu”) sculpture and situates it in its art historical, cultural, and political contexts. Important to this study, and the focus of several other publications by Professor Lavy, are the four-armed mitered Vishnu images that were produced throughout Southeast Asia in conjunction with early “state” formation in the region (see image no. 1). He has also recently embarked on another book, provisionally entitled Masterpieces of Southeast Asian Sculpture, which charts the development of Southeast Asian Hindu-Buddhist sculpture from its beginnings through the 14th century and the decline of Angkor. Image no. 2 depicts an excellent related example of a late Angkorian Buddhist sculpture, the subject of a paper previously published by Professor Lavy.

His graduate students pursue research on a wide variety of art historical topics, from early Cambodia, Thailand, and India to the modern Philippines. Most recently, in April 2015, Daniel Pham submitted an MA thesis on the art and architecture of the Bale Kambang (image no. 3) and its historical relationships with Balinese kingship. The full-text of his thesis can be accessed at http://www.hawaii.edu/art/look/. In spring 2016, as part of her MA thesis, Kristin Remington will curate an exhibit of Angkorian period art from Thailand and Cambodia (including image no. 4) at The John Young Museum of Art on the campus of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

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  UH-M Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Paul Lavy Paul Lavy is Associate Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art History at the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa…

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Forgotten Armies: Britain’s Asian Empire & the War with Japan Christopher Alan Bayly & Tim Harper

The vast crescent of British-ruled territories from India down to Singapore appeared in the early stages of the Second World War a massive asset in the war with Germany, providing huge quantities of soldiers and raw materials and key part of an impregnable global network denied to the Nazis. Within a few weeks in 1941-2 a Japanese invasion had destroyed all this, almost effortlessly taking the ‘impregnable fortress’ of Singapore with its 80,000 strong garrison, and sweeping through South and Southeast Asia to the frontier of India itself. This revolutionary, absolutely gripping book brings to life the entire experience of South and Southeast Asia in this extraordinary period, telling the story from an Indian, Burmese, Chinese or Malay perspective as much as from that of the British or Japanese. Effectively it is the story of the birth of modern South and Southeast Asia and the hopes and fears of the dozens of ‘forgotten armies’ marching through the jungle battlefields, so many dying for causes swept away by the reality that emerged in 1945. Even as the British successfully fought back in the bloodiest battles in South and Southeast Asia’s history, there was no going back to colonial rule.

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Forgotten Wars: Freedom and Revolution in Southeast Asia Christopher Bayly & Tim Harper

Forgotten Wars, a sequel to the authors’ acclaimed Forgotten Armies, is a panoramic account of the bitter wars of the end of empire, seen not only through the eyes of the fighters, but also through the personal stories of ordinary people: the poor and bewildered caught up in India’s Hindu-Muslim massacres; the peasant farmers ravaged by warfare between British forces and revolutionaries in Malaya; the Burmese minorities devastated by separatist revolt. Throughout, we are given a stunning portrait of societies poised between the hope of independence and the fear of strife. Forgotten Wars vividly brings to life the inescapable conflicts and manifold dramas that shaped today’s Asia. Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper show how World War II never really ended in these ravaged Asian lands but instead continued in bloody civil wars, anti-colonial insurrections, and inter-communal massacres. These years became the most formative in modern Asian history, as Western imperialism vied with nascent nationalist and communist revolutionaries for political control.

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Tensions Of Empire: Japan & Southeast Asia in the Colonial & Postcolonial World Ken’ichi Goto (Author) and Paul H. Kratoska (Editor)

Beginning with the closing decade of European colonial rule in Southeast Asia and covering the wartime Japanese empire and its postwar disintegration, Tensions of Empire focuses on the Japanese in Southeast Asia, Indonesians in Japan, and the legacy of the war in Southeast Asia. It also examines Japanese perceptions of Southeast Asia and the lingering ambivalence toward Japanese involvement in Asia and toward the war in particular. Drawing on extensive multilingual archival research and interviews, Ken’ichi Goto has produced a factually rich and balanced view of this region’s historical events of the last century. Tensions of Empire features detailed discussions of Portuguese Timor in the 1930s and 1940s, the decolonization of Malaya, and twentieth-century Indonesia. This extended inquiry yields a unique view of the complicated network within and beyond the colonial and imperial relationships between a one-time nonwestern colonial power and an entire region. Of great interest to students of Japan-Southeast Asia relations and to specialists in the modern history of both Southeast Asia and Japan, Professor Goto’s Tensions of Empire is a fascinating account of Japan’s recent past from the inside.

