Contesting & Reconstituting the Malaysian Nation

Voices: Public Intellectuals and Public Discourse in South and South East Asia

Contesting and Reconstituting the Malaysian Nation admist New Politics 

Talk by: Francis Loh Kok Wah (Universiti Sains Malaysia)

Francis Loh Kok Wah is Professor of Politics in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. A Penangite, he studied in St Xavier’s Institution and received his PhD (Politics and Southeast Asian Studies) from Cornell University. His latest publications include Southeast Asian Responses to Globalization: Restructuring Governance and Deepening Democracy (co-editor, 2004), Politik Baru di Malaysia (2005), Old vs New Politics in Malaysia (2009) and Building Bridges, Crossing Boundaries: Everyday Forms of Inter-Ethnic Peace Building in Malaysia (editor, 2010) He is the Secretary of Aliran, a multi -ethnic Malaysian NGO advocating human rights and justice for all, and a member of the editorial collective of its Aliran Monthly. He served as an MPPP Councillor in 2008.

Location: The Annexe Gallery, Central Market Annexe, Jalan Hang Kasturi, 50470 Kuala Lumpur

This event is free and open to the public