Content Asian Studies
Don’t Look Up: A Tsunami of International Publications is Coming!!
In two previous posts, I’ve talked about how the global university rankings system is affecting scholarship and the work of scholars. (here and here) Various
Global Rankings and the End of the Humanities
In an earlier post, I wrote about the ways in which journal rankings systems can make it difficult for people in small specialized fields to
University Rankings, Publishing, and the Future of Knowledge Production and Academic Employment
The world of academic knowledge production today is very different from what it was just 5-10 years ago and it will continue to change rapidly
The Internet, Wokeism, and Vietnamese Confucian Scholars in the 1920s
For the past two decades, I have been working in higher education and observing how the Internet, and the digital revolution more generally, has transformed
I’m an Academic Content Creator, I’m Not Regressive, and I Don’t Use Qbot
There is an article that is getting shared on social media that I disagree with. It is an opinion piece in Times Higher Education entitled
The Defenders are Saving the Universe
What does a science fiction story about a couple of aliens saving the universe have to do with Southeast Asian history or higher education?? Trust
Connectivities, Employability, Rankings and the End of Asian Studies/History
Higher education is going to be different when the Covid-19 pandemic ends, and I can see multiple forces at play that will collectively diminish fields
Post-2008 Knowledge & the Future of the Humanities (and Area Studies)
For the past decade I’ve been thinking and writing about the declining interest among students in History, the Humanities, Asian Studies, etc., and I’ve recently
Neoliberalism and Online Teaching Did Not Kill Higher Education – Professors and Administrators Did
[From Content Asian Studies] It’s 2030. A new semester is beginning, and a new class of freshmen is heading off to universities around the world
New Course: Southeast Asian History and Web Design
After spending years thinking about how to adapt what I do (teach History) in a way that can fit with the world that the Digital
Moving Forward in the Era of the Decline of Area Studies & the Humanities
For a long time now I’ve been witnessing a decline in interest in area studies, the Humanities, the field of History, etc., all of the
How May I Help You?
Following up on the ideas in the previous post about how valuable it is to try to understand what “users” of a product/service actually think,
This Blog Needs UX!! Academia Could Use Some Too!!
I keep thinking about the times we are living in, about how dramatically technology is transforming our lives, and about how the professional world I
Baby Boomer Politics and Southeast Asian History/Studies
When people write about the history of Southeast Asian Studies (or the history of scholarship on Southeast Asian history), they often state that there were
Area Studies is the New Philology
Knowledge production continuously transforms alongside changes in society and technology. At times, however, societal and technological changes are so profound that forms of knowledge that
The Digital Age World Does Not Need Southeast Asian Studies – And That’s the Problem
Today I stumbled across an article by historian Thongchai Winichakul on “Southeast Asian Studies in the Age of STEM Education and Hyper-Utilitarianism.” Being a fan
History is Ending. . .
As a blog that has the word “history” in its title, I think we need to pause and talk a little bit about that word,
Area Studies in a Monolingual (English) World
In this final video in this three-part conversation, we talk about Area Studies in the current age of the global dominance of English.
Southeast Asian Studies, Orientalism, Decolonization, Baby Boomer Politics & Sympathetic Essentialism
This video continues the conversation started in the previous post about Southeast Asian Studies. We start by talking about the article “Can There Be Southeast
