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The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, including ASEAN and APEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publishing, an established academic press, has issued more than 2,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publishing works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. 00 HCSEA.indd 2 4/16/13 1:52:43 PM First published in Singapore in 2013 by ISEAS Publishing Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: [email protected] • Website: bookshop.iseas.edu.sg All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. © 2013 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the authors and their interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the publisher or its supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data The historical construction of Southeast Asian studies : Korea and beyond / edited by Park Seung Woo and Victor T. King. 1. Southeast Asia—Study and teaching. 2. South Asia—Research. I. Park, Seung Woo. II. King, Victor T. DS524.7 H67 2013 ISBN 9978-981-4414-58-6 (soft cover) ISBN 9978-981-4414-59-3 (E-book PDF) Typeset by International Typesetters Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Oxford Graphic Printers Pte Ltd 00 HCSEA.indd 4 4/16/13 1:52:43 PM Contents List of Tables vii List of Figures ix Foreword xi Acknowledgements xiii About the Contributors xv 1. Introduction: The Historical Construction of Southeast 1 Asian Studies and the Emergence of a Region Park Seung Woo and Victor T. King PART I: NORTHEAST ASIA 2. Southeast Asian Studies in China: Progress and Problems 45 Park Sa-Myung 3. Studies of Southeast Asian History in Contemporary Japan: 73 The 1990s and 2000s Yu Insun 4. The Historical Construction of Southeast Asian Studies in Korea 112 Park Seung Woo PART II: SOUTHEAST ASIA 5. Contentious Development: Southeast Asian Studies in 159 Singapore Lee Sang Kook 00 HCSEA.indd 5 4/16/13 1:52:43 PM vi Contents 6. The Construction and Institutionalization of Southeast 191 Asian Studies in Vietnam: Focusing on Insiders’ Perceptions and Assessment Choi Horim 7. Popular Culture for a New Southeast Asian Studies? 226 Ariel Heryanto PART III: EUROPE 8. British Perspectives on Southeast Asia and Continental 265 European Comparisons: The Making of a Region Victor T. King 9. It is Hard to Teach an Old Dog New Tricks, But There is 324 Life in It Yet: The Decolonization of Indonesian Studies in the Netherlands Freek Colombijn PART IV: AUSTRALIA AND THE U.S. 10. A Genealogy of Southeast Asian Studies in Australia: 349 Scholars and Their Works James J. Fox 11. Southeast Asian Studies in the U.S.: Construction of 399 Traditions of an Autonomous History, Its Limitations, and Future Tasks Song Seung-Won Index 427 00 HCSEA.indd 6 4/16/13 1:52:43 PM List of tabLes 2.1 Mass Media on International Affairs, 2006 52 2.2 Major Institutes and Journals on Southeast Asian Studies 55 2.3 Publication of Books on Southeast Asia 56 2.4 Objects of Southeast Asian Studies 57 2.5 Subjects of Southeast Asian Studies, 2000–05 59 3.1 Books 1990–99 86 3.2 Academic Papers 1990–99 87 3.3 Books 2000–07 88 3.4 Academic Papers 2000–07 90 3.5 Books 1990–99 (1800–1945 related) 91 3.6 Academic Papers 1990–99 (1800–1945 related) 92 3.7 Books 2000–07 (1800–1945 related) 92 3.8 Academic Papers 2000–07 (1800–1945 related) 93 4.1 Themes of the Conferences Organized by the Korean 133 Association of Southeast Asian Studies (KASEAS), 2001–12 4.2 Korea-ASEAN Academic Conferences Jointly Organized 135 by KASEAS and AUN (ASEAN University Network), 2003–11 6.1. List of Interviewees (July 2009) 193 vii 00 HCSEA.indd 7 4/16/13 1:52:43 PM viii List of Tables 6.2. Research and Training Organizations for Southeast Asian 200 Studies in Vietnam 6.3. Classification of the Papers Published in Southeast Asian 217 Studies 6.4. Classification of the Papers Published in Nghiên cứu Đông 218 Nam Á, in the 1st half of 2009 00 HCSEA.indd 8 4/16/13 1:52:44 PM List of figures 3.1 Portion of Books by Historical Time Period, 1990–99 86 3.2 Portion of Books by National Focus, 1990–99 87 3.3 Portion of Books by Historical Time Period, 2000–07 89 3.4 Portion of Books by National Focus, 2000–07 89 ix 00 HCSEA.indd 9 4/16/13 1:52:44 PM
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