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Burma: The Longest War Louis Allen

Charting the whole Burma war, this book flows like a novel from the high command to the sharp end setting out a myriad of facts and considerations in a clear and coherent narrative. Ranging far beyond pure military history the story is multi-layered, combining objective analysis with a sensitive account of human reaction in the face of bitter, cruel warfare, disease and an inhospitable terrain. Military events are painstakingly detailed, and set in their political and cultural context. Equal attention is paid to both sides of the conflict and the insights made into Japanese plans and responses make the book uniquely informative, exciting and moving. ‘If one had to select one book about the Burma War, this fine work is the best’ Dekho, magazine of the Burma Star Association ‘There will be few more thorough chronicles of World War Two’s most dreaded front than Louis Allen’s Burma: The Longest War” The Listener

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This week's bookshelf spotlights WWII in Southeast Asia as we mark 70 years since the war's end. Forgotten Armies: Britain's Asian Empire & the War with Japan Christopher Alan Bayly & Tim Harper…

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Southeast Asia: Is there a "there" there?

Southeast Asia: Is there a “there” there?

A Talk by Prof. Stephen O’Harrow from the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa Friday, September 18, 2015 12:00 – 1:30pm Tokioka Room, Moore Hall 319 It’s a play on the famous saying by Gertrude Stein about her hometown of Oakland, California, “there’s no there there.” Gertrude ran away to Paris with her girlfriend to get to someplace with a “there” in it. Picasso and Hemingway were “there,” so I guess…

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CSEAS now on Instagram

CSEAS is now on Instagram! Follow us for picture updates from the Center!

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa recently established a presence on Instagram to highlight our summer travels through Indonesia. Be on the lookout for upcoming hashtags we will feature throughout the year. If you have any recommendations for any Southeast Asia related hashtags, please let us know. You can follow all of our pictures from numerous users…

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Links to our Spotlights for Spring & Summer 2015:

Summer Beach Reads on Southeast Asia on August 4, 2015

Peacebuilding, Interreligious Relations, and Diversity in Southeast Asia on July 21, 2015

Travel & Adventure in Southeast Asia on July 7, 2015

The Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia on June 23, 2015

New Releases on Southeast Asian Film on June 9, 2015

Spotlight on Javanese Art, Music, and Dance on May 26, 2015

Spotlight on Timor-Leste on May 19, 2015

Southeast Asian Comics & Graphic Novels on May 12, 2015

Spotlighting New Releases on Myanmar on May 5, 2015

Hmong Experiences in Southeast Asia on April 28, 2015

Spotlight on Brunei on April 21, 2015

Festivals and Folktales of Southeast Asia on April 14, 2015

New Books on Indonesia by ISEAS Publishing on April 7, 2015

Lee Kuan Yew: In His Own Words on March 31, 2015

Southeast Asia Beach Reads for Spring Break on March 24, 2015

Filipino Literature by Ninotchka Rosca on March 17, 2015

International Women’s Day Books on March 10, 2015

New Book Release by the Andaya’s on March 3, 2015

Higher Education in Southeast Asia on February 24, 2015

Children’s Books on Lunar New Year on February 17, 2015

Spotlight on ASEAN on February 10, 2015

New Releases from the UH Press: Part Two on February 3, 2015

New Releases from the UH Press: Part One on January 27, 2015

Fall 2014 Book Summary on January 13, 2015

Spring & Summer 2015 Bookshelf Summary Links to our Spotlights for Spring & Summer 2015: Summer Beach Reads on Southeast Asia on August 4, 2015…

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China Rich Girlfriend: A Novel Kevin Kwan

Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia’s most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiancé willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won’t be able to walk her down the aisle. Until: a shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. Here we meet Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad boy known for Prince Harry-like antics; Colette, a celebrity girlfriend chased by fevered paparazzi; and the man Rachel has spent her entire life waiting to meet: her father. Meanwhile, Singapore’s It Girl, Astrid Leong, is shocked to discover that there is a downside to having a newly minted tech billionaire husband. A romp through Asia’s most exclusive clubs, auction houses, and estates, China Rich Girlfriend brings us into the elite circles of Mainland China, introducing a captivating cast of characters, and offering an inside glimpse at what it’s like to be gloriously, crazily, China-rich.

