07/11/2013 - Southeast Asia from the Perspective of Humanities

Marta Zatloukalová (Charles University in Prague) spoke about the beginnings of women’s movement in colonial Vietnam. The issues of tradition and modernity in Vietnamese literature were examined by Mária Strašáková (Metropolitan University Prague) who discussed the depiction of women in Nhat Linh’s novels. Ian Caldwell (University of Leeds) then presented on Alexander Dalrymple, an 18th century geographer and intellectual, and his contributions to Southeast Asian scholarship. The final speech was given by Tomáš Petrů (Metropolitan University Prague) who chose to elaborate on the various inter-ethnic relations in Malaysia and issues surrounding the topic.

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