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The Mysterious Malay Jong and Other Temasek Shipping

 

Marking the sixth instalment in the special series of lectures commemorating Singapore’s bicentennial anniversary “1819 and Before: Singapore’s Pasts” is the lecture on the mysterious Malay Jong and Other Temasek Shipping. The lecture was attended by an audience of 60 people.

 

The Role of the Nahdlatul Ulama in the 2019 Indonesian Elections

 

Ibu Yenny Wahid,  a social and political activist in Nahdlatul Ulama, delivered a talk on the role of the Indonesia’s largest Islamic organisation in the country’s politics and her observation on ideological cleavage and other issues in the 2019 elections.

 

Workshop On Chinese Ceramic

 

Chinese ceramics have long played a central role in our understanding of Southeast Asia’s ancient past. For over a thousand years, their high quality and wide-ranging style have made them highly sought after commodities throughout the maritime trade route that spanned the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.

 

Lecture on “The Localisation of Buddhism in the Wider Landscape of Bagan”

 

Prof. Elizabeth Moore (Associate Fellow, NSC, and In-Region Liaison for the SOAS Southeast Asian Art Academic Program, University of London) gave a talk entitled “The Localisation of Buddhism in the Wider Landscape of Bagan.” at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Seminar on “Banks, Raffles and the Poison Tree of Java: Botanical Exchange in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries”

 

The latest in the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Lecture Series was Dr Sarah Tiffin’s seminar entitled “Banks, Raffles and the Poison Tree of Java: Botanical Exchange in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries”. Dr Tiffin, an independent Australian-based scholar, spoke of the roles of Sir Joseph Banks and Sir Stamford Raffles in encouraging botanical investigations of the upas (or poison tree) of Java, within the context of the British Empire’s global botanical network.

 

Seminar on “Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Mixed Growth amid Heightened Uncertainty”

 

The Singapore APEC Study centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute organised a seminar with Mr Emmanuel A. San Andres and Ms Rhea C. Hernando as the key speakers from the APEC Policy Support Unit (PSU) to share the findings of the ‘APEC Regional Trends Analysis (ARTA): Mixed Growth amid Heightened Uncertainty’ research report.

 

Seminar on “What More Can Archaeology Tell Us about Singapore’s Past?”

 

The lecture was the fifth instalment in NSC’s special series of lectures commemorating Singapore’s bicentennial anniversary, “1819 and Before: Singapore’s Pasts.”

 

Seminar on “China: Selective Revisionist Power in the International Order”

 

Ms Bonnie Glaser, Senior Adviser for Asia and Directer of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), presented her views about China as a “selective revisionist power” to an audience of fifty diplomats, researchers, journalists, and members of the public.

 

Seminar on “The Indo Pacific: An Australian Perspective”

 

Originally published in 1982, Anthony Milner’s Kerajaan: Malay Political Culture on the Eve of Colonial Rule has become one of the most frequently-cited works on Southeast Asian History. On November 8th, Professor Milner launched the second edition of Kerajaan at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

The 19th ASEAN Lecture on “Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2019: Advancing Partnership for Sustainability”

 

The ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute was honoured to welcome His Excellency Arthayudh Srisamoot, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand, to deliver the 19th ASEAN Lecture on “Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2019: Advancing Partnership for Sustainability”.