Conference on

World War II: Transient and Enduring Legacies for

East and Southeast Asia 60 Years On

Thursday, 4 August 2005

Singapore

The recent tension in relations between China and Japan has highlighted the fact that history continues to have a major bearing on both countries' destinies.  The historical record of the Second World War has been an enduring legacy not just for these two countries but also for many others in East and Southeast Asia.  To what extent has the legacy of WWII been reflected in the politics and foreign policies of these countries is a subject which will be debated at length at a one-day conference the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies will be organising at the Meritus Mandarin Hotel on 4 August 2005. 

The conference, entitled "WWII: Transient and Enduring Legacies for East and Southeast Asia 60 Years On", will bring together leading scholars in the field.

Participants to the Conference will be charged a nominal fee of S$120. This is a subsidised fee that will entitle participants to a set of papers by the speakers, lunch, and two coffee/tea breaks.

For further enquiries, please call Mrs Betty Kwan at tel: 6870-2472 or email: betty@iseas.edu.sg.

PROGRAMME

(as at 30 June 2005)

8.15am-8.45am: Registration

8.45am-9.00am: Opening Remarks

(Wang Gungwu, Chairman of ISEAS Board of Trustees)

9.00am-9.45am: Overview

(Paperwriter: Tim Harper, Cambridge University)

9.45am-10.00am: Coffee Break

10.00am-11.15am: Session 1: Burma and Thailand

(Paperwriters: Robert H Taylor, ISEAS, for Burma; and Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Chulalongkorn University, for Thailand)

11.15am-12.30pm: Session 2: Indonesia and Malaysia

(Paperwriters: Richard Leirissa, University of Indonesia, for Indonesia; and Cheah Boon Kheng for Malaysia)

12.30pm-1.30pm: Lunch

1.30pm-2.45pm: Session 3: Singapore and Philippines

(Paperwriters: Asad Latif, The Straits Times, for Singapore; and Reynaldo Ileto, National University of Singapore, for the Philippines)

2.45pm-4.15pm: Session 4: Korea, India and the Indochinese states

(Paperwriters: Andrew Horvat, Tokyo Keizai University, for Korea; Sunanda Datta Ray for India; and David Chandler, Monash University, for the Indochinese states)

4.15pm-4.30pm: Tea break

4.30pm-5.45pm: Session 5: China and Japan

(Paperwriters: Takashi Inoguchi, Chuo University, for Japan; and Huang Jianli, National University of Singapore, for China)

5.45pm-6.00pm: Closing Remarks

(K Kesavapany, Director of ISEAS)