"Belittled Citizens" by Giuseppe Bolotta explores the intersection between Thai politics, urban poverty, religion, and global humanitarianism from the perspective of “slum children” in Bangkok.

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Nation, City, Arena

By Friederike Trotier, explores the role of sports events in national and city politics. "This book is surely a distinctive academic achievement.” - Dr Jung Woo Lee

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'Future Forward: The Rise and Fall of a Thai Political Party'. A book by Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul

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AAS 2021 Giveaway

March 8, 2021

AAS 2021 conference and giveaway From the 22nd until the 26th of March you will be able to find our virtual booth at the ASS

Living Kinship and Fearing Spirits in Laos with Rosalie Stolz

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A new podcast about a NIAS Press book is out! Rosalie Stolz, author of “Living Kinship and Fearing Spirits: Sociality among the Khmu of Nothern

On the detention of Sean Turnell

February 10, 2021

We are extremely concerned to learn that NIAS author Sean Turnell, an economist at Macquarie University and an advisor to the Myanmar government, has been

State, Religion and the South China Sea with Edyta Roszko

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New podcast published about a NIAS Press book! Edyta Roszko is the author of “Fishers, Monks and Cadres: Navigating State, Religion and the South China

“Nation, City, Arena: Sports Events, Nation Building and City Politics in Indonesia”

January 18, 2021

NIAS Press is delighted to have recently published Friederike Trotier’s book “Nation, City, Arena: Sports Events, Nation Building and City Politics in Indonesia”. This book

Photographing Laos with Martin Stuart-Fox

January 11, 2021

Fifty years ago, the Vietnam War was still raging and had spread into neighbouring Laos and Cambodia. One of the Western journalists reporting on the