Lecture: The 2018 Malaysian General Elections and its Impact on Domestic Politics

Robert Jacobs Announcement
Announcement Type
Lecture
Location
Japan
Subject Fields
Asian History / Studies, East Asian History / Studies, Southeast Asian History / Studies, Political Science, Political History / Studies

Lecturer: Narayanan Ganesan, Professor, Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University

Abstract: The 2018 Malaysian general elections led to the Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) coalition storming into power and displacing the Barisan Nasional (National Front) government that has been in power since 1970. This talk will examine the impact of this opposition victory and its impact on the previous governmental coalition led by UMNO and its impact on the domestic political process and consociational model of politics in general.

Profile of the lecturer: Ganesan’s teaching and research interests are in Southeast Asian politics and foreign policy with a focus on issues that generate interstate and intrastate tensions.

 

Date & Time: January 18, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Venue: 

Seminar Room, Satellite Campus, Hiroshima City University

9F Otemachi Heiwa Building, 4-1-1 Otemachi, Nakaku, Hiroshima

Capacity:

40 people (first-come-first-served basis)

To register, please apply via e-mail to us in advance, indicating “Application for The HPI Public Lecture Series in English” + Your Full Name as your email subject line. In addition to your full name, home address, phone number (available during daytime), and email address, your working place or school name should be included in your email text message. (If you are Japanese, please write down your name and address in Japanese, too.)

Contact Information

Hiroshima Peace Institute / Hiroshima City University

Contact Email
office-peace@m.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp