Presented by Carter School’s Sustainable Peace Lab
What does peace look like in Southeast Asia and how is it sustained? This session brings together scholars and activists who will share their firsthand experiences of living through crises, reconstruction, and transformation in Southeast Asia, particularly in Myanmar, Vietnam, and Singapore. Each panelist will focus on the contextual characteristics, unique processes, and peacebuilding mechanisms.
Each of these contexts is different – Myanmar remains in crisis, Vietnam is in reconstruction, while Singapore has markedly transformed itself. However, the role of identity in peacebuilding processes is clear. Drawing on further evidence on identity transformation and expansion, the panelists will engage in a dialogue to critically discuss the durability and challenges of piecing together peace in each country and across the region.
Speakers:
- Dr. Pau Sian Lian (Waseda University; Yale University) is a political scientist and activist working on federalism, reconciliation, and the political history of Myanmar.
- Dr. Cao Thi Minh Chau (Waseda University) is a researcher and educator focusing on reconciliation, sojourner and acculturation processes, and Vietnamese diaspora studies.
- Dr. Nguyen Viet Du (Waseda University; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena) is an early-career researcher working on education, identity, and peacebuilding.
- Dr. Rita Z. Nazeer-Ikeda (Waseda University; George Mason University) is a comparative educationist whose work focuses on decolonization, reconciliation, and peacebuilding.
Moderator: Rita Z. Nazeer-Ikeda
