Initially meant to bolster economic and security ties with key partners in Singapore and Vietnam, Kamala Harris’s overseas trip to these destinations became the Biden...
Despite their strong containment records at the beginning of the pandemic, Vietnam has seen a large surge of Covid-19 infections since June 2020, which was primarily fueled...
Hopes remain high that Modern Southeast Asia will convene in person for the first time this semester on Tuesday, September 7th, 2021. Professor Harms is excited to meet the...
Preceding a lockdown placed on Metropolitan Manila and three nearby regions due to the spike in Covid infections resulting from the new delta variant, large crowds...
In September 2020, the Philippine government with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) embarked on an “artificial beautification project:” applying ‘...
Imelda Schweighart, a Filipina-German ex-beauty queen, came under fire recently for her remarks regarding Filipinos’ obsession with K-Pop. In a series of Facebook posts, she...
A new collection of essays, tentively entitled, Searching for Penguins in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives on Modernity, is coming soon. The collection will feature new...
