AEI Post Vol 6 - 2013

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3.0 SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS/ CONFERENCES
3 rd Workshop on
“Promotion of ASEAN
and East Asian Studies”
Associate Professor Dr. Md
Nasrudin Md Akhir and Dr.
Azmi Mat Akhir, AEI Executive
Director and Deputy Executive
Director (Academic) respectively, both
attended the 3 rd Workshop on “Promotion
of ASEAN and East Asian Studies” held
in Bangkok, Thailand, from 25 - 29 June
2013. The workshop was organised
by the Faculty of Political Science,
Thammasat University, Bangkok.
The workshop was held to continue
work on the editing of drafts of textbook
chapters that were being prepared for
the promotion of ASEAN and East Asian
Studies in ASEAN-Plus-Three member
countries. Both Associate Professor Dr.
Md Nasrudin Md Akhir and Dr. Azmi Mat
Akhir contributed a chapter each to the
project.
In addition, the workshop also
prepared a schedule for the editing
works, developed infrastructure for
further academic collaborations, as well
as set up and strengthened academic
and university networks in ASEAN-Plus-
Three nations.
Prior to attending the workshop,
Associate Professor Dr. Md Nasrudin
Md Akhir and Dr. Azmi Mat Akhir had
both paid a visit to Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, to
discuss details of the conferment upon
him, of the Honorary PhD in International
Relations by the University of Malaya.
AEI Post Volume 6 June 2013