About Us
Welcome to the department of
Southeast Asian History and Society
Profile
Chair
Research and Teaching Goals
- Development of a comprehensive regional approach that aims to advance the theoretical and methodological debate within area studies as New Area Studies
- Approach of an emic perspective
- Comparative analysis of the entanglements of historical as well as contemporary local, transnational and global dynamics
- Development of localized and contextualized, multidimensional knowledge
- “Region” as a flexible heuristic instrument
- Research into situated social phenomena
- Reflexive translation and recognition of the limits of translatability
- Disciplinary multiplicity by integrating ethnological approaches into New Area Studies
Main Topics of Interest
- Theory and history of area studies
- Colonial and imperial history
- History of labor
- Islam in Southeast Asia
- Popular religion in mainland Southeast Asia
- Memory and violence
Regional Foci
- Indonesia
- Cambodia
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Who to Approach
- Professor of Southeast Asian History and Society
- Email: sea-history.asa (at) hu-berlin.de
Dr. Rosa Cordillera A. Castillo
- Assistant Professor
- Email: rosa.castillo (at) hu-berlin.de
- Secretariat
- Email: sea-history.asa (at) hu-berlin.de
Danny Kretschmer & Jona Pomerance
- Student Assistants
- Email: hiwi-soa (at) rz.hu-berlin.de
Information for Students
- General information: Study at IAAW
- Coordinator B.A. Regionalstudien Asien/Afrika: Stefan Hoffmann (ba-iaaw [at] hu-berlin.de)
- Coordinator M.A. Moderne Süd- und Südostasienstudien: Sadia Bajwa (sadia.bajwa [at] asa.hu-berlin.de)
SEA Newsletter
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