Demographics are at the heart of how populations are created, develop, contract, and expand. How fast or slow a population grows, or expands has important consequences for economy, health, and political tensions. This is true in Southeast Asia, as well as every other country in the world.  This seminar is about how the peoples of Mainland Southeast Asia have developed demographically.  Among the issues discussed will be the immigration history, historical origins of ethnic groups and nations, and modern population policy in Southeast Asia.

This course aims at MA students of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia with the track Thai Studies. It is also suitable for MA students of Buddhist Studies with the track Thai Studies. It is also open for BA students as a course of the Fachspezifischer Wahlbereich.