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Southeast Asian Studies: Origins, Development, Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2011

Russell H. Fifield
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Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He was a Fulbright Professor at the University of the Philippines in 1953-1954. Among his well-known publications are The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia, 1945-1958 and Americans in Southeast Asia: The Roots of Commitment.

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When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded in 1967 one of its stated objectives was “to promote South-East Asian studies.” The Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand as members of ASEAN in their call for “a strong and resilient Southeast Asia” realize the validity of the regional concept and the consequent need to advance studies on the area. In fact they are emphasizing the indigenous component of the concept.

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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1976

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page 151 note 1 The ASEAN Declaration, Current Notes on International Affairs, XXXVIII:8 (August, 1967), 328. The full text is found on pp. 327328Google Scholar.

page 151 note 2 See, for instance, Press Release No. 6, Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations, 20 February 1973.

page 151 note 3 The author is indebted to Pelzer, Karl J.Wertheim, W.F., and Frank, N. Trager for data on this subject. He has also had helpful correspondence with Rupert Emerson, A. Teeuw, and Amry Vandenbosch on the term Southeast Asia. See also my article on “The Concept of Southeast Asia”, South-East Asian Spectrum IV:1 (October 1975), 4251Google Scholar.

page 152 note 4 Heine-Geldern, RobertA Survey of Studies on Southeast Asia at American Universities and Colleges (New York: East Indies Institute of America, 1943), p. 1.Google Scholar

page 152 note 5 Heine-Geldern, RobertConceptions of State and Kingship in Southeast Asia, Data Paper Number 18 (Ithaca: Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University, April 1956).Google Scholar

page 152 note 6 For an authoritative article written in 1973, see Ward, Robert E.“A Case for Asian Studies,” Journal of Asian Studies, XXXII:3 (May 1973), 391403.CrossRefGoogle Scholar The article was Ward's presidential address (Association for Asian Studies).

page 153 note 7 Wood, Bryce “Area Studies,” International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, Vol. 1 (New York: The Macmillan Company and the Free Press, 1968), 401407.Google Scholar In correspondence Wood has updated his article.

page 153 note 8 Ibid, p. 401.

page 153 note 9 Hall, Robert B.Area Studies: With Special Reference to Their Implications for Research in the Social Sciences (New York: Social Science Research Council, May, 1947)Google Scholar, Bennett, Wendell C.Area Studies in American Universities (New York: Social Science Research Council, June 1951)Google Scholar, Bigelow, Donald N. and Legters, Lyman H.NDEA Language and Area Centers: A Report on the First Five Years (Washington: Office of Education, 1964)Google Scholar; and Lambert, Richard D. Language and Area Studies Review, published by the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 1973. See also External Research Staff, Department of State, Language and Area Study Programs in American Universities (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1964)Google Scholar and International Council for Educational Development, Area Studies on U.S. and Canadian Campuses: A Directory (New York: International Council for Educational Development, April 1972)Google Scholar.

page 153 note 10 Wood, “Area Studies,” p. 406.

page 153 note 11 Correspondence on the subject with Cora DuBois, Fred Eggan, and Cecil Hobbs.

page 153 note 12 See Bastin, John and Benda, Harry J.A History of Modern Southeast Asia: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Decolonization (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1968), p.v.Google Scholar

page 154 note 13 See Bennett, Area Studies in American Universities, for a description of these programmes in 1951.

page 154 note 14 For a report of the Cornell centre after two decades, see Report of the Cornell Southeast Asia Program, 1971–72. A brief history of the program is found in the issue for 1970–71, pp. 1–6.

page 154 note 15 Southeast Asia Regional Council, Programs in Southeast Asian Studies, 1972. It should be noted that no institution submitting data is going to impair its image.

page 154 note 16 Maryanov, Gerald S.“The Condition of Southeast Asian Studies in the United States, 1972: A Provisional Report to the Southeast Asia Regional Council/Interuniversity Southeast Asia Committee.” The summary is found in Asian Studies Professional Review, I:2 (Spring 1972), 8186.Google Scholar

page 155 note 17 See especially Cowan, CDSouth East Asian History in London (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1963).Google Scholar The author is indebted to D.G.E. Hall and John Bastin for correspondence relative to SOAS.

page 155 note 18 See Centre of South East Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, South East Asian Studies in London. This brochure should be compared with the Cornell ones, previously cited, for the scope of the two programmes.

page 155 note 19 Prior to the XXIXth International Congress of Orientalists in Paris in July 1973 a special number of Journal Asiatique of the Societe Asiatique was issued giving the main achievements of French Orientalism over a fifty year period (1.922–1972). Accomplishments in the field of Southeast Asia were presented by Denys Lombard and Pierre Lafont. For a comprehensive though dated article, see Demieville, Paul“Organization of East Asian Studies in France,” Journal of Asian Studies, XVIII:1 (November, 1958), 163181.CrossRefGoogle Scholar Also, correspondence with Denys Lombard and Robert Ruhlmann was of value.

