As an APSA Related Group, Southeast Asian Politics is entitled to dedicated panels at each annual meeting. SEAPRG can also co-sponsor additional panels approved by other sections. Submissions are made through the standard APSA submission process (look for us in the list of sections and related groups). Persons interested in submitting a panel proposal are encouraged to reach out to our Program Committee Chairs.
APSA 2024, Philadelphia, PA
Panel 1: Political Mobilization through Violence and Non-violence
Fri, September 1, 8:00 to 9:30am, LACC, 502A
This panel examines the causes, consequence, and dynamics of political mobilization across democracies and autocracies in Southeast Asia. The panel focuses, first, on conflicts and violent forms of political mobilization. Specifically, the papers seek to explain the absence or presence of sectarian conflicts in the Philippines, the survival strategies of the post-coup regime in Myanmar, and territorial conflicts and resolutions along the Cambodia’s borders with Vietnam and Thailand. The panel then turns the analytical focus on other non-violent political mobilization by examining anti-foreign protests in Vietnam and the tactical diffusion of human rights movement in Indonesia and Argentina
Chair: Benjamin Smith (University of Florida)
Discussants: Meredith L. Weiss (University at Albany) & Nathanael Sumaktoyo (National University of Singapore)
Papers & Authors:
- Facing Neighbors: Territorial Conflict Irresolution as Relational Management (Kathrin Reed, University of Delaware)
- What Affects Public Support for Anti-foreign Protests under Authoritarian Rule? (Mai Truong, Mount St. Mary’s University)
- Natural Resources and Conflict in Post-Coup Myanmar (Renard Sexton, Emory University, and Don Grasse, University of Southern California)
- Declining Violence and Electoral Competition in the Philippines (Sol Iglesias, University of the Philippines)
Panel 2: Varieties and Challenges in Political Participation in an Age of Misinformation
Sat, September 2, 4:00 to 5:30pm, LACC, 511A
How do individuals, groups, and organizations engage with political institutions in an age when mis-information is rampant? In this panel, we interrogate the varieties of political participation in countries in Southeast Asia that face both internal and external threats of misinformation. With a wide variety of methodological approaches and cases, the papers in this panel ask why and how citizens and groups mount political contestation through electoral and non-electoral channels.
Chair: Risa Toha (Wake Forest University)
Discussants: Darin Self (Brigham Young University) & Marie-Eve Reny (Zhejiang University)
Papers & Authors:
- Correcting Historical Misinformation: A Survey Experiment in the Philippines (Dean Dulay (Singapore Management University), Allen Hicken (University of Michigan Ann-Arbor), and Anil Menon (University of Michigan))
- What’s in It for Me?: An Experiment on Who Joins the Vietnam Women’s Union (Paul Schuler (University of Arizona), Eitan Paul (MIT), Mai Truong (Mount St. Mary’s University), Markus Taussig (Rutgers University), Quynh Nguyen (University of Berne)
- Perils of Victory: Governance and Political Stability in Malaysia from 2018 (Elvin Ong, National University of Singapore)
- What Are We Looking For? Measuring PRC Influence & Information Campaigns. (Ja Ian Chong, National University of Singapore)
APSA 2023, Los Angeles, CA
Business meeting: Southeast Asia Politics Related Group Business Meeting Fri, September 1, 6:30 to 7:30pm, LACC, 511A
Reception: APSA/SEAPRG/SEAREG joint reception Fri, Sept. 1, immediately following the business meeting, venue TBD
Panel 1: Political Mobilization through Violence and Non-violence Fri, September 1, 8:00 to 9:30am, LACC, 502A
This panel examines the causes, consequence, and dynamics of political mobilization across democracies and autocracies in Southeast Asia. The panel focuses, first, on conflicts and violent forms of political mobilization. Specifically, the papers seek to explain the absence or presence of sectarian conflicts in the Philippines, the survival strategies of the post-coup regime in Myanmar, and territorial conflicts and resolutions along the Cambodia’s borders with Vietnam and Thailand. The panel then turns the analytical focus on other non-violent political mobilization by examining anti-foreign protests in Vietnam and the tactical diffusion of human rights movement in Indonesia and Argentina
Chair: Benjamin Smith (University of Florida). Discussants: Meredith L. Weiss (University at Albany) & Nathanael Sumaktoyo (National University of Singapore)
