# Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS) — CSEAS Journal, Kyoto University

> Peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal published three times a year by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University. Publishes empirically grounded, multidisciplinary research on Southeast Asia across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Print ISSN: 2186-7275 / Online ISSN: 2423-8686 / License: CC BY 4.0 International (default); CC BY-NC-ND available at author's request. Copyright: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.

> Key resources:
- All Issues (complete archive, 2012–present): https://englishkyoto-seas.org/volumes_/
- Early View (latest advance publications): https://englishkyoto-seas.org/early-view-list/
- Special Issues and Special Focuses: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/special-issues-and-special-focuses/
- Index by Author: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/index-by-author/
- Manuscript submission (ScholarOne): https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/seas
- Notice to Contributors: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/notice-to-contributors-2/
- Sister journal Tonan Ajia Kenkyu (Japanese): https://kyoto-seas.org/


## Posts

- [Maria Cynthia Barriga and Hannee Badilles “Asia-Pacific War in Southeastern Mindanao: Polarization of Multiracial Localities”](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/10/earlyview-maria-cynthia-barriga-and-hannee-badilles/): Advance Publication Accepted: March 24, 2026 Published online: October 21, 2026 Asia-Pacific War in Southeastern Mindanao: Polarization of Multiracial Localities Maria Cynthia Barriga* and Hannee Badilles** *Faculty of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8601, Japan Corresponding author’s e-mail: jaja.barriga[at]gmail.com **Department of History, Mindanao State University - General Santos, General Santos City, South
- [Liew Kai Khiun “1984: Hip-hop’s Histoire Événementielle in Singapore”](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/10/earlyview-liew-kai-khiun/): Advance Publication Accepted: March 24, 2026 Published online: October 14, 2026 1984: Hip-hop’s Histoire Événementielle in Singapore Liew Kai Khiun* *School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia e-mail: liewkk56[at]hotmail.com
- [Book Reviews, Sol Iglesias](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-sol-iglesias-br26033/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Francisco Nemenzo. Notes from the Philippine Underground. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2024. Reviewed by Sol Iglesias* *Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines–Diliman
- [Book Reviews, John Lee Candelaria](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-john-lee-candelaria-br26042/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Primitivo III Cabanes Ragandang. Peacebuilding and Memory in the Philippines: Transgenerational Resilience. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. Reviewed by John Lee Candelaria* *Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
- [Book Reviews, Rob Cramb](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-rob-cramb-br26041/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Jeff Neilson. Fortress Farming: Agrarian Transitions, Livelihoods, and Coffee Value Chains in Indonesia. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Rob Cramb* *School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, University of Queensland DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26041
- [Book Reviews, Tuan Hoang](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-tuan-hoang-br26040/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Kevin D. Pham. The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Tuan Hoang* *Humanities and Teacher Education Division, Pepperdine University
- [Book Reviews, Philip Fountain](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-philip-fountain-br26038/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Paul Seabright. The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Philip Fountain* *Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
- [Book Reviews, Marc L. Moskowitz](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-marc-l-moskowitz-br26037/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Ruth E. Toulson. Necropolitics of the Ordinary: Death and Grieving in Contemporary Singapore. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2024. Reviewed by Marc L. Moskowitz* *Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina
- [Book Reviews, Liang Jiahao](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-liang-jiahao-br26035/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Jian Xu, Glen Donnar, and Divya Garg, eds. Asian Celebrity Cultures in the Digital Age. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Liang Jiahao* *梁嘉昊, School of Education, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- [Book Reviews, Yael Buencamino](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-yael-buencamino-br26034/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Josephine V. Roque, Elaine W. Ng, and H.G. Masters, eds. Everyday Materials: Bernardo Pacquing. Hong Kong: ArtAsiaPacific Foundation, 2024. Reviewed by Yael Buencamino* *Lopez Museum and Library
- [Book Reviews, Kankan Xie](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-kankan-xie-br26032/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Rianne Subijanto. Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia. Ithaca and London: Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Kankan Xie* *谢侃侃, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University
- [Book Reviews, Goh Chun Sheng](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-goh-chun-sheng-br26036/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 15, 2026 Jessica Kruk. Kalimantan’s Ethnic Chinese Youth: Language and Identity in a Deglobalizing World. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. Reviewed by Goh Chun Sheng* *Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
