杏吧论坛

Dr Kirsten Schulze SAR 2.12

This course is available on the MA in Asian and International History (杏吧论坛 and NUS), MA in Modern History, MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation, MSc in History of International Relations, MSc in International Affairs (杏吧论坛 and Peking University), MSc in International and Asian History, MSc in International and World History (杏吧论坛 & Columbia) and MSc in Theory and History of International Relations. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course looks at the role of Islam in conflicts in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Myanmar in the twentieth century. It starts with a historical introduction on the Islamisation of Southeast Asia and the entry of the European colonial powers. Each country case study also included a brief analysis of the relationship between Islam and the colonial state before moving into a broader discussion of the interplay of  Islam and  nationalism in the Muslim-majority states of Indonesia and Malaysia as well as the Muslim-minority state of the Philippines, Thailand and Myanmar.  The conflicts examined in this course include the Darul Islam rebellions (Indonesia),  the Aceh conflict (Indonesia), the Mindanao conflict (the Philippines), the southern Thailand conflict, the Poso conflict (Indonesia), and the Rohingya conflict (Myanmar). It also looks at Islam and social conflict in Malaysia as well as the rise of regional and international jihadism with Jemaah Islamiyah and the Southeast Asian affiliates of ISIS.

10 two-hour seminars in the LT.

One formative essay (3,500 words) in the LT.

Essay (50%, 3500 words) in the ST.
Presentation (25%) and class participation (25%).

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