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In the Country: Stories Mia Alvar

These nine globe-trotting, unforgettable stories from Mia Alvar, a remarkable new literary talent, vividly give voice to the women and men of the Filipino diaspora. Here are exiles, emigrants, and wanderers uprooting their families from the Philippines to begin new lives in the Middle East, the United States, and elsewhere—and, sometimes, turning back again.A pharmacist living in New York smuggles drugs to his ailing father in Manila, only to discover alarming truths about his family and his past. In Bahrain, a Filipina teacher drawn to a special pupil finds, to her surprise, that she is questioning her own marriage. A college student leans on her brother, a laborer in Saudi Arabia, to support her writing ambitions, without realizing that his is the life truly made for fiction. And in the title story, a journalist and a nurse face an unspeakable trauma amidst the political turmoil of the Philippines in the 1970s and ’80s.

In the Country speaks to the heart of everyone who has ever searched for a place to call home. From teachers to housemaids, from mothers to sons, Alvar’s powerful debut collection explores the universal experiences of loss, displacement, and the longing to connect across borders both real and imagined. Deeply compassionate and richly felt, In the Country marks the emergence of a formidable new writer.

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The River of Lost Footsteps Thant Myint-U

In The River of Lost Footsteps, Thant Myint-U tells the story of modern Burma, in part through a telling of his own family’s history, in an interwoven narrative that is by turns lyrical, dramatic, and appalling. His maternal grandfather, U Thant, rose from being the schoolmaster of a small town in the Irrawaddy Delta to become the UN secretary-general in the 1960s. And on his father’s side, the author is descended from a long line of courtiers who served at Burma’s Court of Ava for nearly two centuries. Through their stories and others, he portrays Burma’s rise and decline in the modern world, from the time of Portuguese pirates and renegade Mughal princes through the decades of British colonialism, the devastation of World War II, and a sixty-year civil war that continues today and is the longest-running war anywhere in the world. The River of Lost Footsteps is a work both personal and global, a distinctive contribution that makes Burma accessible and enthralling.

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Mother’s Beloved Stories from Laos Outhine Bounyavong (Author), Bounheng Inversin (Editor), Daniel Duffy (Editor), Peter Koret (Introduction)

Outhine Bounyavong is one of the most prominent contemporary writers in Laos. His stories are animated with Laotian virtues of simplicity, compassion, respect for age, and other village mores; they breathe with a gentleness that is fresh and distinctive. Outhine is interested in his own memories, in how to behave with compassion, and in the chain of life among men and women that reaches into the earth. Rather than writing through an ideological lens, Outhine focuses on the passions and foibles of ordinary people. Their good luck, disappointments, and plain but poignant conversations reveal the subtle textures of Lao culture. The tragedy of war and the threat of environmental degradation are themes woven into his stories.

This book presents fourteen of Outhine Bounyavong’s short stories in English translation alongside the Lao originals, marking his formal debut for an American audience. It is also the first collection of Lao short stories to be published in the English language. Peter Koret’s Introduction explores the history of modern Lao literature and considers Outhine’s writing within this broader context.

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Summer Beach Reads on Southeast Asia China Rich Girlfriend: A Novel Kevin Kwan Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather.

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Weavers’ Stories: Dapong anak Sempurai

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Anthropologists have described Iban society as egalitarian with status based on achievement rather than birth, and this is still evident when visiting an Iban longhouse today. At Entawau, the central apartments belong to the family of Temenggong Koh, perhaps the most famous Iban leader of the first half of the twentieth century. Dapong anak Sempurai was born at the…

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State, Society, and Minorities in South and Southeast Asia Sunil Kukreja (Editor)

South and Southeast Asia continue to be extremely critical regions, deeply intertwined and bound in many ways by centuries of intersecting histories. As the recent experiences of rapid and transformative political and economic changes in several countries in these two regions illustrate, these changes have significant bearing on and are simultaneously affected by the legacy and continued dynamic of dominant-minority group relations. To be sure, while the dynamics of dominant-minority relations in each country are distinct and often mitigated by distinct historical conditions, the phenomenon of these dominant-minority relations, especially along ethnic and religious fault lines, are deeply consequential to many of the nations in these regions. This book, featuring eight case studies, provides a multidisciplinary and multi-layered assessment of the salience of the ethnic and religious realities in shaping various South and Southeast Asian nations. Featuring chapters on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, this volume provides a deep appreciation of the challenges that these societies confront in integrating and/or responding to specific ethnic and/or religious based conflicts and tensions.