Papers & Authors:
- Facing Neighbors: Territorial Conflict Irresolution as Relational Management (Kathrin Reed, University of Delaware)
- What Affects Public Support for Anti-foreign Protests under Authoritarian Rule?(Mai Truong, Mount St. Mary’s University)
- Natural Resources and Conflict in Post-Coup Myanmar (Renard Sexton, Emory University, and Don Grasse, University of Southern California)
- Declining Violence and Electoral Competition in the Philippines(Sol Iglesias, University of the Philippines)
Panel 2: Varieties and Challenges in Political Participation in an Age of Misinformation Sat, September 2, 4:00 to 5:30pm, LACC, 511A
How do individuals, groups, and organizations engage with political institutions in an age when mis-information is rampant? In this panel, we interrogate the varieties of political participation in countries in Southeast Asia that face both internal and external threats of misinformation. With a wide variety of methodological approaches and cases, the papers in this panel ask why and how citizens and groups mount political contestation through electoral and non-electoral channels.
Chair: Risa Toha (Wake Forest University). Discussants: Darin Self (Brigham Young University) & Marie-Eve Reny (Zhejiang University)
Papers & Authors:
- Correcting Historical Misinformation: A Survey Experiment in the Philippines (Dean Dulay (Singapore Management University), Allen Hicken (University of Michigan Ann-Arbor), and Anil Menon (University of Michigan))
- What’s in It for Me?: An Experiment on Who Joins the Vietnam Women’s Union (Paul Schuler (University of Arizona), Eitan Paul (MIT), Mai Truong (Mount St. Mary’s University), Markus Taussig (Rutgers University), Quynh Nguyen (University of Berne)
- Perils of Victory: Governance and Political Stability in Malaysia from 2018 (Elvin Ong, National University of Singapore)
- What Are We Looking For? Measuring PRC Influence & Information Campaigns. (Ja Ian Chong, National University of Singapore)
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APSA 2021
Panel: THE CONDITIONAL POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF INTERGROUP CLEAVAGES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Chair: Donald Horowitz (Duke University)
Discussant: Donald Horowitz (Duke University)
Risa Toha (Yale-National University Singapore), Aim Sinpeng (University of Sydney), and Dimitar Gueorguiev (Syracuse University): “Politicized Intolerance: The Case of the 2019 Presidential Election in Indonesia”
Steven Oliver (Singapore Management University) and Elvin Ong (National University Singapore): “Does Candidate Language Ability Mitigate the Negative Impact of Ethnicity?”
Kai-Ping Huang (National Taiwan University): “Realigned with Ethnic Parties? Explaining Support for NLD among Minority Voters”
Joel Sawat Selway (Brigham Young University), Kirk Hawkins (Brigham Young University), and Adam Roberts (Columbia University): “Nationalist Rhetoric in Southeast Asia: A Textual Analysis Approach”
Panel: COMPROMISING DEMOCRACY: AGENTS OF DEMOCRATIC REGRESSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Chair: Kikue Hamayotsu (Northern Illinois University )
Discussants: Rachel Reidl (Cornell University) and Maya Tudor( Oxford University)
Sol Iglesias (University of Philippines ): “Political Violence & Democratic Deconsolidation in the Philippines Under Duterte”
Megan Ryan (University of Michigan): “Stalled Democratization: The Case of Myanmar’s Military-led Regime Transition”
Aim Sinpeng (University of Sydney ): “Crowdsourcing Dictatorship in Thailand”
Jessica Soedirgo (University of Amsterdam): “Protection Rackets, Preman and Politics: Gangs and Elections in Indonesia”
Panel: GROUP IDENTITY AND BEHAVIOR IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN CONTEXT
Chair: Elvin Ong(National University Singapore )
Discussants: Stephen Siu Kay On (National Sun Yat-Sen University) and Elvin Ong (National University Singapore)
Mary Anne Mendoza (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona): “The Colonial Origins of Separatist Rebellion in the Philippines and Burma”
Phi Hong Su (Williams College ): “Cold War Compatriots: Ethnic Nationhood after Border Crossings”
Van Tran (Cornell University): “Authoritarian Repertoire and Bystander Disruption Toward Protesters”
Zheng Wang (University of Albany): “Domestic Politics and China’s Engagement Strategies in SE Asia”
Panel: ARE WE SEEING A GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN POLITICS?
