Ms Chontida Auikool, a lecturer from Thammasat University’s ASEAN-China programme provided insight into the Indonesian Chinese community’s struggle for inclusion and integration, and how anti-Chinese sentiment plays out in contemporary developments. The construction of shared communities was a global phenomenon as Anderson sought to show in his comparisons of nationalist experiments around the world. Citizenship entailed a sense of shared community among diverse peoples with common values and rights. The point was made that the nation-state and nationalism are modern constructions. Professor Kenneth Christie of Royal Roads University in British Columbia, Canada, and an expert on peace, development and security, provided an overview of Anderson’s concept of “imagined communities”. This event follows our inaugural memorial Debating Imagined Communities: A Tribute to Benedict Anderson held on 30 January 2016, and will be an annual feature in the Asia Centre calendar. Centring on the topic Nationalism, Citizenship and Statelessness: Current Issues and Developments in Asia, the discussion attracted an audience of some 65 people, and featured a panel of diverse expertise. The Benedict Anderson 1st Anniversary Memorial Roundtable was a tribute to the life and legacy
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