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Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures Jesudas M. Athyal (Author, Editor)

In this unprecedented profile of the religions of Southeast Asia, scholars from around the world explore the faiths, spiritual practices, and theological dogmas of the region. The book contains a fascinating collection of accurate, detailed articles; informative sidebars; and an extensive list of reference materials, all of which uncover beliefs in that part of the world. Discussions of ancient religions, combined with a look at contemporary trends, feature topics such as religious fundamentalism, secularism, and globalization. Through 150 alphabetically arranged entries, this encyclopedia investigates the religions and religious traditions of countries such as Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, and the Philippines, among others. Written in an accessible style, this comprehensive reference looks at a variety of belief systems, including Buddhism, Confucianism, tribal practices, Hinduism, Jainism, and Zoroastrianism. A selected, general bibliography offers a listing of the most important print and electronic resources on the topic.

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Southeast Asian Muslims in the Era of Globalization Ken Miichi (Editor), Omar Farouk (Editor), and Naohiro Kitano (Contributor)

Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia have often been described using two sets of very contradictory terms. On the one hand, they are imagined as being Sufistic, syncretistic and localized, as opposed to their counterparts in the Middle East who are considered to be orthodox and ‘fanatical’. On the other, after the 9/11 attacks and especially after the October 2002 Bali bombing in Indonesia, the danger of radical Islam has been emphasized with Southeast Asia suddenly becoming a new location in the War on Terror. This volume seeks to bridge the gap between these opposing perceptions and demonstrate the appropriate position of Islam in Southeast Asia by looking at the Muslim responses to globalization and processes of negotiation. Foreign ideas, goods and texts are creatively adapted and re-contextualized in local situations, acquiring a localized cultural meaning. However, globalization aptly adapts to local conditions, penetrating deep inside territories. The contributors examine how Southeast Asian Muslims respond to globalization in their particular regional, national and local settings, and suggest global solutions for key local issues.

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Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization William Case

Southeast Asia, an economically dynamic and strategically vital region, seemed until recently to be transiting to more democratic politics. This progress has suddenly stalled or even gone into reverse, requiring that analysts seriously rethink their expectations and theorizing. The Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization provides the first book-length account of the reasons for democracy’s declining fortunes in the region today. Combining theory and case studies, it is structured in four major sections: 1) Stunted Trajectories and Unhelpful Milieus, 2) Wavering Social Forces, 3) Uncertain Institutions and 4) Country cases and democratic guises. This interdisciplinary reference work addresses topics including the impact of belief systems, historical records, regional and global contexts, civil society, ethnicity, women, Islam, and social media. The performance of political institutions is also assessed, and the volume offers a series of in-depth case studies, evaluating the country records of particular democratic, hybrid, and authoritarian regimes from a democratization perspective. Bringing together nearly 30 key international experts in the field, this cutting-edge Handbook offers a comprehensive and fresh investigation into democracy in the region This timely survey will be essential reading for scholars and students of Democratization and Asian Politics, as well as policymakers concerned with democracy’s setbacks in Southeast Asia and the implications for the region’s citizens.

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Spotlighting books on "Peacebuilding, Interreligious Relations, and Diversity in SE Asia" as our CSEAS summer workshop begins this week. State, Society, and Minorities in South and Southeast Asia Sunil Kukreja (Editor) South and Southeast Asia continue to be extremely critical regions, deeply intertwined and bound in many ways by centuries of intersecting histories.