Chair: Eva Hansson (Stockholm University )
Discussants: Eva Hansson (Stockholm University) and Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (University of Essex)
Burhanuddin Muhtadi (State Islamic University) and Eva Warburton (National University Singapore): “Indonesia’s Generation Gap: Youth Preferences in a Declining Democracy”
Ibrahim Suffian(Merdeka Center for Opinion Research), Meredith Weiss(University of Albany), and Tai De Lee (Merdeka Center for Opinion Research): “Malaysia’s Democratic Deficit: Why Don’t the Youth Seem to Mind?”
Ronald David Holmes (De La Salle University): “Signs of Dissent and Idealism Amidst Political Passivity Among Philippine Youth”
Kanokrat Lertchoosakul (Chulalongkorn University): “The Rise and Dynamics of the 2020 Thai Anti-establishment Youth Movement”
Panel: IDENTITY AND INEQUALITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Chair: Amy Liu (University of Texas at Austin )
Discussants: Allen Hicken (University of Michigan) and Jacob Ricks (Singapore Management University )
Eitan Paul (University of Michigan ): “Raising Representation? Inclusive Participation in Indonesian Village Budgeting”
Jangai Jap (University of Texas at Austin ): “Can Encounters with the State Improve Minority-State Relations in Myanmar?”
Gerard McCarthy (Australian National University ): “Trickle-Up Democracy: How Elite Philanthropy Entrenches Inequality in Myanmar””
Nina McMurry (WZB Berlin ) and Nico Ravanilla (University of California, San Diego): “Woman vs. Church: How Female Mayors Apply Reproductive Policy in the Philippines”
Panel: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF CONFLICT AND PLURALISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Chair: Amy Liu (University of Texas at Austin )
Discussants Johanna Birnir (University of Maryland, College Park) and Amy Liu (University of Texas at Austin )
Irene Poetranto (University of Toronto ): “Internet Controls and Ethno-Religious Conflict in Southeast Asia”
Jacques Bertrand (University of Toronto ) and Alexandre Pelletier (Cornell University): “Winning by Process? How the State Manipulates a Stalled Conflict in Myanmar”
Yuhki Tajima (Georgetown University ): “Insurgent Cohesion and Fragmentation in Indonesia and the Philippines”
Shane Barter (Soka University of America ) and Hipolitus Wangge (Marthinus Academy ): “Indonesian Autonomies: Explaining Divergent Self-Government Outcomes in Aceh and Papua”
APSA 2020
Panel: ILLIBERAL TRENDS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN POLITICS
Chair: Marjorie Breslawski (Brown University)
Discussant: Sana Jaffrey (University of Chicago)
Jessica Soedirgo (University of Toronto): “Scapegoating and Symbolic Politics: The Targeting of Indonesia’s Shia Minority”
Megan Ryan (University of Michigan): “Weapons of the Strong: Threat Narratives and Religious Solidarity in Myanmar”
Marjorie Breslawski (Brown University) and Brandon Ives: “Global and Local Religion: Who’s On Your Side and Violent Attitudes”
Walid Jumblatt Abdullah (Nanyang Technical University): “‘New Normal’ No More: Democratic Backsliding in Singapore After 2015”
APSA 2019
Panel: AUTHORITARIANISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN POLITICS
Chair: Jeremy Menchik (Boston University)
Discussants: Sebastian Dettman (University of Michigan) and Elvin Jiayin Ong (University of British Columbia)
Petra Hendrickson (Centre College): “Myanmar’s Shifts in Governance: Too Little, Too Slowly”
Adam Howe (Fairfield University): “The Cooptation and Coercion of Religion in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam”
Eunji Won (Northern Illinois University): “Mechanisms of Durability of Authoritarian Regime in Strong State”
Terrence C. Lee (National University Singapore): “The Causes of Military Populism: Analyzing Military Regimes, 1958-2019”
