From Issue 39 Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (March 2024)
![]() Author: John Goodman Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series) 1st Edition, 2021 Reviewed by Hara Shintaro |
![]() Author: Peter A. Jackson ISEAS Publishing, 2022 Reviewed by Giuseppe Bolotta |
![]() Author: Shawna Herzog Bloomsbury Academic, 2021 Reviewed by Scott Abel |
![]() Eds.: Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière and Peter A. Jackson (Nias-nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 74). Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2022 Reviewed by Claire Elliot and Justin Thomas McDaniel |
![]() Eds.: Kai Ostwald, & Kyaw Ying Hlaing Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Kyoto University Reviewed by Robert Bociaga |
Issue 38 (Special Issue) “Health, Border, and Marginality: Toward Transdisciplinarity” did not contain book reviews
From Issue 37 Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (March 2024)
![]() Author: Al-Fadhat, Faris Palgrave McMillan, 2019 Reviewed by Nandito Oktaviano |
![]() Author: Bolotta, Giuseppe Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2021 Reviewed by Janepicha Cheva-Isarakul |
![]() Author: Khoo Ying Hooi Singapore, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020 Reviewed by Yukiko Taniguchi |
![]() Edited by: Jenny Hedström and Elisabeth Olivius Norway, NIAS Press, 2022 Reviewed by Elliott Prasse-Freeman |
![]() Author: Supalak Ganjanakhundee Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022 Reviewed by Gregory Raymond |
From Issue 36 Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (September 2023)
![]() Authors: Lisa Brooten, Jane Madlyn McElhone, & Gayathry Venkiteswaran Publisher: ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore 2019. Reviewed by Ashley South |
![]() Authors: Loh Kah Seng, Alex Tan Tiong Hee, Koh Keng We, Tan Teng Phee, & Juria Toramae Publisher: Ethos books, Singapore, 2021 Reviewed by Hamzah Muzaini |
![]() Author: Miguel Syjuco Publisher:New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022. 384 pp Reviewed by Joel Pablo Salud |
![]() Author: Bann Seng Tan Publisher: Routledge, 2021 Reviewed by Patrick Strefford |
![]() Author: Ye Htut Publisher: ISEAS Publishing, 2019 Reviewed by Nicholas Farrelly |
From Issue 35 Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (March 2023)
![]() Author: Josh Kurlantzick Publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022 Reviewed by Charles Dunst |
![]() Author: Sebastian Strangio Publisher: Yale University Press, 2020 Reviewed by Wasana Wongsurawat |
![]() Author: Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz Publisher: New York: Columbia University Press, 2020 Reviewed by Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III |
![]() Authors: Juliet Yu-Ming Lizeray, and Chee-Hoo Lum Publisher: Springer Singapore, 2022 Reviewed by Mohamed Shahril Bin Mohamed Salleh |
![]() Author: Jose Victor Z. Torres Publisher: Quezon City: BUGHAW/Ateneo de Manila University Press (2021) Reviewed by Luis Zuriel P. Domingo |
Issue 34 (Special Issue) Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia did not contain book reviews
From Issue 33 Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (September 2022)
![]() Author: Saskia Wieringa and Nursyahbani Katjasungkana Publisher: Routledge, 2019 Reviewed by Soe Tjen Marching |
![]() Author: Craig J. Reynolds Publisher: Canberra: ANU Press, 2019 Reviewed by Patrick Jory |
![]() Author: J. W. Henley Publisher: Manchester: Camphor Press Ltd., 2020 Reviewed by Carlos M. Piocos III |
![]() Edited by: Giuseppe Bolotta, Philip Fountain, & Michael Feener Publisher: Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020 Reviewed by Agnes M. Brazal |
![]() Author: Han Hing Quang Online: Stephen Shenfield Reviewed by Jeremy A. Murray |
From Issue 32 Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (March 2022)