- [Choo Chin Low “Nexus Interdependence: Framing the Labor Market- Security-Migration Nexus in Malaysia”](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-choo-chin-low/): Advance Publication Accepted: March 16, 2026 Published online: September 15, 2026 Nexus Interdependence: Framing the Labor Market-Security-Migration Nexus in Malaysia Choo Chin Low* *History Section, School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang 11800, Malaysia e-mail: lowc[at]usm.my
- [Yap Chee-Yeong and Chua Hang-Kuen “Work Values and Industrialization in Kedah: A Comparative Study of Kedah, Penang, and Great Britain” ](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-yap-chee-yeong-and-chua-hang-kuen/): Advance Publication Accepted: February 18, 2026 Published online: September 15, 2026 Work Values and Industrialization in Kedah: A Comparative Study of Kedah, Penang, and Great Britain Yap Chee-Yeong* and Chua Hang-Kuen** *School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Jalan Universiti, Minden, Pulau Pinang 11800, Malaysia e-mail: cyyapcheeyeong[at]gmail.com **School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Jalan
- [Vol. 15, No. 2 of Southeast Asian Studies](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-of-southeast-asian-studies/): Published in August, 2026 CONTENTS Articles Creating a Compliant Civil Service for Nation Building in Singapore, 1959–1984 ・・・ Jason Lim Antecedents to Rodrigo Duterte’s Drug War: The Anti-Drug Campaigns of Joseph Estrada (2000) and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2003) ・・・ Gideon Lasco Eroding the Ethics: Resource Extraction, Water Infrastructure, and Insecure Farmers in Indonesia ・・・ Denny
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Enze Han](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-enze-han/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Yos Santasombat, Kian Cheng Lee, and Decha Tangseefa, eds. China’s BRI in Southeast Asia: Concepts and Methodologies. Kyoto: Kyoto University Press; Tokyo: Trans Pacific Press, 2025. Yos Santasombat and Kian Cheng Lee, eds. The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia:
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Oliver Tappe](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-oliver-tappe/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Ian G. Baird. Champassak Royalty and Sovereignty: Within and between Nation-States in Mainland Southeast Asia. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2025. Reviewed by Oliver Tappe* *University of Cologne
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Majid Daneshgar](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-majid-daneshgar/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Charles Higham. Early Southeast Asia: From First Humans to First Civilizations. Singapore: Ridge Books, 2025. Reviewed by Majid Daneshgar* *Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26018 Browse “Advance online publication” version My habitual interest in the history of Southeast Asia stems from
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Geronimo Cristobal](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-geronimo-cristobal/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez. Unmaking Botany: Science and Vernacular Knowledge in the Colonial Philippines. Durham: Duke University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Geronimo Cristobal* *History of Art Department, Cornell University
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Ramnath Reghunadhan](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-ramnath-reghunadhan/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Natenapha Wailerdsak. Business Groups and the Thailand Economy: Escaping the Middle-Income Trap. Abingdon: Routledge, 2023. Reviewed by Ramnath Reghunadhan* *Department of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Li Yuqing](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-li-yuqing/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Enze Han. The Ripple Effect: China’s Complex Presence in Southeast Asia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Li Yuqing* *李宇晴, Institute for International and Area Studies, Tsinghua University
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Reuven Pinnata](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-reuven-pinnata/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Lin Hongxuan. Ummah Yet Proletariat: Islam, Marxism, and the Making of the Indonesian Republic. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Reviewed by Reuven Pinnata* *Department of English, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26014 Browse “Advance online publication” version Is Marxism
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Sally Low](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-sally-low/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Theara Thun. Epistemology of the Past: Texts, History, and Intellectuals of Cambodia, 1855–1970. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2024. Reviewed by Sally Low* *Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, Ara Satoshi](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-ara-satoshi/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 Accepted: November 21, 2025 Advanced published online: March 23, 2026 Published: August 27, 2026 Maneuvering between Resistance and Collaboration: Wartime Violence and the Informal Economy at the Margins during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines Ara Satoshi* *荒哲, Department of Economics, Ohtsuki City College, 1-16-2 Mitachi Otsuki City, 4010011 Yamanashi,