Panel: CITIZENSHIP IN THE PERIPHERIES: IDENTITIES IN SE ASIA – MINI-CONFERENCE 1/3 (co-sponsored with Migration and Citizenship)
Chair: Paul J. Schuler (University of Arizona)
Discussants: Allen D. Hicken (University of Michigan) and Meredith L. Weiss (SUNY Albany)
Aries A. Arugay (University of the Philippines-Diliman): “Indigeneity and Citizenship: The Cordillera People in the Philippines”
Dotan A. Haim (Dartmouth College): “Citizenship, Nationalism, and Regionalism in Bicol, Philippines”
Mary Anne Mendoza (University of California, Irvine): “Contrasting Onsets of Nationalist Rebellion in the Philippine Colony”
Nhu Truong (McGill University) and Duy Trinh (University of California, San Diego): “Ethnic Identity and Citizenship under Vietnam’s Communist State”
Panel: CITIZENSHIP IN THE PERIPHERIES: IDENTITIES IN SE ASIA – MINI-CONFERENCE 2/3 (co-sponsored with Migration and Citizenship)
Chair: Risa Toha (Yale-NUS)
Discussants: Johanna Kristin Birnir (University of Maryland, College Park) and Kikue Hamayotsu (Northern Illinois University)
Sana Jaffrey (University of Chicago): “The Sundanese Citizenry in Indonesia”
Jessica Soedirgo (University of Toronto): “Why Nationalism Fails: The South Maluku Republic Movement in Indonesia”
Risa Toha (Yale-NUS): “The Batak Citizens of Indonesia”
Amy H. Liu (University of Texas at Austin) and Jiayun Elvin Ong (University of British Columbia): “Singapore Citizenship and Malaysia Nationalism”
Panel: CITIZENSHIP IN THE PERIPHERIES: IDENTITIES IN SE ASIA – MINI-CONFERENCE 3/3 (co-sponsored with Migration and Citizenship)
Chair: Jacob Isaac Ricks (Singapore Management University)
Discussants: June Teufel Dreyer (University of Miami)
Discussants: Dan Slater (University of Michigan)
Alexandre Pelletier (Cornell University): “Ethnic and Sub-Ethnic Nationalist Mobilization of Ethnic Citizens in Myanmar”
Erin Lin (Ohio State University): “Khmer Expansion into Jarai and Tumpuon Communities in Borderland Cambodia”
Hyo-Won Shin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign): “The Rohingya Refugee Crisis, Rakhine Regionalism, and Burmese Nationalism”
Chun-Ying Wu (University of Texas at Austin): “Homogenizing Ethnicity and Diversifying Nationalism: Taiwan’s North-South Divide”
APSA 2018
Panel: ENGINEERING POPULISM? SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE STATE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Chair: Kai Ostwald (University of British Columbia)
Discussant: Allen Hicken (University of Michigan)
Aim Sinpeng (University of Sydney): “#WeLoveTheArmy: Mapping the Networks of Dictatorship Supporters in Thailand”
Dimitar Gueorguiev (Syracuse University); Aries Arugay (University of Philippines Diliman); Aim Sinpeng (University of Sydney): “Strong Fans, Weak Campaign: How Duterte Won the Philippines Election on Facebook”
Jiayin Elvin Ong (Emory University): “Calibrated Coercion and Preference Falsification on Social Media”
Nhu Truong (McGill University): “Single-Party State Politics: Online Managed Political Participation in Vietnam”
Roundtable: DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Chair: Amy L. Freedman (Long Island University)
Duncan McCargo (University of Leeds); Anne Marie Murphy (Seton Hall University); Meredith Weiss (SUNY Albany); Ardeth Maung (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
APSA 2017
Panel: SOUTHEAST ASIAN POLITICS
Discussant: Shane Barter (Soka University of America)
Jessica Soedirgo (University of Toronto): “Brokered Sectarianism: Clientelism and Religious Intolerance in Indonesia”
Rachel P Jacobs (University of Wisconsin – Madison): “Local Administration of Revolution: Collective Agriculture under the Khmer Rouge”
Melisa Bintoro (University of Cambridge): “The Campaign Value of Public Office: Evidence from Indonesia’s Pilkada Serentak”
