History of Southeast Asia

A history of the lands between India, China and Australia.

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Episode 35: French Indochina, Part 4

Posted December 16, 2017

This is the last episode in the French Indochina mini-series (the others are Episodes 25, 26 and 34), and the last episode for 2017. Here we wrap up by...

Episode 34: French Indochina, Part 3

Posted December 1, 2017

For Episode 34, we continue our look at Southeast Asia in the early twentieth century (up to 1941), with a visit to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, while the...

Episode 33: Nationalism in the Dutch East Indies

Posted November 16, 2017

This episode continues our narrative on Southeast Asia in the early twentieth century, by looking at Indonesia, then called the Dutch East Indies, from...

Episode 32: Nationalism in British Burma

Posted November 1, 2017

For our 32nd episode (33rd if you count the introduction), we will return to the Southeast Asian mainland, and cover the history of Burma, modern-day...

Episode 31: The Philippines, the Hollywood Years

Posted October 16, 201700:46:55

With this episode, we begin a narrative completely in the twentieth century, so welcome to recent history! Here we also conclude the four-part miniseries...