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Nagaike Kazumi](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-nagaike-kazumi/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Thomas Baudinette. Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture. London, New York, Oxford, New Delhi, and Sydney: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. Reviewed by Nagaike Kazumi* *長池一美, Institute for Educational Management, Oita University
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Rosalie Stolz](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-rosalie-stolz/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Micah F. Morton. Enchanted Modernities: Ancestral Vitalizations in the Upper Mekong. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2025. Reviewed by Rosalie Stolz* *Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, Gregory anak Kiyai @ Keai](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-gregory-anak-kiyai-keai/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 Accepted: November 21, 2025 Advanced published online: March 23, 2026 Published: August 27, 2026 Visual Narratives: Colonial Photography and the Ngepan Iban Cultural Shift in Borneo Gregory anak Kiyai @ Keai* *Visual Art Program, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Malaya, Lengkungan Budi, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia e-mail: gregory.kiyai[at]um.edu.my
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, Denny Riezki Pratama](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-denny-riezki-pratama/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 Accepted: November 13, 2025 Advanced published online: March 23, 2026 Published: August 27, 2026 Eroding the Ethics: Resource Extraction, Water Infrastructure, and Insecure Farmers in Indonesia Denny Riezki Pratama* *Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka Nishi Ward, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan e-mail: pratama.denny.335[at]s.kyushu-u.ac.jp
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, Gideon Lasco](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-gideon-lasco/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 Accepted: July 3, 2025 Advanced published online: March 23, 2026 Published: August 27, 2026 Antecedents to Rodrigo Duterte’s Drug War: The Anti-Drug Campaigns of Joseph Estrada (2000) and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2003) Gideon Lasco* *Department of Anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman, 3/F Palma Hall, Quezon City, Philippines; Department of
- [Vol. 15, No. 2, Jason Lim](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-jason-lim/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 Accepted: June 16, 2025 Advanced published online: March 23, 2026 Published: August 27, 2026 Creating a Compliant Civil Service for Nation Building in Singapore, 1959–1984 Jason Lim* *School of Creative Arts and Humanities, Faculty of the Arts, Society and Business, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia e-mail:
- [Book Reviews, Ashley South](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/07/earlyview-br-ashley-south-br26031/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: July 30, 2026 Francesco Buscemi. Arms Politics: Becoming and Being a Weapon in the Borderlands of Myanmar. New York: Cornell University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Ashley South* *The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Chiang Mai University
- [Brice Tseen Fu Lee et al. “BRICS in Southeast Asia: A Realist Perspective”](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/07/earlyview-brice-tseen-fu-lee-et-al/): Advance Publication Accepted: December 25, 2025 Published online: July 17, 2026 BRICS in Southeast Asia: A Realist Perspective Brice Tseen Fu Lee*, Juan Pablo Sims**, and Yun-Tso Lee*** *Department of International and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Corresponding author’s e-mail: briceleetseenfu[at]gmail.com **Faculty of Government, Universidad del
- [Book Reviews, Peter A. Jackson](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-peter-a-jackson-seas-br26030/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Benjamin Tausig. Bangkok After Dark: Maurice Rocco, Transnational Nightlife, and the Making of Cold War Intimacies. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Peter A. Jackson* *Professor Emeritus, Australian National University
- [Book Reviews, Joseph Black](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-joseph-black-seas-br26029/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Taylor M. Easum. Chiang Mai between Empire and Modern Thailand: A City in the Colonial Margins. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Joseph Black* *Women’s Studies Center, Chiang Mai University
- [Book Reviews, Gregory Bracken](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-gregory-bracken-seas-br26028/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Lavina Ahuja and Lynne D. DiStefano, eds. Revitalization in Asia: Adaptive Reuse in Macao, Mumbai, and Penang. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Gregory Bracken* *Spatial Planning & Strategy, TU Delft
- [Book Reviews, Seb Rumsby](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-seb-rumsby-seas-br26027/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Nga Dao. The Everyday Politics of Resources: Lives and Landscapes in Northwest Vietnam. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Seb Rumsby* *Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham
- [Book Reviews, Li Tana](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-li-tana-seas-br26026/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Xing Hang. The Port: Hà Tiên and the Mo Clan in Early Modern Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Li Tana* *College of Asia and Pacific Studies, Australian National University
