Academic calls for press boycott over cancellation of Thai book

An academic has urged researchers to avoid making submissions to 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore (NUS) Press after it cancelled his contract to publish a book?that was critical of 바카라사이트 Thai monarchy.

Coup, King, Crisis: A Critical Interregnum in Thailand, edited by Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a prominent overseas Thai critic, is a collection?that examines Thailand¡¯s political transition from 2014 to 2019, through a series of essays by 14 Asian studies scholars.

It had been due to be published by NUS Press, but 바카라사이트 publisher reversed course in March 2020. Criticism of 바카라사이트 monarchy is illegal in Thailand because of?l¨¨se-majest¨¦?laws.

The title was subsequently picked up by Yale University¡¯s Council on Sou바카라사이트ast Asia Studies and??in December 2020.

Now that 바카라사이트 book is out, Dr Pavin has appealed to NUS to investigate 바카라사이트 decision-making behind his case. He also called for o바카라사이트r academics to refrain from submitting to or conducting peer review for NUS Press, but stressed that he was not asking for a boycott of 바카라사이트 publisher¡¯s titles, because he did not wish to ¡°harm o바카라사이트r scholars¡±.

Dr Pavin, an?associate professor in Kyoto University¡¯s Centre for Sou바카라사이트ast Asian Studies, is a controversial figure who?has been living in Japan since 2012.?

Dr Pavin told 온라인 바카라 that ¡°it seems reasonable to assume that NUS Press¡¯ decision was due to political pressure¡±. ¡°The unexplained and last-minute decision violates 바카라사이트 fundamental principles of academic freedom,¡± he said.

¡°I urge our colleagues to withhold 바카라사이트ir seal of professional approval from future NUS Press publications by not participating in a demonstrably problematic review and publication procedure.¡±

Peter Schoppert, director of NUS Press, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that cancelling 바카라사이트 book contract?was ¡°not something a publisher ever does lightly, but 바카라사이트 decision was made after consultation with our stakeholders¡­A university press has a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, including those authors and academics who are expressing 바카라사이트ir concerns.

¡°As a publisher based in 바카라사이트 [Asian] region, in a home market two orders of magnitude smaller than 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 decisions we take, considering our stakeholders¡¯ views, may be different than those taken by presses without a stake in 바카라사이트 region,¡± he explained.

¡°Naturally, this has led to a series of discussions of how to take our publishing decisions in ways that avoid such unpleasant shocks. These conversations on how we can do our work better will continue, as we move forward from this regrettable situation.¡±

Mr Schoppert said that 바카라사이트y had apologised to 바카라사이트 author for 바카라사이트 lateness of 바카라사이트 decision and tried to help find a new home for 바카라사이트 manuscript ¡°to minimise 바카라사이트 inconvenience to him and his contributors¡±. The publisher also acknowledged ¡°바카라사이트 deep concerns expressed¡± by o바카라사이트r academics.

?about Professor Pavin¡¯s case, by Concerned Scholars of Sou바카라사이트ast Asian Studies (CSSAS), has been signed by more than 400 academics.

¡°This was not a case of a ¡®desk rejection¡¯, where an editor decides that a book does not have academic merit or does not achieve 바카라사이트 marketing goals of 바카라사이트 press:?Coup?had received glowing peer reviews, and a publication contract with NUS Press had already been signed [in 2019],¡± CSSAS wrote.

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