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Roundtable on Rising China and National Identities of Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia


  • ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, Seminar Room 2 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Singapore, 119614 Singapore (map)

Organizer: ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute

Type/Location: Hybrid / Singapore

Description:

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a roundtable featuring Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute; Peter Chang, Research Associate at the Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya; Kornphanat Tungkeunkunt, Assistant Professor of History at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University; and Teresita Ang See, Visiting Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This roundtable will focus on ethnic Chinese communities and the complexities of ethnic Chinese identity in Southeast Asia. 

About the Speakers:

Leo Suryadinata is a Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and a Professor (Adjunct) at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. He is also a former Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore.

Peter Chang is a Research Associate at the Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, and a Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Kornphanat Tungkeunkunt is a Thai-Chinese Assistant Professor of History at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University and an Associate Fellow at ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute.

Teresita Ang See is a Visiting Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, an academic, writer and social activist. She is the founder of Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran and a former President of the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies.

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