Professor Joseph Chinyong Liow

Dean, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University (4 November 2014)

Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies, Brookings Institution (1 August 2014)

(two positions concurrently)

Thesis Title: The Kinship Factor in International Relations: Kinship, Identity Construction, and Nation Formation in Indonesia-Malaysia Relations  (2003)

Supervisor: Professor Michael Leifer and Professor Christopher R. Hughes

“Joseph’s research interests encompass Muslim politics and social movements in Southeast Asia and the international politics of the Asia-Pacific region. His most recent book is Religion and Nationalism in Southeast Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2016). He is currently completing a book exploring American engagement in Southeast Asia since the end of the Cold War.”