SUMMER COURSE 2024 SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTHEAST ASIA

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MMAT

MMAT (Mengajar dan Meneliti Asia Tenggara/Teaching and Researching Southeast Asia) is an annual summer course held by Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada, since 2016. This program is designed for students, researchers, practitioners, or professionals who are interested in Southeast Asia issues. MMAT aims to achieve several objectives:

Developing Southeast Asia as knowledge building
Encouraging the development of methodologies in Southeast Asian studies in Indonesia
Building a community and multidisciplinary academic network with a focus on Southeast Asian studies
Encourage and facilitate the publication of works of Indonesian scientists about Southeast Asia

Every year, MMAT is held with different topics and focuses which align with the current and significant issues in the region. MMAT invites lecturers from various academic disciplines and universities from inside and outside the region. Furthermore, participants are diverse in terms of academic backgrounds and nationalities. The designated activities are not limited only to lectures but also short field classes and publications such as popular academic articles, journals, and books.

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Program

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This summer course entitled “Social Transformation in Contemporary Southeast Asia” aligns with SDG 4 on quality education and encompasses nearly all social dimensions outlined in SDGs 4-17. It is organized by the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies at Universitas Gadjah Mada and supported by the Center for Southeast Asian Socio-Cultural Community Studies at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan, the Department of Education and Future Studies at Tamkang University, Taiwan and Mahidol University, Thailand. The umbrella topic is based on the following background:

The global landscape is continuously evolving, including contemporary Southeast Asia. Social transformations are occurring across various fields in countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and others.
Advances in transportation and digital communication technologies have heightened the potential for international migration and social transformation worldwide. These changes affect nearly all sectors of social life, including the economy and business, politics, education, environmental issues, cultural activities, and religion.
The dynamic mobility of students and scholars in educational activities also generates extensive collaboration and positive impacts across Southeast Asia. Human, goods, and service mobility in the economic sector, along with industry and business from and to Southeast Asia, present significant opportunities for community welfare.
Indonesia’s role as ASEAN chair carries substantial responsibility to lead various ASEAN initiatives in addressing regional and global crises. The ASEAN Community is built on three pillars: the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), and the ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC). These pillars are expected to provide a cooperative platform to address the extensive regime of global mobility for collective welfare. Nonetheless, the lack of international cooperation in global mobility and migration presents adverse effects, including environmental issues and human trafficking.

Given this context, the summer course not only serves as a learning platform for students from diverse disciplines and nationalities but also aims to foster academic communication and networking among national and international experts.

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The MMAT Summer Course seeks to encourage the development of students’ interest, both domestic and foreign students.
Strengthening the cooperation between Universitas Gadjah Mada and National Chengchi University Taiwan.
Increasing and updating the understanding of social transformation discourse in Southeast Asia.
Increasing academic dialogue on Southeast Asian social studies and encouraging the involvement of international scientists and experts on Southeast Asian social studies and building multidisciplinary academic communities and networks with a focus on Southeast Asian studies.
Building multidisciplinary academic communities and networks focusing on Southeast Asian studies to strengthen collaboration and knowledge exchange.
Encouraging and facilitating a more balanced knowledge space about the Southeast Asian region from multidisciplinary teachers and researchers, both at home and abroad.
Increasing the number of international students participants, both for PSSAT UGM and UGM as a whole, through summer course participation with a 3 Credits transfer system.

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Having a strong interest in the study of the Southeast Asian region
Open to all disciplines
Committed to participating in the whole series of activities until completion

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Undergraduate or graduate students interested in Southeast Asia issues
Researchers, practitioners, or professionals interested in Southeast Asia issues

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E-Certificate of Participation
Transferrable to 3 Credits
Networking from all over the world
Experience of learning multi-perspectives from international lecturers & classmates

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1. Undergraduates / graduates / doctoral students of the lecturers of the summer course
2. Undergraduates / graduates / doctoral students from our partners/affiliations listed below,

National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Tamkang University, Taiwan
Mahidol University, Thailand
KIAS BUFS/Busan University of Foreign Affairs, South Korea
Thammasat University, Thailand
National University of Singapore, Singapore
ACICIS
MGIMO University, Russia
Freiburg University, Germany
Fulbright University, Vietnam
Nagoya University, Japan
University of Santo Tomas, The Philippines
SEAMEO-SPAFA, Thailand
University of New South Wales, Australia

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Introduction to Southeast Asian Studies & Social Transformation in the Region
ASEAN
Socio-Cultural Transformation in Southeast Asia
Mobility and Religious Practice in Southeast Asia
Economy and Business in Southeast Asia
Social Transformation and the Future Work in Southeast Asia
Transformation in Higher Education in Southeast Asia
Social Transformation on Environment in Southeast Asia
Mobility and Southeast Asian Migrants in Taiwan

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Speakers

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Prof. Anthony Reid
(Australian National University, Australia)