![]() Author: Vannessa Hearman Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 2018 Reviewed by Akihisa Matsuno |
![]() Author: Boreth Ly Publisher: University of Hawai’i Press, 2019 Reviewed by Joseph Mai |
![]() Author: Talitha Espiritu Publisher: Ohio University Press, 2017 Reviewed by Carmina Yu Untalan |
![]() Author: Irene Lim Publisher: Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd Reviewed by Walid Jumblatt Bin Abdullah |
![]() Author: The Asia Foundation Publisher: The Asia Foundation, 2018 Reviewed by Thapiporn Suporn |
From Issue 31 Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (September 2021)
![]() Author: Dominic Sy Publisher: Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2019 Reviewed by Miyawaki Satoshi 宮脇 聡史 Reviewed by Christoffer Mitch C. Cerda |
![]() Authors: Ronald Hohlzacker and Dafri Agussalim (Eds.) Publisher: Brill, 2019 Reviewed by Moe Thuzar |
![]() Authors: Duncan McCargo, Anyarat Chattharakul Publisher: NIAS Press, (2020) Reviewed by Paul Chambers |
![]() Author: Philipp Bruckmayr Publisher: Leiden: Brill, 2019 Reviewed by Michael Feener |
![]() Author: Thak Chaloemtiarana Publisher: Australian National University Press 2018 Reviewed by Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang |
From Issue 30, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (March 2021)
![]() Author: Julius Bautista Publisher: Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2019 Reviewed by Miyawaki Satoshi 宮脇 聡史 |
![]() Author: Kwa Chong Guan & Peter Borschberg (Eds.) Publisher: NUS Press, 2018 Reviewed by Alex Tham |
![]() Author: Zhan Shi Publisher: Citic Press, 2020 Reviewed by Shulan Zhao |
![]() Author: Jafar Suryomenggolo Publisher: NIAS Press, 2019 Reviewed by Fathimah Fildzah Izzati |
![]() Author: Muhammad Radjab Publisher: Balai Pustaka Dan Kepustakaan Popular Gramedia Reviewed by Isral Naska |
Book Reviews did no appear in Issue 29, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (January 2021)
From Issue 28, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (September 2020)
![]() Author: Claudio Sopranzetti, Sara Fabbri and Chiara Natalucci Translation (to Thai): Nanthawat Charnprasert Publisher: Reading Italy, 2020 Reviewed by Pavin Chachavalpongpun |
![]() Author: Rommel C. Banlaoi Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing; (2019), 148 pages Reviewed by Rizal G. Buendia |
![]() Author: Ben Bland Publisher: Penguin (2020), 192 pages Reviewed by Liam Gammon |
![]() Author: Lee Morgenbesser Publisher: Cambridge University Press, (2020), 75 pages Reviewed by Joshua Kurlantzick |
![]() Author: James Wise Publisher: Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International, (2020), 312 pages Reviewed by Paul Chambers |
![]() Author: Benedict Anderson Publisher: Verso Book (2016), 205 pages Reviewed by Binit Gurung |
From Issue 27, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (MARCH 2020)
![]() Author: Terence A. Harkin Publisher: Silkworm Books (2017) Reviewed by Massimo Morello |
![]() Edited by: Chung-si Ahn and Je Seong Jeon Publisher: Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2019 Reviewed by Minji Yoo |
![]() Author: Bambang Purwanto Publisher: Yogyakarta: Penerbit Ombak, 2019 Reviewed by Eka Ningtyas |
![]() Author: Lee Kah-Wee Publisher: NUS Press, 2018 Reviewed by Terence Chong |
![]() Editor: Ng Kok Hoe and the Cassia Resettlement Team Publisher: Ethos Books, Singapore, 2019 Reviewed by Rita Padawangi |
From Issue 26, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (SEPTEMBER 2019)
![]() (Life is Flame, 70th Anniversary Festschrift for Professor Peter Carey) Edited by: FX Domini BB Hera Publisher: Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kompas, Indonesia, 2019. Reviewed by Christina M. Udiani |
![]() Author: Mark Thompson Publisher: Palgrave Pivot; 1st ed. 2019 edition (December 29, 2018) 130 pages Reviewed by Joshua Kurlantzick |
![]() Author: Jonathan Miller Publisher: Scribe Publications, 2018 Reviewed by Ramon Guillermo |
