Alliance Française, 179 Thanon Witthayu
Lumphini, Pathum Wan - 10330 Bangkok
9-23 novembre 2018
Thanks to François Doré from the Librairie du Siam, the IRASEC and the Alliance Française are pleased to present 10 original portraits of Asian soldiers painted by Eugène Burnand (1850-1921). They are part of his collection of soldiers of the Great War drawn between 1917 and 1921 by the Swiss painter. After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and in Paris, the landscape painter became (...)

Asians in the First World War and its Aftermath
Chamchuri 10 Bldg., 7th Floor - Chulalongkorn University
November 9th - 10th 2018
The idea of such a conference emerged in Paris at the beginning of the commemoration process of the First World War centenary. While the Asian soldiers and workers were mentioned as a mass of colonized people engaged to serve their masters, the voices of around 1 723 000 Asians (more than 70% of the non-Western people participating in the war), who came from (...)

A Visual History of the Indians,
Siamese and Vietnamese at War
Chamchuri 10 Bldg., 7th Floor - Chulalongkorn University
November 9th - 23rd 2018
The First World War was the first conflict to be photographed and the first in which pictures were actively exploited and controlled in support of the war effort. From WW1, photography became a powerful and established medium of mass communication. Most of these pictures are coming from the French archives and the private archives of the Prince (...)

Digital Ressources and Visual Sources
Alliance Française, 179 Thanon Witthayu
Lumphini, Pathum Wan - 10330 Bangkok
November 10th 2018
During the First World War, the French Ministry of War, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Fine Arts, created a photographic and cinematographic section of the army (Section photographique et cinématographique des armées – SPCA) to carry out reports and films on the front. These images and films were (...)

Économie de l’Asie du Sud-Est
Au carrefour de la mondialisation
Jean-Raphaël CHAPONNIÈRE & Marc LAUTIER
Bréal, Bangkok, octobre 2018
264 p. (ISBN 978-2-7495-3739-9)
Malgré un mauvais démarrage lors des indépendances, l’Asie du Sud-Est a déjoué les pronostics et rejoint dans les années 1980 le « vol des oies sauvages » de la croissance asiatique. Peuplés de 600 millions d’habitants, les onze pays qui composent cette région charnière entre l’Inde et la Chine sont en effet engagés sur une trajectoire (...)

Journées de l'économie (JECO 2018, Lyon) November 6th-8th - 2018
Organized by the Foundation for the University of Lyon, Les Journées de l'Economie (Jéco) brings together economists, business leaders, administrative experts, journalists, social actors and political leaders every year. Thi Anh-Dao TRAN, affiliated researcher based in Ho Chi Minh City, has participated in the session: "Is there a model for Asian development?"
Watch the debate, read the article published on the (...)

Broaden Economics Vietnam
Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR), Hanoi
mercredi 24 octobre 2018
Thi Anh-Dao TRAN, chercheuse de l’IRASEC basée à Ho Chi Minh Ville présentera ses travaux au séminaire au Broaden Economics Vietnam : Should I stay or should I go ? The role of Renminbi on trade partnerships in Asia
Broaden Economics est un programme de recherches en sciences économiques pour les enseignants-chercheurs qui a pour objectif de leur proposer un espace de débats sur les (...)

Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Asia: Governance and Societies Confronted with Environmental Challenges
workshop SustainAsia
Institut Français de Pondichéry
15 – 18 october 2018
The workshop will bring together members of the 5 French research institutes (UMIFRE) in Asia, namely the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), the Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities (CSH), New Delhi, the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC), Bangkok, the Maison (...)

Africa-Asia ’A New Axis of Knowledge’ Second Edition
Venue : University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Conference dates : 20–22 September 2018
Organized by : University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM, Tanzania), Association for Asian Studies in Africa (A-Asia, Accra, Ghana) and the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS, Leiden, the Netherlands)
In Partnership With : Muziris Institute for the Indian Ocean Studies, University of Calicut (Calicut, Kerala, India), International Institute for (...)