Abstract
This article provides an introductory and brief overview of the research, publications, and achievements of Southeast Asian Studies in Malaysia, in particular, the role of the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Malaya. It briefly revisits the pre- and post-colonial times, when the subject of Southeast Asian Studies appealed to academics, administrators, and foreign experts. Since 1975, the Department has not only played the role of training young researchers in different issues on Southeast Asia but also provided a platform to local and foreign researchers to publish their scholarly work in JATI-Journal of Southeast Asian Studies and Borneo Research Journals that are both produced by the department annually. Keywords: Southeast Asian Studies, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, teaching, research, publication.
Highlights
In the last decade, Southeast Asian Studies has witnessed a decline in various universities and institutions in the west
Indonesian scholars Muhadi Sugiano and Bambang Purwanto claimed that Southeast Asian Studies is a “baggage of colonial construct while ASEAN Studies was more locally engineered” (Sathian, 2015), indicating the declining popularity of the former in Indonesia
SEAS is rapidly developing as a formidable field of study in Malaysia
Summary
Southeast Asian Studies (hereafter SEAS) has witnessed a decline in various universities and institutions in the west. SEAS is rapidly developing as a formidable field of study in Malaysia It did not gain importance until the 1970s, in the last four decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of research institutions, academics, researchers, graduates, and publications related to SEAS in the country. In the West, Southeast Asian Studies has been taught either as a compulsory or optional subject Generally, it is approached as a multi-disciplinary module drawing theoretical, conceptual and methodological support from various social science disciplines, such as anthropology, history, geography, sociology, politics, and economics. SEAS IN SEA: Emergence, Development, Rebranding and Sustainability of Southeast Asian Studies in Malaysia
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