APSA 2016
Panel: “POLITICAL DIVERSITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA”
Discussant: Mai Nguyen (New York University)
Kai Ostwald (University of British Columbia): “Accommodating Ethnic Diversity in Southeast Asia”
Youyi Zhang and Ying Yao: Civil Society in Fragmented Societies: Analysis of Non-Burman CSOs in Myanmar”
Ryan Tans (Emory University): “The Politics of Local Taxation in the Philippines: A Controlled Comparison”
Seth Nathan Soderborg (Harvard University): “Volunteer Bureaucrats, Turnout, and Residual Votes in Indonesian Elections”
Diego Fossati (ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute): “It’s the economy, mayor”? Performance Voting in Indonesians Municipal Elections”
Panel: “SELECTED ISSUES IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY” (co-sponsored with Comparative Politics, Developing Countries)
Chair: Nico Ravanilla (Stanford University)
Mai Nguyen (New York University): “The Political Economy of State Integration in Southeast Asia”
Min Jung Kim (American University-SIS): “The logic of (not-) governing: Selective state building in Southeast Asia”
Erin Lin (Princeton University): “The Socio-economic Impact of Border Casinos in Rural Cambodia”
Nico Ravanilla (Stanford University): “Temporary Migration and Democratic Accountability: Evidence from the Philippines”
APSA 2015
Panel: “DEMOCRACY & SECURITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: VARIED PERSPECTIVES”
Chair: Donald K. Emmerson (Stanford University)
Vishnu Juwono (University of Indonesia): “Big Promises Being Kept: The Politics of President SBY’S Public Sector Reform and Anti-Corruption Agenda in 2004 – 2009”
Yoon Ah Oh (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy): “Migration Curse? The Impact of International Migration on Democratic Accountability in the Philippines”
Harish S.P. (New York University): “History, Education, and Political Violence: Evidence from South Thailand”
Panel: “TAKING IT TO THE STREETS: SOCIAL RESISTANCE & STATE RESPONSES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA” (co-sponsored with Comparative Politics, Comparative Democratization)
Discussant: William Ascher (Claremont McKenna College)
Meredith L. Weiss (University at Albany, SUNY): “Resistance and Resilience: Coping with/against the State”
Ming Chee Ang (Independent ): “Institutions and Social Mobilization: The Chinese Education Movement in Malaysia”
Aim Sinpeng (University of Sydney): “Online Discourse Analysis of the Anti-Election Movement in Thailand”
Shane J Barter (Soka University of America): “Under a Rebel Flag: Social Resistance to Insurgent Rule in Aceh”
Eva Louise Hansson (Stockholm University): “Spaces of Discontent: Protests & New Political Spheres in Vietnam”
SEAPRG also hosts an annual open meeting at the APSA conference. All persons attending the annual APSA meeting who are interested in Southeast Asian Politics are encouraged to attend. In 2021, APSA will be held in Seattle, Washington, and we will post meeting information here.
In 2016, SEAPRG, with the generous support of the Artinian Fund, hosted a short course just prior to the APSA meeting. The short course, “Doing Political Science in Southeast Asia: Field Research, Ethics, Engagement, and Employability”, was organized by Meredith Weiss (University of Albany, SUNY), Allen Hicken (University of Michigan), and Erik Kuhonta (McGill University). It featured presentations by Diana Kim (Georgetown University), Alysson Oakley (Johns Hopkins University), Shane Barter (Soka University of America), Aries Arugay (University of the Philippines Diliman), Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (Arizona State University), Kai Ostwald (University of British Columbia), and Paul Schuler (University of Arizona).