- [Book Reviews, Yanagisawa Masayuki](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-yanagisawa-masayuki-seas-br26025/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Kosuke Mizuno, Pujo Semedi, and Gerben Nooteboom, eds. Two Centuries of Agrarian, Economic, and Ecological Shifts in the North Coast of Java, 1812–2012. Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 2023. Reviewed by Yanagisawa Masayuki* *柳澤雅之, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
- [Book Reviews, Pattajit Tangsinmunkong](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-pattajit-tangsinmunkong-seas-br26024/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 John Lee Candelaria. War Memorialization and Nation-Building in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2025. Reviewed by Pattajit Tangsinmunkong* *พัทธจิต ต้งั สินม่นั คง, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
- [Book Reviews, Yee-Ting Leong](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-yee-ting-leong-seas-br26023/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Muhammad Suhail Mohamed Yazid. He Who Is Made Lord: Empire, Class and Race in Postwar Singapore. Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2023. Reviewed by Yee-Ting Leong* *University of Michigan – Ann Arbor; Nanyang Technological University
- [Book Reviews, C. Michele Thompson](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-c-michele-thompson-seas-br26022/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Kathryn Dyt. The Nature of Kingship: The Weather-World in Nineteenth-Century Vietnam. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2025. Reviewed by C. Michele Thompson* *Southern Connecticut State University DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26022
- [Book Reviews, Nathaniel Hiroz](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-nathaniel-hiroz-seas-br26021/): BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 John D. Phan. Lost Tongues of the Red River: Annamese Middle Chinese and the Origins of the Vietnamese Language. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2025. Reviewed by Nathaniel Hiroz* *Department of Linguistics, University of Bern
- [Budi Gustaman et al. “The Impossible Disaster: Narrative of the Flash Flood Disaster in Sangiang (Indonesia) in 1980 Based on Oral Tradition, Geological Studies, and Media Reports”](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-budi-gustaman-et-al/): Advance Publication Accepted: January 6, 2026 Published online: June 4, 2026 The Impossible Disaster: Narrative of the Flash Flood Disaster in Sangiang (Indonesia) in 1980 Based on Oral Tradition, Geological Studies, and Media Reports Budi Gustaman*, Gani A. Jaelani**, and Fadly Rahman*** *Department of History and Philology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jl. Ir. Soekarno Km. 21, Sumedang,
- [Fernan Talamayan “Affective Communication and Economic Nationalism in Commonwealth-Era Philippines”](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/05/earlyview-fernan-talamayan/): Advance Publication Accepted: January 6, 2026 Published online: May 8, 2026 Affective Communication and Economic Nationalism in Commonwealth-Era Philippines Fernan Talamayan* *Independent Scholar e-mail: ftalamayan.c[at]nycu.edu.tw
- [Vol. 15, No. 1 of Southeast Asian Studies](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/04/vol-15-no-1-of-southeast-asian-studies/): Published in April, 2026 CONTENTS Articles Parting Ways: Two Civil Wars amid the First Indochina War in Laos (1945–1954) ・・・ Ryan Wolfson-Ford Bridging Oceans and Diplomacy: Geopolitics of 21st-Century Bamboo Diplomacy on Thailand’s Kra Isthmus Infrastructure Projects ・・・ Bharis Senivongse Reclaiming the Womb: The Right to Reproductive Autonomy over Women’s Bodies in Vietnam ・・・ Thouchanok
- [Vol. 15, No. 1, BOOK REVIEWS, Peter A. Jackson](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/04/vol-15-no-1-book-reviews-peter-a-jackson/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 1 BOOK REVIEWS Published: April 23, 2026 Nathan McGovern. Holy Things: The Genealogy of the Sacred in Thai Religion. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Peter A. Jackson* *Australian National University
- [Vol. 15, No. 1, BOOK REVIEWS, Amy Rothschild](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/04/vol-15-no-1-book-reviews-amy-rothschild/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 1 BOOK REVIEWS Published: April 23, 2026 Lia Kent. The Unruly Dead: Spirits, Memory, and State Formation in Timor-Leste. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2024. Reviewed by Amy Rothschild* *School of Humanities and Sciences, Ithaca College
- [Vol. 15, No. 1, BOOK REVIEWS, Atsuko Naono](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/04/vol-15-no-1-book-reviews-atsuko-naono/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 1 BOOK REVIEWS Published: April 23, 2026 C. Michele Thompson, Kathryn Sweet, and Michitake Aso, eds. Fighting for Health: Medicine in Cold War Southeast Asia. Singapore: NUS Press, 2024. Reviewed by Atsuko Naono* *Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, University of Oxford
- [Vol. 15, No. 1, BOOK REVIEWS, Jason Ng Sze Chieh](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/04/vol-15-no-1-book-reviews-jason-ng-sze-chieh/): , Review of The Politics of the Malayan Communist Party from 1930 to 1948 by David Lockwood
- [Vol. 15, No. 1, BOOK REVIEWS, Kai Chen](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/04/vol-15-no-1-book-reviews-kai-chen/): Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 1 BOOK REVIEWS Published: April 23, 2026 Herbary Cheung. Single Mothers in Thailand: Women, Motherhood, and Going It All Alone. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. Reviewed by Kai Chen* *陈锴, School of International Relations, Xiamen University
- [Vol. 15, No. 1, BOOK REVIEWS, Olga Dror](https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/04/vol-15-no-1-book-reviews-olga-dror/): , Review of A Displaced Nation: The 1954 Evacuation and Its Political Impact on the Vietnam Wars by Phi-Van Nguyen.

