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DESCRIPTION:Gatty Lecture Series\n\n*Please note this Gatty Lecture takes p
 lace on Wednesday\, not Thursday*\n\nJoin us for a talk by Amitav Acharya\
 , Distinguished Professor at the School of International Service\, America
 n University.\n\nThis Gatty Lecture will take place at the Kahin Center\, 
 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions\, contact seap@cornel
 l.edu.\n\nAbstract\n\nSoutheast Asia is a “regional world” in a “wor
 ld of regions\,” a “poros region” that both shapes and is shaped by 
 the changing world order. Drawing on his 30 plus years of research\, Amita
 v Acharya reflects on how Southeast Asian studies has informed his perspec
 tives on wider issues of global affairs and world order\, and in return\, 
 how his scholarship on international relations theory and policy has infor
 med his understanding of Southeast Asia. His theoretical work on construct
 ivism and world order was deeply influenced by the scholarship of Cornell 
 scholars\, especially George McTurnan Kahin (Bandung Conference)\, O.W. Wo
 lters (culture and localization)\, and Benedict Anderson (nationalism)\, w
 hile his contribution to the literature on Southeast Asia and ASEAN was sh
 aped by Peter J. Katzenstein’s constructivist work on norms\, culture an
 d identity. Studying Southeast Asia\, he argues\, can help bridge the arti
 ficial divide between area studies and disciplinary (e.g. political scienc
 e\, history\, and international relations) knowledge\, and enrich both Sou
 theast Asian Studies as well as social sciences and humanities.\n\nAbout t
 he Speaker\n\nAmitav Acharya is Distinguished Professor and the UNESCO Cha
 ir in Transnational Challenges and Governance at the School of Internation
 al Service\, American University\, Washington\, DC. His books on internati
 onal relations and world order include The Once and Future World Order: Wh
 y Global Civilization will Survive the Decline of the West (Basic Books\, 
 2025)\; Divergent Worlds: What the Ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean 
 Can Tell Us About the Future of International Order\, co-author with Manje
 et S. Pardesi  (Yale\, 2025\, winner of T.V Paul Book Prize from the Inter
 national Studies Association)\; and The Making of Global International Rel
 ations: Origins and Evolution of IR st Its Centenary (Cambridge\, 2019\, c
 o-author with Barry Buzan). His articles have been published in journals i
 ncluding International Organization\, International Security\, Internation
 al Studies Quarterly\, World Politics\, and Journal of Asian Studies. His 
 books on Southeast Asia include The Making of Southeast Asia (Cornell\, 20
 13)\; and Whose Ideas Matter: Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism (Corne
 ll 2009)\; Tragic Nation Burma: Why and How Democracy Failed (Penguin Rand
 om House 2023)\; Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEA
 N and the Problems of Regional Order (Routledge 2001\, 2002\, 2014).
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SUMMARY:Bridging the Local and the Global: How Can Scholars of Internationa
 l Relations Benefit from Expertise on Southeast Asia and Vice Versa?
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 lobal-how-can-scholars-of-international-relations-benefit-from-expertise-o
 n-southeast-asia-and-vice-versa
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