Our world has been greatly traumatized by war. The history of modernity has begun since the post-medieval era marked by colonialism and imperialism. Modernization of the concept of war itself was evident during the world war in the early 20th century, till the cold war in the year 1960. The word “war” becomes a specter that terrifies and concerns for it to not reoccur. Unfortunately, the rise of numbers of developed countries comes together with the production of nuclear weapons. With the purpose in maintaining security and sovereignty of their country, nuclear is seen as a solid ford to intimidate their counterpart. The matter that is becoming an alarming issue is the fact that nuclear testing program is taking place in countries beyond the territory of the country that created it, thus bringing upon immense damage towards the people within the host country of the testing program.
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The concept of remote sensing is very closely related with sciences, in particularly with the study of Geography and Geology. However, what if remote sensing could be applied to social sciences?
Centre for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS) UGM organised a workshop with the theme “Geographical Information System Application on Social Sciences”, with Prof. Magaly Koch, Ph. D from Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, United States which was held in the Ruang Indonesia, CESSAS UGM (6/11/2017). This workshop is part of the World Class Professor (WCP) program from the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia which was hosted by the consortium of CESASS UGM, Center for Costal Rehabilitation and Disaster Mitigation Studies Universitas Diponegoro and Center for Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Universitas Syiah Kuala. Prof. Magaly herself is a visiting professor in the Center for Costal Rehabilitation and Disaster Mitigation Studies Universitas Diponegoro.
It is without a doubt that the media has played a significant contribution towards informing issues relating to the environment, from climate change, global warming, to maritime disaster. With this, the communication perspective is needed to explain how communicative action can result in a public sphere that accommodates environmental issues to create a sensitive society.
Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS) Universitas Gadjah Mada had another visiting professor which is part of the World Class Professor (WCP) that is sponsored by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia. The third professor to be working with the researcher in CESSAS UGM is Prof. Dr. David Robie from Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand. He specializes in the aspect of Journalism particularly in environmental issues. Apart from academic, Prof. David is in fact a Greenpeace journalist and activist. He is a living legend for the sunken Rainbow Warrior ship case in pacific. Rainbow Warrior is a Greenpeace ship conducting an anti-nuclear testing protest which was sunken by the French intelligence in the Pacific Ocean.
Corruption is one of the crucial issues faced by many countries in this world, without exception to the countries in the Southeast Asian region. According to the Transparency International in 2016, countries in the Southeast Asian region still have high Corruption Perception Index (CPI) as follows; Cambodia (156), Laos (123), Vietnam (113), Philippines, Thailand and East Timor (101), with Indonesia (90), while Brunei (41), and Malaysia (55) are considered to be satisfactory. Only Singapore (7), is the only country in the Southeast Asian region with the best CPI and is included in the Top 10 globally.
Knowledge on the Southeast Asian region is a crucial topic to be embedded towards Indonesia’s younger generation as early as possible within the formal education system. This matter has become even more important as the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has taken place back in 2015. By studying about the Southeast Asian region, it is hoped that the students can have a greater awareness about being part of a nation in the Southeast Asian region, and to introduce them about the ASEAN as an organisation which accommodates countries within this region.
The activities of monitoring and evaluation are the essential processes aim to increase the quality performance of an institution. As a Center of Excellence of Higher Education, focuses on social-humanity science, the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS), Universitas Gadjah Mada was monitored and evaluated by three appointed assessors namely, Dr. Triati D.K. Wungu (Institut Teknologi Bandung), Dr. Trio Adiono (Institut Teknologi Bandung), and Dr. E. Bimo Arsono (Universitas Airlangga). The Vice Rector of Research and Community Service of UGM, drg. Ika Dewi Ana, M.Kes, Ph.D initially welcomed the three assessors.
The Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS) of Gadjah Mada University continues to implement the World Class Professor (WCP) which is mandated by Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenristekdikti).
After the collaboration with Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanitzsch from Ludwig-Maximillian University, Germany and Prof. Dr. Judith Schlehe from Freiburg University, Germany, the senior researchers of CESASS UGM, such as Dr. Budi Irawanto, Dr. Muhammad Sulhan, and Dr. Bevaola Kusumasari visited the faculty of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and the Pacific Media Center (PMC), AUT in New Zealand on 3rd -10th October 2017.
Every human being has the right to a peaceful life and to freedom. Unfortunately, these two rights are becoming something extremely difficult to obtain for Rohingya people in Myanmar. After session 17 of the SEA Talks where the history and background of the Rohingya crisis was discussed, CESASS UGM organised a new discussion on the issue through the SEA Talks 18 : “Rohingya: International Human Rights Law Perspective” .
Eko Riyadi, M.H. from the Center for Human Rights Studies of Islam University of Indonesia (UII), and Muhadi Sugiono, M.A and researcher for CESASS UGM, were invited to join the SEA Talks discussion as speakers. The cooperation between the Center for Human Rights Studies of UII and CESASS UGM represents a positive sign of active participation from the two institutions that both focus their work on academic studies regarding Human Rights in Southeast Asia.
As a response to the influence of modernization and the numerous agrarian conflicts that are affecting indigenous people in Indonesia, more and more villages are conducting community-based activities, one of those is Mollo village in East Nusa Tenggara. On 20th-23rd September 2017 the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS) of Gadjah Mada University had the opportunity to host representatives from six villages (Ajaobaki, Fatukoto, Fatumnasi, Lelobatan, Nefokoko and Tune) that have joined to form the Apanola Atolan Pah Mollo (AAPM) or Pelestari Adat Mollo. The village representatives are conducting a comparative study in villages in Yogyakarta Region, among others, in Nglanggeran, Gunung Kidul District , Dlingo in Bantul District as well as in Pulesari Sleman District.
[SEA Gate 2017] Faculty of Liberal Arts at Thammasat University’s Visit and Opening of SEA Gate 2017
Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies hosted a guest presence from the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University, Thailand on Monday (10/07/2017). The meeting was held to discuss the cooperation agenda between CESASS and Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University. This visit also further strengthened the relationship between CESASS and Thammast University which has been collaborating in various programs such as SEA-GATE and Visiting Program.
The visit was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Associate Professor Dumrong Adunyarittigun and Associate Professor Penpimol Premaswad as Associate Dean of Administrative Affairs, Jiraporn Phornprapha as Associate Dean for International Affairs, Assistance Professor Adisorn Muakpimai as Head of Department of History, Philosophy, and English Language and Literature, Torpong Jamtawee as Director of Southeast Asian Studies Program, Natthaphon Tripornchaisak as Director of ASEAN-China Program, Hamam Supriyadi as Lecturer of Indonesian Studies Wannee Khumbumrung as Secretary of Faculty of Liberal Arts, and Orawan Changklungmoh as International Affairs Officer.