page 156 note 20 The author visited the Institute of the Peoples of Asia in Moscow and its branch in Leningrad in March 1966 in connection with the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists. Some very helpful insights on Soviet Orientalists are found in Peter Berton and Rubinstein, Alvin Z.Soviet Works on Southeast Asia: A Bibliography of Non-Periodical Literature, 1946–1965 (Los Angeles: University of Southern California Press, 1967)Google Scholar and McLane, Charles B.Soviet Strategies in Southeast Asia: An Exploration of Eastern Policy under Lenin and Stalin (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

page 156 note 21 Eto Shinkichi, “Asian Studies in Japan: Recent Trends,” Journal of Asian Studies, XXI:1 (November 1961), 125–133. In correspondence Professor Eto has updated his article.

page 156 note 22 Correspondence with Saburo Okita (italics added).

page 156 note 23 SEAS: The First Five Years, 1963–1968 (Kyoto: The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, November 1969), p. 1.Google Scholar Also see SEAS: The Second Report, 1969–1972 (Kyoto: The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, June 1972).Google Scholar These reports should be compared with those from Cornell and SOAS previously cited.

page 157 note 24 See Newsletter, March-April, 1969, which outlines the history of the Committee and lists the Asian Studies Centers in Southeast Asia. The Newsletter was published by the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines. Developments were updated in a letter from Professor Josefa M. Saniel to the author, 31 January 1972.

page 157 note 25 For an interesting account of developments see Charles O. Hucker, The Association for Asian Studies: An Interpretive History (Seattle: University of Washington Press for the Association for Asian Studies, 1973).Google Scholar

page 158 note 26 A number of new or relatively new journals came into existence focusing on the region. The Journal of Southeast Asian History, first published in 1960, widened its scope and since 1970 has been known as the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; it is published for the Department of History, University of Singapore, by Far Eastern Publishers (S) Ltd. The Japan Society for Southeast Asian History sponsored Southeast Asia: History and Culture, whose first issue appeared in 1971. A quarterly journal of SEAS was Tonan Ajia Kenkyu (Southeast Asian Studies). The Center for Vietnamese Studies, Southern Illinois University, sponsored for some time Southeast Asia: An International Quarterly. And in France a journal appeared called Archipel, an organ of the Centre de Documentation et de Recherches sur l'Asie du Sud-Est et le Monde Indonesien.

page 158 note 27 Interview with Roger M. Smith.

page 159 note 28 For the early careers of the fellows, 1952–1963, see Directory, Foreign Area Fellows, 1952–1963 (New York: The Foreign Area Fellowship Program, 1964), pp. 164189.Google Scholar The author has had correspondence with Dorothy Soderlund on the subject.

page 159 note 29 See Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group of The Asia Society, SEADAG, Chairman's Report, January 1, 1970-June 30, 1971 (New York: The Asia Society, 1971)Google Scholar and Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group of The Asia Society, SEADAG, Chairman's Report, July 1, 1971-June 30, 1972 (New York: The Asia Society, 1972).Google Scholar

page 159 note 30 Tilman, Robert O. ed., Man, State, and Society in Contemporary Southeast Asia (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1969), pp. 599617.Google Scholar

page 159 note 31 Joel Steinberg, Davidet al., In Search of Southeast Asia (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971), pp. 439498.Google Scholar

page 159 note 32 McTurnan Kahin, George ed., Governments and Politics of Southeast Asia, 2nd ed. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1964).Google Scholar

page 160 note 33 For details, see Amnuay Tapingkae; Directory of Selected Scholars and Researchers in Southeast Asia (Singapore: Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development, May 1974)—Ed.

page 160 note 34 Correspondence on the subject with economist Charles Wolf, Jr. and interview with sociologist Gayl D. Ness.

page 160 note 35 Russett, Bruce M.International Regions and the International System: A Study in Political Ecology (Chicago: Rand McNally and Company, 1967).Google Scholar

page 160 note 36 Cantori, Louis J. and Spiegel, Steven L.The International Politics of Regions: A Comparative Approach (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970).Google Scholar

page 160 note 37 Nye, J.S.Peace in Parts: Integration and Conflict in Regional Organization (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1971).Google Scholar

page 160 note 38 Lindberg, Leon N. and Scheingold, Stuart A., eds., Regional Integration: Tlieory and Research (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971).Google Scholar

page 160 note 39 See, for instance, Gordon, Bernard K.The Dimensions of Conflict in Southeast Asia (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966)Google Scholar and Toward Disengagement in Asia: A Strategy for American Foreign Policy (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1969).Google Scholar The author has had correspondence with Gordon on regionalism. Another contributor is George Modelski whose “International Relations and Area Studies: The Case of South-East Asia,” International Relations, II: 3 (April 1961), 143–155, is stimulating. A more recent publication is Somsakdi Xuto, Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia (Bangkok: Institute of Asian Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, 1973).Google Scholar

page 161 note 40 The author is indebted to Paul Wheatley for his challenging viewpoints given in correspondence on Southeast Asian studies.