![]() Author: Andrew Tanzer Publisher: John Beaufoy Pub 376 pages Reviewed by Ooi Kee Beng |
![]() Author: Janet Steele Publisher: NUS Press 184 pages Reviewed by Rachel Rinaldo |
From Issue 25, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (MARCH 2019)
![]() Author: Suh Jiwon Publisher: Seoul: CommunicationBooks Inc, 2018. Reviewed by Hyun Kyoung KIMç |
![]() Editors: 杨洁(Yong Kiat), 张溦紟 (Cheong Wey Jin) Publisher: Women’s Group of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Reviewed by Lai Wan Teng |
Indonesia: Twenty Years of Democracy![]() Author: James S. Davidson Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018 Reviewed by Ehito Kimura |
![]() Edited by: Catherine Earl Publisher: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2018 Reviewed by Nicholas Chapman |
![]() Author: Dominic Faulder Editions Didier Millet 2018 Reviewed by Benjamin Zawacki |
From Issue 24, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (SEPTEMBER 2018)
![]() Author: Serhat Ünaldi Publisher: Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2016 Reviewed by Matthew Phillips |
![]() Author: Claudio Sopranzetti Publisher: Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2017 Reviewed by Saksith Chalermpong |
![]() Authors: Tommy Koh, Sharon Seah Li-Lian, and Chang Li Lin Publisher: Singapore: World Scientific (2017) Reviewed by Chheang Vannarith |
![]() Authors: Sok Udom Deth, Suon Sun and Serkan Bulut (Eds.) Publisher: Cambodia: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2017 Reviewed by Sorpong Peou |
![]() Authors: Sok Paul Chambers and Napisa Waitoolkiat (Eds.) Publisher: Thailand: NIAS Press, 2017 Reviewed byJoshua Kurlantzick |
From Issue 23, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (MARCH 2018)
![]() Author: Arnold P. Alamon Illigan City: RMP-NMR, Inc., 2017 Reviewed by Gerry Lanuza |
![]() Benjamin Zawacki Paperback. Zed Books, London. 15 October, 2017 Reviewed by Joshua Kurlantzick |
![]() Gwee Li Sui Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2017 Reviewed by Luke Lu |
![]() Philip Taylor Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Southeast Asia Publications Series, 2014 Reviewed by Lee, Hae Won |
![]() Director: Lau Kek Huat Hummingbird Productions, 2016 Reviewed by Kuan Chee Wah |
From Issue 22, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (SEPTEMBER 2017)
![]() Author: Bridget Welsh (ed.) Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD), 2016. Reviewed by Jaehyon Lee |
![]() Edited by: Caroline S. Hau, Katrina Tuvera, Isabelita O. Reyes Mandaluyong City: Anvil Publishing, 2016 Reviews by Katherine Bandanwal |
![]() Director: Nattawut Poonpiriya (นัฐวุฒิ พูนพิริยะ) Reviewed by Pass Pattanakumjon (ภาส พัฒนกำจร) |
![]() Director: Ko Thaung Scriptwriters: Myat Phone Mo, Nyi Aung Nyi, Aung Nay Ko Ko, Hein Zaw Oo, Kyaw Yazar Ko 60 episodes (April 2016- July 2016) Reviewed by Phyu Phyu Lwin |
![]() Director: Phi Tiến Sơn Reviewed by Yunxia Wu |
From Issue 21, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (MARCH 2017)
![]() Directed by: Arturo San Agustin and Real Florido Release date: 25 December 2016 Language: Filipino Reviewed by Johanna O. Zulueta |
![]() Author: เสกสรรค์ ประเสริฐกุล (Seksan Prasetkul) Publisher: Samanchon Books, 2016 |
![]() Author: 岩崎郁夫 (Iwasaki Ikuo) Publisher: Kodansha, January 2017 |
![]() Authors: Theoresia Rumthe and Weslly Johannes Publisher: Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama: 2016, and Tidak ada New York Hari Ini / There is No New York Today (bilingual; translated by John H. McGlynn) Author: Aan Mansyur Publisher: Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2016 |
![]() Author: Gabriel Facal, Translator: Arya Seta Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia and O’ong Maryono Pencak Silat Award, 2016 |
From Issue 20, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (SEPTEMBER 2016). Memory Thickness: Presenting Southeast Asian Pasts
