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GETSEA Minicourses are back!
Prista Ratanapruck (Chiang Mai University) will be teaching virtually from March 3 to April 7, Tues, 7:00-9:00pm (ET)
More details, including syllabus and application materials, are at the link below.
App Deadline: Feb. 13
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
Prista Ratanapruck (Chiang Mai University) will be teaching virtually from March 3 to April 7, Tues, 7:00-9:00pm (ET)
More details, including syllabus and application materials, are at the link below.
App Deadline: Feb. 13
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
The Eighth International Conference on Lao Studies invites workshops and presentations that address issues under the theme “The Time and Space of Laos: Neighbors and transformations.”
Submission deadline: February 22
tinyurl.com/cd8hfnz7
Submission deadline: February 22
tinyurl.com/cd8hfnz7
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The Eighth International Conference on Lao Studies invites workshops and presentations that address issues under the theme “The Time and Space of Laos: Neighbors and transformations.”
Submission deadline: February 22
tinyurl.com/cd8hfnz7
Submission deadline: February 22
tinyurl.com/cd8hfnz7
Join the Stimson Center for an in-depth analysis of the results and implications of military-run elections in Myanmar. Dr. Yun Sun, Senior Fellow with Stimson’s Myanmar Project, will moderate two panels with top experts on Myanmar.
February 2 @ 9 am EST
tinyurl.com/yeewcs3e
February 2 @ 9 am EST
tinyurl.com/yeewcs3e
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Join the Stimson Center for an in-depth analysis of the results and implications of military-run elections in Myanmar. Dr. Yun Sun, Senior Fellow with Stimson’s Myanmar Project, will moderate two panels with top experts on Myanmar.
February 2 @ 9 am EST
tinyurl.com/yeewcs3e
February 2 @ 9 am EST
tinyurl.com/yeewcs3e
GETSEA Minicourses are back!
Prista Ratanapruck (Chiang Mai University) will be teaching virtually from March 3 to April 7, Tues, 7:00-9:00pm (ET)
More details, including syllabus and application materials, are at the link below.
App Deadline: Feb. 13
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
Prista Ratanapruck (Chiang Mai University) will be teaching virtually from March 3 to April 7, Tues, 7:00-9:00pm (ET)
More details, including syllabus and application materials, are at the link below.
App Deadline: Feb. 13
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
January 29, 2026 at 9:06 PM
GETSEA Minicourses are back!
Prista Ratanapruck (Chiang Mai University) will be teaching virtually from March 3 to April 7, Tues, 7:00-9:00pm (ET)
More details, including syllabus and application materials, are at the link below.
App Deadline: Feb. 13
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
Prista Ratanapruck (Chiang Mai University) will be teaching virtually from March 3 to April 7, Tues, 7:00-9:00pm (ET)
More details, including syllabus and application materials, are at the link below.
App Deadline: Feb. 13
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
The Yale Conference on Indonesia calls for proposals in the theme “Ways of Water: Drains, Viscosities, Leaks, Overflows, and Bursts in Indonesia.” More details below.
Submission deadline: February 21
tinyurl.com/ms7zbduk
Submission deadline: February 21
tinyurl.com/ms7zbduk
January 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The Yale Conference on Indonesia calls for proposals in the theme “Ways of Water: Drains, Viscosities, Leaks, Overflows, and Bursts in Indonesia.” More details below.
Submission deadline: February 21
tinyurl.com/ms7zbduk
Submission deadline: February 21
tinyurl.com/ms7zbduk
Apply for the United States-Indonesia Society (USINDO)’s 2026 Summer Studies Program in Indonesia for young American students for a chance at an intensive language and cultural immersion experience.
Application deadline: February 14
tinyurl.com/bdzxkv3w
Application deadline: February 14
tinyurl.com/bdzxkv3w
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Apply for the United States-Indonesia Society (USINDO)’s 2026 Summer Studies Program in Indonesia for young American students for a chance at an intensive language and cultural immersion experience.
Application deadline: February 14
tinyurl.com/bdzxkv3w
Application deadline: February 14
tinyurl.com/bdzxkv3w
Want to learn a language this summer? Apply now for the Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, funded by the U.S. Government and administered by UW-Madison’s National Resource Centers.
Application deadline: February 1
flas.wisc.edu
Application deadline: February 1
flas.wisc.edu
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Want to learn a language this summer? Apply now for the Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, funded by the U.S. Government and administered by UW-Madison’s National Resource Centers.
Application deadline: February 1
flas.wisc.edu
Application deadline: February 1
flas.wisc.edu
Adam Bobbette joins UMich for a talk on “The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java,” exploring how the modern earth and environmental sciences were shaped by Indonesian intellectuals and knowledge traditions on the slopes of Javanese volcanoes.
Jan 30 @ 12 pm EST
tinyurl.com/4kuns8bh
Jan 30 @ 12 pm EST
tinyurl.com/4kuns8bh
January 28, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Adam Bobbette joins UMich for a talk on “The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java,” exploring how the modern earth and environmental sciences were shaped by Indonesian intellectuals and knowledge traditions on the slopes of Javanese volcanoes.
Jan 30 @ 12 pm EST
tinyurl.com/4kuns8bh
Jan 30 @ 12 pm EST
tinyurl.com/4kuns8bh
Want to learn more about Thailand’s upcoming general election and referendum? Join the seminar “Thailand’s 2026 General Election and Referendum: What to Expect?”
February 2 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/55mvxxpx
February 2 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/55mvxxpx
January 27, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Want to learn more about Thailand’s upcoming general election and referendum? Join the seminar “Thailand’s 2026 General Election and Referendum: What to Expect?”
February 2 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/55mvxxpx
February 2 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/55mvxxpx
Join a community of scholars, researchers, and practitioners on Indonesian Studies at this annual conference! This year’s theme is “Making Knowledge, Making History: Producing the Indonesian Past, Present, and Future.”
Abstract submission deadline: February 8
tinyurl.com/4jraf54w
Abstract submission deadline: February 8
tinyurl.com/4jraf54w
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Join a community of scholars, researchers, and practitioners on Indonesian Studies at this annual conference! This year’s theme is “Making Knowledge, Making History: Producing the Indonesian Past, Present, and Future.”
Abstract submission deadline: February 8
tinyurl.com/4jraf54w
Abstract submission deadline: February 8
tinyurl.com/4jraf54w
What happens to a temple when its abbot passes away? Join the seminar “Echoes of a funeral: Social and spiritual structures through an abbot’s funeral in urban Bangkok” to find out.
January 29 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event/wang/
January 29 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event/wang/
January 25, 2026 at 6:50 PM
What happens to a temple when its abbot passes away? Join the seminar “Echoes of a funeral: Social and spiritual structures through an abbot’s funeral in urban Bangkok” to find out.
January 29 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event/wang/
January 29 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event/wang/
This roundtable features a discussion of the open access book Transnational Southeast Asia (2025), which presents Southeast Asia as a conceptually meaningful site to interrogate the transnational paradigm.
January 29 @ 4 pm Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/35c72tuc
January 29 @ 4 pm Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/35c72tuc
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
This roundtable features a discussion of the open access book Transnational Southeast Asia (2025), which presents Southeast Asia as a conceptually meaningful site to interrogate the transnational paradigm.
January 29 @ 4 pm Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/35c72tuc
January 29 @ 4 pm Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/35c72tuc
Join “Iconography of the Vessantara Jātaka in Khmer Temples: Change and Continuity from the Angkor to the Post-Angkor Period” to learn about the enduring significance of the VJ as a cultural and spiritual link.
January 27 @ 12 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/3k7te48n
January 27 @ 12 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/3k7te48n
January 24, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Join “Iconography of the Vessantara Jātaka in Khmer Temples: Change and Continuity from the Angkor to the Post-Angkor Period” to learn about the enduring significance of the VJ as a cultural and spiritual link.
January 27 @ 12 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/3k7te48n
January 27 @ 12 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/3k7te48n
What drove Vietnam’s economy in 2025, and how realistic is the 10 per cent GDP growth target for 2026? Join “Vietnam’s 2026 Economic Outlook: Ready for the ‘New Era’?” to find out.
January 28 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/yhf89u36
January 28 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/yhf89u36
January 24, 2026 at 4:31 PM
What drove Vietnam’s economy in 2025, and how realistic is the 10 per cent GDP growth target for 2026? Join “Vietnam’s 2026 Economic Outlook: Ready for the ‘New Era’?” to find out.
January 28 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/yhf89u36
January 28 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/yhf89u36
Join the seminar “Building transformative climate resilience: Collaboration and strategies of women and older adults in Eastern Indonesia” to learn about resilience knowledge that can inform adaptation planning.
January 27 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event-davies/
January 27 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event-davies/
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Join the seminar “Building transformative climate resilience: Collaboration and strategies of women and older adults in Eastern Indonesia” to learn about resilience knowledge that can inform adaptation planning.
January 27 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event-davies/
January 27 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event-davies/
Join webinar “World Order After Viet Nam” presented by Dr. Richard Falk and with comment by Dr. Christian Appy. Register in the link below.
January 26 @ 7 pm ET
tinyurl.com/n55ye37b
January 26 @ 7 pm ET
tinyurl.com/n55ye37b
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Join webinar “World Order After Viet Nam” presented by Dr. Richard Falk and with comment by Dr. Christian Appy. Register in the link below.
January 26 @ 7 pm ET
tinyurl.com/n55ye37b
January 26 @ 7 pm ET
tinyurl.com/n55ye37b
The “Small States, Big Roles: Cambodia, Laos and Singapore Steering ASEAN Through Change” seminar explores how small states have “led from the middle” to steer ASEAN and what lessons these experiences hold for future chairs.
Jan 27 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/4ftkr65j
Jan 27 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/4ftkr65j
January 23, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The “Small States, Big Roles: Cambodia, Laos and Singapore Steering ASEAN Through Change” seminar explores how small states have “led from the middle” to steer ASEAN and what lessons these experiences hold for future chairs.
Jan 27 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/4ftkr65j
Jan 27 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/4ftkr65j
The experimental “Subaltern Transnationalism” workshop will convene a small group of scholars who research how people
around the world with subaltern perspectives envision emancipative possibilities.
Proposals submission deadline: January 24
tinyurl.com/wumx4mzt
around the world with subaltern perspectives envision emancipative possibilities.
Proposals submission deadline: January 24
tinyurl.com/wumx4mzt
tinyurl.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The experimental “Subaltern Transnationalism” workshop will convene a small group of scholars who research how people
around the world with subaltern perspectives envision emancipative possibilities.
Proposals submission deadline: January 24
tinyurl.com/wumx4mzt
around the world with subaltern perspectives envision emancipative possibilities.
Proposals submission deadline: January 24
tinyurl.com/wumx4mzt
Join “Legacies of War: Memorials and Memories of the American Civil War and the Vietnam War” to read fiction and non-fiction and engage in facilitated discussions about the memory and monuments of two pivotal American wars.
See details at: tinyurl.com/2fmt97zf
See details at: tinyurl.com/2fmt97zf
January 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Join “Legacies of War: Memorials and Memories of the American Civil War and the Vietnam War” to read fiction and non-fiction and engage in facilitated discussions about the memory and monuments of two pivotal American wars.
See details at: tinyurl.com/2fmt97zf
See details at: tinyurl.com/2fmt97zf
Join “Water in Myanmar: Linking Environmental Issues with Policy Solutions” to learn about the importance of integrated, participatory approaches for sustainable water management in Myanmar.
