Title: Southeast Asian Studies: the Conundrum of Area and Methodology Speakers: Professor Victor T.King, Emeritus Professor, Leeds University Date: April 30th (Tues.), 2015, 16:00 - 18:00 Place: Tonan-tei Room No. 201, Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, CSEAS, Kyoto University   Abstract: This lecture brings together several strands of debate and deliberation in which I have been involved since the early 2000s on the definition of Southeast Asia and the rationale of Southeast Asian Studies. I refer to the relationship between area studies and methodologies as a conundrum (or puzzle), though I should state from the outset that I think it is much more of a conundrum for others than it is [ Read More ]