Éric Daudé just published a chapter written with Alexandre Cebeillac, entitled Daily Mobility and the Spread of Communicable Infectious Diseases in the book Everyday Mobility and Health directed by Julie Vallée.

Communicable infectious diseases are caused by microorganisms, called pathogens (viruses, fungi, bacteria, parasites) that infect a living organism, called the host. This chapter summarizes the evolution of knowledge on the contagiousness of diseases and their modes of transmission in an epidemic context, emphasizing the link between daily mobility and epidemiology. It addresses the modeling of daily mobility and discusses different modeling methods and the concepts used in an epidemic context. Special emphasis is placed on the most recent classes of models, namely individual-based models. These models integrate geographic information as well as social and epidemiological knowledge into a single formalism, enabling exploration of a wide variety of scenarios. Finally, the chapter prompts a selective literature review, dedicated to the data currently in use to better understand daily mobility and to calibrate increasingly detailed epidemiological models.

We are pleased to share the publication of The Palgrave Handbook of Political Norms in Southeast Asia edited by Gabriel Facal, Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux and Astrid Norén-Nilsson.

This open access handbook aims to constitute a reference point on political norm dynamics in Southeast Asia, by bringing together the array of normative repertoires that frame the possibilities for citizens to participate in, set agendas for, make decisions in, and contest, not only electoral and institutional politics but also informal and imaginary political spaces. It sheds light on intersecting political and social transformations and their consequences from the vantage point of political norms. While chapters lay out and analyse how political norms across Southeast Asia have been shaped in successive historical phases, the core of the handbook addresses current dynamics involved in defining and transforming political norms.

Jérémy Ianni a co-dirigé avec Houria Meddas l’ouvrage Pour une éducation sentimentale et affective édité aux éditions du Cygne, dans lequel il a également écrit un chapitre intitulé La rencontre sentimentale avec la divinité : une altérité de l’invisible, basé sur son travail de recherche à Manille.

De façon pluridisciplinaire et multiréférentielle, cet ouvrage présente des points de vue différents et ouverts sur l’importance des éléments sentimentaux et affectifs présents dans toute relation éducative. Le sentimental et l’affectivité dont il est question, c’est le tissage permanent de sentiments fruits de notre sensibilité, de notre capacité à être ému, touché par les autres et le monde. Vivre ce sentimental et cet affectif, c’est du coup changer, se transformer continuellement, c’est-à-dire être en état d’altération permanente et d’éducation tout au long de notre vie.

Edited by Carine Jaquet
IRASEC, Bangkok
June 2024, 292 p.
ISBN 978-2-35596-079-6
English text

The coup of February 1st, 2021 in Myanmar brought misery to many millions of people across the country. Widespread opposition to military rule also inspired a variety of resourceful and creative gestures of defiance among people across the country, across almost every sector and across different ethnic groups, with many leading roles assumed by youth. While the mainstream revolution self-identifies with violent means, the majority of people have opted for civilian resistance, more or less openly expressed. Attempts to describe the impact of the coup on everyday life highlights the multi-dimensional nature of the resistance, and the diversity of expression in an extremely constrained context.

Nicolas Salem-Gervais, Summer Aung, and Amber Spreelung
with the participation of Ja Seng, Phyo Wai, Myo Sett Paing, and Pau Sian Lian
IRASEC, Bangkok
July 2024, 316 p.
ISBN 978-2-35596-077-2
English text

“An indispensable reference for anyone investigating education in Myanmar – a thorough analysis informed by primary documents, journalism, and on-the-ground research.”
Dr. Rosalie Metro, University of Missouri-Columbia

“This ambitious, well-organized book gives a close understanding of the immense challenges facing the education sector in Myanmar. This study precisely covers the wide range of education provided within and beyond its borders, in a highly volatile and fragmented situation.”
Dr. Mike Hayes, Mahidol University

In Memoriam
Victor Pogadaev
In Memoriam Lyudmila Demidyuk (1936-2023)
Peter Carey In Memoriam : Sahabatku Soedarmadji Jean Henry Damais (1942-2021)
Varia
Eko Bastiawan, Titi Surti Nastiti et Arlo Griffiths
The Talan Charter of Jayabhaya : A Kadiri-period Inscription Casting New Light on Airlangga’s Kingdom
Pierre Mettra L’empire des rivalités. Exercice du pouvoir et redistribution des ressources dans les Philippines coloniales (1695-1717)
Aglaia Iankovskaia (...)

Dirigé par Manuelle Franck, Nathalie Lancret et Thierry Sanjuan
IRASEC, Bangkok,
Juin 2024, 240 p.
ISBN : 978-2-35596-078-9
Texte français

Cet ouvrage explore la thématique de l’urbain à partir d’exemples sud-est asiatiques. Il est conçu comme un hommage à Charles Goldblum, Architecte, urbaniste et enseignant-chercheur dont les travaux pionniers ont marqué le champ de la recherche architecturale et urbaine.
Une première partie explore son itinéraire scientifique et intellectuel, une seconde prend pour angle d’analyse les éléments constitutifs de la ville, la troisième partie aborde le thème de la métropolisation.

We are pleased to announce the release of ‘Kebalian: The Dialogic Construction of Balinese Identity’ by Michel Picard, a book co-edited with NUS-Press.

“Bali has long enjoyed a special standing in Indonesian studies, and no scholar has done more to deepen our appreciation of Balinese history and culture than Michel Picard. In this beautifully written book, Picard provides his most panoramic account yet of the forging of Balinese identity and religion in modern Indonesia.” — Robert W. Hefner, Boston University

“Kebalian is the culmination of decades of research on how Balinese have defined themselves in the modern world. It is a magisterial study that gives voice to the Balinese intellectuals who shaped the island in the twentieth century. Anyone interested in the forces that formed Indonesian culture and identity should read it.” – Adrian Vickers, University of Sydney

Edited by Gabriel Facal and Jérôme Samuel
IRASEC, Bangkok,
February 2024, 452 p.

For each of the region’s eleven countries, “L’Asie du Sud-Est 2024, bilan, enjeux et perspectives” offers a detailed, synthetic analysis of the main political, economic, social, environmental and diplomatic events of 2023, complemented by a focus on two personalities of the year and a news picture.

Ouvrage présenté et édité par Marie-Madeleine Caseau et Jérémy Jammes,
Saint-Léger Éditions, collection : « Femmes en missions chrétiennes »,
2023, 658 pages, avec près de 100 photographies, cartes et archives d’époque,
ISBN : 9782364529021.

Mémoires d’Avenir retrace l’aventure de cinq sœurs bénédictines, envoyées de France en 1954 fonder un monastère au sein du peuple montagnard Êdê du Viêt Nam. En 1967, le monastère naissant transféra son implantation à Thu Duc, près de Saigon. Deux sœurs restèrent pour partager la vie des Montagnards. Aujourd’hui, à Ban Mê Thuôt, deux signes vivants témoignent de cette mission : le prieuré devenu évêché et un groupe de chrétiens.