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Vietnam Forum 2016 reviews thirty years of Doi Moi

 

The Vietnam Forum 2016 covered a wide range of issues, from the development of Vietnam’s private sector and state-owned enterprise reforms, its rural and urban transformations, challenges facing the country’s political system, to Vietnam’s relations with major powers and its international economic integration.

 

 

Exclusive preview of report “Indonesian Students in Egypt and Turkey” in ISEAS Seminar

 

ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute hosted an exclusive preview of a major new report, “Indonesian Students in Egypt and Turkey”, co-authored by Sidney Jones, Navhat Nuraniyah and Anthony Bubalo.

 

 

Professor Donald Weatherbee, ISEAS Visiting Professorial Fellow, discussed Indonesia’s foreign policies under Jokowi

 

Professor Donald Weatherbee delivered a seminar – “Making Sense of Indonesian Foreign Policy Under Jokowi” at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

 

Lecture on Javanese Mouse Deer and Chinese Lions: Early Islamic Sinicised Imprints in Java’s North Coast Sculpture (15th – early 17th century)

 

This lecture examined the iconography of the lion in Javanese Islamic funerary art from the 15th to 17th century as little is known about the early Islamic period in Java. This is due to the scarcity of textual and material sources from the early Islamic phase in Javanese history.

 

 

Extremism, Trauma, and Therapy: Addressing the Rise of ISIS in the Middle East

 

This seminar explored notions of trauma and associated therapy in order to reflect upon the devastating rise of ISIS in the Middle East, and how it can be addressed. It also looks at extremist tendencies, such as ISIS that actually weaponises trauma.

 

 

2-Day Conference on The Malaysian Economy Towards 2020: Issues and Challenges

 

This conference brought together prominent economists working on various aspects of the Malaysian economy with the goal of examining and assessing the extent to which the government’s current economic policies are able to address the challenges of achieving a developed country status by the year 2020.

 

 

Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre International Workshop and Launch of the Archaeology Unit Gallery

 

This workshop is an open forum sharing experiences of practitioners, policy makers and researchers from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. The speakers showcase current – many as yet unpublished internationally-projects that give voice to local priorities.

 

 

Launch of Report, “US-Japan Relations and Southeast Asia: Meeting Regional Demands”

 

The launch by the authors of the report, Dr Satu P. Limaye and Dr Tsutomu Kikuchi, was held at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute on Friday, 11 March 2016. 

 

 

Handover Ceremony of the Private Papers of Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan

 

Private papers of prominent banker and philanthropist among those added to ISEAS Library’s collection. 

 

 

9th Outreach Programme for University Students (OPUS) Lecture Series with Niigata University

 

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute held the 9th edition of the Outreach Programme for University Students (OPUS) Lecture Series with Niigata University Students on 4 March 2016.