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Muslim Culture in Thai Theatre & Film

Muslim Culture in Thai Theatre & Film @ Shangri La

Saturday July 18, 2015 from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Shangri La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art While more than 95% of Thailand’s population are Buddhists and only about 4% are Muslims, the latter has never been regarded as a minority as various attempts have been made into creating a peacefully harmonized society. In most parts of this southeast Asian country, a world favorite tourist destination…

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25 Walks in Myanmar: An Exploration Guide Kenneth Barrett

Myanmar, also called Burma, is one of Asia’s least-known destinations—a situation that is rapidly changing now as the country welcomes increasing numbers of foreign visitors. This is the first walking guide to present all the important heritage attractions and historical sites in the country. Author Kenneth Barrett not only takes you there, but explains in loving detail how each district and building evolved, who built what, and the special significance of the fascinating sites encountered along the way—everything you’d want in a Myanmar travel guide.25 Walks in Myanmar helps you discover this ancient land by guiding you on foot through the old neighborhoods and bringing them to life. The works of great Burmese kings, the grand trading houses and colonial offices built by the British, the temples and mosques erected by Indian and Chinese traders—all are preserved in this time-locked land, and each tells a unique story.

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Diving in Indonesia: The Ultimate Guide to the World’s Best Dive Spots: Bali, Komato, Sulawesi, Papua, and more Sarah Ann Wormald

Diving in Indonesia is a fully comprehensive diving guidebook for exploring the most notable areas of Indonesia. A chapter is devoted to each of the following important regions in Indonesia for divers including Bali, North Sulawesi, Central, South and Southeast Sulawesi, Nusa Teggara (Lombok, Komodo, Timor, Alor), Raja Ampat & West Papua, and Maluku (Ambon, Banda & Halmahera). Each chapter relates to a different region and provides the reader with area maps, dive site maps, diving information which includes: Difficulty level; Highlights; Logistics; General area information; General diving information and Detailed dive site descriptions. Useful diving contacts such as emergency services and emergency diving services, liveaboard diving, marine life features, conservation features and travel planners are included, making this a complete guide. There are also sections regarding general travel practicalities in Indonesia, general diving practicalities in Indonesia, a basic Indonesian dictionary and phrases specifically relating to diving.

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Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation Elizabeth Pisani

Jakarta tweets more than any other city on earth, but 80 million Indonesians live without electricity and many of its communities still share in ritual sacrifices. Declaring independence in 1945, Indonesia said it would “work out the details of the transfer of power etc. as soon as possible.” With over 300 ethnic groups spread across 13,500 islands, the world’s fourth most populous nation has been working on that “etc.” ever since. Bewitched by Indonesia for twenty-five years, Elizabeth Pisani recently traveled 26,000 miles around the archipelago in search of the links that bind this impossibly disparate nation. Fearless and funny, Pisani shares her deck space with pigs and cows, bunks down in a sulfurous volcano, and takes tea with a corpse. Along the way, she observes Big Men with child brides, debates corruption and cannibalism, and ponders “sticky” traditions that cannot be erased. “A spectacular achievement and one of the very best travel books I have read.”~ Simon Winchester, Wall Street Journal.

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Wild Malaysia: The Wildlife, Scenery, and Biodiversity of Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak Geoffrey Davison, Junaidi Payne, and Melvin Gumal

Malaysia is a megadiverse country with an incredible number of land species – it is estimated to contain 20 per cent of the world’s animal species – and whose coastal waters form part of the equally rich Coral Triangle. Written by a team of local experts, Wild Malaysia looks at the most important habitats within the three divisions of the country: Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah. The habitats cover a fascinating range including pristine rainforests, limestone complexes, wetlands, coastal regions, caves and highlands. A unique feature in each chapter is the ‘Guided Tour’ which takes readers to specific habitats to explore the trees, birds, plants and animals to be found there. Illustrated with Stephen Hogg’s vibrant photographs, Wild Malaysia provides an authoritative and entertaining survey of the wide spectrum of wildlife on the land and in the seas of this diverse country.

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Plan your perfect Southeast Asia getaway with books highlighting travel and adventure in the region. 25 Walks in Myanmar: An Exploration Guide Kenneth Barrett Myanmar, also called Burma, is one of Asia's least-known destinations—a situation that is rapidly changing now as the country welcomes increasing numbers of foreign visitors.

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Weavers’ Stories: Siti Samsiyah

Our newest artisan feature of Weavers’ Stories features Siti Samsiyah

Still in her thirties, Siti Samsiyah is the moving force behind a batik enterprise on the island of Madura. She employs dozens of women in her community, mostly to do the labor-intensive waxing of the cloth that is the key to the batik process. Her company, called Giat Mandiri (roughly translated as “self-reliance”), operates with almost no infrastructure. The women…

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