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> Advance Publication Accepted: March 24, 2026 Published online: October 21, 2026 Asia-Pacific War in Southeastern Mindanao: Polarization of Multiracial Localities Maria Cynthia Barriga* and Hannee Badilles** *Faculty of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8601, Japan Corresponding author’s e-mail: jaja.barriga[at]gmail.com **Department of History, Mindanao State University - General Santos, General Santos City, South

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> Advance Publication Accepted: March 24, 2026 Published online: October 14, 2026 1984: Hip-hop’s Histoire Événementielle in Singapore Liew Kai Khiun* *School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia e-mail: liewkk56[at]hotmail.com

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> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Francisco Nemenzo. Notes from the Philippine Underground. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2024. Reviewed by Sol Iglesias* *Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines–Diliman

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> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Primitivo III Cabanes Ragandang. Peacebuilding and Memory in the Philippines: Transgenerational Resilience. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. Reviewed by John Lee Candelaria* *Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University

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- Categories: Early View
- Tags: John Lee CandelariaJohn Lee Candelaria

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Jeff Neilson. Fortress Farming: Agrarian Transitions, Livelihoods, and Coffee Value Chains in Indonesia. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Rob Cramb* *School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, University of Queensland DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26041

- Published: 2026-09-28
- Modified: 2026-09-28
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-rob-cramb-br26041/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Rob Cramb

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Kevin D. Pham. The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Tuan Hoang* *Humanities and Teacher Education Division, Pepperdine University

- Published: 2026-09-28
- Modified: 2026-09-28
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-tuan-hoang-br26040/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Tuan Hoang

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Paul Seabright. The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Philip Fountain* *Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington

- Published: 2026-09-28
- Modified: 2026-09-28
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-philip-fountain-br26038/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Philip Fountain

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Ruth E. Toulson. Necropolitics of the Ordinary: Death and Grieving in Contemporary Singapore. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2024. Reviewed by Marc L. Moskowitz* *Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina

- Published: 2026-09-28
- Modified: 2026-09-28
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-marc-l-moskowitz-br26037/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Marc L. Moskowitz

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Jian Xu, Glen Donnar, and Divya Garg, eds. Asian Celebrity Cultures in the Digital Age. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Liang Jiahao* *梁嘉昊, School of Education, University of Wisconsin–Madison

- Published: 2026-09-28
- Modified: 2026-09-28
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-liang-jiahao-br26035/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Liang Jiahao

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Josephine V. Roque, Elaine W. Ng, and H.G. Masters, eds. Everyday Materials: Bernardo Pacquing. Hong Kong: ArtAsiaPacific Foundation, 2024. Reviewed by Yael Buencamino* *Lopez Museum and Library

- Published: 2026-09-28
- Modified: 2026-09-28
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-yael-buencamino-br26034/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Yael Buencamino

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 28, 2026 Rianne Subijanto. Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia. Ithaca and London: Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Kankan Xie* *谢侃侃, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University

- Published: 2026-09-28
- Modified: 2026-09-28
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-kankan-xie-br26032/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Kankan Xie

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: September 15, 2026 Jessica Kruk. Kalimantan’s Ethnic Chinese Youth: Language and Identity in a Deglobalizing World. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. Reviewed by Goh Chun Sheng* *Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

- Published: 2026-09-15
- Modified: 2026-09-11
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-br-goh-chun-sheng-br26036/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Goh Chun Sheng

> Advance Publication Accepted: March 16, 2026 Published online: September 15, 2026 Nexus Interdependence: Framing the Labor Market-Security-Migration Nexus in Malaysia Choo Chin Low* *History Section, School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang 11800, Malaysia e-mail: lowc[at]usm.my

- Published: 2026-09-15
- Modified: 2026-09-11
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-choo-chin-low/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Choo Chin LOW

> Advance Publication Accepted: February 18, 2026 Published online: September 15, 2026 Work Values and Industrialization in Kedah: A Comparative Study of Kedah, Penang, and Great Britain Yap Chee-Yeong* and Chua Hang-Kuen** *School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Jalan Universiti, Minden, Pulau Pinang 11800, Malaysia e-mail: cyyapcheeyeong[at]gmail.com **School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Jalan

- Published: 2026-09-15
- Modified: 2026-09-11
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/09/earlyview-yap-chee-yeong-and-chua-hang-kuen/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Chua Hang-Kuen, Yap Chee-Yeong

> Published in August, 2026 CONTENTS Articles Creating a Compliant Civil Service for Nation Building in Singapore, 1959–1984 ・・・ Jason Lim Antecedents to Rodrigo Duterte’s Drug War: The Anti-Drug Campaigns of Joseph Estrada (2000) and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2003) ・・・ Gideon Lasco Eroding the Ethics: Resource Extraction, Water Infrastructure, and Insecure Farmers in Indonesia ・・・ Denny

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-01
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-of-southeast-asian-studies/
- Categories: Contents_Vol15-2, Volumes

> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Yos Santasombat, Kian Cheng Lee, and Decha Tangseefa, eds. China’s BRI in Southeast Asia: Concepts and Methodologies. Kyoto: Kyoto University Press; Tokyo: Trans Pacific Press, 2025. Yos Santasombat and Kian Cheng Lee, eds. The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia:

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-enze-han/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Enze Han
, Review of China’s BRI in Southeast Asia: Concepts and
Methodologies edited by Yos Santasombat, Kian Cheng Lee, and Decha
Tangseefa and The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia:
Evaluating Risks and Benefits edited by Yos Santasombat and Kian Cheng Lee.


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Ian G. Baird. Champassak Royalty and Sovereignty: Within and between Nation-States in Mainland Southeast Asia. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2025. Reviewed by Oliver Tappe* *University of Cologne

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-oliver-tappe/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Oliver Tappe
Review of Champassak Royalty and Sovereignty:
Within and between Nation-States in Mainland Southeast Asia by Ian G. Baird.


