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of Southeast Asian Studies
in S-E Asia
Thammasat University
Member of SEASREP
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Addressing the question, 'Why we need Southeast Asian Studies in Southeast Asia', he said it is important to note that Southeast Asian studies focus on the regionalization of Southeast Asia rather than on the internationalization of Southeast Asia. Dr. Thanet firstly discussed the origins and development of the concept and the term Southeast Asia. The concept of Southeast Asia as a region was originally developed by colonial civil servants within the framework of colonial geography. The term Southeast Asia was not coined until the 1920s when Robert Heine-Geldern argued that Southeast Asia had ethnic, linguistic and cultural coherence. Heine-Geldern, however, failed to include some Southeast Asian countries that had been strongly influenced by the Islamic culture. read on.. |
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