January 23 @ 12 pm CST
tinyurl.com/384yjz5j
January 23 @ 12 pm CST
tinyurl.com/384yjz5j
January 20, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Join “Water in Myanmar: Linking Environmental Issues with Policy Solutions” to learn about the importance of integrated, participatory approaches for sustainable water management in Myanmar.
January 23 @ 12 pm CST
tinyurl.com/384yjz5j
January 23 @ 12 pm CST
tinyurl.com/384yjz5j
Join the lecture “Chinese Diasporas in Southeast Asia and Their Relations with China” by Professor Danny Wong Tze Ken from Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya.
January 22 @ 5 pm PT
tinyurl.com/ywh4udrv
January 22 @ 5 pm PT
tinyurl.com/ywh4udrv
January 20, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Join the lecture “Chinese Diasporas in Southeast Asia and Their Relations with China” by Professor Danny Wong Tze Ken from Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya.
January 22 @ 5 pm PT
tinyurl.com/ywh4udrv
January 22 @ 5 pm PT
tinyurl.com/ywh4udrv
“The Philippines’ 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship: Priorities, Challenges and Regional Implications” brings together leading experts and practitioners to discuss how the Philippines may shape ASEAN’s trajectory in the coming year.
January 22 @ 10:30 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/94n8td2s
January 22 @ 10:30 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/94n8td2s
January 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“The Philippines’ 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship: Priorities, Challenges and Regional Implications” brings together leading experts and practitioners to discuss how the Philippines may shape ASEAN’s trajectory in the coming year.
January 22 @ 10:30 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/94n8td2s
January 22 @ 10:30 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/94n8td2s
Join “‘Women teachers, hear this call’: Minang teachers, rantau networks, and girls’ education in Jambi and Aceh (1910-1920)” for a more fine-grained understanding of everyday life, power, and gender in colonial Indonesia.
January 22 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event/beech-...
January 22 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event/beech-...
January 19, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Join “‘Women teachers, hear this call’: Minang teachers, rantau networks, and girls’ education in Jambi and Aceh (1910-1920)” for a more fine-grained understanding of everyday life, power, and gender in colonial Indonesia.
January 22 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event/beech-...
January 22 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event/beech-...
Join the lecture “The Precarious Past in Premodern Java” to learn how communities in Java between the 5th and 15th centuries responded with distinctive strategies to record and transmit knowledge of the past.
January 20 @ 5:30 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/mwth4vnc
January 20 @ 5:30 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/mwth4vnc
January 17, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Join the lecture “The Precarious Past in Premodern Java” to learn how communities in Java between the 5th and 15th centuries responded with distinctive strategies to record and transmit knowledge of the past.
January 20 @ 5:30 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/mwth4vnc
January 20 @ 5:30 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/mwth4vnc
Who is Sutan Sjahrir, this erudite man who played an important role in the road to Indonesia's independence? Documentary photographer Isabelle Boon and anthropologist Fridus Steijlen are working on a podcast series about him.
January 20 @ 3:30 pm CET
tinyurl.com/53t3jwzj
January 20 @ 3:30 pm CET
tinyurl.com/53t3jwzj
January 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Who is Sutan Sjahrir, this erudite man who played an important role in the road to Indonesia's independence? Documentary photographer Isabelle Boon and anthropologist Fridus Steijlen are working on a podcast series about him.
January 20 @ 3:30 pm CET
tinyurl.com/53t3jwzj
January 20 @ 3:30 pm CET
tinyurl.com/53t3jwzj
As Malaysia enters the fourth year of the Madani Administration, this lecture will unpack some key factors that will impact its trajectory towards the end of the political term.
January 20 @ 10:30 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/57t3ybss
January 20 @ 10:30 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/57t3ybss
January 15, 2026 at 6:16 PM
As Malaysia enters the fourth year of the Madani Administration, this lecture will unpack some key factors that will impact its trajectory towards the end of the political term.
January 20 @ 10:30 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/57t3ybss
January 20 @ 10:30 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/57t3ybss