Maitrii Aung-Thwin is Associate Professor of Myanmar/Southeast Asian history and Convener of the Comparative Asian Studies PhD Program at the National University of Singapore. His research is concerned with nation-building, law, knowledge production, and resistance in Myanmar/Southeast Asia. His publications include: A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times: Traditions and Transformations (2013), The Return of the Galon King: History, Law, and Rebellion in Colonial Burma (2011) and A New History of Southeast Asia (2010).  He has secured research grants from the Ministry of Education (Singapore), the Henry Luce Foundation, and the Japan Foundation.  He is President-elect of the Burma Studies Foundation's Board of Trustees, a trustee of the Southeast Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP) Foundation, Deputy Director of the Asia Research Institute, and former editor of the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.