Workshop on Contentious Politics in Asia (online)

Date: November 28 (Saturday) & 29(Sunday), 2020
Time: 10:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00, 15:30-17:30 (Japan Standard Time)

For the detailed program, click here

Registration:
Open to the public/please register using the links below/ the meeting links are good for all sessions for each day

November 28 (Day 1)
https://keio-univ.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEudO6hqT8uGNXO-sbtHRF-qAO1_ZYyX5Y3

November 29 (Day 2)
https://keio-univ.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqc-2urz4sG9FMlpFbPfj_2cZGZxhG4mwP

 
DAY 1
November 28, Saturday
10:00-12:00
Panel 1: Civil Society in East and Southeast Asia
Presenters
Maggie Shum (University of Notre Dame)
The Intersection of Street and Electoral Politics: How Localism Reshapes the Political Landscape in Hong Kong
Jai Kwan Jung (Korea University)
Saving Democracy by Civil Direct Action: Macro Claims and Micro Analyses of the Candlelight Protests in South Korea
Khoo Ying Hooi (University of Malaya)
Civil Society and Contentious Politics in Post-GE14 Malaysia
Discussants
Ming-sho Ho (National Taiwan University)
Yi-chun Chien (National Chengchi University)
Elvin Ong (National University of Singapore)
Chair
Yuko Kasuya (Keio University)

13:00-15:00
Panel 2: Micro-Foundations of Protests in Hong Kong
Presenters
Tetsuro Kobayashi (City University of Hong Kong), Jaehyun Song (Doshisha University), Polly Chan (Oxford University)
Does Repression Undermine Opposition Demands? The Case of Hong Kong National Security Law
Hans H. Tung (National Taiwan University), Ming-Jen Lin (National Taiwan University)
Preferences for Government Concessions amid Protests: A Conjoint Experiment with Causal Interactions in Hong Kong
Elizabeth Lui (University of Hong Kong)
Understanding Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Movement through Twitter – Network and Discourse Analysis on Local, National and International Players
Discussants
Jean Hong (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Charles Crabtree (Dartmouth College)
Stan Wong (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Chair
Marisa Kellam (Waseda University)

15:30-17:30
Panel 3: Modernization and Contentious Politics in Asia
Presenters
Aurel Croissant (Universität Heidelberg), Lars Pelke (Universität Heidelberg)
Terrorism and Democratic Regression. Evidence from Asia-Pacific and a Large-N-Research Design
Mathew Wong (Education University of Hong Kong)
Income Inequality and Political Participation in Asia
Jonson N. Porteux (Kansai Gaidai University), Sunil Kim (Kyung Hee University)
On the Calculus of State Violence and Developmental Interest: The Changing Patterns and the Persistence of Labor Repression in a Democratizing South Korea
Discussants
Masaaki Higashijima (Tohoku University)
Wen-Chin Wu (Academia Sinica)
Mark Thompson (City University of Hong Kong)
Chair
Kenneth Mori McElwain (University of Tokyo)

DAY 2
November 29, Sunday
10:00-12:00
Panel 4: Social Movements in South and Southeast Asia
Presenters
Basanta Rai (International Studies and Cooperation Nepal)
Contentious Political and Its Impact on Social Changes after 1990 in Nepal
Kana Inata (Waseda University)
Protest Size, Third-Party Intervention, and Leadership Change: Model and Narratives from Thailand
Minju Kwon (Chapman University)
Blacklisted Rebels: Commitment to Child Rights in the Philippines
Discussants
Mom Bishwakarma (University of Sydney)
Paul Chambers (Naresuan University)
Rosalie Hall (University of the Philippines)
Chair
Hans H. Tung (National Taiwan University)

13:00-15:00
Panel 5: Politics in Plural Societies in Southeast Asia
Presenters
Chin-Huat Wong (Sunway University)
Can Political Division be Healthy and Productive? – Interrogating Malaysia’s Incompatible Craving for Unity and Democracy
Christopher Wyrod (Advancing Community Empowerment Project)
Protests on the Periphery: Ethnic Contestation and Confrontation in Democratic Myanmar
Lwin Cho Latt (Ritsumeikan University)
The Contentious Politics of Anti-Chinese Projects in Myanmar: The Case of Kyaukphyu-based Projects under the NLD Government
Discussants
Benjamin Reilly (University of Western Australia)
Masao Imamura (Yamagata University)
Maung Aung Myoe (International University of Japan)
Chair
Yuko Kasuya (Keio University)

Co-hosts: Yuko Kasuya & Hans H. Tung
For inquiries, please contact Yuko Kasuya (ykasuya@keio.jp)