New Mandala

This post is part of New Mandala’s series of interviews with academics, activists and writers who contribute to major debates in mainland Southeast Asian Studies.  These interviews are designed to probe the experiences, arguments and ideas that have helped shape the field. The ninth in New Mandala’s series of discussions with prominent personalities is with Professor Michael Aung-Thwin, Professor of [...]

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Observers in Chachoengsao could be forgiven if they did not think that we are actually in the middle of a vigorously fought election campaign to fill the House of Representatives and put a post-coup “democratically elected” government in place. While the national-level newspapers do substantially report on election-related matters, the physical public sphere in Chachoengsao [...]

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