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Transregional Southeast Asian Studies
The subject field of Transregional Southeast Asian Studies (TranSEAS) addresses the wide variety of social, political, cultural, ontological, epistemic, emotional, and economic relations that stretch beyond the regional borders of Southeast Asia. We pay particular attention to trans- and pluri-local connectivities – for example, between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA region), or between East, South, and Southeast Asia. Our work and research revolve around political developments and orders, social challenges, gender relations, and religious and social movements. The subject field identifies itself as a representative of New Area Studies in the sense of a consistent understanding of Europe and the West as one area among many and reconfigures the concept of "area". Our studies use local analytical approaches and concepts, and we apply a critical perspective to hegemonic knowledge production.
Transregional Southeast Asian Studies – Fields of Expertise