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Charles Higham. Early Southeast Asia: From First Humans to First Civilizations. Singapore: Ridge Books, 2025. Reviewed by Majid Daneshgar* *Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26018 Browse “Advance online publication” version My habitual interest in the history of Southeast Asia stems from

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-majid-daneshgar/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Majid Daneshgar
, Review of Early Southeast Asia: From First
Humans to First Civilizations by Charles Higham.


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez. Unmaking Botany: Science and Vernacular Knowledge in the Colonial Philippines. Durham: Duke University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Geronimo Cristobal* *History of Art Department, Cornell University

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-geronimo-cristobal/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Geronimo Cristobal
, Review of Unmaking Botany: Science and
Vernacular Knowledge in the Colonial Philippines by Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez.


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Natenapha Wailerdsak. Business Groups and the Thailand Economy: Escaping the Middle-Income Trap. Abingdon: Routledge, 2023. Reviewed by Ramnath Reghunadhan* *Department of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, India

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-ramnath-reghunadhan/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Ramnath Reghunadhan
, Review of Business Groups and the
Thailand Economy: Escaping the Middle-Income Trap by Natenapha Wailerdsak.


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Enze Han. The Ripple Effect: China’s Complex Presence in Southeast Asia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Li Yuqing* *李宇晴, Institute for International and Area Studies, Tsinghua University

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-li-yuqing/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Li Yuqing
, Review of The Ripple Effect: China’s Complex Presence in
Southeast Asia by Enze Han.


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Lin Hongxuan. Ummah Yet Proletariat: Islam, Marxism, and the Making of the Indonesian Republic. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Reviewed by Reuven Pinnata* *Department of English, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26014 Browse “Advance online publication” version Is Marxism

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-reuven-pinnata/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Reuven Pinnata
, Review of Ummah Yet Proletariat: Islam, Marxism,
and the Making of the Indonesian Republic by Lin Hongxuan.


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Theara Thun. Epistemology of the Past: Texts, History, and Intellectuals of Cambodia, 1855–1970. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2024. Reviewed by Sally Low* *Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-sally-low/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Sally Low
, Review of Epistemology of the Past: Texts, History, and
Intellectuals of Cambodia, 1855–1970 by Theara Thun.


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 Accepted: November 21, 2025 Advanced published online: March 23, 2026 Published: August 27, 2026 Maneuvering between Resistance and Collaboration: Wartime Violence and the Informal Economy at the Margins during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines Ara Satoshi* *荒哲, Department of Economics, Ohtsuki City College, 1-16-2 Mitachi Otsuki City, 4010011 Yamanashi,

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-ara-satoshi/
- Categories: Abstract, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Ara Satoshi, collaboration, gangster, informal economy, Japanese occupation of the Philippines, resistance, wartime violence
"Maneuvering between Resistance and Collaboration: Wartime Violence and the Informal Economy at the Margins during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines"


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Thomas Baudinette. Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture. London, New York, Oxford, New Delhi, and Sydney: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. Reviewed by Nagaike Kazumi* *長池一美, Institute for Educational Management, Oita University

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-nagaike-kazumi/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Nagaike Kazumi
, Review of Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity,
Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture by Thomas Baudinette.


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Published: August 27, 2026 Micah F. Morton. Enchanted Modernities: Ancestral Vitalizations in the Upper Mekong. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2025. Reviewed by Rosalie Stolz* *Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-book-reviews-rosalie-stolz/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Rosalie Stolz
, Review of Enchanted Modernities: Ancestral Vitalizations in the Upper Mekong by Micah F. Morton.


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 Accepted: November 21, 2025 Advanced published online: March 23, 2026 Published: August 27, 2026 Visual Narratives: Colonial Photography and the Ngepan Iban Cultural Shift in Borneo Gregory anak Kiyai @ Keai* *Visual Art Program, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Malaya, Lengkungan Budi, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia e-mail: gregory.kiyai[at]um.edu.my

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-gregory-anak-kiyai-keai/
- Categories: Abstract, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: colonial photography, cultural transformation, Gregory anak Kiyai @ Keai, Indigenous identity, ngepan Iban, visual representation
"Visual Narratives: Colonial Photography and the Ngepan Iban Cultural Shift in Borneo"


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 Accepted: November 13, 2025 Advanced published online: March 23, 2026 Published: August 27, 2026 Eroding the Ethics: Resource Extraction, Water Infrastructure, and Insecure Farmers in Indonesia Denny Riezki Pratama* *Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka Nishi Ward, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan e-mail: pratama.denny.335[at]s.kyushu-u.ac.jp

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-denny-riezki-pratama/
- Categories: Abstract, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: coal mining, Denny Riezki Pratama, infrastructural violence, multispecies ethics, pest control, wastewater treatment
"Eroding the Ethics: Resource Extraction, Water Infrastructure, and Insecure Farmers in Indonesia"


