Inter-Asia Engagements

Members

NameResearch Area
Prof WINTER, TimCluster Leader of Inter-Asia Engagements - Critical Heritage Studies, Belt and Road Initiative, Cultural Internationalism, Heritage Diplomacy, Silk Road Studies
Prof DEAN, KennethCluster Leader of Religion and Globalisation - Transnational Trust, Temple networks Linking Singapore Chinese Temples to Southeast China and Southeast Asia
A/Prof AUNG-THWIN, MaitriiDeputy Director - Myanmar/Southeast Asian History, Social Movements, Knowledge Production, Community, Social-Legal Studies, Development Studies, and Buddhist Infrastructure in South and Southeast Asia
Dr P.K.M, Abdul JaleelArabia Asia Trans-Regional Connections, Sufism, Religiosity, Malabar, Indian Ocean, South India, Indigenous Texts
Dr HUEBNER, StefanHistory and Present Situation of Ocean Industrialization and Sea Surface Urbanization, Sea Level Rise and History of the Anthropocene, History of Oceanic Energy Generation, Mariculture History
Dr DAL MASO, GiuliaFinancialisation, Genealogy of Financialisation: Financialization of Nature, China, Post-socialism, Climate Change, Critical/Social Studies of Finance, Postcolonial Geography, Economic Sociology, Economic Anthropology
Dr CHENG, HanInternational Cooperation and Global Development (The Role of so-called "Rising Powers")
Dr RINCK, JacobNarratives about Global Inequality through the Lens of Migration, The National Economy Form and Development Economics as Storytelling
Dr CODEREY, CélineMedical Pluralism in SEA; Intercommunal Violence and Displacement in Myanmar; Dance and Embodiment of the Land/Seascape in the Asia-Pacific.
Dr KIRUPPALINI, HemaMigration, Transnationalism and Asian Diasporas, Minority/Marginalised Communities, Citizenship, Identity and Belonging, Military, War and Society, Race and Colonial Knowledge Production, Oral History, Archival and Visual Research Methods
Ms ALHADAD, AishahGender and Islam in Singapore and Malaysia, Women, Race, and Class in Singapore, Islamic Feminism, Knowledge Production
Dr FÖLSTER, Max JakobSinology; Chinese History; Book History; History of Sino-German Relations
Dr KARIB, FathunEnvironmental History; Sociology of Environment and Disaster; Global Commodity Chains; Empire – Frontier Relations; Critical Agrarian Studies

Associates

NameDepartment and Organisation
Prof Isaac KERLOWArt Science Media
Prof Naoko SHIMAZUDivision of Humanities, Yale-NUS College
Prof James SIDAWAYDepartment of Geography, National University of Singapore
A/Prof Helena VARKKEYDepartment of International and Strategic Studies, University Malaya
A/Prof Teresita Del ROSARIO NYU-Abu Dhabi
Asst Prof Anthony MEDRANODivision of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS College
Asst Prof Canay OZDEN-SCHILLINGDepartment of Sociology & Anthropology, National University of Singapore
Asst Prof LIM Eng Hui AlvinDepartment of English, Linguistics & Theatre Studies, National University of Singapore
Asst Prof Matthew REEDERDivision of Humanities, Yale-NUS College
Asst Prof Sabina INSEBAYEVADepartment of Political Science, Nazarbayev University
Asst Prof Sahana GHOSHDepartment of Sociology & Anthropology, National University of Singapore
Asst Prof Neena MAHADEVDepartment of Social Science (Anthropology), Yale-NUS College
Dr Ameem LUTFIDepartment of Humanities & Social Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Dr Clay EATONDepartment of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore
Dr Keng Lee CHEEIndependent Researcher
Dr Nyi Nyi KYAWIndependent Researcher
Dr Swapna Kona NAYUDUDivision of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS College
Dr Robert COLEMekong Region Land Governance Project
Dr Yang YANGDepartment of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore

Former Members

NameResearch Area and Topics / Organisation While at ARI
Prof Alan Anand YANG Migration and Multiculturalism, Migration and Family, Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion, Ethnicity, Culture and Religion, Family and Gender, Local and Regional Histories and Heritages
Prof Armando SALVATOREReligion, Civility and Modern Power, Sociology of Culture and Religion, Social Theory, Sociology of Communication and Historical Sociology
Prof Jonathan RIGGDevelopment Geographies and Agrarian Transformations in Southeast and South Asia
Prof Kamal SHEELModern Chinese History and Culture with a Focus on Rural Society, State-Society Relations and Contemporary Developments, Sino-Indian Relations, Culture Studies
Prof Makarand PARANJAPEWhile at ARI, he will work on “Re-presenting Asia: Regional Inter-Referentiality, Global Connections”
Prof Pietro MASINAEconomic Development in East and Southeast Asia Post World War II, East and Southeast Asian Political History, as well as Issues of Industrialization and Labour with a Specific Focus on the Singapore – Johore – Riau Islands Growth Triangle.
Prof Prasenjit DUARASocial and Cultural History, Problems of Development, Nationalism and Imperialism, Religion, Historical Thought, Social Theory
Prof Rada IVEKOVICEpistemological Issues and Translation
Prof Richard WILKComparative Colonial Food Policies in Singapore, Belize and Guyana
Prof Robert WASSONFlood Risk in Monsoon Asia, Landscape Change, Role of Land Use and Climate Change in Landscape Change, Catchment Management Systems, Extreme Hydrologic Events in the Australian and Asian Tropics
Prof Robin JEFFREYHistory of India in the Second Half of the 20th Century, Study of the Cell Phone's Impact on India
Prof Monika ARNEZ Urban Anthropology, Environmental Challenges, Islam and Proselytism, Gender and Contemporary Indonesian Literature
Prof Suk-Jung HAN Manchurian Studies, Influence of Manchukuo on the South Korean State Formation, and Cultural Diffusion through Japanese Colonialism
Prof Thongchai WINICHAKULCultural and Intellectual History of Early Modern and Modern Thailand and Southeast Asia, especially the Encounters between Southeast Asian Societies and the West
Prof William A. CALLAHANInterplay of Culture and Politics in China and Asia, and Overlap of Domestic and International Politics
Prof Xuefeng SUNInternational Relations Theory, China’s Foreign Policy and International Relations in East Asia
A/Prof Gerald SIMHow Contemporary Singaporean Films have Appropriated the Deleuzean Time-Image of European “New Wave” Cinemas.
A/Prof Lonce WYSECommunications & New Media Development, National University of Singapore
A/Prof Michael FEENERIntellectual and Cultural History of Islam in the Middle East and Southeast Asia
A/Prof Teresita Cruz-del ROSARIOMigration, Development and Underdevelopment, Social Movements and Civil society, and Comparative Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East
A/Prof Shelly CHANModern Chinese History, Diaspora Studies on Chinese Migrant Circulations and Networks
Dr Andrew ONGThe Political Practice of the United Wa State Army in Myanmar, Engaging on Themes of Governance, Authority, Liminality, The Political Economy of Conflict, and Border Studies
Dr Arun BALA Exploration of How a Neo-Lakatosian Model for Scientific Method, involving the Consilience of Research Programmes, can be Deployed to Explain How Reservoirs of Knowledge from Different Asian Traditions Came to be Epistemologically Incorporated in the Making of Modern Science
Dr Dong Hyun SONGSocial Media Culture in East Asia within the Privacy and Security Concerns of the State’s Ideology
Dr Bernhard SCHÄRCentral Europe’s Entanglements with Southeast Asia and also the Role of Mercenaries from Germany, Belgium, and France in the 19th Century Dutch Empire.
Dr Choon Hwee KOHOttoman Empire, Economic History, Capitalism, Infrastructure, Logistics, Organizations, Bureaucracy, Power
Dr George JOSEPH Circulation of Ideas in Mathematics within an Asian Context
Dr Haque Abdul CHANG Sufi Musical Tradition of Shah Jo Raag, Devotional Sindhi Music, Shrine of Saint Sunan Pandanaran of Java
Dr Jack FAIREYOrthodox Christian Peoples of the Near East (Greeks, Serbs, Bulgarians, Romanians, etc.), the History of Diplomacy, Empires, and Imperialism in the Modern Mediterranean
Dr Jorge BAYONAHistory, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Indonesia, Latin America, Peru, Andes, Empire, Colonialism, Territory, Comparative History
Dr Juan ZHANG Borders and Boundary-Making, Contemporary Chinese Subjectivity, and Everyday Practices in Post-Socialist Conditions
Dr Kurtulus GEMICI Housing foreclosures, Securitization, Institutional Coupling, Great Recession
Dr Martin SAXER Effects of China’s Rapid Economic Growth, its Strategic Decisions to Secure Influence and Natural Resources in Adjacent Countries, and its Efforts to Prevent Unrest
Dr Peter MAROLT Urban and Cultural-Political Geographies, Post-Disciplinary Studies Pertaining to Environmental Activism, the Internet, and (Urban) Asia
Dr Ricardo MARTINEZPolicy Learning, Policy Mobilities, Urban, Networks, SDGs, Global Governance
Dr Serkan YOLACANAnthropology of Religion, Materiality, Political Anthropology and Political Economy
Dr Tsung-Ling LEE Intersection of Public International Law and Health, with a Focus on Regulatory Theory
Dr Trung Dinh DANGDevelopment Studies, Environment Policy, Governance of Land, Water and Other Common Property Resources, and the Everyday Politics in Vietnam and Asia-Pacific Countries
Dr Xuefeng SUNInternational Relations Theory, China’s Foreign Policy and International Relations in East Asia
Dr Yijiang ZHONG Religion and Modernity in East Asia, Exploring these Issues from the Thematic Perspectives of Authority, Epistemology and Space
Mr Ivin YEOSmart Urbanism, Urban futures, Temporality, Urban Theory, Posthumanism, Southeast Asia
Mr Marcel BANDURAsian Urbanism, Maritime security, Southeast Asian regionalism