Dr. Rossabi holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University and is now a Professor of History at Columbia University and also the City University of New York. He is an expert on the history of East and Central Asia. Dr. Rossabi is in Honolulu as a Shangri La scholar in residence.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Keoni Auditorium, Imin Conference Center
Jefferson Hall, East West Center

Co-sponsored by Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art and the East-West Center.

Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI)'s Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) is pleased to announce its latest publication project: an online journal geared towards fostering dialogues on Malaysian matters.
 
The journal's purpose is to bridge the opinion gap between communities who are invested in the study of Malaysia. The aim is to expose the general public to scholarly works, while offering them the opportunity to engage with the academic discourse. We will attain this main objective by bringing together essays on a particular topic from both published and unpublished writers, from scholars to students, from businesspeople to religious leaders.

You are invited to submit a research and analytical paper on democracy in Malaysia for publication. Their inaugural issue will examine what democracy means in postcolonial, post-Mahathir Malaysia to see how Malaysia's political system has successfully managed or even failed to manage class and interethnic differences.

Email yinpeng@cpps.org.my if you are interested before February 29.

By David P. Chandler
Boulder, Westview Press, 2007, 365 pp.

The author covers two thousand years of Cambodian history in a 
candid and concise assessment that focuses on transformation and  the historic implications and myths surrounding these changes. This fourth edition reflects recent research by major scholar, as well as Chandler's long immersion in the subject and contains an entirely new section on the challenges facing Cambodia today.

The Economic Growth of Singapore : Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century
By W.G. Huff
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2007, 494 pp.

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the economic development of Singapore. This development has been based on a strategic location at the crossroads of Asian, a free trade economy, and a dynamic entrepreneurial tradition. Throughout this study, the author assesses the interaction of government policy and market forces, and places the transformation of the Singaporean economy in the context of both development theory and experience elsewhere in East Asia.

The Money Trail: Burmese Currencies in Crisis, 1937-1947
By Marilyn Lomgmuir
DeKalb, Northern Illinois University SEAP, 2002, 152 pp.

This book outlines the rapid succession of currencies used in Burma in the 1930s and 1940s, recounts the economic effects of the wartime currency crises, and details the considerations in the formulation of the British financial policies during and after the Japanese occupation.

Between Rising Powers: China, Singapore and India
By Asad-ul Iqbal Latif
Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007, 334 pp.

Geography has moulded Singapore's self-definition, much of it has shaped the contours of the rest of Southeast Asia. Placed within overlapping Sinic and Indic zones, Singapore entrepot role has served both. Today, as China and India emerge simultaneously as rising powers, the port city is going beyond the trading role to engage them in political and security items. This book combines diplomatic history and international relations theory to show how Singapore is facilitating China's and India's enagement of   Southeast Asia.

Aspects of Archaeometallurgy in South and Southeast Asia: A study  of metal objects from North India and Thailand
By Ravindra N. Singh
New Delhi, Kala Prakashan, 2007, 152 pp.

The study of metal in archaeology has become increasingly important over the last few decades, providing the archaeologist with information on many aspects of the past, including chronology, trade and technology. This volume offers a synthesis of the available scientific and archaeological data on the study of copper and iron objects from Northern India particularly, the Middle Ganga Plain and their relation with Southeast Asia sites, particularly on the issue on tin.

For more information, contact asiabook@gil.com.au