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 Accepted: July 3, 2025 Advanced published online: March 23, 2026 Published: August 27, 2026 Antecedents to Rodrigo Duterte’s Drug War: The Anti-Drug Campaigns of Joseph Estrada (2000) and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2003) Gideon Lasco* *Department of Anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman, 3/F Palma Hall, Quezon City, Philippines; Department of

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-gideon-lasco/
- Categories: Abstract, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: drug policy, drug wars, drugs, Gideon Lasco, history of public health, Philippines, populism, vigilantism
"Antecedents to Rodrigo Duterte’s Drug War: The Anti-Drug Campaigns of Joseph Estrada (2000) and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2003)"


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 2 Accepted: June 16, 2025 Advanced published online: March 23, 2026 Published: August 27, 2026 Creating a Compliant Civil Service for Nation Building in Singapore, 1959–1984 Jason Lim* *School of Creative Arts and Humanities, Faculty of the Arts, Society and Business, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia e-mail:

- Published: 2026-08-27
- Modified: 2026-09-14
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/08/vol-15-no-2-jason-lim/
- Categories: Abstract, Contents_Vol15-2
- Tags: Goh Keng Swee, Jason Lim, Lee Kuan Yew, People’s Action Party, political neutrality, Singapore Civil Service
"Creating a Compliant Civil Service for Nation Building in Singapore, 1959–1984"


> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: July 30, 2026 Francesco Buscemi. Arms Politics: Becoming and Being a Weapon in the Borderlands of Myanmar. New York: Cornell University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Ashley South* *The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Chiang Mai University

- Published: 2026-07-30
- Modified: 2026-09-11
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/07/earlyview-br-ashley-south-br26031/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Ashley South

> Advance Publication Accepted: December 25, 2025 Published online: July 17, 2026 BRICS in Southeast Asia: A Realist Perspective Brice Tseen Fu Lee*, Juan Pablo Sims**, and Yun-Tso Lee*** *Department of International and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Corresponding author’s e-mail: briceleetseenfu[at]gmail.com **Faculty of Government, Universidad del

- Published: 2026-07-17
- Modified: 2026-09-11
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/07/earlyview-brice-tseen-fu-lee-et-al/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Brice Tseen Fu Lee, Juan Pablo Sims, Yun-Tso Lee

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Benjamin Tausig. Bangkok After Dark: Maurice Rocco, Transnational Nightlife, and the Making of Cold War Intimacies. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Peter A. Jackson* *Professor Emeritus, Australian National University

- Published: 2026-06-22
- Modified: 2026-06-19
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-peter-a-jackson-seas-br26030/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Peter A. Jackson

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Taylor M. Easum. Chiang Mai between Empire and Modern Thailand: A City in the Colonial Margins. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Joseph Black* *Women’s Studies Center, Chiang Mai University

- Published: 2026-06-22
- Modified: 2026-06-19
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-joseph-black-seas-br26029/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Joseph Black

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Lavina Ahuja and Lynne D. DiStefano, eds. Revitalization in Asia: Adaptive Reuse in Macao, Mumbai, and Penang. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Gregory Bracken* *Spatial Planning & Strategy, TU Delft

- Published: 2026-06-22
- Modified: 2026-06-19
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-gregory-bracken-seas-br26028/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Gregory Bracken

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Nga Dao. The Everyday Politics of Resources: Lives and Landscapes in Northwest Vietnam. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2025. Reviewed by Seb Rumsby* *Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham

- Published: 2026-06-22
- Modified: 2026-06-19
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-seb-rumsby-seas-br26027/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Seb Rumsby

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Xing Hang. The Port: Hà Tiên and the Mo Clan in Early Modern Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Li Tana* *College of Asia and Pacific Studies, Australian National University

- Published: 2026-06-22
- Modified: 2026-06-19
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-li-tana-seas-br26026/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Li Tana

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Kosuke Mizuno, Pujo Semedi, and Gerben Nooteboom, eds. Two Centuries of Agrarian, Economic, and Ecological Shifts in the North Coast of Java, 1812–2012. Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 2023. Reviewed by Yanagisawa Masayuki* *柳澤雅之, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University

- Published: 2026-06-22
- Modified: 2026-06-19
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-yanagisawa-masayuki-seas-br26025/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Yanagisawa Masayuki

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 John Lee Candelaria. War Memorialization and Nation-Building in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2025. Reviewed by Pattajit Tangsinmunkong* *พัทธจิต ต้งั สินม่นั คง, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo

- Published: 2026-06-22
- Modified: 2026-06-19
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-pattajit-tangsinmunkong-seas-br26024/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Pattajit Tangsinmunkong

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Muhammad Suhail Mohamed Yazid. He Who Is Made Lord: Empire, Class and Race in Postwar Singapore. Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2023. Reviewed by Yee-Ting Leong* *University of Michigan – Ann Arbor; Nanyang Technological University

