Southeast Asia: A Changing Region

Description

Southeast Asia is many things. Its past includes dinosaurs, ancient kingdoms and devastating wars, while its future is still being shaped. SE1101E explores this fascinating region in all its diversity: historical, cultural, economic, aesthetic, political, religious, gendered, environmental, and more. The course focuses on human experiences in Southeast Asia and how Southeast Asians engage with global processes. Lectures cover topics that move between the region’s murky past to the cyber spaces of a seemingly borderless future. It provides both an insightful introduction to the region and a foundation for future studies.