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January 4, 2025
【JF-GJS Fellow Talk Series】 "Southeast Asian Can Think Outside Southeast Asia" (January 9, 2025)
From: Global Asian Studies (GAS) <gas@ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Date: 2024/12/11
Dear members of SSJ-Forum,
We cordially invite you to JF-GJS Fellow Talk Series on January 9 (Thu), 2025. This event will be held both online and in person and please register the form below.
JF-GJS Fellow Talk Series "Southeast Asian Can Think Outside Southeast Asia"
Date and Time: January 9 (Thu), 2025, 9AM-10:30AM (JST)
Venue: Conference Room 1(3F), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo
Online (Zoom)
Speaker: Dr. Karl Ian Cheng Chua
Karl Ian Uy CHENG CHUA is presently an Assistant Professor of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines - Diliman. Until 2020, he was Director of the Japanese Studies Program, Ateneo de Manila University. He is the Philippine Steering Committee Member of the Japanese Studies Association of Southeast Asia (JSA-ASEAN). He is part of the editorial board of Social Science Diliman and East Asian Journal of Popular Culture of Popular Culture. He also is part of the editorial advisory board for "Comic Studies: Aesthetics, Histories and Practices" which is a series by Brill.
Moderator: Dr. Maria Thaemar Camanag Tana
Maria Thaemar Camañag Tana holds a Ph.D. in Japanese Studies from the National University of Singapore and an M.A. in International Studies from De La Salle University Manila. She is a non-resident fellow at the Stratbase ADR Institute and a Japan Foundation-Global Japan Studies Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo. Previously, she served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Her research focuses on Philippine-Japan relations, Japanese foreign policy, and Philippine foreign policy, with numerous publications on these topics. Dr. Tana will join the Japanese Studies Program of Ateneo de Manila University in 2025.
Abstract: The seminar explores the challenges faced by Southeast Asian scholars in Japanese Studies, who often contend with the dominance of Anglo-American and East Asian academic centers. To navigate these spaces, scholars adopt strategies such as publishing in "semi-centers" or producing "marginal" knowledge, as identified by Ben-Ari (2017). While these efforts contribute valuable insights, they are often dismissed due to perceptions of peripherality.
The discussion highlights innovative contributions by Southeast Asian scholars, including Linh (2021) and Rastati (2022), that challenge traditional paradigms in Japanese Studies and demonstrate the transformative potential of knowledge from the periphery. It also critiques Japan's collaborative initiatives with Southeast Asia, such as the 2015 Abe Initiatives and Kishida programs, emphasizing the need for partnerships based on mutual respect and equality. Collaborative approaches that engage with rather than for Southeast Asian scholars are thus necessary to foster an academic environment that fully recognizes their contributions as integral to global discourse.
Registration: This event is held both online and in person. Please register using the form below and complete the registration to receive the Zoom link for online participation.
Language: English
Organizer: JF-GJS Initiative, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
Contact: gas[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Best Regards,
Global Asian Studies (GAS)
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA) at the University of Tokyo
Approved by ssjmod at 11:37 AM