- Published: 2026-06-22
- Modified: 2026-06-19
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-yee-ting-leong-seas-br26023/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Yee-Ting Leong

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 Kathryn Dyt. The Nature of Kingship: The Weather-World in Nineteenth-Century Vietnam. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2025. Reviewed by C. Michele Thompson* *Southern Connecticut State University DOI: 10.20495/seas.br26022

- Published: 2026-06-22
- Modified: 2026-06-19
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-c-michele-thompson-seas-br26022/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: C. Michele Thompson

> BOOK REVIEWS Published online: June 22, 2026 John D. Phan. Lost Tongues of the Red River: Annamese Middle Chinese and the Origins of the Vietnamese Language. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2025. Reviewed by Nathaniel Hiroz* *Department of Linguistics, University of Bern

- Published: 2026-06-22
- Modified: 2026-06-19
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-br-nathaniel-hiroz-seas-br26021/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Nathaniel Hiroz

> Advance Publication Accepted: January 6, 2026 Published online: June 4, 2026 The Impossible Disaster: Narrative of the Flash Flood Disaster in Sangiang (Indonesia) in 1980 Based on Oral Tradition, Geological Studies, and Media Reports Budi Gustaman*, Gani A. Jaelani**, and Fadly Rahman*** *Department of History and Philology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jl. Ir. Soekarno Km. 21, Sumedang,

- Published: 2026-06-22
- Modified: 2026-06-22
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/06/earlyview-budi-gustaman-et-al/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Budi Gustaman, Fadly Rahman, Gani A. Jaelani

> Advance Publication Accepted: January 6, 2026 Published online: May 8, 2026 Affective Communication and Economic Nationalism in Commonwealth-Era Philippines Fernan Talamayan* *Independent Scholar e-mail: ftalamayan.c[at]nycu.edu.tw

- Published: 2026-05-08
- Modified: 2026-06-19
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/05/earlyview-fernan-talamayan/
- Categories: Early View
- Tags: Fernan Talamayan

> Published in April, 2026 CONTENTS Articles Parting Ways: Two Civil Wars amid the First Indochina War in Laos (1945–1954) ・・・ Ryan Wolfson-Ford Bridging Oceans and Diplomacy: Geopolitics of 21st-Century Bamboo Diplomacy on Thailand’s Kra Isthmus Infrastructure Projects ・・・ Bharis Senivongse Reclaiming the Womb: The Right to Reproductive Autonomy over Women’s Bodies in Vietnam ・・・ Thouchanok

- Published: 2026-04-23
- Modified: 2026-10-09
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/04/vol-15-no-1-of-southeast-asian-studies/
- Categories: Contents_Vol15-1, Volumes

> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 1 BOOK REVIEWS Published: April 23, 2026 Nathan McGovern. Holy Things: The Genealogy of the Sacred in Thai Religion. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Peter A. Jackson* *Australian National University

- Published: 2026-04-23
- Modified: 2026-07-27
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/04/vol-15-no-1-book-reviews-peter-a-jackson/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-1
- Tags: Peter A. Jackson
, Review of Holy Things: The Genealogy of the Sacred in Thai Religion by Nathan McGovern


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 1 BOOK REVIEWS Published: April 23, 2026 Lia Kent. The Unruly Dead: Spirits, Memory, and State Formation in Timor-Leste. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2024. Reviewed by Amy Rothschild* *School of Humanities and Sciences, Ithaca College

- Published: 2026-04-23
- Modified: 2026-07-27
- URL: https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2026/04/vol-15-no-1-book-reviews-amy-rothschild/
- Categories: Book Review, Contents_Vol15-1
- Tags: Amy Rothschild
, Review of The Unruly Dead: Spirits, Memory, and State Formation in Timor-Leste by Lia Kent


> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 1 BOOK REVIEWS Published: April 23, 2026 C. Michele Thompson, Kathryn Sweet, and Michitake Aso, eds. Fighting for Health: Medicine in Cold War Southeast Asia. Singapore: NUS Press, 2024. Reviewed by Atsuko Naono* *Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, University of Oxford

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, Review of Fighting for Health: Medicine in Cold War Southeast Asia edited by C. Michele Thompson, Kathryn Sweet, and Michitake Aso


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, Review of The Politics of the Malayan
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> Contents>> Vol. 15, No. 1 BOOK REVIEWS Published: April 23, 2026 Herbary Cheung. Single Mothers in Thailand: Women, Motherhood, and Going It All Alone. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. Reviewed by Kai Chen* *陈锴, School of International Relations, Xiamen University

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, Review of Single Mothers in Thailand: Women, Motherhood, and Going It All Alone by Herbary Cheung


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, Review of A Displaced Nation: The 1954 Evacuation and Its Political Impact on the Vietnam Wars by Phi-Van Nguyen.



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