The SEASREP Foundation held the inception workshop for the project “House Museums in Southeast Asia” at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand on 10 January 2025.
The project on “House Museums in Southeast Asia” consists of:
- Dr. Maria Serena Diokno, Professor Emeritus of History, University of the Philippines Diliman, Co-Editor
- Dr. Maitrii V. Aung-Thwin, History Department, National University of Singapore, Co-Editor “Domesticating the Nation: The Aung-San Museum and the Presence of Public History in Myanmar”;
- Asst. Prof. Ian Christopher Alfonso, History Department, University of the Philippines, “Memorializing Gabriela Silang through the Cariño House Museum in Candon City, Ilocos Sur”;
- Dr. Mala Rajo Sathian, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Universiti Malaya, “Connected histories: The House Museum(s) of Ku Din Ku Meh and the Penang-Kedah-Satun link”;
- Dr. Vatthana Pholsena, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, “Ho Chi Minh House Museum in Northeast Thailand: His Story Is Also Thai”;
- Asst. Prof. Akkharaphong Khamkhun, Asst. Prof., Pridi Banomyong International College, Thammasat University, “Pridi Banomyong’s House Museum in Ayutthaya, Thailand”;
- Dr. Onanong Thippimol, Asst. Prof., History Department, Thammasat University, “Exile House Museums of Bung Karno in Bengkulu and Flores, Indonesia”;
- Dr. Theara Thun, Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, and Mr. Duong Keo, Lecturer, History Department, Royal University of Phnom Penh, “The House of Ta Mok: Exploring the Dynamics of Meaning-Making of the House Museum of the Most Notorious Khmer Rouge Leader”;
- Dr. Abdul Wahid, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, “From a Family Museum to Campus Museum: The Story of ‘Omah Munir Museum’, a Human Rights Museum, in Post New Order Indonesia”;
- Dr. Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, “Keepers Of Heritage: House Museums As Guardians Of Cultural Diversity In Southeast Asia”;
- Asst. Prof. Rhodalyn Wani-Obias, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of the Philippines Diliman, “Bahay Nakpil-Bautista: House of Memory in an Urban Religious Landscape”;
- Dr. Nguyen Truong Giang, Assoc. Prof., Faculty of Anthropology, USSH, Vietnam National University Hanoi, “The Long House of the Ede People: The House of Matriarchy, Vietnam”; and
- Dr. Kisho Tsuchiya, Assistant Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, “Reconsidering the Concept of Museum: The Case of Timorese Sacred Houses”