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KITA Discourse Series 12/2017

September 11, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Title: Ethnicity and conflicts in Southeast Asia

Tentative Programme:

  • 5.45pm – 6.00pm: Registration
  • 6.00pm – 6.15pm: Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Chang Peng Kee, Adjunct Senior Fellow, KITA
  • 6.15pm – 7.00pm: Ethnicity and Conflicts in Southeast Asia by Prof.
    Dr. Rudiger Korff, University of Passau, Germany
  • 7.00pm – 7.30pm: Q & A
  • 7.30pm: Closing Remarks
Abstract

Conflicts in Southeast Asia since independence can hardly be defined as genuine ethnic conflicts. However, ethnicity always is mentioned as relevant factor either in analysis, media reporting or the self-description of those involved in the conflict. Why does ethnicity play such a role? How has ethnicity been modified as a result of development and changes? Is ethnicity and ethnic/cultural identity an attempt to reduce the complexity of the current world?

 
Presenter's Profile

A Professor at the Southeast Asian Studies, University of Passau since 2004. He studied for Sociology (Ph.D) at the Faculty of Sociology,
University of Bielefeld from 1973 to 1978 and also a study on Bangkok: Urban System and Everyday Life in 1984.

Details

Venue

  • IMIK Meeting Room
  • Media Impact and Creative Industry Research Centre (IMIK), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM
    Bangi, Selangor 43600

Organisers

  • Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA)
  • University of Passau, Germany
  • Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur
  • Media Impact and Creative Industry Research Centre (IMIK), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM