[Book Review] The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-66, by Geoffrey Robins
Geoffrey Robinson’s The Killing Season is one of the most-awaited books by the Southeast Asian studies community in 2018. The 456-page monog
[书评·Book Review] 本尼迪克特·安德森和他所经历的东南亚研究
印尼有句俗语叫“katak di bawah tempurung”,字面意思是“椰壳碗下的青蛙”。顾名思义,青蛙蜷缩在椰子壳下面,以为碗里的世界就是整个宇宙。这个短语常被用来形容目光短浅、因循守旧却又自以为是的人,与中文成语“井底之蛙”有异曲同工之妙。
[知乎答题] 二战后的东南亚独立运动,要归功于日本发动的太平洋战争,对还是错 ?
东南亚范围很大,我试着说说我熟悉的荷属东印度群岛(印尼)。简单概括,印尼独立运动在二战前便已经存在,但是日本的入侵打破了荷兰的殖民统治,短短三年日占使得印尼迅速军事化。特别在后期,日本在大势已去的情况下向印尼许诺独立并给民兵分发了大量武器,客观上对二战后独立运动的兴起起到了催化作
[Research Paper] The Netherlands East Indies 1926 Communist Revolt Revisited: New Discoveries from S
Many historians consider the 1926/27 PKI Uprisings as important precursors of Indonesia’s nationalist movement, which ultimately led to the
[知乎答题] 为什么马来群岛没形成过大一统的国家?
广义的马来群岛可理解成整个海岛东南亚地区,包括今天的印尼、马来西亚、菲律宾、文莱以及东帝汶,在历史上的确未曾出现过疆域涵盖整个区域的“国家”。但正如其他回答里所提到的,马来群岛的确出现过室利佛逝、满者伯夷、马六甲、渤泥、苏禄这样的古代王朝,强盛一时,但完全达不到“大一统”的程度,
[Book Review] The Men Who Lost Singapore, 1938–1942 , by Ronald McCrum
Britain’s loss of its Southeast Asian colonies during World War Two (WWII), especially the fall of Malaya and Singapore, is a relatively wel