Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of Southeast Asia.
The Literature of Brunei: History, Culture, and Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Ooi Keat Gin, Kathrina Mohd Daud
July 20, 2026
This book presents an overview of the literature of Brunei, surveying literary traditions, innovations, and new approaches as well as historical and contemporary issues and challenges. This book highlights the unique characteristics of Bruneian literature, including its approach to bilingualism - ...
War Memorialization and Nation-Building in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia
1st Edition
By John Lee Candelaria
July 20, 2026
War Memorialization and Nation-Building in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia explores how three Southeast Asian countries— the Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore—have utilized war memorialization in their nation-building efforts. Set against the backdrop of colonialism, world wars, independence ...
Marcos, Martial Law, and the Complexities of Memory in the Philippines
1st Edition
Edited
By John Lee Candelaria, Kerby C. Alvarez, Jamie Pring
May 27, 2026
Marcos, Martial Law, and the Complexities of Memory in the Philippines examines the complex role of memory in the climax of the Marcos resurgence in 2022. This comprehensive volume features eleven empirical chapters analyzing diverse sites where memories of dictatorship are constructed and ...
Planning Indonesia's New Capital City: Behind Nusantara
1st Edition
By Delik Hudalah
May 22, 2026
This book critically analyzes the hidden political dimensions associated with the planning of Indonesia's new capital. Planning Indonesia’s New Capital City reveals the underlying agendas behind the Indonesian government’s decisive and rapid action, under the leadership of President Jokowi, to ...
Ethnic Chinese Politics in East Malaysia, 1945–2018: From Timber-tycoons to Sarawak Regionalism
1st Edition
By Ik Tien Ngu
March 12, 2026
Ngu Ik Tien explores how Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional (BN) regime—once celebrated as a model of consociational democracy—achieved broad political domination through its structures and systems across the country, including in the Chinese-majority municipality of Sibu in Sarawak. However, the study ...
Law and Politics of Blasphemy in Indonesia: The Sacred, the State and the Ballot Box
1st Edition
By Rafiqa Qurrata A'yun
March 05, 2026
This book examines the persistence of blasphemy provisions, their increasing use in post-authoritarian Indonesia and the extent to which religion has been instrumentalised for political ends justified by law. Based on empirical research and an analysis of more than a hundred court decisions ...
Civil Society Responses to Extremism in the Philippine Bangsamoro
1st Edition
Edited
By Leanne M. Kelly, Primitivo III Ragandang, Anthony Ware, Yasmira Moner
February 02, 2026
Civil Society Responses to Extremism in the Philippine Bangsamoro brings together new research and grounded perspectives from scholars and practitioners working in Mindanao to examine how violent and hateful extremism (VHE) takes root, and how it is being addressed. By adopting an expanded ...
The Chinese in Brunei
1st Edition
Edited
By Ooi Keat Gin
February 02, 2026
This book presents diverse perspectives on issues faced by the Chinese minority in predominantly Malay Muslim Brunei, drawing together cutting-edge research from early career, Brunei Chinese academics themselves to present a truly groundbreaking volume. As a result of strict immigration rules and ...
Keramat, Sacred Relics and Forbidden Idols in Singapore
1st Edition
By William L. Gibson
December 26, 2025
Keramat, holy graves and shrines, represent physical markers of Singapore’s history as a multi‑ethnic maritime trading center. They offered sanctified spaces not only for Muslims but also for the entire community in which they emerged. Maintained by self‑appointed caretakers, the stories of keramat...
The Making of Singapore as an Asian Regional Corridor: Historicity, Trade, and Diaspora
1st Edition
Edited
By Hong Liu, Cheun Hoe Yow, Huimei Zhang
October 29, 2025
Liu, Yow, Zhang and the contributors examine Singapore’s significance as an Asian Regional Corridor and provide a new perspective on interpreting Singapore’s important position in the Asian region and its role as a bridge connecting Asia to the world and within the Asian region. The book unfolds ...
Military Modernisation in Southeast Asia after the Cold War: Acquisition, Retention, and Geostrategic Impacts
1st Edition
By Shang-Su Wu
September 29, 2025
Southeast Asian countries represent a wide range of approaches to military modernisation due to their great diversity in politics, economies, geography and other factors. Bounded by the Pacific and Indian Oceans and located between China and India is the setting for the geostrategic impacts of ...
Women's Agency and the State in Contemporary Brunei
1st Edition
Edited
By Norainie Ahmad, Ooi Keat Gin
September 19, 2025
This pioneering book presents a comprehensive overview of the role of women in Brunei’s economy, society and public domain, from the historical and contemporary perspective. Making an important contribution to the study of women in Asia by focusing on Brunei, a country with many distinctive ...