![]() Lisandro E. Claudio Mandaluyong City: Anvil Publishing, 2016 Reviewed by Maria Ima Carmela L. Ariate |
![]() Compiled by: Angela M. Kuga Thas and Jac SM Kee Petaling Jaya: Gerakbudaya Enterprise, 2016, 142 pages Reviewed by Por Heong Hong |
![]() Author: Ahmad Najib Burhani Yogyakarta: Suara Muhammadiyah, 2016. 184 pages Reviewed by Hasnan Bachtiar |
![]() (Viewing GMS Economic Cooperation from Cultural Horizon: Review on Study on Mechanism of Cultural Development of 5 Countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region). Author: 王士录 (Shilu Wang) Publisher: Yunnan Publishing Group and Yunnan People’s Publishing House, 2011 Reviewed by 赵姝岚 (Shulan Zhao) |
![]() On Five Short Films by Wregas Bhanuteja Reviewed by: Hikmat Darmawan |
From Issue 19, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, (MARCH 2016). Buddhism, Politics, and Modernity in Southeast Asia
![]() Author: M. Ravi Singapore: Ethos Books, 2013 Reviewed by Maria-Gabriela Manea |
![]() (Heeb Butr Gub Boon Koon: Karn Meung Karn Leuke Tang Lae Karn Plien Plang Krue Kai-U-Pa-Tarm) Viengrat Nethipo Chiang Mai: Center for ASEAN Studies, 2015 Reviewed by Kritdikorn Wongswangpanich |
![]() Alfian Sa’at Singapore: Ethos Books, 2015 (second edition) |
![]() Kuala Lumpur Sdn. Bhd. Director: Andrew Han |
![]() Ho Chi Minh in Siam (Thầu Chín ở Xiêm) Director: Bùi Tuấn Dũng |
From Issue 18 Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia (SEPTEMBER 2015). Queer Southeast Asia
![]() Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press. Reviewed by Caroline Hau |
![]() Rueng Lao Mueng Tai: Pholawat Khong Mueng Chai Dan Thai Phama (Story of Tai Town: Dynamics of the Town within Borderline between Thailand and Myanmar) Chiang Mai: Center for ASEAN Studies, 2015. Reviewed by Bank Ngamarunchot |
![]() Singapore: Epigram Books, 2015 Reviewed by Lim Cheng Tju |
![]() Photos: Henri Ismail. Text: Realisa Masardi |
View Henri Ismail’s Rohingya in Aceh photos in this slideshow
From Issue 17 Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia (MARCH 2015). Inequality and Political Regimes in Asia
![]() Kamin Kamani (คามิน คมนีย์). เย็นวันเสาร์-เช้าวันอาทิตย์ (The Sunday Morning Club), Bangkok: Amarin Publishing, 2004 (1st edition); Banbook Publishing, 2014 (2nd edition), and Kamin Kamani (คามิน คมนีย์). หัว*ใจ*เท้า (Head, Heart and Feet) Bangkok: Banbook Publishing, 2014 Reviewed by Kannapa Pongponrat |
![]() (Barefoot Scholars: challenges and passions in the fieldwork of six Southeast Asian specialists) Seoul: Nulmin books, 2014 Reviewed by Park Kwang-Woo |
![]() (Van Don: The International Commercial Port of Vietnam) Hanoi: Vietnam National University Press, 2014. 450 pages + index, reference Reviewed by Nguyen Manh Dung |
![]() (Illusion of Local Democracy: Reflections on the Anti-Corruption Movement of Civil Society Organizations) Pandu Wicaksono, et.al. (eds.) Malang: Intrans Publishing and Malang Corruption Watch, 2014. 138pp. Reviewed by Muhamad Haripin |
![]() English Only, Please (2014) Directed by Dan Villegas. Script by Antoinette Jadaone and Dan Villegas Reviewed by Janus Isaac V. Nolasco |
From Issue 16 Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia (Oct. 2014). Comics in Southeast Asia
![]() A look at ‘Comiconnexions’. The website that connects comic artists in Germany and South East Asia. By Christel Mahnke |
![]() (ebook in Japanese, Tokyo: Ohta Publishing; initial serialization in Pocopoco, March-Dec. 2011) (Korea in Indonesia, Indonesia in Korea – Cultural Exchange Through Investment and Migration) Available online: http://www.poco2.jp/comic/clairvoyance/ Reviewed by Jaqueline Berndt |
![]() Bandung: Curhat Anak Bangsa, 2010 Reviewed by Elbert Or |
![]() Quezon city: Flipside Publishing, 2013 Reviewed by Kristine Michelle L. Santos |
![]() Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. 2013 Original title in Japanese: 民主化のパラドックスーインドネシアにみるアジア政治の深層 Reviewed by Akiko Morishita |
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